Catherine Fields 1836-1873

Children:

Alexander

Peter Henry

Agnes

Janet

Mary

Helen

John

There is also a record of a Louisa Picken who is also recorded as being a child living with a family that is not her own, I wonder if this could be a daughter of Peter and Catherine? The records indicate her to be 6 years old in 1881, making 1875 her birth year, which would indicate she is not the daughter of Peter and Catherine, however, census taking at that time had many mistakes made on years of birth and actual ages etc. i will try to investigate and see where it goes, my guess is that it's quite possible.

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	Louisa PICKEN			Household
		Female
	Other Information:
		Birth Year	<1875>
		Birthplace	O <Ontario>
		Age	6
		Occupation
		Marital Status
		Ethnic Origin	Scottish
		Head of Household	Jacob BLOCK
		Religion
	Source Information:
		Census Place	Wilmot, Waterloo South, Ontario
		Family History Library Film	1375900
		NA Film Number	C-13264
		District	161
		Sub-district	A
		Division	3
		Page Number	5
		Household Number	22

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Household:  Name  Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion  Jacob BLOCK   M   Male   French   69   France   Farmer   Lutheran   Janet BLOCK   M   Female   Scottish   49   Scotland         Isaac BLOCK      Male   French   25   O <Ontario>   Farmer   Lutheran   Nancy BLOCK      Female   French   27   O <Ontario>   Servant   Lutheran   Louisa PICKEN      Female   Scottish   6   O <Ontario>        Source Information:   Census Place Wilmot, Waterloo South, Ontario   Family History Library Film   1375900   NA Film Number   C-13264   District   161   Sub-district   A   Division   3   Page Number   4   Household Number   22

Peter C Picken 1832-1872 cemetery burial records indicate that Peter died on March 26, 1872

Catherine Fields 1836-1873

Rev. Hamilton Gibson was the minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church in Galt on the 8th of Dec 1856 the day of their marriage.

There is also a marriage record of Harry Picken (son of Peter and Catherine) to Mary Ringler (daughter of Mary and Daniel Ringler) on August 14, 1897

I have checked the marriage records for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and found a record of the marriage of Peter Picken and Catherine Fields. Unfortunately there is no reference to the parents of the bride and groom. The entry is dated December 8, 1856 and reads, in its entirety, "Peter Cairns Picken of New Hope and Catherine Fields of the same place, by Licence".

When Peter arrived, the area was called New Hope, Ontario, please read the following article:

The Village of Hespeler, Waterloo County, Ontario, was incorporated effective January 1, 1859 through a proclamation dated July 12, 1858.

A proclamation issued November 30, 1900 incorporated Hespeler as a Town, effective the first Monday in January, 1901 under the terms of the Municipal Act, Ontario Statutes, and amendments. This Act permitted communities to petition the Legislative Assembly for incorporation as townships, towns or villages on reaching specified population levels.

An incorporated town, lower tier municipality, has a council consisting of an elected Mayor and councilors the numbers of which depend on the size of the municipality. Its responsibilities relate largely to the upkeep of the local road system and the delivery of services such as policing, water and sewage. It has wide powers relating to the regulation of land and local administration through by-laws. It has the power to raise money through direct taxation on land and through the use of debentures

Hespeler was amalgamated with the City of Galt to form the City of Cambridge under the terms of The Regional Municipality of Waterloo Act, 1972 and Ontario Regulation 539/72.

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Galt C.W. (Ontario).

This seems to have been the original name of the church. At one point (1857?) it changed its name to the United Presbyterian Church, Galt. On the registers the name appears as the Second Congregation, Canada Presbyterian Church, Galt, starting in 1862, only to then become Melville Church Congregation in November 1866.

In the introductory paragraph regarding the original name of the church,

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, a Presbyterian Church in Connection

with the Church of Scotland, was begun in 1832. The first minister was

the Rev. William Stewart of Kenmore, Scotland, who arrived in Canada in

1831. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church joined with Union Presbyterian

Church on May 18, 1880 to form Central Presbyterian Church.

This seems to have been the original name of the church. At one point (1857?) it changed it's name to the United Presbyterian Church, Galt. On the registers the name appears as the Second Congregation, Canada Presbyterian Church, Galt, starting in 1862, only to then become Melville Church Congregation in November 1866.

THE PIONEER PERGOLA

The Pergola, which takes its name from the Italian word for "open arbor", was built by the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire of Galt in 1907 to honour the memory of Galt's early settlers.

The Pergola stands on the site formerly occupied by St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, which was built in 1835 and contains grave markers dating from 1835 to 1873. The markers record the names of 207 of Galt's earliest settlers, 112 of whom can be identified as members of St. Andrew's Church. The others almost undoubtedly originated in the Cemetery of the United Presbyterian Church.

St. Andrew's Church was vacated around 1880 when the congregation became a founding component of Central Presbyterian Church and was demolished in 1889.

This structure thought to be unique in North America, was designated in 1984, by the City of Cambridge, in recognition of its historical significance, on the recommendation of the local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee.

The Pergola has benefited from extensive renovations completed in 1994 by the City of Cambridge