Peter L. Moyer

1861 - 1932  (71 years)

• Name	Peter L. Moyer
  Born	27 Jan 1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Amish
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29290
  Died	1 Sep 1932  [3]
  Buried	Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I29290	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes P. "John" Mayer,   b. 11 Apr 1834, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller,   b. 18 Jan 1831, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F10078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Anna Reeve,   b. 25 Dec 1865, Nithburg, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 6 Jul 1933  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F7685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "In 1913, Baden area farmer Peter L. Moyer was 52 years old. He had been married since 1888 to Mary Anna Reeve and was a member of the Steinmann Amish Mennonite church. Moyer was dissatisfied, in fact, very dissatisfied with church arrangements. Sunday services alternated between Steinmann's and St. Agatha Amish Mennonite church (a.k.a. Lichti's church). Steinmann's was on Snyder's Road, well west of Baden, almost at Nafziger Road: Lichti's was on Erb's Road just west of St. Agatha. Today, it's hardly a five-minute drive. Put yourself at the Moyer farm in winter 1912. Many second Sundays he had to horse-and-buggy his family and friends for an hour over unplowed roads to Lichti's. Moyer's solution? Build and pay for a simple frame church building on a small property in Baden and make it a fellowship hall, open to all denominations. Under various names and overseers, it served for almost nine decades. By the 1990s, Wilmot Mennonite Fellowship Hall was primarily a rental facility for community groups although a small congregation, West Hills Mennonite Fellowship, held Sunday services. On April 14, 2000, fire destroyed the building. Arson, whether accidental or purposeful, was the initial assumption but no one was ever charged." mills, r. (2020). Flash From the Past: Wilmot Township's churches in the spotlight. Retrieved 22 February 2020, from https://www.therecord.com/living-story/9860565-flash-from-the-past-wilmot-township-s-churches-in-the-spotlight/

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, A-1 pg 12. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 4 Page 44. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Mary Anna Reeve Moyer - August 31, 1933.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jan 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Amish - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth