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

1891 Census
Names	Age	Birthplaces			Religion	Ocupation
		Self	Father	Mother
Peer, Reuben	71	Ont.	Que.	Ont.	Meth.	Farmer
Peer, William J.	35
Peer, Margaret	22
Peer, Matilda	15
Peer, Clarissa	16
Ontario Archives #T6350, Elizabethtown Twp, County of Leeds, Division 5, page 4

Reuben Peer's Death Record

Reuben Peer, male, 26th February 1899, age 79,
Residence Elizabethtown Township,
Farmer, widower, born Ontario,
Cause of death Lagrippe & Pneumonia, name of physician Dr. Dixon, Denomination Methodist,
Name of person making return Dr. Dixon,
Date of Renumeration - 26 Feb, 1899,
folio #14857.

Reuben Peer's Gravestone

photo by John Charlton

Last updated February 13, 2007.

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