Dr. Peter Johnston Muter

1830 - 1883  (53 years)

• Name	Peter Johnston Muter
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1830	Isle Of Man   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204376420
  Occupation	1859	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Doctor
  Residence	1859	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Anglican
  Occupation	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Physician - Doctor - Dr.
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of England
  Occupation	1881	Fullarton Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-181896
  Died	24 Apr 1883	Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I181896	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Rosalind Caroline Paget,   b. May 1834, , Wales, United Kingdom ,   d. 28 Dec 1917, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Children	1. Robert Paget Muter,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Douglas William Muter,   b. 1 Apr 1859, Nithburg, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 16 Jul 1949, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA  (Age 90 years)   3. Fanny Muter,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Edith Jane Muter,   b. 17 Aug 1867, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1961, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   5. Emily Elizabeth Muter,   b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Catherine Muter,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F176781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MUTER, PETER JOHNSTON According to the 1871 census he was aged 37, his wife was Rosalind, they had six children and his birthplace was the Isle of Man. A question mark follows "the Isle of Man", and this is typical of most of the information we have about him. He received the degree of M. D. from Victoria University, Toronto, in 1866, and was registered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in that year. His card appeard in the Canadisch Volksblatt on January 31, 1867. Dr. Muter, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. Gives special attention to all diseases of the throat and lungs. Residence New Hamburg. The only other direct reference to him in New Hamburg was in an announcement in the same paper on March 27, 1867. The undersigned certifies that he treated Mr. John Ingold during the course of his recent illness, and states that the only illness which he had was brain fever, which appears to have prejudiced his reputation in an unfortunate manner. P. J. Muter, M. D. Licentiate, etc. Moreover Mr. Ingold will call to account everyone who has spread false prejudicial lies about him. Interesting though this may be, there. is no further mention of either the patient or his physician. The directories of the period present conflicting listings, as follows: 1867 New Hamburg, 1870 - 1872 Shakespeare (and Crosshill), 1874 Linwood, 1878 Linwood ( & Wellesley). The Osier Library, McGill University, regarding his listing in Linwood in 1882 says: For your information, Osier has crossed out this name in pencil and added 'away. beside it. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, when he left Linwood he went to Thornhill, and he then seems to have dropped out of sight. A blacklist in the Berliner Journal gives his name, owing $4. 00, in May 1879. This suggests that he had left the area by this time. The University of Toronto Monthly, December 1901 re the class of '66 says P. J. Muter (O. B. ). The confusion is compounded in that he appears to have been in practice earlier. He was appointed coroner for Perth County according to an announcement in the June 16, 1860 issue of the Canada Gazette. On September 7, 1865 the Volksblatt referred to Dr. Muter of Shakespeare. Presumably he practised without being registered by the College, but no evidence is at hand to establish where or when. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986

  
  

• Sources

  [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 2a, Pg 54. [S1074] Church Records - ON, Perth, Stratford - St. James Anglican. MUTER, Douglas William, son of Peter Johnstone & Rosalind Caroline, father a physician in Nithburg Village, born 1 Apr. 1859 bapt. 26 Dec 1859, sponsors Douglas Dunbar Muter, Wm. Pouget Paget, Mary Louisa Paget, (Proy-Edward Albert Paget, George Augustus Paget) [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Peter Johnston Muter, medical practioner, congestion of the lungs, 15 days. "Received the above particulars from Gads Hill, P. O. by letter - dont know who from, from enquiring ___ that Dr. Smith of Stratford, to whome I w__ for information and as far __ to obtain anything further, attnded him - the above particulars were __ about the middle of May. J. P."

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1830 - Isle Of Man Occupation - Doctor - 1859 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1859 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1881 - Fullarton Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Apr 1883 - Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth