Waterloo Region Generations
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Louisa Ries

Female Cal 1864 - 1891  (~ 26 years)


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  • Name Louisa Ries 
    Born CALC 13 Dec 1864  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47233242 
    Name Louisa Dreisinger 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-23420 
    Died 1 Jan 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Cause: puerperal insanity (1 week from confinement) 
    Buried Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I23420  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Eckhart Ries,   b. CALC 24 Jan 1820, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1895  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Catherine Opperthaeuser,   b. 1 Aug 1824, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1898, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 13 Sep 1846  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F6628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob O. Dreisinger,   b. 3 Oct 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1942, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edwin Dreisinger,   b. 15 May 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Emanuel Dreisinger,   b. 25 Dec 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F5674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S199] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. James Lutheran Elmira CC#2800 Internet Link.
      Jacob O. DREISINGER/ 1860 - 1942/ Louisa RIES/ his wife/ 1864 - 1891/ Jane SHOEMAKER/ his wife/ 1865 - 1954/ DREISINGER

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Jan 15, 1891.
      Jan 1, 1891 Louisa Dreisinger, wife of Jakob O. Dreisinger, died in Woolwich, at age of 26 years & 19 days.

    3. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 16234 (1891), Louisa Freisinger, accessed 2 Feb 2010.
      Louisa Friesinger d. 1 Jan 1891 Woolwich, aged 26y, 19d, wife of Jacob Dreisinger Jr., b. Woolwich, cause: puerperal insanity (1 week from confinement), Lutheran

    4. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 55.

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Jacob Huttner - Minister of The Lutheran Evangelical Church In The Village of Preston report 65.
      Eckhard Rias, married Catharine Oppertshasuer, both of Waterloo. 13 Sept. 1846

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 13 Dec 1864 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: puerperal insanity (1 week from confinement) - 1 Jan 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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