Marie Ahnighito PEARY

1893 - 1978  (84 years)

• Name	Marie Ahnighito PEARY
  Born	12 Sep 1893	Greenland
  Gender	Female
  _UID	45A548AB0CD8A547BD17E268753A9A1F3315
  Died	16 Apr 1978	Cumberland Co., Maine
  Buried	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I87637	Branch 005 Josiah Stafford (Stover) 1662 ME
  Last Modified	3 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Rear Admiral Robert Edwin PEARY,   b. 6 May 1856, Cresson, Cambira Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Feb 1920, Washington, District of Columbia  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Josephine DIEBITSCH,   b. 22 May 1863, Forestville, Prince George's Co., Maryland ,   d. 19 Dec 1955, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine  (Age 92 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1888
  Family ID	F29046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward M. STAFFORD,   b. 11 Sep 1889, Vermont ,   d. 20 May 1955  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Abt 1918
  Census	1920	Washington DC
  Census	1930	Washington DC
  Notes	Census: Jan 1920. Listed as Edward M. Stafford, a lawyer, with wife Marie P. and son Edward. 8 Apr 1930. Listed as Edward Stafford, a lawyer, with wife Marie P. and sons Edward and Peary. His parents born in VT.
  Children	1. Cmdr Edward Peary STAFFORD,   b. 1919, Maine   2. Peary Diebitsch STAFFORD,   b. 3 Jul 1920, Maine ,   d. 5 Aug 1946  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F29045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Born during one of her father's polar expeditions. The story of her birth and infancy north of the Arctic Circle was the subject of her mother's best-selling book, "The Snow Baby." Her middle name was given in honor of the Inuit woman who made her first fur suit.