Absalom Rickert^[1]

1847 - 1924  (77 years)

• Name	Absalom Rickert
  Born	19 Jun 1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70431107
  Occupation	1880	Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	cabinet maker
  Eby ID Number	00031-2546.4
  Died	4 Oct 1924  [4]
  Buried	Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I22066	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Unknown,   b. , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1879, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
  Children	1. Maggie A. Rickert,   b. 1876, , Indiana ,   d. 1963  (Age 87 years)   2. Rebecca Rickert,   b. 1879, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  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

  [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. [S255] Census - Indiana - 1880, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana Film 1254275 Page Number 333A. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 pg 210. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70431107. [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. [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 [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

  Born - 19 Jun 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cabinet maker - 1880 - Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Buried - - Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth