Solomon Overholt Bricker

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1334
• Occupation: 1881, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1902, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Solomon Bricker,"the eldest in family, was born March 15th, 1836. He followed farming for a number of years but now lives retired. He is married to Sarah Duck and resides in Port Elgin. 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Solomon — Sarah Ann Duck. Sarah was born 1835, , England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Annie Bricker was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. George Bricker was born 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Arthur Bricker was born Abt 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Clara Bricker was born 14 Aug 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. William F. Bricker was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Edward Bricker was born 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Charles Arthur Bricker was born 11 Jun 1870, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Lillie Bricker was born 1874, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Gertrude Bricker was born 1875, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1333
• Residence: 1877, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Samuel E. Bricker,"the second son of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker, was born on Waterloo County, near Freeport, Ontario, May 30th, 1810. On February 21st, 1835, he was married to Catharine Overult who was born December 14th, 1814. After their marriage they moved near Chicopee, on the farm* now possessed by the heirs of the late Abraham M. Weber. Here they resided until March 4th, 1854, when they moved to Port Elgin, Ontario, where they still reside with their daughter, Mrs. Stafford. Their family consists of eight 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.].

Samuel married Catharine Overholt 21 Feb 1835. Catharine was born 14 Dec 1814, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; died 14 Oct 1902, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Catharine Bricker
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1333.1
• Residence: 1854, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

On Tuesday of this week Mrs. Samuel Bricker Sr., passed quietly away at the advanced age of 88 years. The funeral will take place this (Thursday) afternoon at 2: 30. Mrs. Bricker lived with her husband in Port Elgin for half a century, their married life covering a period of 65 years. A sketch of her long career will appear in the TIMES next week.


Port Elgin Times 16 Oct 1902

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The Late Mrs. Samuel Bricker ~ 67 Years of Married Life ~ 75 Descendants Living

One by one the original settlers of this Province are passing away. On Thursday last the remains of Mrs. Samuel Bricker Sr., were carried to their last resting place in Port Elgin cemetery. Her maiden name was Catherine Overholt and she was born in Clinton township, county of Welland, on December 14th, 1813. In his interesting book, "Among the Forest Trees", the Rev. Joseph H. Hilts records how Mr. Overholt, father of Mrs. Bricker was killed by Indians on the road leading from Hamilton to Grimsby, not far from where Winona Station now is. She belonged to a Mennonite family and in 1835 on Feb. 21st, was married to Samuel Bricker at Beamsville. The Bricker family were among the Pennsylvania Dutch who came to the county of Waterloo a little over a hundred years ago and took up large stretches of land and by their industry and thrift soon made the howling wilderness the scene of happy and prosperous homes. Here Samuel Bricker, who still survives, was born in 1810, more than 92 years ago. He is now weak and frail and unable to leave his room without assistance. On March 4th, 1854, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bricker arrived in Port Elgin from Waterloo and here they lived steadily till death broke the union on Tuesday week. Mrs. Bricker was a kind, hospitable woman, much attached to her family and friends, and cherished the best traditions of the Old Mennonites to the last.

Mrs. Bricker had a family of eight, one of whom died in infancy. The surviving members of the family are D. O. Bricker, of Winnipeg; Samuel, ex-Mayor of Listowel; Moses, general agent of the Dominion Life Assurance Co., Waterloo; Solomon, residing in Port Elgin, Mrs. Bowers, of Berlin, Mrs. John McIntosh and Mrs. Wm. Stafford, both of Port Elgin. Of direct descendants the departed leaves these seven children, 81 grandchildren, and 37 great grand children who are all alive but three.

The old Mennonites are fast passing away. Their simple lives, plain manners and customs, habits of work and thrift, their sincere piety, are all things worth preserving, at least in their spirit and intent. The rush and complexity of modern life have few advantages over the quieter fashion of earlier days in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Bricker lived 67 years of wedded life together and for nearly half a century their home was known to all in Port Elgin. We rather think we have no residents left in town who were here before them.


Port Elgin Times 23 Oct. 1902

Other Events:

• Honoured: Hero of the book "The Trail of the Conestoga"
• Residence: 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1323
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 126, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 124S, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 054E, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentelman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Directory: 1864, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Samuel Bricker,"the youngest son of Peter and Mary (Bear) Bricker, was born July 25th, 1776. He, in company with his brother John and family, Joseph Bechtel and family, and others, came to Canada in spring, 1802. They took up land in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Blair. In autumn, 1802, more than a dozen families had settled within the county. In March 1803, Mr Bricker was obliged to visit "Little York" (Toronto) to transact some private business. While there he received the sad intelligence that the whole of the township of Waterloo was mortgaged.† On his return to Waterloo he informed the settlers of the fact, and in order to prove the report of their friend, the settlers appointed Jacob Bechtel and Samuel Betzner to go to "Little York" and make a though investigation in regard to the mortgage. To their great surprise, they, in making inquiry at the Registry Office, found the report too true and that the amount of the mortgage was $40,000. covering 60,000 acres of land. Mr Samuel Bricker and Joseph Shirk were appointed by the settlers to return to their friends in Franklin, Cumberland, and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, to make arrangements in raising sufficient money to lift the mortgage, upon which the company still known as the "German Company" was formed. The stockholders entrusted the required sum of money to extinguish the mortgage to Samuel Bricker and Daniel Erb who carried it all the way to Canada on a conveyance. At their return to Canada the money was paid over to the proper parties and thus the mortgage was cancelled. In 1801 Mr. Bricker was married to Rebecca, eldest daughter of John and Rebecca (Hershey) Eby. She was born April 14th, 1781, and died November 4th, 1861. They settled near Chicopee, a little north of Freeport, Ontario, on the east side of the Grand River. Their farm is now in possession of Richard Gehl who is married to a grand-child of old Samuel Bricker. Here they resided until their deaths. His death took place November 15th, 1868, aged 92 years, 3 months, and 29 days. Their family consists of eight 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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On the 15th of Nov., 1868, in Waterloo co., Ontario, Samuel Bricker, aged 92 years, 3 months and 29 days. He was buried at Eby's burying ground. Funeral sermons were preached by Abm. Weaver and John Bear, from 1 Thess. 5: 9, 10 and Rom. 6: 7. He was born in Pennsylvania.

Herald of Truth - Volume VI, Number 3 - March 1869 - page 47

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The earliest Crown grants in the area were issued, beginning in 1803. to Samuel Bricker (lot 34. concession 8), Philip Saltberger (lot 35, concession 8). and Benham Preston Pots 32- 35. concession 9). Along with seven other families of the Mennonite faith, these settlers took land grants in Whitchurch Township because they were having difficulty obtaining dear deeds for land they had hoped to buy in Waterloo County near Kitchener. Ontario. Bricker was able to borrow enough money from relatives in Pennsylvania to form joint stock company known as the German Company, and this enabled the families to buy the land in Waterloo County. Eight of these families merely cleared the land in Whitchurch, as required, and sold the acreage within a few years. Samuel Bricker, however, held the property until 1847, when he sold the east half to William Graham. In 1852 he sold the remaining west half of his land to John Grose, whose descendants are still there.

Whitchurch Township, Jean Barkey, Whitchurch History Book Committee.

Samuel married Rebecca Eby 1801. Rebecca (daughter of John Eby and Rebecca Hershey) was born 14 Apr 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 4 Nov 1861, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rebecca Bricker
• Residence: 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2500
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Rebecca Eby, "the eldest daughter of John Eby, was born April 14th, 1781, and was married to Samuel Bricker who was born July 25th, 1776, and died November 15th, 1868. In 1802 they moved from Pennsylvania to near Freeport, Ontario, Canada, where they settled on the farm now in possession of Mr. Souder. Here she died November 4th, 1861, leaving a family of eight 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: 00016-1218

Notes:

Peter Bricker," son of old Jacob Bricker, was born in 1720, and was married to Mary, daughter of Hanes and Elizabeth(Eby) Baehr* They resided in Warwick Township, Lancaster County near his father's place. Their family consisted of six children viz".

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.].

Peter — Mary Baehr. Mary was born Abt 1730, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Bricker
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1218.1

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00031-2420.2

Notes:

John Eby, "second son of Christian and Elizabeth (Mayer) Eby, was born September 28th, 1737. In 1762 he was married to Rebecca Hershey. They resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Lititz, where he died in 1794. To them were born seven children, of whom four settled in Canada"


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 married Rebecca Hershey 1762. Rebecca was born Abt 1750, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Rebecca Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2496.1