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

Wendel Reist[1]

Male 1856 - 1927  (70 years)


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  • Name Wendel Reist 
    Born 27 Nov 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1879  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Labor 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Laborer 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Laborer, Street 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number 00090-5201 
    Died 1 Aug 1927  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Cause: carcinoma of the stomach (6 months), cardiac failure 
    Person ID I16144  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Christian Reist,   b. CALC 12 Nov 1796,   d. 20 Feb 1875, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Christina Eva Frögel,   b. 15 Sep 1815, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1848  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Family ID F651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Caroline Lavitzka,   b. 20 Apr 1858, , , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 18 Mar 1879  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 12
    Children 
     1. Angeline Reist
     2. Christian Reist,   b. 7 Jun 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sarah Reist,   b. 1884, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Sarah Ann Reist,   b. 27 May 1885, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Henry Reist,   b. Feb 1888, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Simon Reist,   b. 27 Sep 1888, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Lizzie Reist,   b. 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Caroline,   b. Nov 1852, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F184911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Wendel Reist, "the third son, was born November 27th, 1856. He is married to Caroline Lavitzka. They reside in Hespeler where he is engaged in the woollen Mills. Their family consisted of four children"

      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010831-79.
      Wendel Reist, 23, occ. Labour, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, s/o Christian & Christena married Caroline Lewitzie, 26, b. Prussia, res. Guelph, d/o Hoodman & Anna, witn Gustave Harnock & Susanna Reist both of Waterloo Twp, 18 March 1879 in the Twp of Waterloo.

    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..., 169.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010831-79.

    4. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Wendel Reist Death Date: 1 Aug 1927 Death Location: Waterloo Birth 1 Jul 1856 Birth Location: Waterloo Township

    5. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 4.

    6. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 32.

    7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 7.

    8. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 24.

    9. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 44.

    10. [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..., 168.

    11. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner report 120.
      Christian Reist, 52, married to Christ. Tragel, 32. 17 Oct. 1848.

    12. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10767-79.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Nov 1856 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - 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 MapsOccupation - Labor - 1879 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Mar 1879 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer, Street - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: carcinoma of the stomach (6 months), cardiac failure - 1 Aug 1927 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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