Margaret Elizabeth "Marge" Erb

Margaret — Robert Areson "Bob" Carr. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: WW1
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-116653P
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Broker, ?
• Residence: 1921, 26 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Irvin E. Erb, who was born in Elmira, lived in Berlin from age two, became interested in rugby, hockey and baseball as a participant at an early age and played on Frank Selke's Union Jack Junior Hockey team in Berlin in 1914. Through the years, as a player and promoter, he made a tremendous contribution to amateur sports.

Following service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force in World War I he established an insurance agency in Kitchener.

He directed the first Poppy Day and was partly responsible for the erection of the cenotaph, now located at the corner of Duke and Frederick Streets in Kitchener. In 1929 he was a co-promoter with C.D. "Buller" Pequegnat in the building.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame


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Irvin Erb, sportsman and active K-W citizen

Irvin Erb, a Kitchener insurance agent for more than 65 years, sportsman and founding member of the Air Cadet League of Canada, died today at his Waterloo home. He was 94. One of the Twin Cities most colorful and outspoken citizens, Erb was a descendant of early Waterloo County settlers, born in Elmira and brought to Berlin (Kitchener) in 1899. He was active in sports, beginning a career in organized hockey in 1914, when, at 17, he played for Frank Selke's Kitchener Union Jacks. As a player, Erb was a defensive star, checking tenaciously. He also played with the 1922 Kitchener Intermediate OHA championship team and was manager of the intermediates (then Panthers) in 1928 when they went to the OHA finals. In 1914, Erb, who was the first tire adjuster for Dominion Tire Co., now Uniroyal, was transferred to Toronto. There, he played for the Parkdale Canoe Club where two National Hockey League stars spotted his talent. He was subsequently offered contracts with both the St. Pats (now the Maple Leafs) and also with the Montreal Maroons for $750 a year, plus free hockey sticks. He had to provide his own skates. He declined because he planned to establish his own business. Even last year, at 93, Erb attended hockey games regularly at the Auditorium. During the Depression, he supported the establishment of the Rockway golf course. At one time, Erb also held the Kitchener junior, senior and intermediate hockey franchises and coached lacrosse teams. In 1925, his father, Ephriam, joined him in his insurance business. Irvin continued to operate Erb and Erb Insurance until 1971 when he sold it to two long-time employees.

Erb was the first president of the Kitchener Lions Club which he founded in 1937 and of No. 80 Squadron; Kitchener-Waterloo Air Cadets. In June 1990, Erb helped squadron members celebrate its 50th anniversary. He and the late C.D. (Buller) Pequegnat spearheaded the drive for the city's first municipal swimming pool. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, forerunner of the Royal Air Force and was commissioned as a lieutenant. He went to England where he served as a gunner and observer on coastal patrol. Throughout his life, Erb was a devout Christian and protested sex and obscenity in movies on many occasions. In 1977, he told Waterloo council that considering its population, the city was the worst spot in Canada for rampant smut. He begged council to take steps to banish pornographic literature, erotic movies and strippers. He directly attributed the increase in on-stage nudity to the influx of university students who are "ready to disrobe themselves under any circumstances." He told council nudity was spreading like wildfire. During the Second World War, Erb tried to enlist at 42 but was turned down. He went to Ottawa in 1941 where he helped to organize the Air Cadet League of Canada. In Kitchener, he directed the first Poppy Day for the Prince of Wales Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, and was instrumental in having the first memorial erected to the war dead. The five-metre cross was placed in front of the the former city hall. He also helped to organize a committee to build a cenotaph and was secretary of the committee. A member of the Westmount Golf and Country Club, the Granite Curling Club, an honorary member of the Lions Club and of the 404 Wing of the RCAF Association, Erb also belonged to the Kitchener Branch 50 of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Royal Air Force Club of London, England. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, two daughters, one son and three sisters. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Kitchener.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 29 Oct 1991 pg A10

Irvin — Selma Elizabeth "Sally" Meyschein. Selma was born 20 Aug 1907, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1999, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Public Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Selma Elizabeth "Sally" Erb
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-352659

Notes:

ERB, Selma Elizabeth "Sally" (nee Meyschein)

At Victoria Place, Kitchener, surrounded by her family, on Monday, Sept. 27, 1999, Sally Erb, age 92 years. Wife of Irvin E. Erb for 60 years, who predeceased her in 1991. Beloved mother of Canon John Erb and Didy of Toronto, Cathie Howard and John of Hornby Island, B.C., Margie Carr and Bob of Hamilton. Loved grandmother of Stephen Howard and Rhonda Spence, Mary Howard and Stewart Murray, Thomas Howard and Landys Klyne, Sally Howard and Jim Hamaguchi; Timothy Carr and Kate Feightner, Patrick and Sarah Carr; Nicholas and Katie Erb. Dear great-grandmother of Emily Howard and Alex Lavigne, Duncan, Will and Angus Murray. Sister-in-law of Olly Bennett. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas Meyschein and Catherine Schneider; sister of the late John Meyschein, Frieda Litt and Lydia McCutcheon. Sally was born in Toronto in 1907 and lived and finished her schooling in St. Lambert, Que. She graduated from nursing at Stratford General Hospital in 1928 where she was known as "Miss Sunshine". Her many interests in bettering humankind included the IODE (Regent of the Queen Anne Chapter of Kitchener), the Cancer Society, Red Cross and War Services and Canadian Save the Children in the Kitchener chapter. She was a member of Trinity United Church and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. She will always be remembered as a woman of great dignity and grace and friends and family of all ages adored her. At her request, cremation will take place. The family will receive friends and relatives at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener on Thursday from 6-9 p.m. A Celebration of Her Life will be held in the chapel on Friday at 2 p.m. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre.

The Record Newspaper 28 Sep 1999 pg B4

Other Events:

• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Erb Glove Company
• Interesting: story
• Name: E B
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2950.3
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Glove Packer
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Traveler, Furniture
• Residence: 1921, 26 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

...Ephraim Erb, who had operated a general store in Elmira, moved his family to Berlin, Ontario where he began work as a traveller, selling gloves for his father, Menno. Menno Erb had a glove manufacturing business at the Erb Tannery, as well as a retail operation selling mattresses and furniture. Margaret [his daughter] recalled occasional visits in her early years to the Erb tannery - "immense and smelly but filled with many nice people."


Women of Waterloo County, edited by Ruth Russell

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Sudden Passing of Ephriam Erb

Succumbs To Heart Attack Following Illness Of Two Weeks; In Insurance Business

Death last night deprived Kitchener of a widely known resident, when Ephriam Bricker Erb, 111 Church street, succumbed to a heart attack and passed away at his residence at about 6:30 o'clock. The late Mr. Erb, who was 64 years of age, had been ill for about two weeks. Altho he was away from business, Mr. Erb was not confined to his bed. Yesterday morning, however, he felt ill and went to bed and his condition became rapidly worse.

As an insurance broker, manufacturer and follower of sport, the late Mr. Erb was well-known not only thruout the city but also in various other points of Ontario. His local connections brought him a large number of friends and acquaintances in Kitchener, while membership in the United Commercial Travelers' Association resulted in a further widening of the circle of those who knew him.

Born in Roseville, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Menno Erb, he came to Kitchener when quite young in 1891 he married Lillian Lee in this city. Since that time he has lived in Kitchener.

At the death of his father he took over the management of the Erb glove company, and was latterly connected with the insurance brokerage firm of Erb and Erb.

Surviving him are his wife; two sons, Carl of Montreal and Irvin of Kitchener, three daughters, Mrs. A. A. Schreiter of Kitchener, Mrs. J. Bennett of Galt and Miss Betty Erb of Kitchener, one brother, Edwin of Grimsby and one sister, Mrs. V. C. Buchanan of Montreal. One son Harry predeceased him in August, 1927.

The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon, with a private service at the residence on Church street at two o'clock and a public service at Trinity United Church, of which he was a member, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be made in Mount Hope cemetery, Kitchener. Rev. W. D. Spence, pastor of Trinity United Church, will be in charge of the services.

Daily Record Jun 30 1931 pg 11

Ephraim married Emily Harrison "Lillian" Lee 25 Mar 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emily was born 10 Aug 1872, Finsbury, , England, Great Britain; died 18 Jul 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Interesting: story, military, public service
• Nationality: , Canada
• Name: Emily Harrison "Lillian" Erb
• Name: Lillian Lee
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40723
• Immigration: 1882, , Canada
• Immigration: 1890
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, 26 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Mrs. E. b. Erb, 95, IODE Veteran, Dies

Mrs. Ephraim B. Erb, 95, a prominent member of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the empire for 50 years, died Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital. She lived at Parkwood Manor, Cardinal Crescent South, Waterloo.

She was the oldest local member of an IODE chapter, and recently was awarded a 50-year badge of honor for her work from the Princess of Wales chapter, oldest in the Twin Cities.

Mrs. Erb became a member of the chapter during the First World War, and was active in its organizational work during both wars. She was a former regent of the chapter, and a life member. She was instrumental in organizing the purchase of the Queen Victoria monument in Victoria Park.

Mrs. Erb was also a board member of the Canadian national Institute for the Blind, a life member of the Red Cross Society, a member of the Silver Cross Women and the Victorian Order of Nurses, and active in the work of Parkminster United Church.

Until recently, she was still attending IODE and Silver Cross Women meetings.

She was the former Lillian Harrison Lee, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick Lee, and a native of London, England. She came to Canada when she was 16, and married in Kitchener in 1891.

Surviving are two sons, Carl and Irvin of Waterloo; three daughters, Mrs. Armand (Margaret( Schreiter of Kitchener, Mrs. Hogarth (Olive) Bennett of Galt, and Mrs. Duncan (Betty) Douglass of Waterloo, 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Her husband and a son, Harry, predeceased her.

The body is at the Sandrock Funeral Home, where a funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday by Rev. A. E. Holley. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Jul 19 1967 pg 27

Other Events:

• Business: Brown & Erb
• Business: Menno Erb and Company
• Interesting: business, politics, story
• Name: M. Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2950
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Elected Office: 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Member of Kitchener Council
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. Erb & Co.
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; furniture and glove manufacturer

Notes:

Menno Erb, "the eldest in the family, was born October 16th, 1842. He is a partner of the well known firm of Brown & Erb, possessors of one of the finest and most prominent furniture houses in the country. These gentlemen carry a most complete and excellent assortment of furniture, embracing none but the best in quality and of the latest styles. Upholstery is also carried on in connection with their business for which they have employed the most skillful workmen. The firm is also doing an extensive business in the manufacturing of gloves and mitts. Their trade in this line extends all over Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Mr. Erb is a native of this county and is well known in Berlin and surrounding country and much respected by all. In business he is conscientious and honorable, and as a citizen upright. He was married to Lydia Bricker and resides at corner of Foundry and Weber Streets, Berlin. His family consists of four 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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DEATH OF MR. MENNO ERB

A Leading and Successful Business Man Passes Away This Afternoon

WAS IN HIS 64TH YEAR

The death of one of Berlin's leading and most successful business men took place at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon in the person of Mr. Menno Erb who was until the head recently the head of M. Erb Co.'s glove works on King street and at the time of his death was the largest shareholder in the Erb glove Co., Limited, which was organized about two weeks ago. The deceased has been in poor health for nearly a year and during the past four months has not. been able to look after his extensive business, being to his home almost entirely. Death was due to diabetes. .

The late Menno Erb was born in Waterloo Township on October 16th, 1842, and was in his 64th year. He was the eldest son of the late Rev. Moses Erb, who passed away several years ago. After obtaining a common school education the deceased engaged in the furniture mercantile business and and when quite young entered into partnership with the late Mr. F Brown. Early in the sixties the firm commenced the manufacture f gloves in addition to the upholstery business and the trade in these lines attended from coast to coast. In the business the deceased was conscientious and honorable was highly esteemed by the business public with whom he came in constant contact.

The deceased was married Lydia Bricker, who survives, with three children, two sons and one daughter, vis., Ephraim and Edward and Maggie (Mrs. Buchanan, of Montreal), Mr. Aaron Erb, of the town, is the only brother of the deceased.

The deceased was a member of the Berlin Town Council in the years 1868 and 1871. He was always interested in the town's welfare and he will be greatly missed as a citizen.

The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the residence corner of Foundry and Weber streets, to Mount Hope cemetery.

Berlin Daily Record 25 Jun 1906 Pg 1

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King Street , North Side

Pandora Street

Pandora Street and next to it the site of Bishop Benjamin Eby's buildings and farm. A fine lawn surrounded a large frame house with spacious veranda between the house and King Street. There was a large barn and east of it a cider mill operated by Ely Eby, son of the Bishop. In later years the place was occupied by Rev. Moses Erb and his son Menno Erb, the cider mill long continuing. There was a large orchard between the farm buildings and the Mennonite Meeting House and cemetery. The Mennonites had at first no shed adjoining their church. Posts joined by a chain led along the King Street front, for tying horses. The sheds came later. In 1834 a frame building was erected for this Church. It was moved to Cedar Street in 1902 when the present brick Church was erected and is still used as a woodenware factory.

Eby school house was located at the easterly corner of the cemetery. A frame building, painted red, before 1830. In the rear and to the east of the cemetery was William Moyer's farm with his brick house still standing at the top of the slope from King Street.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.



Business:
In 1867 C. F. Brown began the manufacture of furniture in West King Street, next to Simpson & Co.'s warehouse. Afterward he bought Paul Schmidt's house, 200 feet east of Gaukel Street, on the south side of King Street. Up to 1880 Joseph Devitt was his partner; then Menno Erb. Brown & Erb made also mattresses and gloves.

History of Kitchener

Elected Office:
1868, 1871

Business:
Gloves, Mitts, Shoes, Furniture, Mattresses

Menno married Lydia Bricker 8 Mar 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of John Bricker, III and Susannah Bergey) was born 12 May 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1927, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1287
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1927, 13 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Lydia Bricker,"is married to Menno Erb. They reside on corner of Weber and Foundry Streets, Berlin. To them were born four 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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Mrs. Lydia Erb

Mrs. Lydia Erb, of 13 West Ahrens st., one of the oldest residents f this city, passed away yesterday noon at Montreal in her 80th year. The late Mrs. Erb, who was born in Roseville on May 12, 1847, before her marriage to Menno Erb, who predeceased many years ago, was Lydia Bricker. Mrs. Erb will be sadly missed in this community, during the many years she resided in this city she won to herself a large circle of friends by her charitable and cheerful disposition. She is survived by one sister, Miss Angeline Bricker of Chicago, Ill., two sons, Edwin W. Erb of Cleveland, Ohio, and Ephraim B. Erb of 111 Church st., and one daughter, Mrs. Maggie S. Buchanan of Montreal. The funeral will be held from the residence of her son, Ephraim B. Erb, 111 Church st., on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the services to be conducted by Rev. G. Taylor-Munro. Burial will be made in the Mount Hope cemetery.

Kitchener Daily Record Jan 17 1927 pg 11