Lydia Rickert^{[1, 2]}

1855 - 1917  (61 years)

• Name	Lydia Rickert
  Born	31 Dec 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75139799
  Name	Lydia Ernst
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00031-2561
  Died	25 Dec 1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 9]
  	Cause: apoplexy
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I21502	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann "John" Rickert,   b. CALC 30 Jun 1830,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Eby,   b. 4 Sep 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jan 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F5252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louis Ernst,   b. 11 Apr 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Mar 1880  [1, 8]
  Children	1. Ephraim Ernst,   b. 18 Dec 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)   2. John Milton "Milton" Ernst,   b. 17 Apr 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Nov 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   3. Alton Berton "Alt" Ernst,   b. 29 Aug 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1954, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   4. Annie Algerta Ernst,   b. 26 Nov 1888, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   5. Lillie May Ernst,   b. 16 Jun 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Hester Ernst,   b. Oct 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lydia Rickert, "was born December 31st, 1855, and is married to Louis Ernst, a farmer. They reside near Berlin." 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.]. _____________________ ERNST. - Sister Lydia Rickert, beloved wife of Bro. Louis Ernst, was born Dec. 31, 1855; died of apoplexy at her home in Kitchener, Ont. Dec. 25, 1917; aged 61y. 11m. 24d. She was the mother of 3 sons and 2 daughters, who mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother. The funeral was held Dec. 29, 1917, at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont., by the brethren, Samuel Bowman and U.K. Weber. Text, Rev. 21: 4, last clause. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - January, 1918

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 585. [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..., 658. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-9 Page 13. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January, 1918 Obituary of Lydia Rickert. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 63. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 2. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 6. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 45. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 14. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Richert, taylor of Waterloo married 16 Jan 1855 in Berlin by banns to Nancy Eby of Waterloo. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 18 Jan 1854 Pg: 3. EBY, Nancy married 5 Jan 1855 To Johann RICHERT. Both of Waterloo Twp. minister F.W. Bindeman

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Dec 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: apoplexy - 25 Dec 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth