Peter Clark Flatt

1872 - 1895  (23 years)

• Name	Peter Clark Flatt
  Born	25 Jan 1872	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Sports	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Alpha Baseball Club
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Turner & Fitter
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-363694
  Died	20 Sep 1895	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I363694	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	George Flatt,   b. 27 Oct 1842, Sheffield, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 15 Mar 1909, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Janet Clark,   b. 1837, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Sep 1894, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F254321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FLATT, PETER CLARK Eldest son of George Flatt of Chalmers St. in Galt, under very sad circumstances. He was one of the pitchers in the Alpha Baseball Club. The previous Saturday, in the game against Hespeler, he played second base and was knocked down by a Hespeler player running the bases. He continued the game. On Monday he was at work at the Messrs. Cowan and Co. Foundry, in which he was serving a five year apprenticeship at ? and fitting and was within two weeks of its completion. He went to work again on Tuesday and continued until ten o'clock when, not feeling well, he left for home. On Wednesday he complained of a numbness in his legs and as it was growing worse, he was taken to the hospital by his physician on Thursday morning. The torpor continued to grow worse and towards night his limbs were totally paralysed. The nurse gave him some food about five o'clock on Friday morning, September 20, 1895, and shortly afterwards, she found him dead. He was a popular and esteemed comrade and workman. He was regarded as a skilled player and was highly thought of, on account of his unassuming pleasant manner, which endeared him to all his comrades and members of the opposing clubs alike. The funeral of this young man took place on Sunday afternoon, September 22, 1895, to Killean Cemetery, where his mother was interred a short time ago. The floral emblems were beautiful and comprised a pillow from the members of Alpha Baseball Club with the word "Alpha" worked on it in purple flowers; "The Gates Ajar" from the fellow employees of Messrs. Cowan & Co. ; a wreath from the Berlin Baseball Club; and a baseball bat from the Hespeler team, besides many from individual friends. Rev. Jackson conducted the service. Pallbearers: were six members of the Alpha team: Herbert Hindmarsh, Harry Hunking, J. A. Hutcheson, J. D. Scott, James Spalding and Wes Pickering. The funeral was largely attended and the members of the Berlin, Waterloo, Preston, Hespeler and Galt clubs attended in a body. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 by Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 124.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Jan 1872 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Sports - Alpha Baseball Club - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Turner & Fitter - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Sep 1895 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth