George Allan Reist

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• Eby ID Number: 00090-5238.2
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Commercial Traveler
• Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite - Bretheren ?
• Occupation: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennomite

Notes:

George and Elizabeth Reist purchased the Rosendale property from David and Mary Ann Bott March 28, 1908, for $1,450 including a horse, some cows and various implements. Trading horses was a favorite pastime of George Reist. Many horses passed through his hands and he had a favorite cure for balky animals. When a horse balked, ground was put into its mouth and the unpleasant taste diverted the animal's mind and made it co-operate for the time being at least. On more than one occasion two or three animals were traded in one day.
George Reist was employed as a travelling salesman by Dumarts Limited (now Burns & Company) for eight to ten years and in his absence Mrs. Reist and the older children operated a market gardening business and attended the Berlin weekly market.

The 16 year old son Clayton was employed at the Sugar factory and on Nov. 10, 1910 he wo s so severely scalded in an accident there, that doctors despaired for his life . He was taken to the Berlin Hospital in an ambulance drawn by horses. His good health and constant attendance by nurses were factors in his miraculous recovery. He was in hospital until Christmas and the entire cost was $84 for hospitalization, nurses and doctors.

George Reist was a firm believer in planting in the time of the moon, and also in the practice of charming for ailments. The sauerkraut business began on a small scale. Mrs. Reist cut the cabbage by hand and made sauerkraut by the dish pan full.

They soon supplied sauerkraut for the suppers peculiar to this district and Polish wedding receptions. For a time sauerkraut suppers were served at their home in Rosendale. The largest supper was served to 72 people on the lawn. The Reists were by now producing large quantities of sauerkraut and it was made by machinery. At the Kitchener market customers were lined three deep at the Reist stall to buy their weekly supply. One man remarked that the Reist stall was "one place where we get Scripture measures".

Mr. and Mrs. George Reist enjoyed good health and continued to be active. A 60th wedding anniversary was celebrated on Sept. 15, 1951. betters were received iron Prime Minister St. Laurent, Louis 0. Breithaupt, M.P., and Mayor S. Leavine of Kitchener. Five years later a 65th wedding anniversary was held at a family dinner at the Old Landmark, Conestoga. Mrs. Reist was 88 years old at this time and Mr. Reist 86. Mr. Reist said on this occasion - "when a person is getting old one snould take something to keep his blood thin". He went on to explain that this counteracts the tendency of the blood to clot which often causes death. He recommended mineral salts to be taken each morning before breakfast. He also advocated he use flax seed for its benficial effects.

Womens' Intitute Tweedsmuir History - Rosendale Volume 2

George married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Koch 14 Sep 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of David Koch and Elizabeth Reichert) was born 3 Jul 1866, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Elsina I. "Elsie" Reist was born 16 Oct 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1984; was buried , Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Clayton J. Reist was born 25 Oct 1894, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Myra May Reist was born 12 Nov 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1968, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Clarence Stanley Reist was born 21 Sep 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Victor Roy Reist was born 25 Jul 1903, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1997; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Edgar David Reist was born 22 Nov 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: 00090-5238
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Jacob Reist, "was born November 7th, 1847. He was married to Catharine Zeller who died November 9th, 1892. He resides on a farm situated on the west side of the Grand River, near the Woolwich boundary. His family consists of two sons"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Jacob married Catherine Zeller 22 Aug 1869, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Philip Zeller and Sarah Schiedel) was born 25 Dec 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Nov 1892, Near Conestogo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00138-8400
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer W.
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Catherine Zeller, "the eldest in the family was born December 25th, 1848. She was married to Jacob Reist. They resided near Woolwich boundary line, a little south-east of Conestogo, where she died November 9th, 1892, leaving two sons"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: 00090-5230
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Joseph Reist, "the tenth member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born near Lititz, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, July 12th, 1809. In the beginning of May, 1826, he, in company with his parents and their family, David Martin and family, Jacob Latschaw and family, Emanuel Stauffer and family, and Henry Ernst and family, left Pennsylvania and moved to Canada. They arrived at Berlin, at Rev. Benjamin Eby's place, on May 26th of the same year. His parents located on the farm now owned by Henry Stroh, near Bridgeport, where they resided until March 1827, when they took up lot No. 102, German Company's Tract, near where now Kossuth is. Here they resided until their deaths. On April 17th, 1838, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of Gloth and Elizabeth (Miller) Miller. She was born December 17th, 1823, and died April 25th, 1886. After their marriage he took possession of his father's farm and has resided thereon ever since. They had a family of eleven children, of whom the greater number died in infancy."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Joseph married Magdalena "Maty" "Martha" Miller 17 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Gloth Miller and Elizabeth Miller) was born 17 Dec 1823, , France; died 25 Apr 1886; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena "Maty" "Martha" Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5230.1
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00138-8399
• Occupation: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Philip Zeller, "was born August 2nd, 1818. He was married, February 28th, 1848, to Sarah Schiedel who was born December 22nd, 1826. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm where they still reside, about a mile or so south of Breslau. To them was born a family of seven children".

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Death of an Old Resident of Waterloo Township

Philip Zeller, one of the old residents of Waterloo Twp., died at his residence in Breslau on Sunday morning. Mr. Zeller was born in Bavaria, Germany, on the 1st of August, 1818 and came to this country with his parents and their other children, about the year 1830. After a few years sojourn on a farm at St. Catharines. His father sold out there and bought the Cressman farm at Breslau, containing about two hundred and thirty acres, which he made into two, giving one to each of his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Deceased married Martin Schiedel's daughter, Sarah, who survives him and with whom and the family that grew up around them, he lived prosperously on his farm, until April of last year, when on account of failing health and vigor, he retired from the farm and moved into a comfortable home, which he purchased in Breslau village and where he and his wife and one of his daughters intended to live during what days might remain for him. His health, however, continued steadily to decline, until he passed away painlessly and peacefully. He was an exceedingly kind husband and father, well beloved and highly esteemed, by all who knew him.

The Weekly Reformer 5 Mar 1896 pg 11

Philip married Sarah Schiedel 29 Feb 1848, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Martin Schiedel and Susannah Ries) was born 22 Dec 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Dec 1900; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Zeller
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5729
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Sarah Schiedel, "was born December 22nd, 1826. She is married to Philip Zeller, a farmer."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44907265
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5164
• Residence: 1830, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 102, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 102E, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

John Reist, "was born July 18th, 1763. On December 28th, 1790, he was married to Susannah Huber who was born May 21st, 1771, and died September 15th, 1850. In May, 1826, they with their large family moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near the village of Bridgeport, on the farm now possessed by John Stroh. Here they resided for nearly one year when they purchased the farm now possessed by his grandson Isaac Reist, near Kossuth, Ontario, where he died December 2nd, 1843. To them were born twelve children, all of whom settled in this county save Abraham who remained in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where his descendants still reside."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

John married Susannah Huber 28 Dec 1790. Susannah was born 21 May 1771, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Sep 1850; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44907280
• Name: Susannah Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5164.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00090-5230.2

Gloth — Elizabeth Miller. Elizabeth was born Abt 1798, Of, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Miller
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5230.3

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• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 115, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Name: Philip Zeller
• Name: Philip Zoeller
• Eby ID Number: 00138-8386.4

Notes:

Philip Zeller, "The Zellers of this county are descendants of old Philip Zeller, a native of Rhein Bajerin, Germany, where he was born February 2nd, 1791. He was married to Elizabeth Glueck who was born in the same place January 10th, 1792. In 1833 they emigrated to America and in June of the same year they came to Buffalo, New York, where they made a stay of only three weeks. From here they moved across the boundary line and settled within one-half mile from St. Catharines, Lincoln County, Ontario, where he purchased a farm. Here she died September 18th, 1844. In April, 1846, Mr. Zeller disposed of his real estate and moved to Waterloo County, Ontario, where he purchased the farm of John Cressman, deceased. This farm contained 183 acres and the price paid for it was $4600. In 1854 this large farm was divided into two farms. The north part was purchased by Mr. Philip Zeller, the younger son of old Mr. Zeller, while Jacob Zeller retained the south part, containing the old "Cressman Buildings." Here Mr. Zeller died July 18th, 1854. His family consisted of five children, viz:"¹

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Johann — Elizabeth Glueck. Elizabeth was born 10 Jan 1792, Rhein Bajerin, Germany; died 18 Sep 1844, St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Zeller
• Eby ID Number: 00138-8386.5

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• Eby ID Number: 00102-5727
• Residence: 1830, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 107, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 107E, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Martin Schiedel, "was born September 2nd, 1796. On March 17th, 1825, he was married to Susannah Ries who was born March 21st, 1796, and died December 13th, 1872. In 1825 (about a month after their marriage) they, in company with the Clemmers, Clemenses, and others, moved to Canada and settled near Breslau, Ontario, where they resided until their deaths. He died April 28th, 1863, leaving a family of eight children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Martin married Susannah Ries 17 Mar 1825. Susannah was born 21 Mar 1796, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 13 Dec 1872, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Schiedel
• Name: Susannah Weiss
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5727.1
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite