Sarah Ann Rife^{[1, 2]}

1851 - 1919  (67 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann Rife
  Born	25 Jul 1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Sarah Ann Witmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	00092-5287
  Died	27 Mar 1919	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I10617	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 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  [7, 9]
  Family ID	F3041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Witmer,   b. 6 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Children	1. Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer,   b. 15 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1958  (Age 85 years)   2. Ida Rosella Witmer,   b. 17 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)   3. Hubert Edwin Witmer,   b. 17 Sep 1876, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Ervin "Ervin" Witmer,   b. 7 Mar 1879, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Zilpha Margaret Witmer,   b. 16 Feb 1882, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Petala Blanch Witmer,   b. 18 Jan 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   7. Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Witmer,   b. 6 Nov 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Rife, "was born July 25th, 1851. She is married to S. Witmer 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 183. [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..., 678. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 9. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 1. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 26. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name: Sarah Witmer Event Type: Death Event Date: 27 Mar 1919 Event Place: Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Gender: Female Age: 67 Marital Status: Widowed Birth Year (Estimated): 1852 Canada Birthplace: Canada Death Place: Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Death Age: 67 years Cemetery: Hespler Father's Name: Samuel Rife Mother's Name: Mary Hilborn [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Jul 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Mar 1919 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth