Joel W. Reist^[1]

1853 - 1925  (71 years)

• Name	Joel W. Reist
  Born	8 Aug 1853	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00090-5207.2
  Died	26 Jun 1925	Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States   [2, 5]
  Buried	Michigan Avenue Mennonite Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I2521	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John M. Reist,   b. 12 Mar 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susannah Wanner,   b. 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1860  (Age 31 years)
  Married	26 Sep 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena E. Wideman,   b. 6 Aug 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1957, Bay Port, Huron, Michigan, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1880	, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F25218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reist. - Joel W. Reist was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Aug. 8, 1853; died at Pontiac State Hospital, Michigan, June 26, 1925; aged 71 y. 8 m. 18 d. He was married to Magdalena Wideman in 1880. To this union were born seven children. One daughter and two sons preceded him to the spirit world. He leaves his companion and the following children: Mrs. Lydia Swartzendruber, Mrs. Malinda Bauman, Mrs. Lucy Eckensviler, and Emanuel. His health failed him about four years ago and it became necessary to have an operation. Later on it became necessary for him to go to the State Hospital at Pontiac, Mich., where he died suddenly. Funeral services were conducted by Eli A. Bontrager of Midland, Mich. Text, Rom. 14: 12. Gospel Herald - Vol. XVIII, No. 16 -July 16, 1925 - pages 334, 335

  
  

• 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..., 170. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 16, 1925 Obituary of Joel Reist. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 90. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 6 Page 58. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., County, H., & Cemetery, M. (1862). Magdalena Wideman Reist (1862-1957) - Find A... Retrieved 8 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15901146/magdalena-reist. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Reist, farmer of Waterloo Twp. married 26 Sep 1852 in Greenbush by banns to Susanna Wanner of Waterloo Twp. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 4, 1957 - Obituary of Magdalena Wideman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Aug 1853 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Oct 1880 - , Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Jun 1925 - Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Buried - - Michigan Avenue Mennonite Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth