Peter A Weeks?–?
Peter A. Weeks is known from a single newspaper line: the Brooklyn Evening Star of 15 July 1852 reported his marriage at Williamsburgh to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Elisha B. Goodrich. By 1871 she was marrying again, as Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes.
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Birth
Not recorded.
Marriages
- Jul 1852 Ann Maria Goodrich
Death and burial
- Date unknown Death: place not recorded
Family
- Parents
- Not recorded
- Spouse, Jul 1852
- Ann Maria Goodrich 1832–?
Line of descent Wade line
- Peter A Weeks
- Husband of Ann Maria Goodrich
- Emma May Goodrich
- William Henry Wade Jr, son
- Frank Edward Wade, son
- William Albert Webb Wade, son
Husband of great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?
Life
Peter A. Weeks is known from one record of his own.1 The Brooklyn Evening Star of 15 July 1852 printed, under the heading "Married" and the place "At Williamsburgh, Long Island", the marriage of "Peter A. Weeks to Miss Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Elisha B. Goodrich".1 The notice gives no date for the wedding, and the FamilySearch tree records the marriage as "July 1852", without a place.2 His bride, Ann Maria Goodrich, born in New York in 1832, was the eldest daughter of a family that the census of 1850 found in New York City and the state census of 1855 in the 16th Ward of Brooklyn.3
The tree gives no birth, death or children for him, and no other record of him has been found.4 By 28 May 1871 his wife was free to marry again: a New York City marriage record of that day names her "Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes" as the bride of John Barry.5 Inference Her use of the name suggests that she was known as Mrs. Weekes until 1871; whether the marriage ended by his death or by divorce is not recorded.5 In the state censuses of 1855 and 1865 a "Maria Goodrich" is listed in her father's household in Brooklyn.6 Inference This may mean that the couple were apart within a few years of the wedding, or only that the census or its index gave her her maiden name; the original pages have not been examined.6
Documents
- 15 July 1852 Married (marriage notices) Brooklyn Evening Star (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
Timeline
- Jul 1852Marriage, Ann Maria Goodrich
Open questions
None recorded yet.
Searches made
- 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree1 document(s) name this person; see Documents above. Conflicts and new facts are in each document record and in research/sources/document-review-2026-11-08.md
Notes
- Married (marriage notices), Brooklyn Evening Star (Brooklyn, New York): Married, At Williamsburgh, Long Island, ... Peter A. Weeks to Miss Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Elisha B. Goodrich back to the text
- Married (marriage notices), Brooklyn Evening Star (Brooklyn, New York): notes: the notice doesn't give the wedding date FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBCZ-C3V: marriage Jul 1852, no place back to the text
- FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L266-VMG (their page): birth Mar 1832, New York; residence 1850, New York City ward 13; 1855, Ward 16, Brooklyn "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Ann M Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1850. Record: Ann M Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1850 back to the text
- FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBCZ-C3V: death with no date; no birth, no sources, no children back to the text
- "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes, 28 May 1871. Record: John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes, 28 May 1871 back to the text
- "New York, State Census, 1855", FamilySearch, Maria Goodrich in entry for E Goodrich, 1855. Record: Maria Goodrich in entry for E Goodrich, 1855 "New York, State Census, 1865", FamilySearch, Maria Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1865. Record: Maria Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1865 back to the text