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Peterkin is a surname, alternatively spelled Peterken. It is a medieval diminutive of the given name Peter. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Peterkin (1781–1846), Scottish writer * Daisy Ann Peterkin (1884–1952), a dancer professionally known as Mademoiselle Dazie * Elizabeth Helen Peterken, the birth name of Betsy McCaughey, an American politician * Freddie Lee Peterkin, an American singer-songwriter * George William Peterkin (1841–1916), the first Episcopal bishop of West Virginia * Jamie Peterkin, b. 1982, a Saint Lucian Olympic swimmer * Julia Peterkin (1880–1961), a South Carolina fiction writer * Dr. Michael Peterkin, the founder of the Pierro winery in Australia * Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin, b. 1947, a retired British army officer * Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin (1847–1891), an American philanthropist * Wilbur J. Peterkin (1904–1996), an American military officer. * Thomas Peterkin, the Mayor of Lower Hutt (1907 - 1909) Fictional charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter (name)
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona. An Old English variant is Piers. In other languagess The following names can be interpreted as ''Peter'' in English. * Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus * Albanian: Pjetër, Prel * Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros") * Arabic: بطرس ('' Boutros''), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier * Azerbaijani: Pyotr * Armenian: Պետրոս (''Bedros'' in Western dialect, ''Petros'' in Eastern dialect) * Asturian: Pedru * Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) * Belarusian: Пётр (''Piotr''), Пятро (''Piatro''), Пятрусь (''Piatrus'') * Bengali: পাথর (''Patho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Peterkin
Alexander Peterkin (26 March 1781 – 9 November 1846) was a Scottish lawyer, journalist and writer. Life Peterkin was born in Macduff in Banffshire, where his father, William Peterkin, was a parish minister. His father was translated to Leadhills, Lanarkshire, in 1785, and in 1787 to Ecclesmachan, West Lothian, where he died in 1792. Alexander's education, begun at the parish school, was completed in Edinburgh, and he closed his university curriculum as a law student in 1803. In this year he was enrolled in the first regiment of Royal Edinburgh volunteers, feeling with Walter Scott and others that the time needed a strong civilian army. After a full training in the office of a Writer to the Signet, Peterkin was duly qualified as a solicitor before the supreme courts ( S. S. C.), and he began his professional career at Peterhead before 1811 as "attorney, notary public, and conveyancer". He was sheriff-substitute of Orkney from 1814 to 1823, when he returned to Edinburgh. For s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Ann Peterkin
Daisy Ann Peterkin (September 16, 1884 – August 12, 1952), known by the stage name Mlle. Dazie, was an American vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies dancer at the turn of the 20th century. She was a toe-dancer. Biography Born on September 16, 1884, in St. Louis, Dazie's first appearance in vaudeville was as "Le Domino Rouge" in an act where she wore a red mask. After she got rid of the mask, she was billed as "Mlle. Dazie" and it was under this name that she appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies. She toured the B. F. Keith Circuit in a ballet pantomime, ''L'Amour d'Artiste'', and headlined the Palace in 1917 in another ballet pantomime directed by Herbert Brenon. She headlined ''The Garden of Punchinello'' ballet directed by Herbert Brenon at the Palace. She also appeared in ''La Belle Paree''. Her last stage performance was in ''Aphrodite'', in 1919. She married Cornelius Fellowes, president of the St. Nicholas Hygeia Ice Company and son of a famous horseman. A prize-winning racehor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy McCaughey
Elizabeth Helen McCaughey (; née Peterken; born October 20, 1948), formerly known as Betsy McCaughey Ross, is an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1995 to 1998, during the first term of Governor George Pataki. She unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for governor after Pataki dropped her from his 1998 ticket, and she ended up on the ballot under the Liberal Party line. In August 2016 the Donald Trump presidential campaign announced that she had joined the campaign as an economic adviser. A historian by training, with a PhD from Columbia University, McCaughey has, over the years, provided conservative media commentary on US public policy affecting healthcare-related issues. Her 1993 attack on the Clinton healthcare plan was likely a major factor in the initially popular bill's defeat in Congress. Also, it brought her to the attention of Republican Pataki, who chose her as his nominee/running mate. In 2009, her criticisms of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Lee Peterkin
Freddie Lee Peterkin, also known as Freddie Lee, is a published author, singer–songwriter, actor and ordained interdenominational Minister, born in Pahokee, Florida. He is known for his gritty power soul vocals reminiscent of Bobby Womack. He has become an artist of public note through his 2008 independent release of the Soul and Gospel album ''Beyond Comprehension'' under the recording name of Freddie Lee. He made his prime time acting debut as "DJ Freddie Murphy" on Channel 4's T4 Stars & Strikes and as a character in BBC2's ''Grumpy Guide to Work'' in 2011. He was also the voice for Bewiser Owl in the Bewiser Insurance TV commercial in 2012 and 2013. He established himself in the live entertainment industry with his choreographed costume Soul Tribute stage productions for theatres and resorts in 1991. These critically acclaimed shows include The Sounds of the Four Tops, The Sounds of the Drifters and The Sounds of the Temptations. He is currently a DJ and presenter on Sola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George William Peterkin
George William Peterkin (March 21, 1841 – September 22, 1916) was the first Bishop of West Virginia in the Episcopal Church in the United States. Early life Born in Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland as first child of Rev. Joshua Peterkin of Baltimore, Maryland (1814–1892) and his wife Elizabeth Howard Hanson, George Peterkin had two younger sisters, Mary Beall Peterkin (1842–1857) and Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin. He attended the University of Virginia until the American Civil War interrupted his studies to become a priest like his father. Peterkin joined the 21st Virginia Infantry in Richmond, and after the battle of Seven Pines in 1862 joined the staff of artillery General William N. Pendleton, who had been a priest in Maryland before the war and knew his father. As General Pendleton's aide, Lieutenant Peterkin witnessed the surrender ceremony at Appomattox. Ministry After the war, Peterkin attended Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated in 1868. Ordained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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