Lydia Weber^{[1, 2]}

1866 - 1949  (82 years)

• Name	Lydia Weber
  Born	24 Oct 1866	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lydia Frey
  Name	Lydia Reist
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00127-7837.9
  Died	22 Aug 1949	Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada   [6, 8]
  Buried	West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I442297	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Bishop Elias E. Weber,   b. 22 Feb 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1909  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Shoemaker,   b. 6 Apr 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1921  (Age 89 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1855  [9]
  Family ID	F1593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	David S. Reist,   b. 8 Mar 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)
  Married	1888
  Children	1. Nelson Reist,   b. 25 Mar 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Daniel S. Frey,   b. 5 Mar 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1918, near Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1902	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F279171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Frey. -- Lydia Weber was born near Breslau, Ont., Oct. 24, 1866; passed away at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 22, 1949; aged 82 y. 9 m. 28 d. In her youth she became a member of the Mennonite Church, to which she was faithful until death. In 1888 she was united in marriage to David Reist, who predeceased her in 1889. In 1902 she was united in marriage to David Frey*. In 1903 they moved to Alberta and made their home in the Carstairs district. After the death of her husband in 1918 she lived and worked with different families in the district. The last year she made her home with her son, Howard, in Edmonton. Surviving are 2 sons (Nelson, Carstairs, Alta.; Howard, Edmonton, Alta.), one stepson (Clarence, Vancouver, B.C.), 3 stepdaughters (Lavina - Mrs. Wesley Hallman, Vancouver, B.C.; Almeda - Mrs. Nelson Reist, Carstairs, Alta.; and Seleda - Mrs. L. Lavik, Oliver, B.C.), 4 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, one brother (Amos Weber, Didsbury, Alta.), 2 sisters (Mrs. Nancy Sheidel, Kitchener, Ont.; and Mrs. Mary Buschert, Carstairs). Funeral services were held at the West Zion Church near Carstairs on Aug. 26, with Linford Hackman and Henry Harder in charge. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume XLII, Number 45 - November 8, 1949 - pages 1109, 1110

  
  

• 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..., 595. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018900-1903. Daniel S. Frey, 42, Widower, Farmer, b. Woolwich, Res. Carstairs Nwt, son of John Frey and Christina Snyder, married Lydia Reist, 36, Widow, b. Waterloo Twp., Res. Berlin, daughter of Elias E. Weber and Mary Shoemaker, Witnessed by: Illegible Kolb and Mary Weber, Both of Woolwich, 21 Dec 1902 at Woolwich, (Mennonite) [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 10. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 60. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 29. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Lydia Weber - November 8, 1949. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111488909/lydia-frey. [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..., 594.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Dec 1902 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Aug 1949 - Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth