Peter Aylen [SEP] date of birth
Peter Aylen
Peter Aylen (1799 – 1868) was a timber producer and later public official who was, for a time, known as "King of the Shiners".
He was likely born Peter Vallely in Armagh, Ireland in 1799 possibly the offspring of a mixed Protestant/Catholic marriage, and moved to Liverpool as a child. He joined the British navy as a cabin boy and jumped ship in Quebec City in 1815, changing his name to Aylen, thought to be his mothers maiden name. By 1832
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