Peter Langhaus

1784 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Peter Langhaus
  Born	1784	Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Peter Longhouse
  Occupation	1851	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	labourer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-144310
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I144310	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Catherine Stoner,   b. 1806, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1870, Middleville, Barry Co., Michigan  (Age 64 years)
  Married	26 Aug 1851	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F36115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Up to 1860 Peter Longhouse made shingles by hand at his property on the north side of Queen Street East, shown in old Plans as "The Longhouse Lot." Valten Limpert's house is built on part of this lot. Good large cedar or pine logs were selected as raw material and billets were cut off the ends, some 18 inches, some 24 inches long. These were then squared and split with the grain and the resulting flat pieces usually about half an inch thick were placed in a "Schnitzelbank" (freely translated "Cutting Bench) and the workman, sitting thereon, held the slab by foot power in the vise, while he tapered it and trimmed the edges. Exposed say six inches to the weather, this shingle made a good roof. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Peter Langhaus, 66, labourer of New Hope, Waterloo married 26 Aug 1851 in Greenbush by banns to Cathrine Letzen, (widow) 49, of Woolwich. wit: Franz Rosenberger Jr. & William Rosenberger Jr.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1784 - Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - labourer - 1851 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Aug 1851 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth