Peter Francis Hammer^[1]

1912 - 1921  (9 years)

• Name	Peter Francis Hammer
  Born	4 Jul 1912	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	electrocuted
  Residence	1921	49 Foundry St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-324145
  Died	30 Sep 1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I324145	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Hammer,   b. 1 Feb 1870, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Marion Girodat,   b. 16 Apr 1873, Carlsruhe, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F24536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jury Say Death Is Accidental A verdict of purely accidental death was brought in by the coroner's jury which sat at the city hall on Tuesday evening to inquire into the death of nine-year-old Peter Hammer, who was instantly killed by touching a live wire while going home from school at Friday noon. From the evidence it appeared that the lad had been going from St. Mary's Separate school, along Duke street to his home on Foundry street when he saw the wire lying by the roadside. He picked it up and met with instantaneous death, two young companions becoming frightened his condition and running for home. Heard Cry Harvey Hymmen was going Young street at the time and hearing a cry looked down Duke street where he saw the other two boys standing concluded that the boys were merely wrestling and was about to pass a on when something in the appearance of the boy on the ground drew his attention and he decided to investigate the other boys running away on his approach. Wire Insulated He found the boying on the ground with the wire grasped in his hand. The portion grasped was insulated but the boy was lying on two or three loops of the wire, the loose end of which was smoking. Mr. Hymmen grasped him by the coat collar and up pulled him free of the wire, at the same time calling to Mr. Valentine Weaver, who was going up Young street. Mr. Hymmen then went to a nearb house and phoned for a doctor and to the fire station for the lung motor. The Chronicle Telegraph 13 Oct 1921, p. 4

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), obituary of Rose Isabel Hammer - Lackenbauer 14 Dec 2013. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 10. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Peter Hammer Gender:Male Birth: 4 Jul 1912 Kitchener, Ontario Death Date:30 Sep 1921 Death Place:Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Electrocution s/o John Hammer b. Bamberg & Mary Ann Girodate b. Karlsruhe [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206760597.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jul 1912 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - electrocuted - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Sep 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth