John Adam "Jack" Rickert^[1]

1883 - 1913  (30 years)

• Name	John Adam "Jack" Rickert
  Born	17 Jan 1883	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Milk Peddler, Dairy
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Bretheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-183206
  Died	26 May 1913	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I183206	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Menno B. Rickert,   b. 16 Oct 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Ellen Unger,   b. 20 Sep 1865, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Oct 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1882	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna "Annie Schroeder,   b. 8 Feb 1884, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (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 ,   d. 17 Dec 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)   8. Wilda Anna Rickert,   b. 28 Nov 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1981  (Age 71 years)   9. Earl Grey Rickert,   b. 8 Nov 1911,   d. 10 Dec 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  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

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Earl Grey Rickert. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 6. [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. [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 [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

  Born - 17 Jan 1883 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Milk Peddler, Dairy - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 May 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth