Isaac Rife: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

1.
Isaac Rife was born Abt 1794, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania (son of Rev. David Rife); died Yes, date unknown.
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Eby ID Number: 00092-5275.8

Generation: 2

Rev. David Rife was born 1751, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Rife and Veronica Reiff); died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: 00092-5275

Notes:

David Rife, "a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was born in the year 1751 (My grandmother, Mrs. John Shoemaker, daughter of Barbara Reiff, used to say that her uncle, David, was two years older than her mother and that her uncle was ordained as minister of the Mennonite Church when he was in his thirty-ninth year, consequently he entered the ministry in 1790). All attempts made to obtain names of his parents and of all his brothers and sisters proved fruitless. We know of one sister he had, named Barbara, who was born in 1753, and died in Waterloo County in 1820. She was married to Isaac Shantz, father of all the old Shantzes that settled in this county during the early part of the present century. When a young man he moved to Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a Mennonite and in 1790 was appointed a minister of that church. He was married and had 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Children:

John Rife was born Abt 1780, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
Abraham Rife was born Abt 1782, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
George Rife was born Abt 1785, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
Samuel Rife was born 15 Apr 1788, , Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Mar 1856, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Joseph Rife was born Abt 1790, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
David Rife was born Abt 1792, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
1. Isaac Rife was born Abt 1794, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
Mary Rife was born Abt 1796, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 3

Christian Rife was born 1723; died 1809; was buried , East Coventry Mennonite Cemetery, East Coventry Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

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Eby ID Number: 00092-5275.11

Christian — Veronica Reiff. Veronica was born 1732; died 1800; was buried , East Coventry Mennonite Cemetery, East Coventry Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Veronica Reiff was born 1732; died 1800; was buried , East Coventry Mennonite Cemetery, East Coventry Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

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Name: Veronica Rife
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117100

Children:

2. Rev. David Rife was born 1751, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
Barbara Rife was born 12 Sep 1753, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1820, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.