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

Family: Menno B. Rickert / Ellen Unger (F1224)

m. 24 Sep 1882


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  • Father | Male
    Menno B. Rickert

    Born  16 Oct 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Aug 1918  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  24 Sep 1882  [1, 2]  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Rickert | F4099 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Bechtel | F4099 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Ellen Unger

    Born  20 Sep 1865  Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Oct 1959  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  22 Oct 1959  Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Menno Reichert | F257597 
    Married     
    Father  Moses Unger | F1223 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Magdalena Histand | F1223 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    John Adam "Jack" Rickert

    Born  17 Jan 1883  Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 May 1913  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Anna "Annie Schroeder | F177075 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Male
    Milton Rickert

    Born  12 Dec 1885  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 3 | Male
    Morley Menno B. Rickert

    Born  4 Jun 1888  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Sep 1943  Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ida "Edith" Maas | F177187 
    Married  5 Jun 1907  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Irene Elizabeth Lang | F43544 
    Married     

    Child 4 | Male
    Stanley Rickert

    Born  10 May 1893  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Nov 1937  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Katherine Clara Ellis | F51975 
    Married  26 Jan 1916  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Flossie Rickert

    Born  27 Sep 1894  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
      Name: Menno Rickert Age: 20 res: Manheim Place of Birth: Wilmot Tp. Names of Parents: John Rickert & Sarah Bechtel Name: Ellen Unger Age: 17 res: Manheim Place of Birth: Dumfries Tp. Names of Parents: Moses Unger & Magdala Hiestand Name: Elisa C. Lahn res: Philipsburg Name: Louisa Rasbach res: Berlin Date of Marriage: Sept. 24, 1882

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Oct 1882.
      24 Sep 1882 Menno Rickert and Ellen Unger, both of Mannheim, were married in Berlin by Pastor F.W. Turk.