Gerard Rushton Peabody/Peabody family.

https://www.historylink.org/File/5399

Peabody in Bellingham Washington history..

Whatcom Creek first mill on Bellingham Bay.

Sorry. I am not familiar with Peabody family name. I also had a grandfather bootlegger and thief but not related to your family. Hope you find them.

Am now visitng family in Europe, but in February I will be back in Australia and look the Peabody's

I found his name listed twice as an inmate at Alcatraz. Would this be the same person?

https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/finding-aids/alcatraz-alpha#m

I found several thing on him are you looking for a specific thing? I found parents , wife children ect. If this is what you’re looking for I would be happy to direct you to a site that can help you with that and documents. The site is free . I’ve used it for years. It’s called family search and is fan by the church of Latter Day Saints. The only time you may be asked to pay is if the information is owned by ancestory. The app has a tree on it. Hope this helps! Merry Christmas!

He sounds like a colorful character!

Checking our records here in New South Wales, he's listed in the NSW Police Gazette 15 Jan 1919 under Breaches of the War Precautions Act 1914-1918 - "American alien Gerard Peabody who, on the 24th September, 1918 gave change of notice of abode...but not further reported. He is 19 years of age, 6 feet 1 inch high, medium build, dark brown hair, brown eyes; a seaman. Arriving in Sydney by the American schooner "Gamecock" on the 30th November 1917. ....was accompanied by a young woman - supposed his wife. Report if traced".

Our BDM records show he married in Sydney twice.
7 Jan 1918 to Mabel Lillias Pearson, then 24 Dec 1919 to Rosella Craggs

So it appears he may have talked up his involvement with the Royal Air Corps and the Mounted Police!
There are no local records of him divorcing Mabel, so it seems he may also have been a bigamist?

He and 2nd wife Rosella (Rose Ella) left Sydney on 1 Mar 1920, transiting through Honolulu on 20 Mar 1920. He listed his address in the US as 1144 Harvard Ave. Nth., Seattle. Interestingly he recorded his birth date as 26 Feb 1896, when US records show this was actually 26 Feb 1900. Avoiding Australian authorities?

There are 2 Ancestry family trees that show a great deal more about Gerard, if you have access;
https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/tree/73944959/family/family...
&
https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/tree/73092573/family/family...

Cheers, Mike

Over Christmas I received a book that outlined the family tree
Held & Gressl had Elsa, Josephine, Hansi, Mitzi and Stephanie
Stephanie married Karl Mohr and had Johan (Hans) who marrked Ingeborg Fuchs
they had
Veronica (married Gary Vinneau)
Reneta (Married Hugh Blakeney

Ingeborg first husband was Rudolph Von Jouanne
they had one son Bernard Mohr
who had 2 children. Josh Alexandra MOHR

I have pictures of most of these people if anyone would like them

Bill, sorry but I don't recognize the Peabody name and if anyone was still here I could ask but they have all moved on to Heaven, but I don't remember anyone ever mentioning the Peabody name. Sorry I couldn't help you but you can keep writing if you'd like to Happy New Years to you and your family, Jan Asala

Gerard, it seems like you have quite a bit of information on Peabody and yes he does sound like a very colorful character. I wish you luck in finding any other information that you need to find on Peabody. Jan Asala

Shelton yes, Peabody no. Sounds interesting though!

I always knew our relatives were "exceptional"! LOL

I am related to Mr. Peabody. Here's what I found on my Geni profile. There is some good information in the references:
Gerard Rushton Peabody