Cyrus B. Rickert^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1856 - 1938  (82 years)

• Name	Cyrus B. Rickert
  Born	29 Feb 1856	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00007-0771.5
  Died	19 Dec 1938  [6]
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I15212	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Rickert,   b. 10 Jun 1830, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1903, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sarah Bechtel,   b. 7 Apr 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1887  (Age 57 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13, 14]
  Family ID	F4099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lovina Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1931  (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Ervin Rickert,   b. 10 Mar 1882, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Feb 1966, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Addison Rickert,   b. 30 Mar 1884, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   3. Harvey Rickert,   b. 23 Jul 1886, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   4. Clara Rickert,   b. 28 Sep 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1955  (Age 66 years)   5. Sydney Rickert,   b. 6 Mar 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1976  (Age 84 years)   6. Malinda Rickert,   b. 26 Nov 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 1894  (Age 0 years)   7. Lloyd Rickert,   b. 8 Jun 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Dec 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F4946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Rickert-John-001-FamilywithwifeSarahBechtel.JPG L-R Front Row John Rickert, Elizabeth, Simon and Sarah Bechtel L-R Back Row Menno, Cyrus, Caroline, Jacob William Rickert originally shared this on 5 Jul 2020 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• 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..., 217. [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..., 412. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ervin Rickeert. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Harvey Rickert - 1974. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lloyd Rickert. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. Cyrus B. Rickert/ 1856-1938/ Lovina Shantz/ his wife/ 1856 -1931/ Rickert [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 1. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 10. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 8. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 17. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 69. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 45. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Rickert, farmer of Wilmot married 28 Sep 1852 in Greenbush by banns to Sara Bechtel of Blenheim [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Feb 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth