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

Abraham Samuel "Samuel" Rife[1, 2]

Male 1844 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Abraham Samuel "Samuel" Rife 
    Born 1844  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Name Abram Rife 
    Name Abram Samuel Rife 
    Name Samuel Rife 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Christian 
    Occupation 1871  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1880  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    liver keeper 
    Residence 1880  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00092-5301 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I10643  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father David Rife,   b. 28 Aug 1820, , Adams Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Mary Pannabaker,   b. 16 Nov 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1906, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F2854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Jardine,   b. 10 Sep 1850, Kilmadock, Perth, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1926, Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3057  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret Adeline Hartley,   b. 1860, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 13 Oct 1880  Chinquacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Chester Rife,   b. 10 Dec 1892, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1939, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F12203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Abram Samuel Rife, "the second son, resides in Dillon City, Montana, U.S., Where he is engaged in the dairy and ranching business. He is married to Mary Jardine."


      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 
    1. [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..., 184.

    2. [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..., 150.

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      gives age and country of birth

    4. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 23.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 8740-1880.
      Samuel Abraham Rife (livery keeper of Walkerton) b. Hespeler Age: 24 born abt 1856 father: George Rife mother: Sarah Rife married Margaret Adeline Hartley (res. Chinquacousy) Age:: 19 born abt 1861 b. Walkerton father: Joseph Hartley mother: Margaret Hartley married 13 Oct 1880 Marriage Place: Peel, Chinguacousy, He Methodist, she Presbyterian

    6. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 5.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1844 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christian - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - liver keeper - 1880 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1880 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Oct 1880 - Chinquacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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