Peter M. Stauffer

1850 - 1927  (76 years)

• Name	Peter M. Stauffer
  Born	6 May 1850	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00117-7333
  Died	16 Apr 1927	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  	Cause: pnemonia
  Buried	Plattsville Community Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I4690	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob G. Stauffer,   b. 17 Jan 1813, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Nov 1879, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mosser,   b. 29 Jan 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1900  (Age 84 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1834  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Gofton,   b. 27 Jun 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1894, Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  (Age 43 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1873	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Ivah Stauffer   2. Lucy Henrietta Stauffer,   b. 1 May 1874, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1938  (Age 64 years)   3. Amos Rodger Stauffer,   b. 12 Jan 1876, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Henry Stauffer,   b. 25 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1920, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA  (Age 41 years)   5. Ivey Melvin Stauffer,   b. 10 Mar 1881, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lucy Gofton,   b. 1855,   d. 1933  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F7801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Peter M. Stauffer, "was born May 6th, 1850. He is married to Nancy Gofton and resides at Plattsville, Ontario.." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 504. [S191] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Plattsville - Plattsville Community Internet Link . Peter M. Stauffer 1850-1927/ Lucy Gofton wife 1855-1933/ W. H. son 1878-1920 [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 25. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. [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..., 503. [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..., 117. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012901-73. Peter M. STAUFFER, 23, farmer, Canada, Blenheim, s/o Jacob G. & Eliza married Nancy GOFTON, 22, Canada, Blenheim, d/o Rodger & Lucy, witn: Jacob M. STAUFFER of Waterloo & Mahlon BRAY of Blenheim, 1 October 1873 in Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 May 1850 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Oct 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: pnemonia - 16 Apr 1927 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Plattsville Community Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth