Peter Thiel: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Peter Thiel was born 6 Dec 1849, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Heinrich "Henry" Thiel and Elizabeth Ruppert); died 29 Mar 1926, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA; was buried , Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124025
Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Peter — Catherine Kreh. Catherine (daughter of Christian Kreh and Mary Ankenmann) was born 18 Oct 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1920, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA; was buried , Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Claria Thiel was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Mary Ann Thiel was born 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died 1959; was buried , Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA.

Generation: 2

Heinrich "Henry" Thiel was born Jan 1915, , Hesse, Germany; died 23 Jun 1892, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107524

Notes:

Heinrich and his family immigrated to Canada in 1849, arriving in New York aboard the ship Bessel from Bremen, Germany. Heinrich was 34, his wife Elizabeth was 23 and their son Henry was 3 The 1852 Census finds them farming in East Zorra Township, Oxford County Ontario, with brothers Peter age 3 and Louis age 2 now part of the family. In the 1861 Census they are still in East Zorra but the transcriber records their name as Seal. Daughters Elizabeth, Catherine, Anna & Mary have been added as well as Jacob. The 1871 Census for East Zorra (surname spelled Theal) lists Heinrich as a Widower. Henry, Peter, Elizabeth, Catherine, Anne & Jacob still in the family home. Unable to find in 1881 Census, but in 1891 he (age 76 and surname spelled Shiel) is a lodger with the King family in East Zorra. In July of 1892 a notice appears in the Berliner Journal newspaper in Kitchener, Waterloo County that Heinrich Thiel died in East Zorra at age 77 years, 5 months

Cemetery, E., America, N., Municipality, O., Zorra-Tavistock, E., & Cemetery, E. (1815). Heinrich "Henry" Thiel (1815-1892) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 16 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190249087/heinrich-thiel

Heinrich — Elizabeth Ruppert. Elizabeth was born 1826, , Germany; died Bef 1871; was buried , Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Ruppert was born 1826, , Germany; died Bef 1871; was buried , Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Elizabeth Thiel
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-110486

Children:

Henry Thiel was born 6 Mar 1845, , Hessen, Germany; died 22 Mar 1921, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
1. Peter Thiel was born 6 Dec 1849, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1926, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA; was buried , Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA.
Louis Thiel was born 12 Feb 1850, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jul 1918, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA.
Annie Gertrude Thiel was born CALC 12 Nov 1855, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1915, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.