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Peter Rieder

Male 1850 - 1936  (85 years)


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  • Name Peter Rieder 
    Born 27 Jul 1850  East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Ontario Button Company 
    • Mr. Jacob Graff has sold out his interests in the Ontario Button Company at Berlin to his partner, Mr. Peter Rieder. Mr. Graff will retire from business and continue to reside in New Hamburg.

      New Hamburg Independent 25 Nov 1910
    Kitchener-OntarioButtonCompany-0001-cardofbuttons.jpg    		 Kitchener-OntarioButtonCompany-0001-cardofbuttons.jpg
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164941288 
    Occupation 1877  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    salesman 
    Occupation 1878  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    clerk 
    Occupation 1881  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Store Keeper 
    Residence 1881  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Evangelical Association 
    Occupation 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Store Keeper 
    Residence 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Commercial Traveller 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Employer, Jobber 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Income 
    Residence 1921  45 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-149760 
    Died 31 May 1936  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I149760  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Daniel Rieder,   b. 1827, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1868  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Christina Goettinger,   b. 25 Dec 1827, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F232636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emeline Merner,   b. 27 Apr 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1877  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Talmon Henry Rieder,   b. 10 Aug 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1922, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     2. Maude Matilda Rieder,   b. 6 Apr 1880, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Idella Rieder,   b. 6 Jan 1883, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956  (Age 72 years)
     4. Elmer Alfred Rieder,   b. 8 Mar 1885, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1969  (Age 83 years)
     5. Lauretta Elizabeth Rieder,   b. 31 Oct 1886, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     6. Esther Emiline Rieder,   b. 22 May 1891, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Eva Sarah Rieder,   b. 10 Nov 1892, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1965  (Age 72 years)
     8. Talma Christina "May C." Rieder,   b. 18 Oct 1895, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1983, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     9. Alma Freda Louisa Rieder,   b. 25 Sep 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F37481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MR. PETER RIEDER DIES IN KITCHENER

      Was Former Prominent Resident Of New Hamburg

      Peter Rieder, retired button wholesaler, who founded the old Ontario Button Company in partnership with the late Jacob Graff, of New Hamburg, passed away Sunday evening at his residence, 20 Maynard Avenue, Kitchener. Mr. Rieder, in his 86th year, had been in failing health for the past year.

      Mr. Rieder was born in South Easthope, near New Hamburg, a son of the late Daniel and Christina Rieder, on July 27, 1850. He quit farming in his 21st. year and entered general merchandising at New Hamburg. The deceased found particular success in this line and several years later entered into a partnership with the late Emmanuel Ruby. The previous year, on October 18, 1877, he was married to Emeline Merner, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Merner, of New Hamburg.

      In July of 1896 Mr. Rieder sold his interest and moved to Kitchener, then Berlin, where he entered into partnership with Jacob Graff, founding the Ontario Button Company, doing wholesale jobbing. Mr. Rieder was the first traveller carrying a line of exclusive buttons east of Toronto between 1897 and 1910.

      The partnership continued for 14 years, Mr. Rieder buying out Mr. Graff in 1910.

      Surviving are his widow, one son, Elmer, of Kitchener, and six daughters, Mrs. E. Wood, of Gallipolis, Ohio, Miss Della, of Bethlehem, Pa., Mrs. A. A. Shave, Leonia, N.J., Mrs. A. G. Gauerke, Liptom, Sask., Mrs. D. D. Flett, Toronto, and Miss Eva at home. Two brothers, Christian Rieder, of Eden, Ont., Edward Kabel, Kitchener, one sister, Miss Catherine Rieder, Kitchener, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.
      The funeral was held Wednesday with a private service at the residence at 3 o'clock and thence to Zion. Evangelical Church, of which he was a member, for public service at 2.30. Interment took place in Mount Hope Cemetery. Reverends C. A. Hirschman and G. F. Barthel officiated.
      He was predeceased by one son in 1922. Mr. T. H. Rieder, former president of the Arnes-Holden Company of Montreal, and by one daughter, Miss Lauretta, who died in 1908.

      New Hamburg Independent 6 Jun 1936

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 4.

    2. [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, New Hamburg 1881 Page 29.

    3. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 11066 (1877), Peter Reider-Elmine Merner.
      Peter Rieder (salesman of New Hamburg) Birth Place: East Zorra Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Father Name: Daniel Rieder Mother Name: Christina Rieder Spouse Name: Elimine Merner (residence of Wilmot) Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Spouse Birth Place: Wilmot Township Spouse Father Name: Christian Merner Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Merner Marriage Date: 18 Oct 1877 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Wilmot Township at bride's residence

    4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 38 Page 6.

    5. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 2.

    6. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 19.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164941288/peter-rieder.

    8. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 32606 (1879), Tallman Henry Rieder, accessed 11 May 2009.
      Tallman Henry Rieder Date of Birth: 10 Aug 1878 Gender: Male Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: Peter Rieder (clerk of New Hamburg) Mother's Name: Emiline Merner

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Jul 1850 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - salesman - 1877 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Oct 1877 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - clerk - 1878 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Store Keeper - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical Association - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Store Keeper - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Commercial Traveller - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Employer, Jobber - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 May 1936 - 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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