Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Owen Paul Reist

Male 1920 - 1920  (0 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Owen Paul Reist was born 18 Aug 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Dr. Claude Owen Reist and Gladys Marie Paul); died 27 Oct 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Oct 1920, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351502


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr. Claude Owen Reist was born 12 Jun 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Dr. Owen S. Reist and Mary Ellen Baer); died 29 Jan 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Jan 1936, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Residence: 730 King St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351500
    • Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Claude married Gladys Marie Paul 11 Jun 1919, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Gladys was born 25 Jun 1896, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Nov 1964; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Gladys Marie Paul was born 25 Jun 1896, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Nov 1964; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Gladys Marie Reist
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351501

    Children:
    1. 1. Owen Paul Reist was born 18 Aug 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Oct 1920, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Dr. Owen S. ReistDr. Owen S. Reist was born 4 Feb 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Deacon Peter Reist and Mary Shantz); died 21 Sep 1931; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5215
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Elected Office: 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve for Waterloo Township
    • Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Owen Reist, "was born February 4th, 1866. He is married to Ellen, daughter of Samuel Bear. They reside at home with his father. Their family consists of one son named Levi Stanley."


    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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    OWEN REIST, V.S., of Kossuth. was born in Woolwich in 1866. After passing through the public school of Kossuth he took his second-class teacher's certificate at the Galt Collegiate in 1886, afterward attending the Ontario Veterinary College, where he received the degree of V. S. in 1888, and has successfully practised his profession ever since. In 1892 he assumed his father's farm, later acquiring more farm property, in all nearly 300 acres. Mr. Reist held the position of Sanitary Inspector for Waterloo Township from 1891 to 1900, when he resigned to accept a seat in the township council, being elected reeve in 1906. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1902 and reappointed in 1905. He has held the office of school trustee and is recording steward for the Zion circuit of the Methodist Church.

    Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 100 Years of Progress in Waterloo County Canada Semi-Centennial Souvenir 1856-1906 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 1906) pg 32

    Owen married Mary Ellen Baer 19 Nov 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Samuel Baer and Hannah Snyder) was born 18 Jun 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Ellen Baer was born 18 Jun 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Samuel Baer and Hannah Snyder); died 14 Jan 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Ellen Bear
    • Name: Mary Ellen Reist
    • Eby ID Number: 00003-604.7
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Mrs. O. Reist \endash Kossuth \endash Well attended funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Zion United Church for Mary Ellen Baer, widow of the late Dr. Owen Reist, who died in Hamilton on Saturday. In her 70th year, the late Mrs. Reist lived for many years on the farm in Kossuth. Services were held at the H.K. Stager Funeral Parlors, Preston, and Zion United church, conducted by the Rev. Douglas Gordon, pastor of the church and Rev. Oscar Burkholder, pastor of Cressman Church, Breslau. Interment was in the Zion Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Norman Markle, Levi Bowman, Aaron Baer, Bailey Springer, all of Kossuth, and Lawrence Snyder and Norman Reist of Hespeler.

    The Waterloo Chronicle Jan 17 1939 pg 3

    Children:
    1. Levi Stanley Reist was born 11 Oct 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1953; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Owen C. Reist was born 2 Jun 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 2. Dr. Claude Owen Reist was born 12 Jun 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Jan 1936, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Peter Verne Reist was born 16 Feb 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Gertrude Ellen Reist was born 3 Jun 1913, , Ontario, Canada; died 1986; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Deacon Peter Reist was born 23 Jul 1832 (son of David Reist and Mary Mosser); died 22 Feb 1916; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5208
    • Birth: 3 Aug 1832, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ferrier
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Peter Reist, "the second son in the family, was born August 3rd, 1832. On September 12th, 1852, he was married to Mary, daughter of Isaac Y. and Catharine (Clemens) Shantz. She was born May 16th, 1834. They reside on his father's old homestead, being composed of lot No. 89, German Company's Tract, Waterloo County. Their post office is Kossuth, Ontario. He is an ordained deacon of the Mennonite body. Their family consisted of seven children but only one of whom is living."


    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.].

    Peter married Mary Shantz 12 Sep 1852, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Isaac Y. Shantz and Catharine Clemens) was born 16 May 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Shantz was born 16 May 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Isaac Y. Shantz and Catharine Clemens); died 8 Feb 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Reist
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6693
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Shantz, "was born May 16th, 1834. On September 12th, 1852, she was married to Peter Reist. They reside near Kossuth, Ontario."


    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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    Reist. - On Feb. 8, 1906, near Kossuth, Ont., of paralysis, Sister Mary, wife of Bro. Peter Reist; aged 71 y., 8 m., 23 d. Her husband, one son, four grandchildren and many friends remain to mourn her departure; but with the hope that she has gone to rest with the redeemed. Funeral on the 10th. Services at the home of Jacob Woolner, Sr., and at the Cressman Mennonite church by A. B. Snyder and Jacob S. Woolner.


    Gospel Witness Obituary Feb. 28, 1906

    Children:
    1. Isaac Shantz Reist was born 19 May 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1880, Of, Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Ann Reist was born 25 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1857; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Amos Reist was born 30 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Aug 1875; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Catherine Reist was born 20 Nov 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1880, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. David Reist was born 27 Mar 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Sep 1879.
    6. Peter Reist was born 31 Jan 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Feb 1875; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Owen Reist was born 1865, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 4. Dr. Owen S. Reist was born 4 Feb 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1931; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Norman Reist was born 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Samuel Baer was born 9 Dec 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Rev. John G. Bear and Anna "Nancy" Pannabecker); died Bef 1911.

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    • Name: Samuel Bear
    • Eby ID Number: 00003-604
    • Residence: 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • 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; carpenter

    Notes:

    Samuel Bear, "was born December 9th, 1837. He was a builder and contractor, and resided in West Montrose, Waterloo County, Ontario. In fall of 1870 he left this part of the country and since nothing has been heard of him. He was married to Hannah Snyder. They had 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.].

    Samuel married Hannah Snyder 5 Jun 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Levi Snyder and Elizabeth Clemens, daughter of Levi Snyder) was born 17 Feb 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Feb 1924, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Hannah SnyderHannah Snyder was born 17 Feb 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Levi Snyder and Elizabeth Clemens, daughter of Levi Snyder); died 7 Feb 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Feb 1924, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Hannah Baer
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-5907
    • Residence: 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Baer. - Hannah Snyder was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., Feb. 17, 1839; died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Owen Reist, near Kossuth, Ont., Feb. 7, 1924; aged 84 y. 11 m. 21 d. She leaves 1 son, 4 daughters, 18 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. Sister Baer united with the Mennonite Church in early life and remained a consistent member until God called her home. The funeral service was conducted by Bros. A. B. Snyder and Oscar Burkholder on Sunday, Feb. 10. Text, Phil. 1: 21. Interment in the Wanner Cemetery near Hespeler, Ont.

    The Gospel Herald - Volume XVI, Number 48 - February 28, 1924 - pages 972,973

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Bear was born 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Levi Baer was born 27 Nov 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Oct 1924, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.
    3. Nancy Baer was born Abt 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Emeline Baer was born 27 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1953, Villa Park, Illinois, USA.; was buried 18 Jan 1953, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Lydia Jane Baer was born 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Caroline E. Baer was born 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 5. Mary Ellen Baer was born 18 Jun 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Aaron Bear was born 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Amanda Yolanda Baer was born 15 Jan 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.