Merle Leroy Hoffman

Merle — Peggy Ethel Jean House. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25104
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1956, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Emanuel — Gladys Edith Anita Baker. Gladys (daughter of Melvin Baker and Laura Elizabeth Michael) was born 8 Mar 1905, Stevensville, Bertie Twp., Welland Co. , Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1993, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Gladys Edith Anita Hoffman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-164007

Notes:

Hoffman, Gladys Edith Anita Baker, 88, St. Jacobs, Ont. Born: March 8, 1905, Stevensville, Ont., to Melvin and Laura Baker. Died: June 26, 1993, Cambridge, Ont. Survivors - husband: Emanuel Hoffman; children: Gerald, Merle, Doris Metger, Ross; 10 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by: George (son). Funeral: June 29, Hawkesville Mennonite Church, by Don Penner. Burial: St. Jacobs Mennonite Church Cemetery.

Gospel Herald, - Volume 87, Number 14 - April 5, 1994

Other Events:

• Name: Hoffmann
• Eby ID Number: 00055-3780.2
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Hoffman, Menno, son of Daniel and Lydia (Bauman) Hoffman, was born Oct. 30, 1863, in Woolwich Twp. , Ont. ; died April 8, 1956, after an illness of 4 years at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Abner R. Martin, St. Jacobs, Ont. ; aged 92 y. 5m. 9 d. He was married on Feb. 27, 1887, to Susannah Eby, who preceded him in death in 1935. To this union were born 14 children 12 girls and 2 boys. Surviving are 8 daughters and one son (Mrs. Allan Bauman, of Waterloo; Elizabeth and Mrs. Levi Martin, of Elmira; Mrs. Aaron Martin and Mrs. Abner R. Martin, of St. Jacobs; Adina, Kitchener, Ont. ; Rebecca, Toronto, Ont. ; Maryann, of St. Jacobs, and Emanuel, Hawkesville, Ont. ), one sister (Mrs. Noah Wideman, of Waterloo), 40 grandchildren, and 64 great-grandchildren. From his youth he was a member of the Mennonite Church and took a keen interest in the spiritual growth of the church. At the time of his death he was a member of the Hawkesville congregation. The funeral service held at the St. Jacobs Church was conducted by Paul martin and Roy Koch. Interment was made in St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLIX , Number 20 - May 15, 1956 478

Menno married Susannah Eby 27 Feb 1887, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of William K. Eby and Susannah Detweiler) was born 29 Nov 1868, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jan 1935; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Hoffman
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2698
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Eby, "was born November 29th, 1868. She is married to Menno B. Hoffman."


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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87434

Notes:

Baker- Melvin, son of George and Barbara Baker, was born in Stevensville, Ont., Sept. 8, 1872; died Feb. 8, 1943; aged 70 y. 5 m. He is survived by his wife Laura (Michael) Baker, and 7 children, (Mrs. Emmanuel Hoffman of Hawksville; Mrs. Fred Fretz, Mrs. Wesley Becker, and Arthur Baker of Kitchener; Mrs. George Schleffel., Mrs. Orval Neureuther of Humberstone; and Mrs. Clarence Huber of South Boston, Va.; a brother (George Baker of Buffalo, N.Y. ); and 2 sisters (Mrs. Rosanna Noyes and Mrs. Truman Burgar of Stevensville.) Brother Baker accepted Christ years ago and remained faithful until the Lord called him home. Funeral services were held in First Mennonite Church, Kitchnener, Ont., in charge of Brother J. B. Martin and S. F. Coffman.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXV, No . 52 - March 25, 1943

Melvin married Laura Elizabeth Michael 17 Nov 1897, Bertie Township, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada. Laura was born 27 Feb 1871, Sherkston, Niagara, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1956, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Laura Elizabeth Baker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87435

Notes:

Baker, Laura, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Michael, was born Feb. 27, 1871, at Sherkston, Ont.; passed away at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fretz, St. Jacobs, Ont., on March 24, 1956; aged 85 y. 26 d. She moved to Kitchener from Ridgeway, Ont., in 1930, and to St. Jacobs in 1949. She was converted and united with the Mennonite Church 1905 and remained a faithful member until her death. She was predeceased by her husband, Melvin Baker, in 1943, and by a daughter, Virginia-Mrs. George Schleffel, in 1954. Surviving are 5 daughters, Ella-Mrs. Orville Neureuther, Port Colborne; Violet-Mrs. Clarence Huber, Alma; Gladys-Mrs. Emmanuel Hoffman, Hawkesville; Clara-Mrs. Fred Fretz, St. Jacobs, and Ethel-Mrs. C. W. Becker, Kitchener; one son, Arthur, Breslau; 2 brothers, Charles Port Colbourne and Albert, Welland; 31 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral services at the St. Jacobs Church on March 27 were conducted by Roy S. Koch assisted by Noah Hunsberger.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLIX , Number 16 - April 17, 1956-page 383, 384

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00055-3780
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Income
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Daniel Hoffman, "was born March 5th, 1837. He is married to Lydia Baumann and resides in Woolwich Township, on the Wellesley Township line, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of six children,"


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.].

Daniel married Lydia B. Bauman 23 Dec 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Joseph D. Bauman and Elizabeth Bauman) was born 13 Mar 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1921. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia B. Hoffman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-461
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Lydia B. Baumann, "the second daughter of Joseph D. Baumann, was born in Woolwich Township, March 13th, 1841. She is married to Daniel, son of Samuel and Veronica (Bricker) Hoffman. They reside on a farm in Woolwich Township, bordering on the township line between Woolwich and Wellesley, nearly opposite south-east corner of Peel Township. They have had six children".


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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00031-2691
• Occupation: 1853, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; potter
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Potter
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Potter
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

William K. Eby, "the eldest son, was born July 11th, 1831. He is married to Susannah Detweiler who was born August 8th, 1832, and resides in the village of Conestogo, Ontario, where he carries on the potter trade. They have a family of nine children"

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.].

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Probably the best-known Mennonite potter of the region was William K. Eby. Eby, whose father Potter Sam taught the trade to him and his brother Cyrus, bought 10 acres of land with an existing pottery on it a half-mile south of Conestoga where he established the region's longest-running pottery business, Conestogo Pottery.

Your Waterloo Heritage 2010

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Death of William Eby - Mr. William Eby an aged and respected resident of the County passed away Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tobias Martin, near Waterloo, aged 80 years.

The funeral was held on Sunday morning at nine o'clock from the residence of Mr. Tobias Martin, 4 miles west of Waterloo, to Martin's meeting house for service and burial.

The late Mr. Eby, who is a brother of Mrs. Adam Klippert, Waterloo was born July 11th, 1831 and was married to Susannah Detweiler who survives. Until a few years ago he carried on a potter trade near Conestogo, when he retired and has since made his with his daughter, Mrs. Martin who survives. Of a family of nine children seven survive, viz: - Mary (Mrs. Owen B. Snyder); Amanda (Mrs. Tobias Martin); Henry, Cyrus, Susannah (Mrs. Menno B. Hoffman); Annie and William.

Elmira Advertiser Nov 3 1910

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WILLIAM K. EBY.

Here is a familiar character in this section. He was born on the old Eby homestead (now the property of William Scheifle and where the latter lives), on July 31, 1831. He has lived in the vicinity of Conestogo all his life excepting two yeara that he was working at his trade in Markham. He learned the pottery trade with his father, the late Samuel Eby in Waterloo, years before he had reached maturity. At that time Waterloo contained only one store kept by Daniel Snider. He also recollects the time when not a building stood upon the present site of Conestogo. His father was familiarly known as "Potter Sam" to distinguish him from other relations of the same name. Another was called "Indian Sam," he being a popular trader among the Indians. The subject of my sketch was married, when twenty two years of age, in 1853, to Susinnah Detweiler, who was born August 8, 1832 They had nine children. He is of Swiss descent, his grandfather, the late George Eby, coming from Pennsylvania to Canada, where his father, Samuel M. Eby, was born in 1805. Mr. Eby has been a resident of Conestogo for about forty years. Here he has conducted his pottery and tilled his small farm of ten acres. He is an expert mechanic in his trade and can turn out almost anything in the pottery line, has now on hand quite a number of fine specimens of his handiwork, and disposes of a large amount of his work in the course of a year. His memory is remarkably keen and he is not averse to imparting information regarding the early days of this section to an interested listener.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 12 May 1898, p. 8

William married Susannah Detweiler 31 Jul 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of John W. Detweiler and Barbara Wenger) was born 8 Aug 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 May 1914, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00029-2235
• Residence: 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennoniye
• Residence: 1911, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Detweiler," was born August 8th, 1832. She is married to William K. Eby. They reside at Conestogo, Ontario. Their family consists of nine children, namely: VI Mary, VI Jeremiah (dead), VI Aaron (dead), VI Amanda, VI Henry, VI Cyrus, VI Susannah, VI Annie, and VI William."


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.].