Peter was born in 1897 in Mold, Flintshire. The 1911 census records the family in Henffordd St, Mold. Living at the house were the following-
Ann Carroll, mother 47. Her children all named Carroll
Patrick  22, a tin plate worker, Michael 19 a collier, Mary 17 a tin plate worker and Maggie 5 who was at school. Peter himself was 14 and was also a tin plate worker. There was a boarder, one Archiblad Standring 14  also a tin plate worker.