John Peter Alma
ID # 6914, (1829-1877)
| Father | John Lees Alma (1801-1890) |
| Mother | Emily Rankin (1803-1841) |
| Birth | John Peter Alma was born on 17 October 1829 at South America. |
| Marriage | He married Catherine Delmage on 13 June 1866 at Kent County, Canada West. MS248 reel 8, Vol. 23, page 75 Kent County Marriage Register Church of marriage or clergyman not clear John Peter Alma, 25, born England, residing Malahide. Parental names not given. Catherine Delmage, 20, born Canada, residing Harwich. Father's name John Delmage. Witness John Delmage On 13 June, 1866 The above marriage registration is lacking in information. See notes for the groom. |
| Death | He died on 28 October 1877 at Chatham, Kent Co., at age 48. |
| Burial | He was buried at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario. |
| Note | The passenger list for the Brittania, Liverpool to New York, 1832, shows and confirms John's place in his family. There, he is shown as John P. Alma, age 2. His sister, Emily Joanna, immediately previous in the birth order of his siblings, was born in Valparaiso, Chili, for so we are told by the 1851 census at Niagara as well as her gravestone, so it is reasonable when next we find John P Alma in the 1861 census at Oakville, his place of birth is shown as South America. His marriage registration is frustrating in that his parentage is left blank on the form and his place of birth is given as England. This is clarified when we see on his death registration of October of 1877 that he was indeed born in South America and we find that he his buried with his wife Catherine Delmage, who we find remarried. She and her husbands are in Maple Leaf Cemetery in Chatham. The 1871 census is even more devoid of information so far as Peter and Catherine are concerned than their marriage registration, unusual for this census. Death reg. 005688-77 Chatham, Kent Co. John P. Alma died Oct. 28, 1877. Age 48. Barrister. English Church. Born South America. Cause of death not given. Physician's name illegible. Informant Arthur Delmage. |
| Last Edited | 13 Mar 2019 |