Joseph Reist b. 12 Jul 1809 Near Lititz, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Near Kossuth, Waterloo Co., Ontario

1809 -

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Name	Joseph Reist [1]
Born	12 Jul 1809	Near Lititz, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Gender	Male
Died	Near Kossuth, Waterloo Co., Ontario
Person ID	I07747	All
Last Modified	10 Dec 2006

Family Magdalena Miller, b. 17 Dec 1823, d. 25 Apr 1886 (Age 62 years)

Married 17 Apr 1838

Children

Family ID F1917 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Source: Ezra Eby book

Joseph Reist, "the tenth member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born near Lititz, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, July 12th, 1809. In the beginning of May, 1826, he, in company with his parents and their family, David Martin and family, Jacob Latschaw and family, Emanuel Stauffer and family, and Henry Ernst and family, left Pennsylvania and moved to Canada. They arrived at Berlin, at Rev. Benjamin Eby's place, on May 26th of the same year. His parents located on the farm now owned by Henry Stroh, near Bridgeport, where they resided until March 1827, when they took up lot No. 102, German Company's Tract, near where now Kossuth is. Here they resided until their deaths. On April 17th, 1838, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of Gloth and Elizabeth (Miller) Miller. She was born December 17th, 1823, and died April 25th, 1886. After their marriage he took possession of his father's farm and has resided thereon ever since. They had a family of eleven children, of whom the greater number died in infancy.