I can't specifically answer your question but I was able to dig up a

bunch of info that you might be interested in if you don't have this.

1. The 1900 census shows Joseph & Caroline living on Ferry Street in

New Hope. Unfortunately, the house number column is blank (not to be

confused with the visitation number which is not the number of their

street address). Given your family information, it seems likely that

Joseph and Caroline were living at 21 W. Ferry Street in 1900.

2. The 1880 census shows Joseph & Caroline living on "Mechanick"

Street in New Hope. So they obviously moved between 1880 and 1900.

(The 1890 census was lost in a fire so I can't tell where Joseph was

living there - the 1890 veterans schedule simply lists him as living

in New Hope).

3. The 1870 census also shows Joseph and Caroline, probably newly

married, living in New Hope with Hester Peaker, who might be Joseph's

mother. No street name is provided in this census.

4. I'm having difficulty locating Joseph in the 1860 and 1850

censuses. In 1860, he's not living with Hester. There's a Joseph,

age 7, living with Joseph & Ann Peaker but that's not the right age

for your Joseph. In 1850, there's a "Josephis" age 5 living with

Joseph & Ann, which would be the right age. But if your Joseph is the

son of Joseph & Ann, I'm not sure why he's living with Hester in 1870.

5. I've also attached several documents related to Joseph's service

in the Civil War. There is a lot of confusion in these documents,

probably because the people who recorded this info were not familiar

with the "U.S. Colored Infantry". So Joseph is variously listed has

having served in the U.S. Cavalry or the PA Infantry. There's also

confusion as to his rank. However, I think his service record is the

most definitive source and this confirms that he attained the rank of

Corporal. His service record also states that he was born in

Hunterdon, NJ whereas all of the census records show him being born in

PA. I'm not sure what to make of this - although you're probably

aware that Hunterdon Co., NJ is just across the river from New Hope.

So he was probably born and raised in the New Hope area although not

clear which side of the river.

I hope this info is helpful. Sorry that I can't provide more specific

info about when Joseph & Caroline moved to 21 W. Ferry Street.

Tom Myers

BCGS Query Coordinator

I have located and attached an article about the Peaker Home from

the 19 July 1971 edition of the Doylestown, PA, Daily Intelligencer.

The print quality is marginal but generally readable. An inquiry of the

newspaper might produce a better quality image from their archives.

However, the article notes that Mrs. Ida Peaker, recently deceased,

had told Mrs. Calvin Cooper, secretary of the New Hope Historical Society

that the nearly 200 year old stone house had functioned as a tavern but

had been purchased by Joseph Peaker on 1 January 1903 as a residence

and in 1971 was still occupied by Joseph's remaining granddaughter,

Miss Annie Peaker. The article continues with a description of the house

and gardens and cites the New Hope Historical Society as a source of

information.