Lorenz Peters Genealogy and Family History Notes

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OSB-Timmel#3239
Antecedent
OSB-Timmel#3231

3239 Peters, Lorenz Hinrichs 3231, Arbgeiter in Timmel und Großefehn, *1.7.1837, o 9.7.1837 in Timmel, + ... (ausgewandert ?), I.oo 25.3.1860 in Timmel mit Tätje Harms Pollmann (OSB-Hesel#2996), * 11.2.1835 in Stiekelkamperfehn, +2.9.1863 und (buried) 5.9.1863 in Ulbargen (27/10/22). Zwei Kinder: Hinrich, *26.6.1860 in Spetzerfehn (OSB-AO#2697) Rebecca Cathrina, *14.6.1863 in Ulbargen, +22.6.1863 Ulbargen II.oo 19.3.1865 in Hesel (in Timmel proclamiert) Anna Hinrichs Brinkmann, *14.3.1841 om Neuemoor(Bagband), + ..., oo I. Schön (OSB-Hesel#3404). Ein Kind Hans Lorenz, *20.3.1865 in Hesel

Ship Manifest View
Name: Lorenz Peters
Arrival Date: Apr 1894
Age: 50 years
0 months
Estimated Birth Year: 1844
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Ship Name: Darmstadt
Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland
Destination: Alcester, South Dakota
Last Residence: Cheveringsdorf Ossparl
Microfilm Roll Number: 5
Page: 4

1900 United States Federal Census View Census
Name: Loranz Peters
Home in 1900: Big Springs, Union, South Dakota
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: 1838
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Immigration year: 1894

Saskatchewan Homestead Index
File Number 723146
Name Peters, Lorens
Part NE
Section 28
Township 5
Range 5
Meridian W2
Subdivision
Remarks

1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces of Canada - View Census
Name: Larence Peters
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 69
BirthPlace: Germany
Family Number: 234
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouses's Name: Anna
Immigration Year: 1903
Province: Saskatchewan
Sub-District Description: Townships 4, 5, 6 In Ranges 4, 5, 6 West of The 2nd M
Sub-District: 9
Page: 25

Peters Family

Henry Peters was born and raised in Germany. In 1881, he married Teelka Luehring of Steinfelde, Germany. In 1894, the family came to America and settled in Alcaster, South Dakota. They came to Canada in 1904 and settled on the N.W. quarter of 28-5-5.

His father Lorenz Peters, had come a year earlier and homesteaded the N.E. quarter 28-5-5. His two grandsons, Hans and Lorenz Peters, had come with him. The brothers returned to the states and came back in the fall of 1904 with their parents and four sisters.

By this time the Browning district was becoming quite well settled and it was felt a school was needed. Henry Peters was instrumental in the formation of the school district and was the first chairman on the Yankee School District, which was formed in 1905. He was a member of the school district until 1928. His son Hans also served on the school board for many years.

The younger son Lorenz was killed in a threshing accident in 1911. He was still in his teens.

A few years after the accident, the Peters family left the farm and it was rented to the Joe Lloyd family in 1915 .

Henry Peters and his family moved into Browning where they operated a store, post office and telephone exchange. Mr. Peters also had charge of a lumber yard and livery stable. This livery stable was later moved to his former homestead. It was moved using rollers and pulled by one horse.

Henry Peters also purchased the S.E, quarter of 4-6-5 and lived there a short time prior to moving back to the original homestead in 1920.

Three of the daughters had married by this time. Katie married Jim Gordon at Arcola in 1912. He taught at Yankee school for a few years. Annie married Jim Edmunds in 1914 and Minnie married Wilfred Littlejohn in 1917.

Henry Peter's farm later became known as Willow Lodge Farm. His son Hans and daughter Lena remained on the farm with their parents. In the late twenties the family began a dairy business. Their Holstein cows were some of the best in the country.

Henry Peters was also an accomplished carpenter. He loved making model ships. The family still has one that he put in a bottle and one carved from a block of maple from the Moose Mountains.

Henry Peters died on December 31, 1937. His widow along with Hans and Lena carried on the farming.

In 1939 Mrs. Peters suffered a stroke. She was confined to her bed for ten years. During this time, Hans and Lena cared for her.

Her daughter Minnie, who lived about two miles away, usually walked to visit her mother every Sunday.

Mrs. Peters passed away peacefully on May 9, 1949 at the age of ninety. She is buried beside her husband in the Browning Cemetery.

Hans and Lena continued living on the farm, although the land was now rented. In 1962 Hans sold the land to his nephews, Elmer and Wilfred Littlejohn, and moved to Arcola.

While living in Arcola they continued doing what they loved most - growing a garden and flowers, both inside and out. They still continued attending church in Lampman where they were members of Faith Lutheran Church. When Hans was no longer able to drive a car they decided to move back to Lampman.

Only two of the Peters family are still living. Minnie lives with her daughter Mildred in Lampman. Lena lives in the Carlyle Nursing Home. Katie passed away October 19, 1968. Hans on November 25, 1974 and Annie on August 4, 1979.

"Poet's Corner"
Pages 826 & 827

More about Lorenz Peters
Burial: Unknown, Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, LSD 4 Sec 3, TWP 7, Range 5 W2, Rural Municipality Of Brock, Saskatchewan, Canada
Immigration: 1903, to Browning, Saskatchewan, Canada from United States of America

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