Ellen Unger^{[1, 2]}

1865 - 1959  (94 years)

• Name	Ellen Unger
  Born	20 Sep 1865	Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ellen Rickert
  Name	Helen Unger
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1882	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1882	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1959	65 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00124-7582
  Died	19 Oct 1959	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Buried	22 Oct 1959	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I3794	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Moses Unger,   b. 22 Jun 1841, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1928, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Histand,   b. 7 Apr 1842, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1935  (Age 93 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F1223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Menno B. Rickert,   b. 16 Oct 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1882	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Children	1. John Adam "Jack" Rickert,   b. 17 Jan 1883, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 30 years)   2. Milton Rickert,   b. 12 Dec 1885, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Morley Menno B. Rickert,   b. 4 Jun 1888, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1943, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)   4. Stanley Rickert,   b. 10 May 1893, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Nov 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   5. Flossie Rickert,   b. 27 Sep 1894, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Menno Reichert,   b. 1861, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John Reichert,   b. 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Milton Reichert,   b. 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Morley Reichert,   b. 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F257597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ellen Unger, "is married to Menno Rickert. They reside at Manheim, where he is engaged in farming." 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.]. _______________ Mrs. Ellen Rickert Mrs. Ellen Rickert, 65 Church St., died Monday at Coutt's Pavilion, Freeport, after an illness of two years. She was 94. A daughter of the late Moses and Magdalene Unger of Waterloo Township, she came to Kitchener in 1900. Her husband, Menno B. Rickert, died in 1918. She was a member of Trinity United Church and the Senior Citizens Club. Surviving are a son, Milton of Colorado, six sisters, Mrs. Belle Ford of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Clara Ott of Fayettville, N.Y.; Mrs. Lena Hurst of Winnipeg, Mrs. Melissa Wilkins of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Vera Campbell of Barr Francisco, and Mrs. Edna James of Vancouver; a brother, Joseph of Wickensburg, Ariz.; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Three sons, a daughter, three sisters and a brother predeceased her. The body is at the Keffer Funeral Home where the funeral will be conducted Thursday at 3 pm by Rev. Orville P. Hossie. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• 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..., 550. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Oct 1882. 24 Sep 1882 Menno Rickert and Ellen Unger, both of Mannheim, were married in Berlin by Pastor F.W. Turk. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 10. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Name: Menno Rickert Age: 20 res: Manheim Place of Birth: Wilmot Tp. Names of Parents: John Rickert & Sarah Bechtel Name: Ellen Unger Age: 17 res: Manheim Place of Birth: Dumfries Tp. Names of Parents: Moses Unger & Magdala Hiestand Name: Elisa C. Lahn res: Philipsburg Name: Louisa Rasbach res: Berlin Date of Marriage: Sept. 24, 1882 [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 10. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 21. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ellen Unger - Rickert. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 22. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1865). Ellen Unger Rickert (1865-1959) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 9 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190334913/ellen-rickert. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Moses Unger aged 21 of Dumfries Twp. born Dumfries Twp son of Adam Unger and Barbara Hallmann married 23 Dec 1862 to Magdalena Hiestand aged 20 of Blenheim born Blenheim daughter of John Hiestand and Catharine Bechtel. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 2. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Unger Moses, 21, Dumfries, Dumfries, son of Adam and Barbara (Hallman), married 23 Dec 1862 Magdalene Heistand, 20, Blenheim, Blenheim, daughter of John and Catherine (Beihtel)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Sep 1865 - Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Sep 1882 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Oct 1959 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 22 Oct 1959 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth