Peter was born about 1849 in Canada West (later Ontario). He was the son of John West and Isabella Holmes. The family moved to the United States of America around 1862.
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]
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
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