Magdalena E. Wideman^[1]

1862 - 1957  (94 years)

• Name	Magdalena E. Wideman
  Born	6 Aug 1862	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Magdalena E. Reist
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00031-2604.4
  Died	6 May 1957	Bay Port, Huron, Michigan, USA   [3, 4]
  Buried	Michigan Avenue Mennonite Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I21593	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry L. Wideman,   b. 12 Oct 1820, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 May 1897  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Barbara Eby,   b. 15 Jun 1828, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Sep 1918, , Michigan, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1847	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F3669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joel W. Reist,   b. 8 Aug 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1925, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1880	, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F25218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reist, Magdalena (Weidman), was born Aug. 6, 1862, in Woolwich Twp., Ontario; died May 6, 1957, in Bay Port, Mich., at the home of her daughter, Lydia, with whom she had made her home for many years. On Oct. 10, 1880, she was married to Joel Reist. To this union were born 3 sons and 4 daughters. Her husband preceded her in death on June 25, 1925. Surviving are 3 daughters (Mrs. Lydia Schwartzentruber, Bay Port, Mich.; Mrs. Malinda Bauman, Pigeon, Mich.; and Mrs. William Eckenswiller, Argyle, Mich.), 19 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great grandchildren, and one brother (Henry, Pigeon, Mich.). She was a charter member of the Pigeon Mennonite Church and is the last one to be called in death. Funeral services were held in the Pigeon Church in charge of Donald King with burial in the church cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume L, Number 23 - June 4, 1957 page 549, 550

  
  

• 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..., 590. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 22. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 4, 1957 - Obituary of Magdalena Wideman. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., County, H., & Cemetery, M. (1862). Magdalena Wideman Reist (1862-1957) - Find A... Retrieved 8 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15901146/magdalena-reist. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huttner, Jacob Rev. - Minister of the Lutheran Church in Preston #80. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Barbara Eby Weidman - September 26, 1918 - pages 463 and 464.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Aug 1862 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Oct 1880 - , Ontario, Canada Died - 6 May 1957 - Bay Port, Huron, Michigan, USA Buried - - Michigan Avenue Mennonite Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth