Charles Linnaeus Peale
(1794-1832)
BIRTH
March 20, 1794
PLACE
DEATH
May 22, 1832
PLACE
FAMILY
MOTHER
Elizabeth DePeyster Peale
(1765-1804)
SISTER
Eleanor Peale
(1770–1773)
SISTER
Margaret Bordley Peale
(1772-1772)
BROTHER
Raphaelle Peale
(1774-1825)
SISTER
Elizabeth DePeyster Peale Patterson
(1802–1857)
CHILDREN
Charles Willson Peale
(1741-1827)
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DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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Charles Linnaeus Peale (1794–1832) was a son of artist and museum founder Charles Willson Peale and Elizabeth de Peyster. His name honored the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, whose classification system shaped his father’s museum. Letters and a portrait record survive in the Peale family collections, documenting his place in that household. Born after the Revolution, he belongs to its descendants’ generation. His own profession has not been established by these records.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Charles Linnaeus Peale’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Charles Linnaeus Peale is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
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DEATH
Charles Linnaeus Peale died on May 22, 1832. Charles Linnaeus Peale was a son of artist and museum founder Charles Willson Peale and Elizabeth de Peyster. His name honored the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, whose classification system shaped his father’s museum. Letters and a portrait record survive in the Peale family collections, documenting his place in that household. Born after the Revolution, he belongs to its descendants’ generation. His own profession has not been established by these records. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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