Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mary Ellen Baer[1, 2]

Female 1866 - 1939  (72 years)


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  • Name Mary Ellen Baer 
    Born 18 Jun 1866  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Ellen Bear  [8
    Name Mary Ellen Reist 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00003-604.7 
    Died 14 Jan 1939  Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I11844  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Samuel Baer,   b. 9 Dec 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 73 years) 
    Mother Hannah Snyder,   b. 17 Feb 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1859  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
    Family ID F3338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr. Owen S. Reist,   b. 4 Feb 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1931  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1890  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Levi Stanley Reist,   b. 11 Oct 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1953  (Age 61 years)
     2. Owen C. Reist,   b. 2 Jun 1895, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Dr. Claude Owen Reist,   b. 12 Jun 1895, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     4. Peter Verne Reist,   b. 16 Feb 1899, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956  (Age 56 years)
     5. Gertrude Ellen Reist,   b. 3 Jun 1913, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1986  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F3266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. O. Reist \endash Kossuth \endash Well attended funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Zion United Church for Mary Ellen Baer, widow of the late Dr. Owen Reist, who died in Hamilton on Saturday. In her 70th year, the late Mrs. Reist lived for many years on the farm in Kossuth. Services were held at the H.K. Stager Funeral Parlors, Preston, and Zion United church, conducted by the Rev. Douglas Gordon, pastor of the church and Rev. Oscar Burkholder, pastor of Cressman Church, Breslau. Interment was in the Zion Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Norman Markle, Levi Bowman, Aaron Baer, Bailey Springer, all of Kossuth, and Lawrence Snyder and Norman Reist of Hespeler.

      The Waterloo Chronicle Jan 17 1939 pg 3

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 186.

    2. [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.

    3. [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

    4. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 8.

    5. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 20.

    6. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 38.

    7. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 7.

    8. [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...

    9. [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..., 280.

    10. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 24 Jun 1859.
      "Bear - Snyder: At Berlin, on the 5th inst., by the Rev.'d Mr. Bindeman, Mr. Samuel Bear, to miss Hannah Snyder, of Waterloo."

    11. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Samuel Bear, aged 22, res. Waterloo, born Waterloo, son of John and Anna (Panebecker), married 5 Jun 1859 to Hannah Snyder, aged 20, res Waterloo, born Waterloo daughter of Levy and Elizabeth (Clement)

    12. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

    13. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 28 June 1859.
      5 June 1859 By the Rev'd F. W. Bindeman, at Berlin, on June 5, Samuel Bear, to Hannah Snyder, of Waterloo.

    14. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 29 Jun 1859.
      BEAR, Samuel married 5 Jun 1859 to Hannah SNYDER At Berlin by Rev F W Bindemann. Hannah, of Waterloo.

    15. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 72.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jun 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Nov 1890 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jan 1939 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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