John Rife^{[1, 2]}

1853 - 1930  (77 years)

• Name	John Rife
  Born	13 Apr 1853	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218370985
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Dunkard
  Occupation	1875	Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	baker
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Labourer
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Woolen Mill Worker
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Laborer
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Machine Agent
  Residence	1911	, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00092-5288
  Died	29 Apr 1930	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cause: apoplexy, arterial sclerosis
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I10621	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  [9, 10]
  Family ID	F3041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Wilhelmine Plugradt,   b. 31 May 1852, Atlantic Ocean ,   d. 31 Jul 1937, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1875	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 8]
  Children	1. Rife   2. Elora Rife,   b. 1875, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Herbert Rife,   b. 11 Jul 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lewis Ora Rife,   b. 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lottie Rife,   b. 15 Jul 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Annie Wilhelmina "Mina" Rife,   b. 28 Feb 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ada Amanda Rife,   b. 15 Dec 1887, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1949, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   8. Edna Rife,   b. CA 1890,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Violet Rife,   b. 28 Dec 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Rife, "was born April 13th, 1853. He is married to Annie Plugradt 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. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019013-05. Lomon Oscar Gowing, 27, Occ. Loom Fixer, b. Listowell, Res. Hespeler, son of Charles Gowing & Kate Woods married Annie Wilhelmina Rife, 19, b. Hespeler, Res. Hespeler, daughter of John Rife & Wilhelmina Plugradt, Witn Alf. L. Lavell of Waterloo & Lily Snider of Berlin, 30 November 1905 in Berlin. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 16. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9313-75. John RIFE, 23, baker, Waterloo twp., Mildmay, s/o Samuel & Mary, married Annie PLUGRADT, 23, on the sea, Preston, d/o Luc & Christiana, witn: Samuel RIFE Jr. of Waterloo twp & Louisa PLUGRADT of Preston, 21 Sept 1875 at Preston [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 35401-1930. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 3. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 19. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 57. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [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 - 13 Apr 1853 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - baker - 1875 - Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Sep 1875 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Woolen Mill Worker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machine Agent - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - , Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: apoplexy, arterial sclerosis - 29 Apr 1930 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth