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

Menno B. Rickert[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1861 - 1918  (56 years)


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  • Name Menno B. Rickert 
    Born 16 Oct 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Business Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    M. B. Rickert's Berlin Dairy 
    Name M. B. Rickert 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Menno 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Son 
    Residence 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1882  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Milk Dealer 
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    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Methodist 
    Residence 1913  25 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0771.7 
    Died 21 Aug 1918  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 11
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I15214  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John Rickert,   b. 10 Jun 1830, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1903, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Sarah Bechtel,   b. 7 Apr 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1887  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1852  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13
    Family ID F4099  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Unger,   b. 20 Sep 1865, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1882  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8
    Children 
     1. John Adam "Jack" Rickert,   b. 17 Jan 1883, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     2. Milton Rickert,   b. 12 Dec 1885, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Morley Menno B. Rickert,   b. 4 Jun 1888, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1943, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     4. Stanley Rickert,   b. 10 May 1893, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     5. Flossie Rickert,   b. 27 Sep 1894, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 550.

    2. [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.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Oct 1882.
      24 Sep 1882 Menno Rickert and Ellen Unger, both of Mannheim, were married in Berlin by Pastor F.W. Turk.

    4. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ellen Unger - Rickert.

    5. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 9 Household Number 38.

    6. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 10.

    7. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 9.

    8. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
      Name: Menno Rickert Age: 20 res: Manheim Place of Birth: Wilmot Tp. Names of Parents: John Rickert & Sarah Bechtel Name: Ellen Unger Age: 17 res: Manheim Place of Birth: Dumfries Tp. Names of Parents: Moses Unger & Magdala Hiestand Name: Elisa C. Lahn res: Philipsburg Name: Louisa Rasbach res: Berlin Date of Marriage: Sept. 24, 1882

    9. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 10.

    10. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 17.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1861). Menno B. Rickert (1861-1918) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 9 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190334856/menno-b_-rickert.

    12. [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

    13. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Oct 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - M. B. Rickert's Berlin Dairy - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Menno - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Son - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Sep 1882 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Milk Dealer - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1913 - 25 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Aug 1918 - 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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