Historic Workers
of German Village
Peter Leitwein
1898
laster
Peter Leitwein was born in 1867 in Germany. He immigrated in 1885, married Sophy in 1897, and , by 1910, had five children.

Peter worked as a laster as early as 1894. A laster is one who worked or shaped shoes on a last, the mould of the human foot made of wood and used to shape footwear.



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