Oliver W. Reichard^[1]

1879 - 1960  (81 years)

• Name	Oliver W. Reichard
  Born	15 Jan 1879	Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Clerk in Store
  Eby ID Number	00135-8316.7
  Died	9 Nov 1960	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I3627	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Reichard,   b. 17 Oct 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 1931, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Witmer,   b. 7 Jun 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jun 1932, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	16 Mar 1869	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F1178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Stewart,   b. 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Aug 1972, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Olive Reichart   2. Laurant Reichart,   d. Bef 1992   3. Stewart Ian Reichard,   b. 27 Dec 1909,   d. 28 Oct 1992, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  November 9. Oliver W. Reichard, 81, dean of Elmira merchants had retired after 63 years of business. In January 1948 fire destroyed his business building. At 69 when most men would have thought of retiring, he rebuilt and continued in business until July 1960. The Mennonite people, with whom he had done business for many years, held a "clean-up bee" to remove the rubble, and all Mr. Reichard could do for them was provide a dinner at the hotel. Born on a farm near Fordwich, Mr. Reichard told how his father, as well as being a farmer, had been a preacher for the denomination known as "Tunkards or River Brethren". There had been a little church on the home farm. Mr. Reichard started work in a Baden general store at $40 a year, plus bed and board. When he was married he made $8 a week. He was a charter member of Wesley United Church, of which he was an elder. He also served with the High School Board, the Library Board, the Chamber of Commerce and the Independent Order of Foresters. Forty-Eighth Annual Volume of the Waterloo Historical Society Mar 1961

  
  

• 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..., 680. [S295] Census - ON, Huron, Howick - 1881. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 4. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link. Reichard / Father / Oliver / 1879 - 1960 / Mother / Mary / 1882 - 1972 / at Rest. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, E. (1879). Oliver W. Reichard (1879-1960) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 20 March 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99889931/oliver-w_-reichard. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Mar 1869. Witmer, Mary married 16 Mar 1869 to John Reichard At Aiken's Hotel, Galt, by the Rev. W.T. Murdoch. Groom, of Wilmot Township; the bride, of Waterloo. [Also in newspaper of 24 March 1869 with the groom's name written as Richard.]

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jan 1879 - Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk in Store - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Nov 1960 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth