Birth date taken from 1911 Souris,Manitoba census.

He arrived to Manitoba from Ontario in 1881 or 1882.

He and his brother Duncan owned a large steam threshing outfit.

He got his first car (an International High Wheeler) in 1909, one of 3 in the district.

In the 1921 census, Peter and two sons (Clair and Robert) are living on Mill Road in Boissevain, Manitoba. He is listed as a farmer.