John Reist was the second of twelve children born to John and Susannah Reist.
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John Reist "was born February 7th, 1793. He and his brother, Samuel, and his sister Barbara, came to Canada in 1821. While assisting in erecting a bridge across the Conestogo ..., he was accidentally drowned March 29th, 1822. He was not married."
- Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other Townships of the County.
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John Reist "was born February 7th, 1793. He and his brother, Samuel, and his sister Barbara, came to Canada in 1821. While assisting in erecting a bridge across the Conestogo ..., he was accidentally drowned March 29th, 1822. He was not married."
- Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other Townships of the County.
John Reist was the second of twelve children born to John and Susannah Reist.
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John Reist "was born February 7th, 1793. He and his brother, Samuel, and his sister Barbara, came to Canada in 1821. While assisting in erecting a bridge across the Conestogo ..., he was accidentally drowned March 29th, 1822. He was not married."
- Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other Townships of the County.
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John Reist "was born February 7th, 1793. He and his brother, Samuel, and his sister Barbara, came to Canada in 1821. While assisting in erecting a bridge across the Conestogo ..., he was accidentally drowned March 29th, 1822. He was not married."
- Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other Townships of the County.
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Johannes/ Reist ist ge/ storben den/ 29ten Maerz/ 1822 Alt. 29 Jahr/ 1 Monat und/ 24 Tag.
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