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

Elias Brubacher Reist[1, 2]

Male 1863 - 1957  (93 years)


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  • Name Elias Brubacher Reist 
    Born 28 Jul 1863  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123831328 
    Eby ID Number 00018-1480.7 
    Died 3 May 1957  Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried South Yamhill Baptist Cemetery, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I335  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham E. Reist,   b. 9 Jul 1828, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1908, Maple River Township, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Brubacher Brubacher,   b. 29 Dec 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1910  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 6 May 1851  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Auker,   b. 7 Jan 1864, , Juniata Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1926, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1889  [3
    Children 
     1. Rev. Abraham Reist,   b. 2 Dec 1893, May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1984, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Joel A. Reist,   b. 13 Nov 1895, near, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1983, Linden, Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F8984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Reist, Elias B., son of Abraham and Magdalena (Brubaker) Reist, was born July 28, 1863, in Waterloo Co., Ont.; died at the Mennonite Home for the Aged, Albany, Oreg., May 3, 1957; aged 93 y. 9m. 5 d. In earlier years he was a member of the Mennonite Church, but for the past 20 years he was a member of the Christian Church at Sheridan, Oreg. On Oct. 21, 1889, he was married to Annie Auker, who preceded him in death in 1926. On April 8, 1928, he was married to Julia Larrew, who preceded him in death in 1934. He is survived by 5 sons and 2 daughters (Solomon, Sanford, Mich.; Leah-Mrs. Jas. Reinbold, Alanson, Mich.; Mary-Mrs. Noah Dettwiler, Denver, Colo.; Abe and Joel, Alberta; Reuben, Salem, Oreg., and Irvin, Martindale, Pa.), also one stepdaughter (Mrs. Leroy Cowan, McMinnville, Oreg.), and numerous relatives and friends. Funeral services were held May 7 at the Sheridan Christian Church in charge of Frank W. Zook, with interment in the Macabe Cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - May 28, 1957

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 364.

    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..., 166.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Elias B. Reist - May 28, 1957.

    4. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages By Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Minister of The Mennonist Society, Berlin report #194.
      Abraham E. Reist, to Mary Brubacher, both of Woolwich. 6 May 1851. Rev. Eby. Wit. John S. Brubacher and Tobias Kreider.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jul 1863 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 May 1957 - Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Yamhill Baptist Cemetery, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
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