Elizabeth Rife^[1]

1842 - 1926  (84 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Rife
  Born	8 May 1842	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215560050
  Name	Elizabeth Henry
  Residence	1864	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00092-5283
  Died	13 Aug 1926	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I10609	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Rife,   b. 12 Oct 1818, , Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Sep 1898, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Hilborn,   b. 26 Aug 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1875  (Age 51 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1840  [1, 9]
  Family ID	F3041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Henry,   b. 25 Jun 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1903, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1864	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. Mila Henry,   b. 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Allen Mills Henry,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Isabella Henry,   b. 16 Apr 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Thomas Emerson Henry,   b. 30 Jul 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. George Milton Henry,   b. 21 Jul 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. James Henry,   b. 1873, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Albert Bertrum Henry,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Bertie Henry,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F3044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Rife, "was born May 8th, 1842. She is married to John Henry and resides at Los Angeles, California." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 23. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 12. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 5. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 8. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 60. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 20 Jan 1864. Henry, John married 6 Jan 1864 to Elizabeth Ripe [Rife?] By Rev Mr Bindeman, Berlin. Bride of Waterloo. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 May 1842 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1864 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Jan 1864 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Aug 1926 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth