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

1861 Census
Names	Occupation	Birthplaces	Religion	Age	M.S.	House Type
Reuben Peer	labourer	Can. West	E.M.	41	M	frame house built 1830 1 vacant house on property
Margret Peer		U.S	“	30	M
Reuben Peer		Can. West	“	9	S
Lillian Peer		“	“	4	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

Margaret Keough's Gravestone

photo by John Charlton

Last updated December 29, 2006.

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

Ontario Archives #C-11733, Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds, Pg 17