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

Peter Hewitt[1]

Male 1835 - 1916  (81 years)


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  • Name Peter Hewitt 
    Born 21 Jan 1835  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    W. Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00027-2015.9 
    Died 10 Mar 1916 
    Person ID I112340  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Elisha Hewitt,   b. 8 Jan 1800, Cayuga, Cayuga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Rachel Cress,   b. 6 May 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 1823  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Donaldson,   b. 1846, Of, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 16 Jan 1861  Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Mary Jane Hewitt,   b. 4 Oct 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1916, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     2. Georgina Hewitt,   b. 12 Oct 1863, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Edward Hewitt,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Margaret Hewitt,   b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F23423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Peter Hewitt, " is married and resides in Clifford, Ontario."


      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.].

  • 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..., 469.

    2. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 1.

    3. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 5.

    4. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library.
      Peter Hewitt b. 21 Jan 1835 Woolwich Baptised 12 Dec 1867 Woolwich Child Of Elisha Hewitt & Rachel Hewitt Residence: Woolwich Volume 3 Page 782 Minister Rev. J. Shepley

    5. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 25 Jan 1861.
      Hewitt - Donaldson: On the 16th instant, at the residence of the Bride's Father, Pilkington, by the Rev. John Duff, Peter, son of Elisha Hewitt, Esq., Woolwich, to Margaret, youngest daughter of George Donaldson, Esq., of Pilkington.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Jan 1835 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Jan 1861 - Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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