Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Peter G. Holm[1, 2]

Male 1841 - 1920  (79 years)


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  • Name Peter G. Holm 
    Born 2 Jul 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Tunker 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Tunker 
    Occupation 1881  South Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Dunker 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Tunker 
    Retired 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Eby ID Number 00056-3840 
    Died 17 Aug 1920  Hanley, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I10044  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Rev. Peter Niles Holm,   b. 25 Sep 1808, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1883, East Of Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Susannah Gingerich,   b. 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1769  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christina Israel,   b. 15 Jun 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1908, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dinah Holm,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893  (Age 28 years)
     2. Menno Holm,   b. 1 Dec 1866, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1874  (Age 8 years)
     3. Annie Catherine Holm,   b. 14 Nov 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Susannah Holm,   b. 12 Jan 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1947, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. Lydia Holm,   b. 25 Oct 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Dr. Aaron Holm,   b. 25 Jul 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     7. Adeline Holm,   b. 1 Jul 1877, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     8. Abraham "Abram" Holm,   b. 3 Sep 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1928, Hanley, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     9. Margaret Ann "Maggie" Holm,   b. 10 Jul 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1957, , York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     10. Christina Holm,   b. 10 Oct 1885, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1945, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     11. Oscar Ivan Holm,   b. 19 Aug 1887, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F2904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Peter Holm, "resides in West Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, where he is engaged in farming. He is married to Christina Israel and has a family of ten children."

      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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      HOLM, PETER G.

      The funeral of Mr. Holm was held on Saturday evening, August 21, 1920. A short service was held at the station on the arrival of his body, by Rev. J. T. Small. Interment took place at Hespeler Cemetery.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 807.

    2. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 685.

    3. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 7 Household Number 31.

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 28.

    5. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 7.

    6. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 2 Page 10.

    7. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 17.

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, N., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, N. (1841). Peter Gingrich Holm (1841-1920) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 5 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87408006/peter-gingrich-holm.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jul 1841 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Tunker - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dunker - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Tunker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Aug 1920 - Hanley, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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