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

David S. Reist[1, 2]

Male 1866 - 1889  (23 years)


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  • Name David S. Reist 
    Born 8 Mar 1866  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    C. Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00090-5216.12 
    Died 18 Sep 1889  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Person ID I21675  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Moses Reist,   b. 18 Jan 1834, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1911  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Catharine "Catherine" Shantz,   b. 7 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Family ID F3324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Weber,   b. 24 Oct 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1949, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 1888 
    Children 
     1. Nelson Reist,   b. 25 Mar 1889, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F10112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • REIST. - On the 18th of August, near Breslau, Waterloo county, Ontario, David Reist. He was buried on the 19th on which occasion many friends and relatives assembled. He leaves a young widow and one infant child to mourn his early death. Funeral service by Daniel Wismer and Noah Stauffer.

      Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 24, December 15, 1889, page 380, 381

  • 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..., 595.

    2. [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..., 172.

    3. [S276] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1881, Waterloo South, Waterloo South, Ontario Film 1375900 District 161 Sub-district C Division 1 Page Number 15 Household Number 67.

    4. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Not forgotten / In loving remembrance / of / David S.Reist / died Sep.18, 1889 / aged / 23 y'rs 6 mo.10 d's / In death's cold arms lies sleeping here / A tender parent, a companion dear / In love he lived in peace he died / His life was asked but was denied

    5. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 29.

    6. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 15.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111488909/lydia-frey.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 2.

    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..., 396.

    10. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Moses Reist, farmer of Waterloo Twp. married 5 Sep 1854 in Berlin by banns to Catherine Schantz of Waterlooo Twp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Mar 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - C. Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Sep 1889 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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