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

John Adam "Jack" Rickert[1]

Male 1883 - 1913  (30 years)


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  • Name John Adam "Jack" Rickert 
    Born 17 Jan 1883  Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Milk Peddler, Dairy 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    United Bretheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-183206 
    Died 26 May 1913  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I183206  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Menno B. Rickert,   b. 16 Oct 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother 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  [4, 5
    Family ID F1224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna "Annie Schroeder,   b. 8 Feb 1884, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Arnold Rickert
     2. Roy Rickert
     3. Gordon Rickert
     4. Verneda Rickert,   d. Bef 2000
     5. Mabel Rickert,   d. Bef 2000
     6. Gloria Rickert
     7. Arthur Milton Rickert,   b. May 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     8. Wilda Anna Rickert,   b. 28 Nov 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1981  (Age 71 years)
     9. Earl Grey Rickert,   b. 8 Nov 1911,   d. 10 Dec 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F177075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John A. Rickert

      The death of Mr. John A. Rickert took place on Monday in his 31st year. The deceased had been ill for the past three months, and although death was not unexpected, it came as a great shock to a large number of friends and relatives. A wife, and three children, Arthur, Wildna, and Earl and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Rickert are left to mourn the loss of a a devoted husband and father.

      The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon from his father's residence, 25 Cedar Street, at 2 o'clock, to Zion Evangelical Church, where service will be held, and to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Earl Grey Rickert.

    2. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 6.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1883). John Adam Rickert (1883-1913) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 9 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189358018/john-adam-rickert.

    4. [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

    5. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Jan 1883 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Milk Peddler, Dairy - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 May 1913 - 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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