Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Ruth Elizabeth Eby

Female 1911 - 1982  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ruth Elizabeth Eby was born 22 Sep 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Absalom Eby and Martha Margeret Reist); died 29 May 1982, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Absalom Eby was born 4 Dec 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Elias B. Eby and Rachel Shantz); died 17 Nov 1937; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Absalom married Martha Margeret Reist 17 Nov 1907. Martha (daughter of George Wanner Reist and Elizabeth Margaret Soehner) was born 23 Feb 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Margeret Reist was born 23 Feb 1881, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Wanner Reist and Elizabeth Margaret Soehner); died 1985; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Emma Salome Eby was born 30 Mar 1908, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 1985; was buried , Bethesda Community Cemetery, Moorefield, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Ruth Elizabeth Eby was born 22 Sep 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 May 1982, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Elias B. Eby was born 19 Sep 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David Eby and Elizabeth Bechtel); died 1 Mar 1906, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Elias married Rachel Shantz 11 Dec 1853. Rachel (daughter of Jacob Shantz and Susannah Schneider) was born 19 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1900; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rachel Shantz was born 19 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Shantz and Susannah Schneider); died 26 Jun 1900; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 2. Absalom Eby was born 4 Dec 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Nov 1937; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Susannah Eby was born 10 Feb 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1929; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Jesse Eby was born 14 Oct 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1939.
    4. Reuben Eby was born 13 Feb 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1934; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Amos Eby was born 23 Mar 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1930, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Noah Eby was born 15 Dec 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Hannah Eby was born 13 Apr 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1943; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Jacob Eby was born 1 Dec 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Rebecca Eby was born 17 May 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1849, Watrous, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    10. Elias S. Eby was born 4 Feb 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Abraham S. Eby was born 19 Jul 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1880.
    12. Rachel Eby was born 29 Jul 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  George Wanner Reist was born 19 Jan 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John M. Reist and Susannah Wanner); died 21 Jul 1917, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    George — Elizabeth Margaret Soehner. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Soehner and Elisabeth Wohlfarth) was born 6 Jan 1860, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Margaret Soehner was born 6 Jan 1860, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Soehner and Elisabeth Wohlfarth); died 1952; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 3. Martha Margeret Reist was born 23 Feb 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maria Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Reist was born 24 Jan 1883, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bethesda Community Cemetery, Moorefield, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. William Henry Reist was born 18 Apr 1885, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1960; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Addison Reist was born 5 Dec 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jun 1978, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Erwin Soehner Reist was born 15 Apr 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1980, Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Florence Reist was born 25 Jun 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Edward F. Reist was born 3 Dec 1893, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Emma Reist was born 19 Apr 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Alvin Reist was born 2 Mar 1899, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1920, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Arthur Reist was born 6 Apr 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  David Eby was born 23 Feb 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of John Eby and Mary Gerber); died 1 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    David married Elizabeth Bechtel 8 May 1810. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Joseph Bechtel and Magdalena Allebach) was born 5 Mar 1787, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Jan 1844; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Bechtel was born 5 Mar 1787, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Rev. Joseph Bechtel and Magdalena Allebach); died 15 Jan 1844; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Joseph Bechtel Eby was born 25 Mar 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Apr 1871, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maria "Mary" Eby was born 12 Oct 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1884, Near Hawksville, Wellesley Twp., Ontario; was buried , Zion Mennonite Cemetery, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    3. Magdalena Eby was born 12 Dec 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Apr 1886, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Jacob Eby was born 18 Oct 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Aug 1896, , Elkhart Co., Indiana; was buried , Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
    5. Annie Eby was born 18 Feb 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1848, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Eby was born 26 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jun 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Veronica "Frances" Eby was born 26 Sep 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1878, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Susannah Eby was born 15 Nov 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jun 1906; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. David B. Eby was born 26 Aug 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 21 Mar 1897.
    10. 4. Elias B. Eby was born 19 Sep 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1906, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Enoch Eby was born 24 Aug 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Aug 1884, Near Port Elgin, Bruce Co., Ontario.

  3. 10.  Jacob Shantz was born 15 Aug 1797, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Schantz and Hannah Paul); died 21 Jul 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Jacob married Susannah Schneider 2 Mar 1824. Susannah (daughter of Jacob Yost Schneider and Maria "Mary" Erb) was born 4 Jun 1804, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Apr 1837, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Susannah Schneider was born 4 Jun 1804, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Jacob Yost Schneider and Maria "Mary" Erb); died 2 Apr 1837, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Lydia Shantz was born 1 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Feb 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Daniel Shantz was born 30 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Hannah Shantz was born 12 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Susannah Shantz was born 2 Jun 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1911; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 5. Rachel Shantz was born 19 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1900; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Abraham Shantz was born 13 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  John M. Reist was born 12 Mar 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David Reist and Mary Mosser); died 24 Sep 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    John married Susannah Wanner 26 Sep 1852, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of John W. Wanner and Catharine Gingerich) was born 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1860; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Susannah Wanner was born 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John W. Wanner and Catharine Gingerich); died 12 Sep 1860; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Joel W. Reist was born 8 Aug 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1925, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried , Michigan Avenue Mennonite Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA.
    2. David Reist was born 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 6. George Wanner Reist was born 19 Jan 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jul 1917, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Daniel W. Reist was born 9 Dec 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Sep 1865; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  Heinrich "Henry" Soehner was born 1830, , Baden, Germany; died 24 Nov 1900, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Heinrich married Elisabeth Wohlfarth 25 Oct 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth was born CALC 2 Jul 1829, , Germany; died 6 Sep 1915, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Elisabeth Wohlfarth was born CALC 2 Jul 1829, , Germany; died 6 Sep 1915, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. John Philip "Philip" Soehner was born 12 Nov 1855, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 13 Apr 1856, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Sep 1940, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Margaretha Soehner was born 3 Oct 1857, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Nov 1857, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 7. Elizabeth Margaret Soehner was born 6 Jan 1860, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Frederick Carl Soehner was born 5 Mar 1865, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1927, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. John Soehner was born 27 Jul 1868, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Lewis Soehner was born Jan 1871, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario.