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John Rife

Male 1853 - 1930  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  John Rife was born 13 Apr 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1930, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00092-5288
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Occupation: 1875, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; baker
    • Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Mill Worker
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machine Agent
    • Residence: 1911, , Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    John Rife, "was born April 13th, 1853. He is married to Annie Plugradt and resides at Hespeler, Ontario."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

    John married Annie Plugradt 21 Sep 1875, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Charles Ludwig "Louis" Plugradt and Christina Fitetz) was born 31 May 1854, On The Atlantic Ocean; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Rife  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Elora Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. William Herbert Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jul 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 5. Lewis Ora Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 6. Lottie Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 7. Annie Wilhelmina "Mina" Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Feb 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 8. Ada Amanda Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Dec 1887, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1949, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 9. Edna Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA 1890; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 10. Violet Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Dec 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

    — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Glades Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jun 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 12. Leve?? Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jan 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  2. 3.  Elora Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126872


  3. 4.  William Herbert Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 11 Jul 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Herbert William Rife
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29800
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
    • Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    William married Annie McIntosh 23 Nov 1907, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Alex McIntosh and Hannah Hadden) was born Aug 1878, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Alexander John "Alex" Rife  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Apr 1909, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 1991, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Jul 1991, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  4. 5.  Lewis Ora Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126894


  5. 6.  Lottie Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 15 Jul 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83062
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?


  6. 7.  Annie Wilhelmina "Mina" Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 28 Feb 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Annie Wilhelmina "Mina" Gowing
    • Name: Mina Rife
    • Name: Wilhelmina Rife
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83063
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Winder
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1949, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA

    Annie married Lomon Oscar Gowing 30 Nov 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lomon (son of Charles Gowing and Kate Woods, son of Charles Gowing and ?) was born 19 Aug 1878, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  7. 8.  Ada Amanda Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 15 Dec 1887, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1949, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ada Amanda Aikens
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29799
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School
    • Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dress Maker, House
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    AIKENS, ADA AMANDA (Nee Rife)

    At Guelph General Hospital, where she had been a patient for about a week, on Monday night, November 7, 1949, in her62nd year. Wife of Thomas Aikens of R. R. #2, Hespeler. She was born in Hespeler, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Rife. She was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hespeler. Surviving are her husband, two sons, Robert of Okotoks, AB; Wilson of Hespeler; one brother, Herbert Rife of Preston; three sisters, Violet (Mrs. Charles Yates) of Toronto; Mina (Mrs. L. Gowing) of Dearborn, Ml; and Edna (Mrs. John Littleton or Littlejohn - varying reports) of Canton, Ohio. Funeral service from her residence, R. R. #2, Hespeler on Thurs. , Nov. 10 at 2: 30, conducted by Rev. Earl Smith, minister of Hespeler Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers: Alexander Rife of Preston; Lloyd Rife of Elmcoe; Gordon Yates of Toronto; Donald Yates of Toronto; Clifford Gowing and Harold Gowing of Detroit. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Ada married Thomas Middleton Aikens 3 Jun 1914, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Thomas (son of William James Aikens and Henrietta Sarah Paddock) was born Between 1896 and 1897, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Feb 1981. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Wilson Aikens  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 15. John Robert "Robert" Aikens  Descendancy chart to this point was born Between 1917 and 1918; died 17 Mar 1960, Okotoks, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Okotoks Cemetery, Okotoks, , Alberta, Canada.

  8. 9.  Edna Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born CA 1890; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-219635
    • Residence: 1949, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States


  9. 10.  Violet Rife Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 28 Dec 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Violet Yates
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29801
    • Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher, Woolen Mill
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1949, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

    Violet married Charles Wesley Yates 28 May 1919, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles (son of William Yates and Nellie Clark) was born 1895, Rotflin?, , Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Glades Rife Descendancy chart to this point (2.2, 1.John1) was born Jun 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224445
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist


  2. 12.  Leve?? Rife Descendancy chart to this point (2.2, 1.John1) was born Jan 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224446
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist


  3. 13.  Alexander John "Alex" Rife Descendancy chart to this point (4.William2, 1.John1) was born 2 Apr 1909, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 1991, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Jul 1991, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Business: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Rife's Garage
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-381867
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    RIFE, Alex J.

    Of 325 Montrose St. S., Cambridge, Friday, July 19, 1991, at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, in his 83rd year. Beloved husband of the late Berdie Harris. Dear father of Graham of Sauble Beach and Mrs. Darlene Cox of RR 4, Rockwood, Ont. Also survived by four grandchildren, Heather McGee and Trevor Cox, Dave and Dan Rife. Also one brother, Lloyd H. Rife of Campbellville. Mr. Rife lived all his life in Cambridge. Owned and operated the Rife Garage on King St., Preston, Cambridge, for a number of years. Member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and a member of the Preston Masonic Lodge. Friends will be received at the Barthel Funeral Home, 586 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, Sunday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service at the funeral home, Tuesda at 1: 30 p.m. Interment in Parklawn cemetery, Cambridge.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 20 Jul 1993 pg A9

    Alexander — Bertha H. "Berdie" Harris. Bertha was born 1917; died 1982; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 14.  Wilson Aikens Descendancy chart to this point (8.Ada2, 1.John1)

  5. 15.  John Robert "Robert" Aikens Descendancy chart to this point (8.Ada2, 1.John1) was born Between 1917 and 1918; died 17 Mar 1960, Okotoks, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Okotoks Cemetery, Okotoks, , Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Robert Aikens
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44415
    • Residence: 1949, Okotoks, , Alberta, Canada

    Notes:

    AIKENS, JOHN ROBERT

    On March 17, 1960, in Edmonton, of Okotoks, AB, after a short illness, age 42. Survived by his wife, Christina "Chrissie" Lawrence; two daughters, Nancy Lee and Debbie, at home; his father, Thomas Aikens of R. R. #2, Hespeler; and one brother, Wilson, also of R. R. #2, Hespeler. Born in Puslinch Township, son of Thomas Aikens and Ada Rife, he moved to Okotoks twelve years ago. Previously, he resided in the Guelph-Puslinch area. Mr. Aikens was employed on the western oil fields. He was a member of Okotoks United Church. He was married in Guelph. Funeral service on Monday at 2 at the Okotoks United Church. Rev. Ian Holter officiated. Interment Okotoks Cemetery.

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark



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