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Elizabeth Geiger

Female 1829 - 1919  (90 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Geiger 
    Born 23 Mar 1829  Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Rittinger 
    Residence 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1919  57 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-130875 
    Died 9 Jul 1919  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I130875  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Johann Adam Geiger,   b. 1804,   d. 1853, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Koerber,   b. 1805,   d. 1838, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Family ID F35265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Friedrich "Frederick" Rittinger,   b. 6 Dec 1833, Michelbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 14 May 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
     1. John Adam Rittinger,   b. 16 Feb 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Laura Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rittinger,   b. 23 Nov 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1939, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. William Rittinger,   b. 19 Jan 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1932  (Age 70 years)
     4. Louise Rittinger,   b. 15 Jun 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Heinrich Rittinger,   b. CALC 31 Jan 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     6. Friedrich Rittinger,   b. CALC 20 Jan 1867, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     7. Herman Rittinger,   b. 10 Aug 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F32271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth is reported to have been born in Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, documentation needed.

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 49.

    2. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 58.

    3. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 22.

    4. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 59.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1829). Elisabeth Geiger Rittinger (1829-1919) - Find A... Retrieved 15 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162825592/elisabeth-rittinger.

    6. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Elizabeth Rittinger, d. 8 July 1919 57 Queen St. N., Kitcheenr, b. Germany aged 91y, d/o John Adam Geiger and Elizbeth Parber, old age and hypo pneumonia

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Friederich Rittinger, painter of Berlin married 14 May 1854 in Berlin by license to Elisabeth Geiger of Berlin, wit: John Friederich of Berlin & Maria Hess of Berlin

    8. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 18 May 1854:20.
      GEIGER. Elisabeth married 14 May 1854 To Friedrich RITTINGER. Both from Berlin. minister F.W. Bindemann

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 May 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1919 - 57 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Jul 1919 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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