Dr. Owen S. Reist

1866 - 1931  (65 years)

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  Owen Reist Image from: 100 Years of Progress in Waterloo County Canada Semi-Centennial Souvenir 1856-1906

  
  

• Name	Owen S. Reist
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	4 Feb 1866	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  Elected Office	1906	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve for Waterloo Township
  Occupation	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00090-5215
  Died	21 Sep 1931  [3]
  Buried	Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I11631	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Deacon Peter Reist,   b. 23 Jul 1832,   d. 22 Feb 1916  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Shantz,   b. 16 May 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F1358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ellen Baer,   b. 18 Jun 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1890	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Levi Stanley Reist,   b. 11 Oct 1891, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1953  (Age 61 years)   2. Owen C. Reist,   b. 2 Jun 1895, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Dr. Claude Owen Reist,   b. 12 Jun 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jan 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)   4. Peter Verne Reist,   b. 16 Feb 1899, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1956  (Age 56 years)   5. Gertrude Ellen Reist,   b. 3 Jun 1913, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1986  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F3266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Owen Reist, "was born February 4th, 1866. He is married to Ellen, daughter of Samuel Bear. They reside at home with his father. Their family consists of one son named Levi Stanley." 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.]. _____________________ OWEN REIST, V.S., of Kossuth. was born in Woolwich in 1866. After passing through the public school of Kossuth he took his second-class teacher's certificate at the Galt Collegiate in 1886, afterward attending the Ontario Veterinary College, where he received the degree of V. S. in 1888, and has successfully practised his profession ever since. In 1892 he assumed his father's farm, later acquiring more farm property, in all nearly 300 acres. Mr. Reist held the position of Sanitary Inspector for Waterloo Township from 1891 to 1900, when he resigned to accept a seat in the township council, being elected reeve in 1906. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1902 and reappointed in 1905. He has held the office of school trustee and is recording steward for the Zion circuit of the Methodist Church. Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 100 Years of Progress in Waterloo County Canada Semi-Centennial Souvenir 1856-1906 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 1906) pg 32

  
  

• 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..., 171. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 8. [S488] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Zion United Maple Grove CC#4503 Cemetery Internet Link . Owen S Reist/ Feb 2 1864-Sept 21 1931/ his wife/ Mary Ellen Baer/ June 18 1866-Jan. 1 1939/ at rest [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 9. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 7. [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..., 396. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Peter Reist, farmer of Waterloo Twp. married 12 Sep 1852 in Greenbush by banns to Mary Schantz of Waterloo Twp. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

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  Born - 4 Feb 1866 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Nov 1890 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve for Waterloo Township - 1906 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth