Peter Rieder

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• Business: Ontario Button Company
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149760
• Occupation: 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; salesman
• Occupation: 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; clerk
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Keeper
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Keeper
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Employer, Jobber
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1921, 45 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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MR. PETER RIEDER DIES IN KITCHENER
Was Former Prominent Resident Of New Hamburg

Peter Rieder, retired button wholesaler, who founded the old Ontario Button Company in partnership with the late Jacob Graff, of New Hamburg, passed away Sunday evening at his residence, 20 Maynard Avenue, Kitchener. Mr. Rieder, in his 86th year, had been in failing health for the past year.

Mr. Rieder was born in South Easthope, near New Hamburg, a son of the late Daniel and Christina Rieder, on July 27, 1850. He quit farming in his 21st. year and entered general merchandising at New Hamburg. The deceased found particular success in this line and several years later entered into a partnership with the late Emmanuel Ruby. The previous year, on October 18, 1877, he was married to Emeline Merner, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Merner, of New Hamburg.

In July of 1896 Mr. Rieder sold his interest and moved to Kitchener, then Berlin, where he entered into partnership with Jacob Graff, founding the Ontario Button Company, doing wholesale jobbing. Mr. Rieder was the first traveller carrying a line of exclusive buttons east of Toronto between 1897 and 1910.

The partnership continued for 14 years, Mr. Rieder buying out Mr. Graff in 1910.

Surviving are his widow, one son, Elmer, of Kitchener, and six daughters, Mrs. E. Wood, of Gallipolis, Ohio, Miss Della, of Bethlehem, Pa., Mrs. A. A. Shave, Leonia, N.J., Mrs. A. G. Gauerke, Liptom, Sask., Mrs. D. D. Flett, Toronto, and Miss Eva at home. Two brothers, Christian Rieder, of Eden, Ont., Edward Kabel, Kitchener, one sister, Miss Catherine Rieder, Kitchener, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.
The funeral was held Wednesday with a private service at the residence at 3 o'clock and thence to Zion. Evangelical Church, of which he was a member, for public service at 2.30. Interment took place in Mount Hope Cemetery. Reverends C. A. Hirschman and G. F. Barthel officiated.
He was predeceased by one son in 1922. Mr. T. H. Rieder, former president of the Arnes-Holden Company of Montreal, and by one daughter, Miss Lauretta, who died in 1908.

New Hamburg Independent 6 Jun 1936

Business:
Mr. Jacob Graff has sold out his interests in the Ontario Button Company at Berlin to his partner, Mr. Peter Rieder. Mr. Graff will retire from business and continue to reside in New Hamburg.

New Hamburg Independent 25 Nov 1910

Peter married Emeline Merner 18 Oct 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emeline (daughter of Christian Merner and Elisabeth Young) was born 27 Apr 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1940; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Talmon Henry Rieder was born 10 Aug 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Maude Matilda Rieder was born 6 Apr 1880, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Idella Rieder was born 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Elmer Alfred Rieder was born 8 Mar 1885, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Lauretta Elizabeth Rieder was born 31 Oct 1886, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Apr 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Esther Emiline Rieder was born 22 May 1891, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Eva Sarah Rieder was born 10 Nov 1892, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Talma Christina Rieder was born 1895, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Mae Rieder was born Oct 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
10. Alma Freda Louisa Rieder was born 25 Sep 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27323

Daniel — Christina Goettinger. Christina was born 25 Dec 1827, , Germany; died 21 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christina Kabel
• Name: Christina Rieder
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81801
• Immigration: 1829
• Immigration: 1829, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1870, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Science
• Residence: 1916, 27 Shanley St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada