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

Barbara Reist

Female 1801 - 1890  (88 years)


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  • Name Barbara Reist 
    Born 15 Nov 1801  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Barbara Koch 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00090-5204 
    Died 19 Aug 1890  [1, 2, 3, 8
    Buried St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8
    Person ID I16149  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Reist,   b. 18 Jul 1763, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1843, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Susannah Huber,   b. 21 May 1771, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1850  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1790  [9
    Family ID F238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. David Ludwig "Ludwig" Koch,   b. 19 Jul 1801, Weinsberg, Wurtenberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married Oct 1824  [1, 10
    Children 
     1. Susannah Koch,   b. 8 Oct 1825, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1826, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Elizabeth Koch,   b. 13 Nov 1827, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     3. Barbara Koch,   b. 19 Jul 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1910, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Mary Koch,   b. 11 Feb 1834, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1921, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Anna Koch,   b. 25 Aug 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1922, Campbell Corners, Ionia, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. David Koch,   b. 1 Sep 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1916, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     7. John Koch,   b. 30 Jun 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Joseph Koch,   b. 23 Jun 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1925  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Barbara Reist, "the sixth member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born November 15th, 1801. In 1821 she came to Canada with her brothers, John and Samuel. In October 1824, she was married to Rev. Ludwig Koch who was born July 19th, 1801, and died September 15th, 1889. She died August 19th, 1890. They resided about one mile west of Conestogo, in Woolwich Township. Their family consisted of eight 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. [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.

    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..., 854.

    3. [S151] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. Jacobs Mennonite (Central Woolwich Mennonite) CC#4583 Internet Link.
      Zum / Andenken an / Barbara / eine geb.Reist.Ehefrau von / Ludwig Koch / gest.15 Aug.1890 / im Alter von / 88 Jah.9 Mon. u.4 Ta. / [verse] /


    4. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 3 Pg 1.

    5. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 23.

    6. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 28.

    7. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 1 Page 3.

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16759966.

    9. [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..., 163.

    10. [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..., 853.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Nov 1801 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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