Peter West (abt. 1849 - 1921)

Born about 1849 in Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Delia (Barton) West — married 16 May 1870 in St. Clair, Michigan, United States

Died 21 Dec 1921 at about age 72 in Montgomery, Texas, United States

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Biography

Peter West migrated from Canada to United States.

On 16 May 1870 Peter married Sophia Barton in St Clair, Michigan, United States of America.^[1] At the time of the 1870 census on 1 June, Peter was a farm worker lodging in a boarding house in Oscoda, Iosco, Michigan.^[2]

By 1880 Peter and Sophia and their two sons lived in Burleson, Texas. Peter was a railroad labourer.^[3] In 1900 they lived in Montgomery, Texas, where Peter was a bar-keeper.^[4] He was a farmer in 1920.^[5]

Peter died in 1921 in Montgomery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVG-M92 : 17 January 2020), Peter West, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHP-5WJ : 12 June 2019), Peter West in entry for William Rix, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF5-8VH : 15 July 2017), Peter Wests, Precinct 4, Burleson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 31, sheet 67A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,293.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PG-T3Z : accessed 10 February 2020), Peter West, Justice Precinct 7 Conroe town, Montgomery, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 5A, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,660.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCMJ-CG6 : accessed 10 February 2020), Peter West, Justice Precinct 7, Montgomery, Texas, United States; citing ED 113, sheet 13A, line 11, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1834; FHL microfilm 1,821,834.
6. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZVH-48J : 24 May 2014), Peter West, 21 Dec 1921; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 34623, Montgomery, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.