Peter Beaver

1775 - 1861  (86 years)

• Name	Peter Beaver
  Born	1775	, Alsace Lorraine, France   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-151928
  Died	23 Apr 1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I151928	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Margaret,   b. 1775, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Peter Beaver,   b. 1806, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F48386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BEAVER, PETER Sr. Originally BIEBER In the Old Red House on the Brock Road, on the 23rd April 1861, aged 85 years. He was one of the first settlers in the township -Galt Reporter, May 3, 1861. -Born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, on the French-German border. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, then to Toronto in 1827 where he farmed about five years on 100 acres somewhere on what is now Yonge St. In 1832, he came to Puslinch and bought 300 acres, front concession 8, lots 25, 26 and 27. He gave his three grown sons, Peter, Phillip and Nicholas each a farm and a dowry to his daughter, Mary (Mrs. Henry Moatz). -Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Johann Peter Bieber (1777-1852) was born in Puberg, Bas-Rhin, France, a shoemaker, first marriage to Maria Margaretha Saemann, who died overseas in 1800, second marriage to Catharine Peter, daughterof Johan Peterand Christina Magdalena Beron. Children of Peterand Maria Bieberwere Margaret (1802-1803); Sophia (b. 1804); Peter (1806-1872); Philip(1809-1846); Nicholas (1811-1812); Nicholas (1813- 1885); Christian (b. 1815); and Margaret (1820-1821). 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

  [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 1 May 1861. Beaver, Peter Sr. died 23 Apr 1861 One of earliest settlers. Lived in home, the Old Red House on Brock Road. Age 85. [S203] Census - ON, Wellington, Puslinch - 1852, Div 2 pg 8.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1775 - , Alsace Lorraine, France Residence - 1851 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Apr 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth