Maria "Polly" Reist^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1812 - 1894  (81 years)

• Name	Maria "Polly" Reist
  Born	17 Dec 1812	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Maria "Polly" Mosser
  Name	Pauline Reist  [11]
  Name	Polly Reist
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonist
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00090-5245
  Died	3 May 1894	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 12]
  Buried	St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I11932	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Reist,   b. 18 Jul 1763, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Dec 1843, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susannah Huber,   b. 21 May 1771, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Sep 1850  (Age 79 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1790  [13]
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Reist
  Family ID	F165040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Mosser,   b. 31 Jan 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1836	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 12, 14]
  Children	1. Susannah Mosser,   b. 23 May 1837, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1908  (Age 71 years)   2. Veronica Mosser,   b. 18 Jan 1839, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Sep 1927  (Age 88 years)   3. Anna Mosser,   b. 6 Oct 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1881, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)   4. Maria Mosser,   b. 6 Sep 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Samuel Mosser,   b. 15 Mar 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Barbara Mosser,   b. 16 May 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jul 1928  (Age 81 years)   7. Magdalena Musser,   b. 26 Feb 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1937, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   8. Henry R. Musser,   b. 9 Aug 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 May 1928  (Age 76 years)   9. Peter R. Mosser,   b. 20 Dec 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Oct 1925  (Age 70 years)   10. John Mosser,   b. 25 Jun 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Mar 1872  (Age 14 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Maria (Polly) Reist, "the eleventh member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born December 17th, 1812. In 1826 she came to Canada with her parents. On September 13th, 1836, she was married to Henry Mosser who was born January 31st, 1814. They resided in Woolwich Township, about two miles south-west of Elmira where she died May 3rd, 1894." 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 698. [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..., 57. [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..., 559. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11165-76. Daniel Gingrich, 25, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. of Woolwich, son of Moses & Susan Gingrich [Nee Martin], Married Magdalena Musser, 27, b. Woolwich, res. of Woolwich, daughter of Henry & Polly Musser, Witn: Henry Musser & Moses Gingrich of Woolwich, On 17 October 1876, at Woolwich [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..., 175. [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..., 116. [S151] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. Jacobs Mennonite (Central Woolwich Mennonite) CC#4583 Internet Link. Maria Reist / Ehefrau von / Heinrich Musser / gest.Mai 3,1894 / Alter / 81 Jahr 4 / Monat 16 Tage / [verse] / [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 9. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 19. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 14. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), 29 Jan. 1903 p. 1, col. 4 - Obituary of Henry Musser. [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..., 176. [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..., 163. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 29 Sep 1836:49. 13 Sep 1836 Rev. B. Eby m. Henrich Mosser to Maria Reist.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Dec 1812 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Married - 13 Sep 1836 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 May 1894 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth