Continuation of tree (6th child of George Peters/Minnie Mable Breckenridge); all known surname descendants:
9 Alexander Motard Peters b: 10 August 1893 Highland Grove, Haliburton, ONT; d: 26 October 1966 Englehart, Temiskaming, ONT
+Nina Jane Clark b: 8 January 1901 Highland Grove, Haliburton, ONT; m: 16 December 1919 Highland Grove, Haliburton, ONT [John Henry/Emma Lewis]; d: 7 June 1975 Englehart, Temiskaming, ONT
10 Leonard Peters b: 1920; d: Aft. 1931
10 Raymond Matthew Peters b: 24 September 1921 Chamberlain, Temiskaming, ONT; d: 3 December 1926 Englehart, Temiskaming, ONT (scarlet fever)
10 Vernabell Irene Peters b: 19 December 1922 Englehart, Temiskaming, ONT; d: 21 April 2001 Brockville, ONT
+William Edwin Brown b: 23 April 1915 Carlton, ONT; m: April 1941 Brockville, ONT [Walter Maurice/Margaret Jane Peters]; d: 21 January 1988 Orillia, ONT
*2nd Husband of Vernabell Irene Peters:
+Elmer Stephenson m: 10 October 1968 Brockville, ONT
10 Frances Peters b: Abt. 1924; d: Aft. October 1966 Vancouver, BC
+R. Brown
10 Norma Grace Peters b: Abt. 1925; d: d: Aft. October 1966 Englehart, ONT
+John 'Jack' Alexander Howie m: 22 November 1945 Englehart, Temiskaming, ONT [A./---]
10 Ernest Peters b: Abt. 1926; d: Aft. October 1966
10 Beatrice Peters b: Abt. 1928; d: Aft. October 1966 Kirkland Lake, ONT
+L. Seguin
10 Leona Peters b: Abt. 1929; d: Aft. 1931
10 Calvin Peters b: Abt. 1931; d: Aft. October 1966
10 Robert Bruce Peters b: Abt. 1933; d: Aft. October 1966
+Katherine Joan Briggs m: December 1962 Englehart, Temiskaming, ONT [Clifford/---]
10 Murray Peters b: Abt. 1935; d: Aft. October 1966
Notes for Alexander Motard Peters:
Census
- 1921 Chamberlain, Temiskaming, Ontario: Alexander Peters 27 farmer, wife Nina 20, Lenard 10 months, lodger Victor Varice 16.
- 1931 Chamberlain, Timiskaming South, ONT: Alexander Peters 38 farmer, wife Diana 30, Leanard 10, Verna Bell 8, Francis 6, Norma 5, Earnest 4, Beatrice 2, Leona 1.
WWI registration record: Alexander Peters; 10 Aug 1893, Cardiff, Haliburton; Highland Grove (farmer); George Peters (father); 22 Apr 1916, Cardiff, Highland Grove; 5' 7", dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair (scar on forefinger of left hand).
Obituary: North Bay Nugget (North Bay, ONT), Saturday, 5 November 1966: Englehart - Alexander Motar Peters passed away in the Englehart and District Hospital, October 26 in his 74 year. He was born at Highland Grove. He served three and one half years in the army in World War I and saw service with the Forestry Branch in France. In December 1919 he married the former Nina Jane Clark at Highland Grove and in 1920 they came north and settled on a farm in Chamberlain township where they since resided. The late Mr. Peters is survived by his wife, four daughters - Verna, Mrs. J. Brown of Prescott; Frances, Mrs. R. Brown of Vancouver; Norma, Mrs. Jack Howie of Englehart and Beatrice, Mrs. L. Seguin of Kirkland Lake; four sons - Ernie, Calvin, Bob and Murray all of Englehart; 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends paid their respects at the McDonald Funeral Home until the service in Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church with Father M. Jeffrey officiating. Interment was in the family plot in the Catholic cemetery in Englehart. Pallbearers were Reg Walker, Harold Gilpin, Max Ennis, Jim Joiner, Sam Mills and Jan Dekker.
Tombstone Inscription: Englehart Cemetery, Englehart, ONT: PETERS / Alex. M. / 1893 - 1966 / beloved husband of / Nina J. / 1901 - 1975 / rest in peace
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Last updated: 24 February 2024.