Solomon Reist^{[1, 2]}

1853 - 1899  (46 years)

• Name	Solomon Reist
  Born	6 Mar 1853	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1882	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Teacher
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	United Brethren
  Eby ID Number	00090-5224
  Died	16 Apr 1899	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I10873	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	David Reist,   b. 21 Jan 1805, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Nov 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Mosser,   b. 9 Nov 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1866, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1830  [8, 9]
  Family ID	F1259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Snider,   b. 6 Feb 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	7 May 1882	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Ivan Eric Reist,   b. 6 Jun 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1891  (Age 7 years)   2. Eleanor Hilda Reist,   b. 30 Jul 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1982  (Age 95 years)   3. Rev. Florence May "Flossie" Reist,   b. 20 Jan 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1954  (Age 64 years)   4. Eudore Ray Reist,   b. 6 Sep 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Dec 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F3129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Solomon Reist, "the youngest son of David and Mary (Mosser) Reist, was born March 6th, 1853. On May 7th, 1882, he was married to Isabella, daughter of Jacob S. and Magdalena (Snyder) Snyder. She was born February, 6th, 1859. Some time during the year 1880 he commenced teaching in our public schools and taught very successfully until November 1893, when he, owing to poor health, was obliged to resign his position as principal of the Bridgeport public school. He resides about a mile from the town of Berlin where he is now engaged in gardening. His family consisted of four children" 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

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 312. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 May 1882. 07 May 1882 Solomon Reist and Isabella Snyder, both of Bloomingdale,were married in Berlin by Rev. D.B. Sherk. [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..., 173. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. Reist/ Solomon Reist/ Mar. 6, 1853-Apr. 16, 1899/ Isabella Snider/ His Beloved Wife/ Feb. 6, 1859-June 30, 1946/ In loving Remembrance [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 29. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 36. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 59. [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..., 170. [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..., 116.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1853 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1882 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 May 1882 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Apr 1899 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth