Mariah Rife^{[1, 2, 3]}

1817 - 1897  (80 years)

• Name	Mariah Rife
  Born	1817	, Adams Co., Pennsylvania   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258274730
  Name	Maria Rife
  Name	Mariah Hilborn
  Name	Mariah Hilborn
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00092-5280
  Died	2 Apr 1897  [5]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I10595	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Rife,   b. 15 Apr 1788, , Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Mar 1856, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hoke,   b. 7 Jan 1793, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Aug 1873, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F3033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas Hilborn,   b. 1 Feb 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1847  (Age 32 years)
  Children	1. David Hilborn,   b. 15 Sep 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Feb 1914, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age 76 years)   2. Elizabeth Hilborn,   b. 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Samuel Hilborn,   b. Dec 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1918, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 77 years)   4. Mary Hilborn,   b. 1841, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 1914  (Age 73 years)   5. Sarah Ann Hilborn,   b. 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Maria Hilborn,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jesse Hilborn,   b. 8 Jan 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Mary Hilborn,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jane Hilborn,   b. 1844, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Maria Hilborn,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Rife,Mariah-Hilborn-WellingtonCountyMuseumandArchives.jpg Sitting left of table Mariah Hilborn (nee Rife, daughter of Samuel Rife of Guelph)(b.1815 Adams Co., PA, d. 3 April 1897, Preston, Ont.); sitting right of table daughter of Mariah, Sarah Ann Johnson (nee Hilborn) (b. 1845 d.1899); standing, granddaughter of Mariah and daughter of Sarah Ann, Julia Kuhn (nee Johnson) b. 19 December 1863 d. 24 Oct. 1936, Springport, MI); on table great granddaughter of Mariah, grandaughter of Sarah Ann and daughter of Julia, Belva Kuhn (b.August 6 1889 d. April 1985, Eaton, MI). "A2000.37 - Rife Family Photograph Of Three Women And A Baby, Guelph, Ontario, 1890. | Wellington County Museum & Archives". 2022. Wcma.Pastperfectonline.Com. https://wcma.pastperfectonline.com/Archive/87BAFFBD-DB36-4386-9428-932624124227.

  
  

• Notes

  Mariah Rife, "the third daughter, was first married to Thomas Hilborn and after his decease she was married to Jesse Hilborn, brother to her first husband. She resides in Preston. Her family consisted of six 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 182. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 213. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 212. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . [eroded] Maria Rife/ wife of/ Thomas Hilborn/ died April 3' 18(9)7/ aged 82 years/ Thy/ will be/ done/ Thomas Hilborn/ died June 7, 1847/ aged 32 years/ 4 mos. & 6 dys./ at rest [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 14. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 77. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 43.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1817 - , Adams Co., Pennsylvania Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth