Joseph John Peters

Brief Life History of Joseph John

When Joseph John Peters was born on 7 April 1814, in Ernestown Township, Addington, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Peters, was 41 and his mother, Dorcas Watchman Snyder, was 34. He married Jane Fairbanks on 14 March 1836, in Frontenac, Upper Canada, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kingston Township, Frontenac, Canada West, British Colonial America in 1851. He died about 1870, in York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Joseph John Peters
1814–1870
Jane Fairbanks
1814–1856
Marriage: 14 March 1836
Abraham Peters
1835–1906
Mary Ann Peters
1837–
Caleb Peters
1842–
Charles Peters
1848–1909
Charlotte Peters
1848–
Hugn Peters
1848–
Joseph Thomas Peters
1850–1895
Julia Peters
1854–

Sources (12)

  • Joseph J Peters, "Canada Census, 1851"
  • Joseph Peters, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • John Peters, "Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899"

World Events (1)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.

Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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