| 词条 | Thomas Peyton (Canadian politician) |
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The son of John Peyton Jr. and Eleanor Mahoney, he was born on Exploits Burnt Island. Peyton married Ann Pearce of Twillingate. He managed the family salmon fishery on the Exploits River. He was a justice of the peace and also served as a deputy land surveyor on the geological survey of Newfoundland by Alexander Murray.[1] Peyton was briefly magistrate at Pilley's Island and served as fishery warden on rivers on Notre Dame Bay.[2] He is credited with the discover of copper deposits at Green Bay in 1875.[1] He died at Twillingate in 1912.[1] His son Ernest was the first Newfoundland member of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.[3] His niece, Georgina Stirling, was an opera singer known as the "Nightingale of the North".[4] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=0&itm=206482&rt=1&bill=1 |title=Peyton family fonds |publisher=Archives Canada |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041740/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=0&itm=206482&rt=1&bill=1 |archivedate=2015-09-24 |df= }} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Peyton, Thomas}}{{Newfoundland-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/12 |title=Peyton Family |publisher=Memorial University}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tmacs.ca/ex_peyton.shtml |title=Ernest Peyton |publisher=Twillingate Museum}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=0&ex=00000469&sl=3600&pos=1&pf=1 |title=Nightingale of the North-Georgina Stirling |work=Community Memories |publisher=Twillingate Museum}} 4 : Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|1828 births|1912 deaths|Newfoundland Colony judges |
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