George Rife^{[1, 2]}

1832 - 1905  (72 years)

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• Name	George Rife
  Born	12 Dec 1832	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210347871
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00092-5309
  Died	24 Mar 1905	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I10656	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  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

  
  

  Father	Rife,   b. CA 1797,   d. Bef 1861  (Age ~ 63 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	F268551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Pannabaker,   b. 24 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1906  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Samuel Abraham Rife,   b. 13 Jun 1856, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1923, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   2. Sarah Elizabeth Rife,   b. 22 Jun 1858, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1942, Portland, Washington Co., Oregon  (Age 83 years)   3. Private Daniel Cornelius Rife,   b. 25 Dec 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jun 1946, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 85 years)   4. Eva Marie Rife,   b. 23 Dec 1864, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1962, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F2874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Rife, "the fourth and youngest son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hoke) Rife, resides in Walkerton, Bruce County, Ontario, where he is engaged as agent for sewing machines, organs, etc. He is married to Sarah Pannebecker." 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..., 185. [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..., 152. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 58.

  
  

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  Born - 12 Dec 1832 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Mar 1905 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth