Peter Albig

1793 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Peter Albig
  Born	1793	, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Shingletown received its name due to his shingle making business
  	Peter and his wife Barbara later fell on hard times. He is last found in 1861 working as a fabric maker, Barbara died a pauper in the House of Industry and Refuge in Kitchener in 1880. The is no stone to mark their place of burial, no descendants to remember them. Yet, they leave the legacy of of a small hamlet receiving its name, Shingletown.
  Occupation	Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	shingle maker
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Fabric Maker
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1864	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lot 9 Bleam's Road
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-67351
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I67351	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Barbara "Barbara",   b. 1796, , Germany ,   d. 2 Jul 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1838
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F31398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHINGLETOWN/VICTORIABURG Elias Snyder received his patent for the front 50 acres of Lot 10, NBR, in 1833, and Christian G. Klinckhardt received his for Lot 10 on the south side in 1835. In 1836, Klinckhardt sold eight acres to Henry Liersch, his son-in-law, and the remaining 42 acres to Samuel Hunspurger in 1840. Klinckhardt soon left for the United States. Both lots changed hands a number of times, and from 1847 to 1849 the owners began to sell smaller lots to various tradespeople. In 1849 Peter Albig, a shinglemaker, purchased a quarter acre, and the local people began to call this little hamlet "Schindelsteddle." At some point it received the more formal name of Victoriaburg, but has long since reverted to the former name in its Anglicized form. The Amish and Their Neighbours, The German Block, Wilmot Township 1822-1860 by Lorraine Roth pg 94

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Jul 1880. Died 2 Jul 1880 Barbara Allbig died in the poorhouse in Berlin at age of 83 years. She was from Petersburg. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 52. [S330] Directory - ON, Waterloo - 1864 - County of Waterloo gazetteer and general business directory for 1864, pg 53.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1793 - , Germany Honoured - Shingletown received its name due to his shingle making business - - Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - shingle maker - - Shingletown, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Fabric Maker - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1864 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth