Johannes "John" Peter^[1]

1827 - 1914  (87 years)

• Name	Johannes "John" Peter
  Born	24 Oct 1827	Udenhausen (Kr. Alsfeld), , Hessen, Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1852	, Canada   [8]
  Name	John Peters
  Naturalization	1854  [2]
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Carpenter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-426639
  Died	31 Dec 1914	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I426639	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Doering,   b. 25 Jan 1831, Wallenrod Kreis, Landerbach, Germany ,   d. 18 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Conrad Peter,   b. 1849, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Wilhelm Peter,   b. 2 Jul 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Peter,   b. 28 May 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Johannes "John" Peter,   b. 18 Mar 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Peter,   b. 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Catharine Peter,   b. 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1932  (Age 73 years)   7. Louisa Peter,   b. 19 Dec 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 20 years)   8. Christian Peter,   b. 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1947, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA  (Age 83 years)   9. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Peter,   b. 4 Jul 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1936  (Age 70 years)   10. Henry "Harry" Peter,   b. 12 Feb 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Nov 1954  (Age 86 years)   11. Maria Peter,   b. 14 Dec 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Wilhelmina "Mina" Peter,   b. 14 Dec 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 88 years)   13. Lizzie Peter,   b. 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   14. George Peter,   b. 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F273838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  QUEEN STREET SOUTH, EAST SIDE. On the corner of King Street Rehscher's vaulted cellar already spoken of. An open space. A two-story rough-cast building with two-story veranda along the Queen Street front built by Martin Anthes (father of John S. Anthes) in 1835 when it was considered one of the best houses in the village. Henry Stroh purchased this house from Mr. Anthes about 1837. Jacob Stroh was born in this house. Behind it there was a garden of about an acre of land. There were 31 pine stumps on the property when Mr. Stroh took possession and these stumps had to be laboriously removed as stump- pulling machines, which came later, were not then available. The well on the lot was only nine feet deep. Henry Stroh carried on a shoe shop in his house until he entered into partnership with Carl Kranz, on King Street. In 1857, after he had dissolved partnership with Kranz, Henry Stroh built a one and one-half story frame building next to his house and used it as a shoe store. Mr. Stroh continued in this shoe business until 1863 when he went into partnership with Mr. Reinhold Lang, the tanner. The Queen Street shoe shop was changed to a dwelling. Later Mr. Vanderhart, a tailor, had his shop in this building and after him Carl Englehart had it as photographer. Henry Stroh sold his house to George King. Later Charles Ahrens owned it and had it moved to the corner of Shanley and Braun Streets about 1880. A one and one-half story frame building erected about 1837 by Jacob Kraemer, later on Frederick Street, as spoken of. Later an addition was added to the front and the building used as the local post office, with William Davidson in charge. Later George Seip purchased the building and used it as a saloon, with a bowling alley in the rear, the first bowling alley in Berlin. William Jaffray lived in the house for a time and later William Knell, son-in-law of Mr. Seip. A one and one-half story frame building, originally a cooper shop, later the dwelling of Mr. Seip, after he sold the other building. In 1860 he built a brewery, known as Seip's brewery. Under the whole building he had a vaulted cellar built of field stone. Power for the brewery was supplied by a horse-power contained in an attached shed, shelter for the horses. Seip had a high reputation for good beer. He at first made his own malt, but later purchased it. After George Seip's death his son Louis continued the business until about 1880. The building was finally torn down to make room for the present auditorium. The cooper shop, a small one story building, with brick chimney such as coopers used to heat staves for their barrel making, operated by Henry Brickner who later had his shop at the corner of Young and King Streets. Later Adam Stein had the Queen Street cooper shop. The Berlin coopers were experts in the making of what was called tight-wear,that is water-tight barrels, in large tuns which they made for the brewers. A very early building, occupied by John Peters, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory, about 1860. The building had an outside stairway at the back. Peters was a bird lover and expert in trapping native song birds, mocking birds, cat birds, finches, etc., which he hung under his veranda roof in public display. On the corner of Church Street a frame house occupied by Mr. Knechtel, a weaver, about 1842-1850. Knechtel moved to a farm in Mannheim where later he was injured in the spine by a falling tree to such an extent that he was bedfast for fourteen or fifteen years. He lived to about 1871. Conrad Doering occupied the Queen Street house for a time. He also was a weaver and made coverlets, etc. The house was torn down to make room for the present one of brick built by Dr. Clemens and later occupied by the late Dr. Walters. Church Street. On the south side St. Paul's Lutheran Church. A one and one-half story unpainted frame building with gable towards the street, the dwelling, about 1860, of John Fleischauer, a laborer, a native of Hessen, Germany. A one and one-half story house occupied by E. Kern, cabinet maker, about 1860 and later by John Ansted. A vacant lot. George Street. Joseph Schneider originally owned all the land between George Street and Mill Street, mostly woods at that time, and extending to Benton and Eby Streets. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11244-80. Joseph Henry Torman [sic] Gorman, 23, Occ. Baker, b. Canada, Res. Berlin, son of John and Rose Torman [sic] Gorman, married to Louisa Peter, 19, b. Canada, Res. Berlin, daughter of John and Mary Peter, Witn: Simeon Dopp and Clara Weaver, both of Berlin, 28 Dec 1880 at Berlin [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-10 Page 10. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 35. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 35. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 8. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 23. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160739630/john-peter. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-10 Page 9. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . John Peter

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1827 - Udenhausen (Kr. Alsfeld), , Hessen, Germany Immigration - 1852 - , Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Dec 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth