Peter Block^{[1, 2]}

1855 - 1927  (72 years)

• Name	Peter Block
  Born	4 Jan 1855	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1876	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00011-1125
  Died	3 Mar 1927	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Cause: Cause: Erysipelas of Face (5 days)
  Buried	4 Mar 1927	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I1667	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob S. Block,   b. 1 Jun 1816, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 3 Jun 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Catherine Stauffer,   b. 1 Nov 1816, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Family ID	F270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Schmidt,   b. 10 Apr 1860, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1932  (Age 71 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1876	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Daughter Block   2. Mary Block,   b. 9 Sep 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Melissa Block,   b. 24 Jan 1881, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1965, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 83 years)   4. Lorena Block,   b. 1884, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1964  (Age 80 years)   5. Private Arthur Block,   b. 3 Dec 1888, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Dec 1967  (Age 79 years)   6. Viola Alberta Block,   b. 19 Oct 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Sep 1975  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F24606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Peter Block, is married to Lizzie Schmidt. They reside in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, near Washington P. O., where he is engaged in farming. They have a family of four children" 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

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 282. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 Dec 1876. 21 Nov 1876 By Pastor Brockrodt in New Dundee, Peter Block of Wilmot was married to Elisabeth Schmidt of East Zorra. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div 1 pg 39. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-1 Page 15. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 12. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 39. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 40. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 2 Page 13. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Peter Block Gender:Male Age:72 Birth Date:abt 1855 Birth Place:Germany Death Date:3 Mar 1927 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . P. Block Buried Mar. 2, 1927 [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 2 Mar 1837:15. last Tuesday Rev Bindemann m. Jacob Block to Catharina Stauffer, all of Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jan 1855 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1876 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Nov 1876 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Erysipelas of Face (5 days) - 3 Mar 1927 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 4 Mar 1927 - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth