Born in Oak Bay on January 26, 1900 to Frederick & Bertha Hamilton Gray Peters. Her father, a barrister, was the Honorable Frederick Peters, Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1891 to 1897, when he relocated the family to Victoria. He established a law firm in Victoria in partnership with his former colleague, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, and Peters and Tupper built homes next door to each other in the Oak Bay district of Victoria.
Violet's mother, Bertha Gray, was the youngest of five daughters of Prince Edward Island's Father of Confederation John Hamilton Gray and his wife Susan Bartley Pennefeather.
Violet was just a couple months away from celebrating her sixth birthday when she was standing close to the fireplace in her bedroom when her nightgown caught fire. Violet ran for help and family members were able to extinguish the flames, but the little girl was severely burned. She was taken to St. Joseph's hospital where she succumbed to her injuries the following day.
Violet had an older sister, Mary Helen Peters Dewdney (1887-1976), and four older brothers: Frederick Thornton (1889-1942); John Franklyn (1892-1915) and fraternal twins Gerald Hamilton (1894-1916) and Noel Quinton (1894-1964.)
Violet's mother, Bertha Gray, was the youngest of five daughters of Prince Edward Island's Father of Confederation John Hamilton Gray and his wife Susan Bartley Pennefeather.
Violet was just a couple months away from celebrating her sixth birthday when she was standing close to the fireplace in her bedroom when her nightgown caught fire. Violet ran for help and family members were able to extinguish the flames, but the little girl was severely burned. She was taken to St. Joseph's hospital where she succumbed to her injuries the following day.
Violet had an older sister, Mary Helen Peters Dewdney (1887-1976), and four older brothers: Frederick Thornton (1889-1942); John Franklyn (1892-1915) and fraternal twins Gerald Hamilton (1894-1916) and Noel Quinton (1894-1964.)
Born in Oak Bay on January 26, 1900 to Frederick & Bertha Hamilton Gray Peters. Her father, a barrister, was the Honorable Frederick Peters, Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1891 to 1897, when he relocated the family to Victoria. He established a law firm in Victoria in partnership with his former colleague, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, and Peters and Tupper built homes next door to each other in the Oak Bay district of Victoria.
Violet's mother, Bertha Gray, was the youngest of five daughters of Prince Edward Island's Father of Confederation John Hamilton Gray and his wife Susan Bartley Pennefeather.
Violet was just a couple months away from celebrating her sixth birthday when she was standing close to the fireplace in her bedroom when her nightgown caught fire. Violet ran for help and family members were able to extinguish the flames, but the little girl was severely burned. She was taken to St. Joseph's hospital where she succumbed to her injuries the following day.
Violet had an older sister, Mary Helen Peters Dewdney (1887-1976), and four older brothers: Frederick Thornton (1889-1942); John Franklyn (1892-1915) and fraternal twins Gerald Hamilton (1894-1916) and Noel Quinton (1894-1964.)
Violet's mother, Bertha Gray, was the youngest of five daughters of Prince Edward Island's Father of Confederation John Hamilton Gray and his wife Susan Bartley Pennefeather.
Violet was just a couple months away from celebrating her sixth birthday when she was standing close to the fireplace in her bedroom when her nightgown caught fire. Violet ran for help and family members were able to extinguish the flames, but the little girl was severely burned. She was taken to St. Joseph's hospital where she succumbed to her injuries the following day.
Violet had an older sister, Mary Helen Peters Dewdney (1887-1976), and four older brothers: Frederick Thornton (1889-1942); John Franklyn (1892-1915) and fraternal twins Gerald Hamilton (1894-1916) and Noel Quinton (1894-1964.)
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