Peter Cairns Picken

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26730
• Residence: 1856, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker

Notes:

John Picken, Native of Scotland, a shoemaker, appears to have plied his trade here from June 2nd, 1855, until the year 1864. When he came he brought along two sons. Alex, who in 1858 was Secretary of the Hespeler Fire Brigade at the age of 21, and Peter C., borne in 1832. Both boys learned the shoemaking from their father.

Alex worked at it here only a short time, while Peter C. continued on till 1874. He married a daughter of Henry and Ellen Fields who lived where the new Baptist Church stands. Peter C. lived next place south on Bergey Street in a house sometimes spoken of as "The Hadfield House". His two sons, Alex. and Henry, were born in this house, the former on November 14th, 1857. "Sandy" as we called him was the father of William and Arthur; Arthur's eldest boy, Jack, clerks in Mark Kohli's Grocery Store which fact presents the unusual spectacle of two boys, both fifth generation Hespelerites, working daily side by side and even though the Grocery and the Shoemaking trades are in no wise related, it may be pardoned if I set down that David W. Panabaker is of the fifth generation here, Robert Scott certainly of the fourth and possibly of the fifth and that both these men are grocers.


Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

Peter married Catherine Fields 8 Dec 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Henry Fields and Ellen Hunter McKersie) was born 3 Feb 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1873; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Alexander "Sandy" Picken was born 14 Nov 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1929; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Ellen Picken was born CALC 21 Jan 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1876, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Agnes Picken was born 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Janett Picken was born 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Mary Picken was born CALC 12 Aug 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. John Picken was born Jan 1871, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Peter Henry "Henry" "Harry" Picken was born 3 Feb 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-252839
• Occupation: 1861, , Germany; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian

John — Agnes. Agnes was born 1816, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Agnes Picken
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-252851
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian