Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Charles Lewis Peterson

Charles Lewis Peterson[1]

Male 1795 - 1876  (81 years)

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  • Photos
    Charles Lewis Peterson
    Charles Lewis Peterson
    Byerly, Alpheus E.
    (1894-1960)

    This photograph is a copy of a head and shoulders portrait of Charles Lewis Peterson, a Waterloo County resident.




    Charles Lewis Peterson - Archeion. (2018). Archeion.ca. Retrieved 18 October 2018, from https://www.archeion.ca/charles-lewis-peterson

  • Name Charles Lewis Peterson 
    Born 1795  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95190110 
    Name Carl Ludwig Peterson 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Evangelist 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Other Methodist 
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Labourer 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    E. Meth 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-26907 
    Died 17 Jan 1876  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7, 8
    Buried Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8
    Person ID I26907  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Johann Dieter Diedrich Peterson,   b. 23 Nov 1756, Bremen, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1848, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F18565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Theresaa Amelia Boyer,   b. 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1851, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Henry William Lewis "William" Peterson,   b. 6 Apr 1822, , Somerset Co, , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1913, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Andrew Jackson Peterson,   b. 12 Dec 1823, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Mary Ann Peterson,   b. 20 Dec 1828, Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Charlotte T. Peterson,   b. 11 Jan 1834, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Harriet Henrietta Peterson,   b. 10 Apr 1834, Woolwich Township., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Or Markham Township, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1921, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Charles Joseph "Joseph" Peterson,   b. 9 Aug 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1924, Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F7036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Peterson: On the 17th inst., at Wellesley, in the neighbouring County of Waterloo, Charles L. Peterson, in the 81st year of his age. His remains were interred at Hawkesville, on the 21st, by the Rev. Mr. Smith of Berlin, after which funeral discourses in German and English, by attending ministers, were delivered in the Church of the United Brethren. Notwithstanding the extreme severity of the weather, the funeral was most numerously attended, the procession of vehicles containing sympathizing friends and neighbours being nearly a mile in length. The aged and devoted partner of his long life had predeceased him only a few years, and their remains were laid side by side in one grave, united both in the life and death. Mr. Peterson had reached a truly patriarchal age, and up to a few moments of his death he was perfectly concious, possessing all his faculties. He was the honored and beloved head of a numerous race of descendants, prosperous, vigorous and in the prime of life. Three married sons and five wedded daugh-ters, twenty-nine grandsons and grand-daughters, and seven great-great grandchildren, besides numerous collateral connections, all assembled to pay their last tribute of affectionate respect for the beloved head of their House. A yeoman all his days, the many hundred broad acres of his descendants testify to the sure reward of honest toil and industry. His life was that of an honest man and full of the Christian's hope. Death had no terrors for one who was for many years fully prepared for the last great change. A. J. Peterson, Esq., of Berlin, H.W. Peterson and Joseph Peterson, Esqrs. of Wellesley, are his three surviving sons. Our Townsman, H. W. Peterson, Esq. County Crown Attorney, a Nephew of the deceased."

      THE GUELPH EVENING MERCURY January 22, 1876.

  • Sources 
    1. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 33788-1921 Harriet Henrietta Peterson.

    2. [S120] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - Hawkesville Union CC#4529 Waterloo Region Branch, OGS.
      Charles Lewis Peterson / 1795-1876 / Theresia, his wife / 1797-1851 / Henry William Peterson / 1822-1913 / Fanny Bristow his wife / 1827-1893 / Hannah L Peterson / 1852-1922 / Peterson

    3. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 20.

    4. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 17.

    5. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 3 Page 26.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Jan 1876.
      Died 17 Jan 1876 In Woolwich, Charles L. Peterson, father of Mr. A. J. Peterson, died at the age of 80 years, 3 months, 18 days.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, H., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, H. (1795). Charles Lewis Peterson (1795-1876) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 1 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95190110/charles-lewis-peterson.

    8. [S1409] News - ON, Wellington, Guelph - Guelph Evening Mercury, Obituary of Charles L. Peterson - January 22, 1876.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1795 - , Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - E. Meth - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jan 1876 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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