Peter Acres

1824 - 1909  (85 years)

• Name	Peter Acres
  Born	29 Jul 1824	Gibraltar   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	, Spain
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203309552
  Military	British Army
  Occupation	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Accountant
  Residence	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Accountant
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-85815
  Died	5 Oct 1909	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I85815	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Abigail "Abby",   b. 14 Feb 1819, Gibraltar ,   d. 24 May 1907, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F22269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Peter Acres, a British Army Pensioner, died here on Oct. 4, aged 85 years. He was a native of Gibraltar and had lived retired in New Hamburg since 1884. Since the death of his wife in 1907 he had resided at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Mansz, Huron Street. New Hamburg Independent 8 Oct 1909 _______________ During his pastorate the Church received a most valuable and welcome bequest of one thousand dollars under the will of the late Peter Acres,who with his wife, a confirmed invalid, resided here in retirement for many years. Mr. Acres was a retired clerk in the Commissary Department of the British Army at the Gibraltar garrison, where both he and his wife were born. His valuable library of rare old books was also left to the Church and is now installed in the Vestry in a large bookcase, given to the Church by Miss J. C. Allchin. An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Wilmot 1828-1913, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, New Hamburg, Ontario

  
  

• Sources

  [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-2 Page 6. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 37. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203309552.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jul 1824 - Gibraltar Birth - - , Spain Occupation - Accountant - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Accountant - 1901 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Oct 1909 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth