John Reist

1793 - 1822  (29 years)

• Name	John Reist
  Born	7 Feb 1793	Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00090-5166
  Died	29 Mar 1822  [1, 2]
  	Cause: drowned
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I22402	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John Reist,   b. 18 Jul 1763, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Dec 1843, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susannah Huber,   b. 21 May 1771, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Sep 1850  (Age 79 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1790  [1]
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Reist, "was born February 7th, 1793. He and his brother, Samuel, and his sister Barbara, came to Canada in 1821. While assisting in erecting a bridge across the Conestogo near Mr. Scheifley's, he was accidentally drowned March 29th, 1822. He was not married." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 163. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Johannes / Reist ist ge / storben den / 29ten Maerz / 1822 Alt. 29 Jahr / 1 Monat und / 24 Tag.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Feb 1793 - Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth