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Peter Belfry

Birth
Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Death
27 Jul 1835 (aged 25)
York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
East Gwillimbury, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
D2.5
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Peter Belfry. Son of Jacob Belfry and Joanna Sherman.

!DEATH: From the "The Belfry Family", by Peter deGuerre (1888) p64, OGS Cemetery Records-Selby Cemetery
-age 24y 9m 11d.

!BUR: Selby Burying Ground, EGW, York Co., ON. "East Gwillimbury In The Nineteenth Century" by Gladys M. Rolling. p104. E.Gwillimbury, York Co.,ON. EGW-012.

From: "The Belfry Family", by Peter deGuerre, page 51.
-"He is said to have been of medium size, and pre-eminently a good looking, excellent man, having dark hair and eyes. His father accidentally broke his leg at the Potash works, and being there alone, he had to call for assistance, for he was about eighty rods (perhaps more) from the house, and out of sight; his son Peter heard him calling and
went to assist him, and carried him to the house on his back. Afterward through taking a severe cold, he died of quick consumption, in the twenty-fifth year of his age."
Peter Belfry. Son of Jacob Belfry and Joanna Sherman.

!DEATH: From the "The Belfry Family", by Peter deGuerre (1888) p64, OGS Cemetery Records-Selby Cemetery
-age 24y 9m 11d.

!BUR: Selby Burying Ground, EGW, York Co., ON. "East Gwillimbury In The Nineteenth Century" by Gladys M. Rolling. p104. E.Gwillimbury, York Co.,ON. EGW-012.

From: "The Belfry Family", by Peter deGuerre, page 51.
-"He is said to have been of medium size, and pre-eminently a good looking, excellent man, having dark hair and eyes. His father accidentally broke his leg at the Potash works, and being there alone, he had to call for assistance, for he was about eighty rods (perhaps more) from the house, and out of sight; his son Peter heard him calling and
went to assist him, and carried him to the house on his back. Afterward through taking a severe cold, he died of quick consumption, in the twenty-fifth year of his age."

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Erected by/ Mrs. SOPHIA BELFRY/ to the memory of her husband/ JAMES BELFRY/ who died/ Aug. 31, 1849

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  • Created by: Larry McKay
  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157552523/peter-belfry: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Belfry (16 Oct 1809–27 Jul 1835), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157552523, citing Selby Pioneer Cemetery, East Gwillimbury, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Larry McKay (contributor 48902521).