Samuel Rife^[1]

1844 - 1902  (57 years)

• Name	Samuel Rife
  Born	11 Oct 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Dunkard
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Nursery Agent
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Agent
  Eby ID Number	00092-5284
  Died	22 Feb 1902  [4]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I10611	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  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, 6]
  Family ID	F3041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Halstead,   b. 1 May 1850, , England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Jun 1871  [5]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Rife, "was born October 11th, 1844. He is married to Mary Halstead and resides at Hespeler, Ontario." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________ Died In Hespeler, on Saturday, February 22nd, 1902, at 6.30 o'clock p.m. Samuel Rife, Aged, 57 years, 4 months and 11 days. Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Queen street, Hespeler, where services will be held on Tuesday, February 25th, 1902 at 2 o'clock p.m., thence to the Hespeler Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Hespeler, Feb. 22th [sic], 1902 Funeral Card of Samuel Rife

  
  

• 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. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 8. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . Samuel/ Rife/ Born/ Oct. 11,1844/ Died/ Feb. 22,1902 [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 58. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Oct 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Nursery Agent - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agent - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth