Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Fidelia Reist

Female 1871 - 1919  (48 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Fidelia Reist was born 8 Aug 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1919; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • Name: Fidelia Rosenberger
    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5235
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Phidella Reist, "was born August 8th, 1871. On January 2nd, 1894, she was married to Christian Rosenberger. They reside in Wilmot Township, nearly three miles west of New Dundee, on the farm where formerly the Rev. Christian Shantz resided."


    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Fidelia married Christian C. Rosenberger 2 Jan 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christian (son of Christian S. Rosenberger and Hannah Shantz) was born 11 Aug 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Clarence Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Edith Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point died 1975.
    3. 4. Beniah Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Aug 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Violet Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1899, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1900; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. 6. Clarence Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born Sep 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 7. Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    7. 8. Edith Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born Nov 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 9. Victor Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1907, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. 10. Mary Beulah Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Feb 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1978, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Feb 1978, Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Clarence Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1)

  2. 3.  Edith Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) died 1975.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-369303


  3. 4.  Beniah Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born 26 Aug 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78871
    • Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1926, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Beniah married Hilda Mae Shantz 15 Sep 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hilda (daughter of William Shantz and Hannah Good) was born 21 Dec 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Marilyn Grace Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 May 1931; died 25 Jan 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 12. Doris Elizabeth Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Apr 1936; died 31 May 2011, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 13. Doreen Mae Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Apr 1936; died 28 Jul 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  4. 5.  Violet Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born 27 May 1899, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1900; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28470


  5. 6.  Clarence Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born Sep 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202240P
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Clarence — Mabel Dessler. Mabel (daughter of Harvey Aylmer Dessler and Jennie Belle Baldwin) was born Sep 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 7.  Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born Abt 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28471


  7. 8.  Edith Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born Nov 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Edith Toman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202241
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1925, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Housework

    Edith married Hubert Toman 10 Feb 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hubert (son of William H. Toman and Julia Sararas) was born 21 Oct 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. William Cloyce Christian Toman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1925, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 2012.
    2. 15. Verna Mae P. Toman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 May 1935; died 27 Oct 2004; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  8. 9.  Victor Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born 26 Mar 1907, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202243
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Rosenberger, Victor - Peacefully, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2006, at the age of 98 years, at Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge. Victor Rosenberger, formerly of Breslau, was a longtime member of Breslau Evangelical Missionary Church. Beloved husband of the late Grace (Sherk) Rosenberger (2000). Dear mother of Elverne and his wife Louise of Victoria, B.C., Cecil and his wife Elsie of Kirkfield, Ontario, Percy and his wife Donna of Sarnia and Wayne and his wife Marilyn of Stayner. Victor will be missed by 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Survived by his sisters-in-law Marjorie Sherk, Isobelle Frey and Norma Sherk. Predeceased by his parents Christian and Phidelia (Reist) Rosenberger and by his siblings Beniah Rosenberger, Edith Toman, Clarence Rosenberger and Beulah Rosenberger. Relatives and friends are invited for visitation today (Friday, January 6, 2006) to Fairview Mennonite Home, 799 Concession Road, Cambridge from 2-4 p.m. then to the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King Street West, Kitchener from 7-9 p.m.. Transfer will be made Saturday, January 7, 2006 to Breslau Evangelical Missionary Church, 102 Woolwich Street, Breslau where the visitation will continue from 1 p.m. until the funeral service at 2 p.m. Interment at Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. Reception to follow in the church hall. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Fairview Mennonite Home or Gideons International would be appreciated and can be arranged through the funeral home, 745-9495 or www.ratzbechtelfuneralhome.com


    The Record Newspaper 6 Jan 2006

    Victor — Grace Louise Sherk. Grace (daughter of John Hubert "Hubert" Sherk and Lydia Troxel) was born 25 Feb 1912, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 Aug 2000; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Elverne Virgil Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 17. Cecil Christian Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 18. Percy John Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 19. Wayne Paul Rosenberger  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 10.  Mary Beulah Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Fidelia1) was born 22 Feb 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1978, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Feb 1978, Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28522
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Rosenberger, Miss M. Beulah - On Wednesday, February 8, 1978, at her home, Heritage House, St. Jacobs, Mary Beulah Rosenberger, in her 69th year, after a lengthy illness. Sister of Clarence of New Dundee and Victor of Breslau. Predeceased by one brother, Beniah in 1965; her sisters, Mrs. Edith Toman in 1975, Violet in infancy; her father Christian C. Rosenberger and her mother, the former Phidella Reist. She was a member of Bethany Missionary Church, Kitchener, and had been employed at Cluett Peabody and Co. of Canada Limited, until her retirement. Friends called at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener. Funeral and committal service was held in the chapel on Friday at 4 pm. Interment Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Rev. C.E. Hunking officiating.

    Elmira Signet Feb 15 1978 pg 31



Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Marilyn Grace Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1) was born 13 May 1931; died 25 Jan 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41011885
    • Name: Marilyn Grace Bechtel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60996

    Notes:

    BECHTEL, Marilyn G.. - Passed away. from Earth to Heaven, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Friday, January 25, 2002, age 70 years. Beloved wife of Willis Bechtel; dear mother of Audrey Bechtel and her companion Bryan Shaver of Cambridge and Donna and her husband Steve Shaw of Strathroy; loving grandmother of Jeffrey Shaver. 'Dylan and Lindsey Shaw; sister of Doreen Woolner and her husband Walter of Breslau and Doris Harms of Grand Bend. Also survived by dear nieces and nephews; sisters-in-law, Reta Bechtel of Kitchener, Ruth Gentle or Kitchener, Clarene Martin of Waterloo and brother-in-law, Clare Bechtel of Maryhill. Predeceased by her parents. Beniah and Hilda Rosenberger. At Marilyn's request. there will be no visitation at the funeral home. A family interment will take place at Breslau Mennonite Cemetery on Tuesday. Friends and relatives are invited to the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Tuesday, January 29,•2002 for a memorial service at 3 p.m with Rev. Pete Olsen officiating. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Emmanuel Bible College or a charity of your choice and may be arranged through the funeral home, 745-8445 or www.edwardrgood.com

    Marilyn married Willis Edgar Bechtel Oct 1953. Willis (son of Moses S. Bechtel and Alberta Knechtel) was born 20 Mar 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 2004; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. Audrey Lois Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Donna Jean Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 12.  Doris Elizabeth Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1) was born 10 Apr 1936; died 31 May 2011, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Doris Elizabeth Harms
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-14833

    Doris — Hans O. Harms. Hans was born 1933; died 2001; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  3. 13.  Doreen Mae Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1) was born 10 Apr 1936; died 28 Jul 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Doreen Mae Woolner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-220381

    Notes:

    WOOLNER, Doreen Mae (nee Rosenberger) - Peacefully, on July 28, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, at St. Mary's Hospital, in her 73rd year, after a sudden illness. Beloved wife of the late, Walter Woolner (2002). Loving and caring mother to four daughters Brenda, Barbara, Carolyn (Randy Wilson) and Christine. Proud grandmother of Becca and Izaak Wilson who will miss Grandma's cookies and Kyle Woolner-Pratt. Doreen was born on April 10, 1936 and is survived by her twin sister, Doris (Tony) Charrette; and is predeceased by a sister, Marilyn Bechtel. Doreen was a faithful member of the Breslau Evangelical Missionary Church and volunteered serving tea at Fairview Mennonite Home for many years. And on Saturday mornings she would be at the MCC Thrift store on Lancaster Street. To celebrate Doreen's homecoming visitation will be held at Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener on Friday July 31, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service to be held at Breslau Missionary Evangelical Church, 102 Woolwich Street, Breslau at 11 a.m. on Saturday August 1, 2009. Casket will be open at 10:30 a.m. for viewing. Interment at the Breslau Mennonite Church. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society and the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), cards available at the funeral home. Visit www.henrywalser.com for Doreen's memorial. The family would like to express our forever gratitude to the amazing and compassionate care and love expressed to our Mom by all the 7th floor nursing staff at St. Mary's Hospital. You are all FOREVER in our HEARTS.

    WATERLOO REGION RECORD, Kitchener, Ontario - Jul. 29, 2009

    Doreen married Walter John Woolner 1 Sep 1956. Walter (son of Nelson C. Woolner and Ida May Snider) was born 26 May 1922, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Aug 2002, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Brenda Mae Woolner  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 23. Barbara Anne Woolner  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 24. Carolyn Joy Woolner  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 25. Christine Joanne Woolner  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 14.  William Cloyce Christian Toman Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edith2, 1.Fidelia1) was born 1925, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 2012.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-162954

    Notes:

    TOMAN, William Cloyce Christian Age 86 of Winnsboro, TX, went home to be with the Lord on January 31, 2012. He was born in Blenheim Township, Ontario, Canada on November 21, 1925 to the late Hubert and Edith Rosenberger Toman. Cloyce is survived by his loving wife of 56 years Gertrude Toman of Winnsboro; sons, Loren Cloyce Toman and wife Kathy of Euless, and Glen William Toman and wife Becky of Midlothian; grandchildren, Christopher Toman, Adam Toman, Emily Toman, and Jared Toman; and great-grand- daughters, Julianne Toman and Sonny Claire Toman. He is also survived by brothers, Murray Toman and Nyal Toman, and a sister, Isabelle McEachern; all of Canada. He was preceded in death by his sister, Verna Koerber. Memorial services will take place on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at First Baptist Church, Winnsboro, 200 W. Broadway, Winnsboro, TX 75494, at 11 a.m. If you do not wish to send flowers, you may make a donation in his memory to the Alzheimer Association

    William — Gertrude Elizabeth Neeb. [Group Sheet]


  5. 15.  Verna Mae P. Toman Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edith2, 1.Fidelia1) was born 13 May 1935; died 27 Oct 2004; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84442058
    • Name: Verna Mae P. Koerber
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-162956

    Verna — Floyd Stanley Koerber. Floyd (son of Gordon Peter Koerber and Viola Era Martin) was born 27 Jan 1933, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 2006, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 16.  Elverne Virgil Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (9.Victor2, 1.Fidelia1)

  7. 17.  Cecil Christian Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (9.Victor2, 1.Fidelia1)

  8. 18.  Percy John Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (9.Victor2, 1.Fidelia1)

  9. 19.  Wayne Paul Rosenberger Descendancy chart to this point (9.Victor2, 1.Fidelia1)


Generation: 4

  1. 20.  Audrey Lois Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (11.Marilyn3, 4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1)

    Audrey — Bryan Russel Shaver. [Group Sheet]


  2. 21.  Donna Jean Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (11.Marilyn3, 4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1)

  3. 22.  Brenda Mae Woolner Descendancy chart to this point (13.Doreen3, 4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1)

  4. 23.  Barbara Anne Woolner Descendancy chart to this point (13.Doreen3, 4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1)

  5. 24.  Carolyn Joy Woolner Descendancy chart to this point (13.Doreen3, 4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1)

  6. 25.  Christine Joanne Woolner Descendancy chart to this point (13.Doreen3, 4.Beniah2, 1.Fidelia1)