Private Daniel Cornelius Rife

1860 - 1946  (85 years)

• Name	Daniel Cornelius Rife
  Prefix	Private
  Born	25 Dec 1860	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179649438
  Military	WW1
  	He was a veteran of the First Great War, being bandmaster of the 88th band,
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-409478
  Died	9 Jun 1946	Victoria, British Columbia
  Buried	Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia
  Person ID	I409478	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Rife,   b. 12 Dec 1832, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1905, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Pannabaker,   b. 24 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1906  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Rife-DanielCornelius-001-AncestryPublicMemberTree.jpg Daniel Cornelius Rife - Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  RIFE-There passed away Saturday, June 8, at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, David Cornelius Rife, of 3156 Albina Street, Saanich. The late Mr. Rife was born at Hespler. Ontario, and moved to this city 40 years ago. He was a veteran of the First Great War, being bandmaster of the 88th band, and member of Britannia Branch Canadian Legion, B.E.S L. He is survived by his wife, Edith, at the family residence, two daughters Mrs. G. F. Cooper, 261 Burnside Rd.. and Mrs. C. Turner, 1325 Lang Street, five sons, Phillip, Norman and Bert, Port Angeles: Stanley, Cordova Bay, and Carol. 1711 Bay Street: two sisters in Portland, Ore, and one sister in Ardmore, Oklahoma: also 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the parlors of the S. J. Curry & Son Funeral Home. Rev. N. S. Noel will officiate and interment will take place in the family plot at Ross Bay Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Dec 1860 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Jun 1946 - Victoria, British Columbia Buried - - Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia  = Link to Google Earth