Peter Mosser^[1]

1785 - 1872  (87 years)

• Name	Peter Mosser
  Born	6 Apr 1785	, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47337085
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario   [7]
  Name	Peter Musser  [4]
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00082-4883
  Died	28 Jul 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 5, 8]
  	Cause: fire
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I3910	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Mosser,   b. 1751, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth M. Wanner,   b. 25 Jul 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Nov 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Jacob Mosser,   b. CALC 23 Feb 1811, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jul 1861, Near Fisher's Mills, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 50 years)   2. Mary Mosser,   b. 9 Nov 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1866, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   3. Henry Mosser,   b. 31 Jan 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   4. Peter Mosser,   b. 29 Jan 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 5 Mar 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   5. Elizabeth Mosser,   b. 29 Jan 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1900  (Age 84 years)   6. Leah Mosser,   b. 7 Sep 1818, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1882, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   7. Nancy Mosser,   b. 1 Nov 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   8. Sarah Eliza Mosser,   b. 10 Oct 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Jul 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Peter Mosser, "was born April 6th, 1785. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Anna (Mosser) Wanner. She was born July 25th, 1781. In 1824 they moved to Canada and settled on a farm adjoining that of David Pannebecker's near Hespeler where she died November 22nd, 1858, and he died (The house on the old "Mosser Farm" was accidentally destroyed by fire and he was burnt with the house) July 28th, 1872. To them was born a family of eight children" 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.]. ____________________________________ Sad Affair near Hespeler From our own Correspondent A most melancholy event took place on Sunday morning near the R.R. track about 1-1/2 miles above Hespeler. An old man said to be about 86 years of age of the name of Musser, occupied two apartments by himself, contiguous to the farm house in which his daughter, son-in-law and family resided. It was customary for some of the family before retiring for the night to visit the old man's rooms. On looking in on Sunday night at bedtime, he was found asleep and left undisturbed. About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the family was aroused by the scream of one of the children who had been awaked by the suffocating influence of smoke in the house. They had barely time to make their escape from the house before it was enveloped in flames, and without securing even sufficient clothing. The rooms occupied by the old man were already burnt down, and on Dr. Swan, being called, all that could be found of the old man were a few charred bones, which were collected into a box of about a foot square. The fire is supposed to have been entirely accidental, but how it originated cannot be ascertained. Dr. Swan supposes from the remains of the old man being found near the door of the apartment in which he slept, that he had been suffocated and fallen down in an attempt to gain the door. An inquest was held on Monday when a verdict in accordance with the above facts were returned. The Galt Reporter - Friday, Aug 2, 1872

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 170. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 115. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 559. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). The remains of / Peter Mosser / born April 6,1785 / and was burnt to death / by the burning of his / house July 28,1872 / aged 87 yrs. 3 mo. 22 d's [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 60. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 39. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Sad Affair near Hespeler - 2 Aug 1872.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Apr 1785 - , Pennsylvania, USA Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: fire - 28 Jul 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth