Margaret’s Gravestone
photo by John Charlton
| 1851 Census | ||||||
| Names | Occupation | Birthplaces | Religion | Age | M.S. | House Type |
| Reuben Pier | Farmer | Upper Canada | None | 27 | M | Log, 1 story |
| Margaret Pier | U.S.A. | - | 21 | M | ||
| Ontario Archives #C-11733, Township and County of Leeds, Division 1, Pg 3 | ||||||
| 1851 Agricultural Census | ||||||
| Reuben Peer, Con 6, Lot 1 (part) | ||||||
| 100 acres – wood or wild 2 steers 1 milk cow 3 pigs chickens 2 barrels of pork |
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| Ontario Archives #C-11733, Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds, Pg 17 | ||||||
| 1861 Census | ||||||
| Names | Occupation | Birthplaces | Religion | Age | M.S. | House Type |
| Reuben Peer | labourer | Can. West | E.M. | 41 | M | frame house built 18301 vacant house on property |
| Margret Peer | U.S | “ | 30 | M | ||
| Reuben Peer | Can. West | “ | 9 | S | ||
| Lillian Peer | “ | “ | 7 | S | ||
| James W. Peer | “ | “ | 4 | S | ||
| Ontario Archives #C-1044, Elizabethtown Twp, County of Leeds, Div 3, Pg 107 | ||||||
| 1871 Census | |||||
| Names | Age | Birthplaces | Religion | Origin | M.S. |
| Peer, Reuben | 52 | Ont. | E. Meth | French | M |
| Peer, Margaret | 37 | U.S.A. | “ | US unknown | M |
| Peer, Reuben | 18 | Ont. | “ | French | S |
| Peer, Mary Lilly | 14 | “ | “ | ” | S |
| Peer, Wm. James | 11 | “ | “ | “ | S |
| Peer, Hannah Jane | 11 | “ | “ | ” | S |
| Peer, Lucy Adeline | 5 | “ | “ | ” | S |
| Peer, Margaret Anne | 3 | “ | “ | ” | S |
| Peer, Katherine Matilda | 7 months* | “ | “ | ” | S |
| *Born June 1870 | |||||
| Ontario Archives #C10004, Elizabethtown Twp, County of Leeds, pg 3, family 11 & 12 | |||||
Peer Family 1880 Carte-de-Visite
Back Row – William James, Hannah Jane, Lucy Adeline, Margaret Anne
Middle Row – Reuben Sr., Margaret, Reuben Jr., Mary Lilly
Front Row – Katherine Matilda, Clarissa
Photo courtesy: Julie Hinton
| 1881 Census | ||||||
| Names | Age | Birthplaces | Religion | Origin | ||
| Peer, Reuben | 59 | Canada | Eng. Meth | French | ||
| Peer, Margrate | 49 | “ | “ | “ | ||
| Peer, Reuben | 27 | “ | “ | “ | ||
| Peer, William | 21 | “ | “ | “ | ||
| Peer, Mary | 23 | “ | “ | ” | ||
| Peer, Hannah | 18 | “ | “ | ” | ||
| Peer, Lucy | 15 | “ | “ | ” | ||
| Peer, Margrath | 13 | “ | “ | ” | ||
| Peer, Katie | 10 | “ | “ | ” | ||
| Peer, Clarissa | 8 | “ | “ | ” | ||
| Ontario Archives #C13232, Elizabethtown Twp, County of Leeds, Division 3, page 17/18 | ||||||
Great site. I am descended from Magaret’s brother John Benjamin Chio who moved from St Lawrence Co, NY along with his brother Levi Kio about 1867 to OH where John B remained. Levi moved back to NY about 1890