Samuel Rife^{[1, 2]}

1818 - 1898  (79 years)

• Name	Samuel Rife
  Born	12 Oct 1818	, Adams Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215736749
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Dunkard
  Eby ID Number	00092-5281
  Died	27 Sep 1898	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I10604	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	Mary Hilborn,   b. 26 Aug 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1875  (Age 51 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1840  [1, 5]
  Children	1. Henry Rife,   b. 28 Feb 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1885  (Age 44 years)   2. Elizabeth Rife,   b. 8 May 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   3. Samuel Rife,   b. 11 Oct 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1902  (Age 57 years)   4. Thomas Rife,   b. 10 Jun 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1923, Glen Christie, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co. , Ontario  (Age 75 years)   5. Mary Rife,   b. 1 May 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah Ann Rife,   b. 25 Jul 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   7. John Rife,   b. 13 Apr 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1930, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   8. George W. Rife,   b. 29 May 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. David Rife,   b. 20 Sep 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. James Rife,   b. 13 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Jennie Rife,   b. 15 Jan 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Emma Rife,   b. 23 Oct 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1875  (Age 10 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Julia,   b. 1830, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States ,   d. 12 May 1917, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	2 Jun 1881	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Rife Jr., "was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, October 12th, 1818. He resides on the old homestead. He was married twice, first to Mary Hilborn, March 10th, 1840, and after her decease to a Mrs. Hine. His family, all of the first wife, consisted of twelve 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 Rife's Funeral Card Died In Guelph Tp., on Tuesday, Sept. 27th, 1898, at 5 o'clock a.m., Samuel Rife, Sr., Aged 80 Years. Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Waterloo Road, Guelph Tp., where services will be held, on Thursday, Sept. 29th, 1898, at 2 o'clock p.m., thence to the Hespeler cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Hespeler, Sept. 27th, 1898.

  
  

• 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. [S184] Funeral Card - - Funeral Card Notices of Waterloo County from 1851 to 1980. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . In Loving Memory Of/ Samuel Rife/ Born Oct. 12, 1818/ Died Sept. 27,1898/ Also His Wife/ Mary Hilborn/ Born Aug. 26,1823/ Died Apr. 15,1875/ Rife [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Oct 1818 - , Adams Co., Pennsylvania Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Jun 1881 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Sep 1898 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth