When Rudolph Or Rudolf Reber was born on 12 October 1852, in Birrmoos, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Samuel Reber, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth Berger, was 22. He married Rosina Rohrer on 3 March 1876, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 21 May 1881, in Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 28, and was buried in Bern, Switzerland.