Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Peter Engstler
Age at last birthday: 17
Date of birth: Nov 1882
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Parents: Jacob and Catherine Engstler, ages 49 and 47
Home in 1900: Concord, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's occupation: farmer
Occupation: farm laborer
Months not employed: 0
Siblings living at home: John (age 22), Charlie J (10), Margaret (15), Joseph (14), Anna B (9), and Mary C (5)
Census place: Concord, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T623 434; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 120
Date: 2 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Peter P Engstler
Age in 1910: 27
Estimated birth year: 1883
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Home in 1910: Concord Township, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Farm or house: farm
Home owned or rented: rented
Occupation: farmer
Type of industry: general farm
Salary or wage worker: employer
Census place: Concord, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T624_393; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 380
Date: 27 Apr 1910

Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Peter Paul Engstler
City: not stated
County: Hancock
State: Iowa
Birth date: 19 Nov 1882
Race: white
Roll: 1643111
Draft board: 0
Address: RFD # 3, Garner, Hancock, Iowa
Occupation: farming
Employer: self-employed
Where employed: RFD # 3, Garner, Hancock, Iowa
Nearest relative: Eunice Engstler
Address: RFD # 3, Garner, Hancock, Iowa
Age: 35
Height: tall
Build: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: dark brown - partly bald
Date: 12 Sep 1918

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Peter Engstler
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: 1883
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: head
Home in 1920: Concord, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: married
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Germany
Father's native tongue: German
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Mother's native tongue: German
Address: farm
Home owned or rented: owned; has mortgage
Occupation: farmer
Type of industry: general farming
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Census place: Concord, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 144; Image: 172
Date: 22 Mar 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Peter Engstler
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: 1883
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Concord, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 31
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Military service: no
Rent/home value: owns home; no value listed; live on farm
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: farmer
Industry: general farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Census place: Concord, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: 657; Page: ; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 751.0
Date: 3 Apr 1930

Article from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 4 Dec 1939:
Peter Engstler Is Elected
Head of Vegetable Growers
Garner - Peter Engstler of Garner was elected president and winners of a young people's gardening contest were announced Saturday afternoon when the twenty-sixth annual state convention of the Iowa Vegetable Growers association and the twelth annual peat land meeting drew to a close.

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Peter Engstler
Age: 57
Estimated birth year: 1883
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Concord, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: yes
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $10
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: farmer
Industry: farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 60
Census place: Concord, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T627_1164; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 41-12
Date: 1 May 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Peter Engstler
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: 1883
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Garner, Hancock, Iowa
Address: 22 South State Street
Marital status: married
Living on farm: yes
Occupation: truck farming
Industry: truck farm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 60
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Garner, Hancock, Iowa
Date: 17 Apr 1950

Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 11 Feb 1967:
Peter H. Engstler
Garner - Funeral services for Peter Hall Engstler [sic], 84, will be at St. Boniface Catholic Church Monday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Fr. Robert Palen will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with Bohn Funeral Home in charge.
He died Friday night at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt. He was born Nov. 13, 1882, at Marble Rock, to Katherine and Jacob Engstler. They moved to Garner in 1895. He was married to Eunice Bailey Jan 20, 1914.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Bernard and Robert, Garner; a daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Betty) Schlawin, Garner; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Kate Tobin, Garner, Mrs. George (Margaret) Owen, Garner, Christine Tobin, Waseca, Minn. A sister and five brothers preceded him in death.
Mr. Engstler was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and had served on the Garner Creamery board. He was associated in a vegetable business here for many years.

He married Eunice Gertrude Bailey 20 Jan 1914 in Garner, Hancock, Iowa.