Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Peter Schofield[1]

Male 1795 - 1860  (~ 65 years)


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  • Name Peter Schofield 
    Born CA 1795  of, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228087137 
    Eby ID Number dnf-75164 
    Died 21 May 1860  Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville Co's., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I75164  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Family Deborah Cushing,   b. CA 1795, Of, Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1862  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Children 
     1. Milton Cushing Schofield,   b. 1819, Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1908, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F19668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Death of Dr. Schofield

      The "Brockville Recorder," has lengthy obituary notice of the late Dr. Peter Schofield, who died in that Town on the 21st ult., in the 74th year of his age. Dr. Schofield was born in the State of Connecticut, and came to reside permanently in the year 1816. The Recorder says "In every object of benevolence or charity he was always ready to do his part, and the poor of the Town, among whom for many years past, he has been a regular visitor, will miss his kind advice and Christian sympathy. Dr. Schofield was the Father of M. C. Schofield, Esq., P.L.S. of this Town.

      Berlin Telegraph 1 Jun 1860

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      A LEEDS PIONEER.

      Vigorous Old Gentleman Renewing Eastern Acquaintances,

      Brockville Recorder, M. C. Schofield, Guelph, arrived on Saturday on a sad mission, bringing with him the remains of his wife for interment in the cemetery here. The deceased lady had been in poor health for many years, and towards the end was a great sufferer, so that to her it may be said death came as a happy release. Mr. Schofield, despite his seventy-six years, is still remarkably active, and in fact beyond a silvering of the locks and beard, looks very little older than when the writer first had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, nearly thirty years ago.

      Mr. Schofield is the son of the late Dr. Peter Schofield, one of the pioneer physicians of this section of country, and was born at Delta, then known as Beverly, in 1819. His grandfather, Dr. James Schofield, came to Canada in 1795, just 100 years ago, and shortly after his arrival built an iron forge at Furnace Falle (now Lyndhurst), where he manufactured the first iron made in Upper Canada.

      In 1828 Dr. Peter Schofield delivered an address upon temperance in the section where he lived, and at the close organized the first temperance society in Canada. M. C.

      Schofield left this district and I went to western Ontario in 1844, success. fully following his profession as land surveyor and civil engineer for many years, being located first at Owen Sound, then at Berlin and latterly at Guelph.

      In Berlin, he had for a business partner Joseph Hobson, now chief engineer of the southern division of the Grank Trunk railway, and who achieved eminence in his profession by constructing the tunnel under the St. Clair river between Sarnia and Port Huron,

      Before returning to Guelph Mr. Schofield will revisit the scenes of his childhood I in the neighborhood of Delta, and will also spend a day or two with Mr. Fredenburg at Westport.

      The Kingston Whig-Standard Kingston, Ontario, Canada Thursday, October 17, 1895

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Milton C. Schofield Born: Ontario Res: Berlin Age: 39 Father: Peter Mother: Deborah Cushing Born: 1820 Spouse: Catherine Scott Age: 39 born: Scotland Res: Berlin Born: 1820 Father: William Mother: Elisabeth Smith married 30 Jan 1859

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CA 1795 - of, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 May 1860 - Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville Co's., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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