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

Absalom Rickert[1]

Male 1847 - 1924  (77 years)


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  • Name Absalom Rickert 
    Born 19 Jun 1847  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70431107 
    Occupation 1880  Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    cabinet maker 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2546.4 
    Died 4 Oct 1924  [4
    Buried Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I22066  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Heinrich "Henry" Rickert,   b. 12 Nov 1819, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1892, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Eby,   b. 29 Jul 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1905, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1844  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Family ID F5246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Unknown,   b. , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1879, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Maggie A. Rickert,   b. 1876, , Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963  (Age 87 years)
     2. Rebecca Rickert,   b. 1879, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F9255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1880 Absolom was a widowed father living with his daughters and sister Mattie in Locke, Indiana.

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 583.

    2. [S255] Census - Indiana - 1880, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana Film 1254275 Page Number 333A.

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 pg 210.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70431107.

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huttner, Jacob Rev. - Minister of the Gospel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Preston #39.

    6. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39.
      Heinrich Ruckert, to Magdalena Eby, both of Wilmot. 28 Jan. 1844

    7. [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, 2 Feb 1844 Pg: 5.
      EBY, Magdalena married 30 Jan 1844 Of Waterloo. To Heinrich RUCKERET, Wilmot. minister F.W. Bindeman

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jun 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - cabinet maker - 1880 - Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
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