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Leah Reist[1]

Female 1860 - 1923  (62 years)


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  • Name Leah Reist 
    Born 8 Sep 1860  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Leah Gimbel 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    C. Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00090-5216.7 
    Died 1923  [2] 
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I22431  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    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 David Gimbel,   b. Apr 1858, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married Mar 1880  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Allan Gimbel,   b. CALC 7 Sep 1877,   d. 13 Oct 1883  (Age ~ 6 years)
     2. Melinda Gimbel,   b. 1880, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Laura G. Gimbel,   b. 4 Jun 1882, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Irvin R. Gimbel,   b. 21 Jun 1885, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1978, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     5. Elsie Gimbel,   b. CALC 21 Oct 1886, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1892  (Age ~ 5 years)
     6. Myra Gimbel,   b. CALC 8 Aug 1888,   d. 6 May 1890  (Age ~ 1 years)
     7. David R. Gimbel,   b. 8 Aug 1890, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     8. Cinetta "Nettie" Gimbel,   b. 7 May 1892, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     9. Marietta Gimbel,   b. 4 Jul 1895, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1918  (Age 22 years)
     10. Vera Mabel Gimbel,   b. 21 Feb 1899, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     11. Herbert L. Gimbel,   b. 6 Oct 1901, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1993  (Age 91 years)
     12. Lorne Gimbel,   b. Aug 1902, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     13. Roy Edgar Gimbel,   b. Jul 1905, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1972  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F2296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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..., 172.

    2. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      David Gimbel / 1858-1940 / his wife / Leah Reist / 1860-1923 / his wife / Mary Gingrich / 1862-1940 / Asleep in Jesus / Gimbel

    3. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 2.

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

    5. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 4.

    6. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 9.

    7. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 30.

    8. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 58.

    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 Sep 1860 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, 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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