Magdalena Erb

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• Name: Magdalena Eby
• Name: Magdalena Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2776.2
• Residence: 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Magdalena married Abraham Erb May 1804. Abraham (son of Christian Erb and Maria Scherch) was born 12 Jul 1772, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Sep 1830, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Benjamin Erb was born 3 Jan 1807; died 29 Sep 1814, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Rachel Vincent was born 23 May 1827, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1897, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Goshen Line Cemetery, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario.

Magdalena married Bishop Benjamin Eby Aft 6 Sep 1830. Benjamin (son of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker) was born 2 May 1785, Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00032-2776

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John Erb, "was born in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in May, 1729, and was married to (from Rev. Benjamin Eby's notes) Anna Erb. They have had a family of several children, one of whom, named Magdalena (Die alt Mollie), was married to Abraham Erb, the founder of the town of Waterloo. She was born March 3rd, 1780, and died July 25th, 1858."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

John — Anna Erb. Anna was born Abt 1729, Of, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2776.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00032-2775.3

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"Christian and Maria Erb resided in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near his father's homestead. Their family consisted 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.].

Christian married Maria Winger 1725. Maria was born Abt 1703, , Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2775.6

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• Eby ID Number: 00032-2775

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Nicholaus Erb, "(contributed by Levi Reist, Warwick, Pennsylvania) the first known ancestor of this name, came to America with his family in 1722. He was a Swiss by birth and, it is said, his father desired him to become a Catholic priest, but he joined the Mennonites and left his native country on account of religious persecutions. He resided for some time before he emigrated to this country at a place called 'Wester Walter Hoff'. Where this place of temporary residence was located is not known. Probably it may have been a farm on the outposts of some province in Germany that had dangerous neighbors and the times must have been somewhat turbulent as it is known that he lived under the promised protection of a lord or superior, and in case of an unexpected attack it had been agreed that he should give notice by firing a gun. It is also related that, either to try the efficiency of the signal or the faithfulness of his landlord, he fired the gun and in a short time had the satisfaction of seeing his protector with his retainers coming to his assistance as fast as horses could bring them. He settled on Hammar Creek, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near where the mill lately owned by David Erb, now stands. He was a farmer by occupation. His family consisted of five children, four sons and one daughter. Their names were John, Nicholaus, Christian, Jacob, and Magdalena. Nicholaus Erb, the old progenitor of the race, was born in 1679 and died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1740, aged 61 years and a few months. (From Rev. Benjamin Eby): Of the sons of John and Nicholaus no information has been received but, no doubt, many of their descendants are at present scattered over the state of Pennsylvania. Of the third son, Christian, we have but little information. He was born in Switzerland in 1703, and tradition has it that he was married to Maria Winger in 1725. She came to this country with her foster parents when quite young. Her parents died in Switzerland when she was only a few months old. Christian and Maria Erb resided in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near his father's homestead. Their family consisted 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.].