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

William Sylvan Brubacher

Male 1900 - 1971  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Sylvan Brubacher was born 14 Oct 1900, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Martin Eby Brubacher and Louisa Peppler); died 1971; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54465
    • Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    William — Amelia S. Dreisinger. Amelia (daughter of Jacob O. Dreisinger and Jane Shoemaker) was born Apr 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1991; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Arthur Jacob Brubacher
    2. Murray William Brubacher was born 22 May 1936; died 12 Nov 2010, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Kenneth Stuart Brubacher

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Martin Eby Brubacher was born 26 May 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob M. Brubacher and Magdalena W. Eby); died 26 Mar 1925, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2679.2
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1882, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1882, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, 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; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Respected Farmer Dead

    The sad death took place Thursday last of Martin E. Brubacher, a well known and highly esteemed farmer of Woolwich Township, following a short illness. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon to the St. James Lutheran church for service thence to St. James' cemetery for interment. The late Mr. Brubacher was born in Woolwich township, May 26, 1857. A sorrowing wife and six children survive, namely Mrs. Henry Ziegler, of Floradale, Claire of Elmira, Mabel, Cranson, William and Florence at home; also his aged mother, Mrs. Magdalena Brubacher, of St. Jacobs, two sisters Mrs. Reuben Eby and Mrs. Christ. Scheifele of St. Jacobs, and one brother, W. H. Brubacher of Rodney.

    Waterloo Chronicle, April 2, 1925

    Martin married Louisa Peppler 5 Feb 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Louisa (daughter of Jacob Peppler and Maria Christina Crescence Kraemer) was born 13 Apr 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Oct 1945; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Louisa Peppler was born 13 Apr 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Peppler and Maria Christina Crescence Kraemer); died 7 Oct 1945; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Louisa Brubacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2679.66
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Clare Jacob Brubacher was born 7 May 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1977, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mabel Louisa Brubacher was born 13 Nov 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Cranson Brubacher was born 20 Dec 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 May 1978; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 1. William Sylvan Brubacher was born 14 Oct 1900, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Florence Brubacher was born 28 Mar 1905, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1998; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob M. Brubacher was born 21 Dec 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johannes Weber "John" Brubacher and Catharina "Catherine" Martin); died 10 Sep 1889, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17819927
    • Eby ID Number: 00018-1446
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    Jacob M. Brubacher, "the second son of John W. Brubacher, was born December 21, 1831. He was married to Magdalena W. Eby who was born July 22nd, 1831. They resided on a farm being composed of part of lot No. 49, German Company's Tract, Woolwich Township, about three miles north-west of St. Jacobs where he died September 10th, 1889. They had a family 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.].

    Jacob married Magdalena W. Eby 27 Sep 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of John W. Eby and Veronica Weber) was born 22 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1926, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Magdalena W. Eby was born 22 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John W. Eby and Veronica Weber); died 15 Oct 1926, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17820059
    • Name: Magdalena W. Brubacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2679
    • Residence: 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Magdalena W. Eby, "was born July 22nd, 1831. She was married to Jacob M. Brubacher, a farmer, and resided near St. Jacobs, Ontario. She has a family of four children, namely: Martin, William, Amanda, and Mary Ann. "

    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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    Brubacher.-Magdalena Eby Brubacher was born July 22, 1831, near Kitchener, Ont. Oct. 15, 1926, she peacefully passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Reuben Eby, St. Jacobs, Ont.; aged 95 y. 2 m. 23 d. She had been able to be up and around till nearly 17 months ago when she took her bed and since she was never able to be up. Sept. 28, 1856, she was married to Jacob M. Brubacher who preceded her in death Dec. 10, 1889. This union was blessed with 3 sons and 2 daughters, of whom 1 son preceded her in infancy and Martin 19 months ago. Those left to mourn her departure are: Mrs. Christian Schiefle, and Mrs. Reuben Eby, St. Jacobs, Ont.; William H., of Rodney, Ont.; also one step-sister, Mrs. Phillip Cress, Phillips, Wis.; 23 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Oct. 17, at the Old Order Mennonite Church, Conestoga, and at the Riverside cemetery for burial. Funeral services were conducted by Urias Martin ant the house and by Israel Weber and Ezra Martin at the Church. Texts, I Pet. 3: 4; I Thess. 4: 13.
    The room is quiet, all is still,
    The bed is vacant, 'tis God's will;
    So long you've waited for your rest,
    Our blessed Lord knows what is best.
    " -Grandaughter.

    GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XIX, No. 32 - November 4, 1926 - pp 686-686

    Children:
    1. 2. Martin Eby Brubacher was born 26 May 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1925, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Amanda Brubacher was born 6 Dec 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1935; was buried , Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Ann Brubacher was born 24 Aug 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1932; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. William Henry Brubacker was born 16 Feb 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1929, Rodney, Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario; was buried , Rodney Cemetery, Rodney, Elgin Co., Ontario.

  3. 6.  Jacob Peppler was born CALC 2 Aug 1813, , Germany (son of Johann Melchoir Peppler and Anna Catherina Hahn); died 26 May 1864; was buried , Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Oswald or Hoffer), Woolwich Tw., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-273075
    • Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Jacob married Maria Christina Crescence Kraemer 10 Apr 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of John Kraemer) was born 1824, , Germany; died 3 Jul 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Maria Christina Crescence Kraemer was born 1824, , Germany (daughter of John Kraemer); died 3 Jul 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Christina Kraemer
    • Name: Christina Kramer
    • Name: Crescence Kraemer
    • Name: Creszina Christina Peppler
    • Name: Maria Christina Crescence Berscht
    • Name: Maria Christina Crescence Peppler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54466
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC
    • Residence: 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Anna Peppler was born 15 Feb 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Nov 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Louisa Peppler was born 13 Apr 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Oct 1945; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Wilhelmina Peppler was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johannes Weber "John" Brubacher was born 9 Dec 1803, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of John Brubacher and Eva Weber); died 12 Mar 1886, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18028995
    • Name: John Weber Brubacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00018-1442
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist

    Notes:

    John W. Brubacher, "son of John and Eva (Weber) Brubacher, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 9th, 1803, and was raised in Mifflin County, same state. He came to Canada in 1825 but returned to Pennsylvania the same fall. In the spring of 1826 he came back to Canada and had his home with his friends. On July 24th, 1827, he was married to Catharine, daughter of David and Maria (Guth) Martin. She was born November 25th, 1808. They moved on their farm, being composed of lot No. 17, German Company's Tract, Woolwich Township, about three miles west of St. Jacobs where they resided until his death which took place March 12th, 1886. She is still living and quite smart for a woman of so great an age. Her home is with her daughter, Eva, who resides on the old homestead. He was ordained as a deacon of the Mennonite Church on Ascension Day, 1847, and served the church of his choice to the best of his knowledge until his death. Their family consisted of thirteen 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.].

    Johannes married Catharina "Catherine" Martin 24 Jul 1827. Catharina (daughter of David Oberholtzer Martin and Maria Or Magdelina Guth) was born 25 Nov 1808, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Jan 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Catharina "Catherine" Martin was born 25 Nov 1808, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of David Oberholtzer Martin and Maria Or Magdelina Guth); died 1 Jan 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18028867
    • Name: Catharina "Catherine" Brubacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00075-4576
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Catharine Martin, "daughter of David and Maria (Guth) Martin, was born November 25th, 1808. On July 24th, 1827, she was married to John W., son of John and Eva (Weber) Brubacher. They resided on a farm about three miles west of St. Jacobs where he died March 12th, 1886. She resided on the farm where she raised a family of ten children, until her death which took place in January 1895."


    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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    BRUBACHER. - On the 1st of Feb., 1895, near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Co., Ont., of old age, sister Catherine Martin, widow of the late Pre. John W. Brubacher, aged 86 years. Buried in the Conestoga Mennonite graveyard. Funeral services by Abraham and Paul Martin. Deceased was born in Lancaster Co., Pa. In 1820 she came to Canada, was united in matrimony with Bro. Brubacher in 1827. To this union were born nine sons and four daughters, of whom four sons and four daughters survive. Her funeral was largely attended.


    HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXII, No. 5, March 1, 1895, p. 77, 78, 79

    Children:
    1. John M. Brubacher was born 10 Apr 1828, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Sep 1909, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary M. Brubacher was born 21 May 1829, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1903, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Eva M. Brubacher was born 16 Oct 1830, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Apr 1913; was buried , Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 4. Jacob M. Brubacher was born 21 Dec 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Sep 1889, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Veronica M. Brubacher was born 23 Sep 1833, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1834; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Esther M. Brubacher was born 3 May 1835, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Aug 1856; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Rev. David M. Brubacher was born 6 Nov 1836, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jul 1905, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Heinrich M. "Henry" Brubacher was born 8 Jul 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1910, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Rev. Daniel M. Brubacher was born 20 Sep 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Michael M. Brubacher was born 31 Aug 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Jun 1870, St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Magdalena M. Brubacher was born 15 Mar 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1916, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Peter M. Brubacher was born 1 Jan 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1878; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Catharine M. Brubacher was born 11 Mar 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John W. Eby was born 6 Nov 1803, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of George S. Eby and Barbara Wenger); died 22 Oct 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191059567
    • Name: Johannes W. Eby
    • Residence: 362 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2676
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; druggist
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; apothecary
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist

    Notes:

    John Eby, "the third son of George Eby, was born In Pennsylvania, November 6th, 1803. He was probably 6 months old when he came to Canada. It is supposed that he started the first drug store in the town of Berlin, Ontario. He used to bring his goods from Buffalo, New York, by team. He resided in the town of Berlin for about 70 years, then he moved to Elmira where he lived for 12 years, and several years ago he moved to Port Elgin where some of his family reside. Here he died October 22nd, 1891. He was married twice, first to Veronica Weber who was born July 19th, 1808, and died December 10th, 1837, and after the decease of his first wife he was married to Philipina Fischer who was born March 14th, 1811, and died in Listowel with her daughter, Mrs. Joshua Bowman, January 17th, 1894. His family consisted of the following 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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    Among the early settlers of Berlin were August Fuchs, a jeweller, from Baden ; George Jantz, a grocer and tavern keeper, also from Baden ; Anselm Wagner, a potter from Alsace


    Theobald Spetz, The Catholic Church in Waterloo County Book I

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    Anselm Wagner was the first potter in Berlin and had a shop for many years on King street south.

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    How More German Families Were Brought In

    At that stage there was a further influx of German hand-workers. In the main they came from Hesse, with sprinklings from Baden, Saxony. Mecklenburg, and other States. Woodworkers predominated. The Dorf however boasted a weaver, wagonmaker, hatmaker. a tailor (John Nahrgang), two shoemakers, and several carpenters, while Anselm Wagner, potter, made shilling crocks and flowerpots for the Hausfrau. A Dr. Klinkert was the first doctor

    A History of Kitchener

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    King Street , North Side

    Frederick Street.

    Bishop Benjamin Eby's farm came to the corner of King and Frederick Streets. Next to Frederick Street, Frederick and William Miller erected a frame building and used it as a general store. After the grading operations spoken of this building had to undergo the same process as the St. Nicholas Hotel. It was considered a fine building in its day with large windows on each side of the centre door. Henry Stroh finally bought the building and tore it down in 1868. Jacob Stroh has some of the window sash, shutters, stairway, etc., still in his possession. Later the building was occupied by Jacob Eckstein cigar maker and tobacco dealer. Mrs. Warren with a family lived on the second story for a number of years.

    Vacant lot. Next a large brick building with double deck porch along the front, the Queen's Arms Hotel, built about 1840 and continued as a hotel until about 1860. A Mr. Butchard was the first landlord and later Levi Weber. From this hotel the first omnibus met the trains at the G.T.R. station in Berlin in 1856. Before that day it was a stopping place of stage coaches operating from Hamilton and Galt to Berlin and beyond. The old Queen's Arms long vacant and practically ruined as a building was sold finally and made room for the Market Building and Town Hall in 1869.*

    Next we come to the John Roos house. This also had a double-deck veranda with heavy posts as was the style 1840-50. The building was later turned into a hotel known as the Market Hotel and kept by Casper Heller.

    A lot with a log cabin in the rear, occupied by Jacob Sauer, who had come from Pennsylvania, father of Mrs. John Roat.

    * See 1922 Annual Report W. H. S., p. 210.

    A harness shop occupied by John Roat, then by his son John and later by John Haugh, a son-in-law of John Roat.

    A garden. A dwelling, 4 or 5 feet lower than the street which had been filled up, where lived the Susand family. Mrs. Susand had a reputation with juveniles for tarts and molasses taffy sold in lc. bars. Her children were in the habit of selling these wares to passengers at the G.T.R. station. After her husband's death about 1860, widow Susand moved her shop to Foundry Street North, and there continued until she died. Susand was an ex-slave. In 1857 at a nomination meeting for Council, he was nominated and stood a good chance of being elected, as a joke. However, the more thoughtful element among the voters prevailed.

    A two story, frame building, lengthwise with King Street, built in the '30's. After street grading this had to be raised so that what had before been the ground floor became the cellar or basement.

    A house occupied by Wm. Hawke,-known as Bill Hawke- a mason. A stout, easy-going man. His wife was in the habit of standing in the door way, with white lace cap, smoking a clay pipe. The east end of this building was occupied by Winters, a hatter, the first hat maker in Berlin. He made the old style, broad brim, Mennonite hats in fashion up to about 1845. At the corner of Scott stood a brick building of good size with gable toward King Street, used to stable the first fire teams for a number of years. Later John Wagner had a waggon shop above and George Ward a blacksmith shop underneath. Scott Street was, however, not opened until many years later.

    A one and one-half story building rough cast, gable facing King St., occupied by H. W. Peterson, who began publishing the "Canada Museum", in 1835 and so continued until 1840 when he went to Guelph as first Registrar of the County of Wellington. This was the first newspaper published in Waterloo County.

    Jacob Hailer's house, a one and one-half story, frame building with porch along the front partly enclosed by lattice work. In this house was born in 1834, Catherine Hailer, who married Louis Breithaupt. She is said to have been the first child born in Berlin of parents who came from Germany. Hailer's barn was some distance back from the street and next along on the street front was his shop where he manufactured spinning wheels, etc., and chairs which had a large distribution. Hailer was an expert wood turner. He had two foot-power lathes and a number of German assistants from time to time, continuing his shop for about 40 years.

    A two story frame building lengthwise with King Street, erected by Dr. John Scott. He had a drug store with two good-sized windows at the front. On the east gable of the building was a sign, "Med. Hall" in large letters. The sign was legible long after Dr. Scott's death. The doctor pursued his practice on horseback for which he used three horses. He was the first medical practitioner in Berlin, coming in 1834, at the time of the cholera epidemic. For a few years before he was married he boarded at the Gaukel Hotel. His later house, after the one described, is still standing on Weber Street at the rear of the Kitchener Public Library.

    The old Scott house on King Street was later occupied by Franz Martin who kept a saloon. Martin had a musical family, with the zither as their principal instrument, which all the children could play.

    A one and one-half story, frame building, painted, occupied by Anslm Wagner, a potter.

    A brick building 1 ½ story lengthwise with King Street, the west end of which was John Eby's drug store, the rest of the building being his dwelling. This was the first regular drug store in Berlin.

    A brick building with a frame extension in the rear used by David Eby as a pump shop. Part of the brick building is still standing, the rest having been cut off for the opening of Eby Street North.

    A one story hip roof brick cottage occupied by Geo. Eby, a Notary, who came to Canada in 1804. He died in this house. A considerable fish story is told of how he followed a sturgeon in the Conestoga River, part of Grand River, and finally speared it.

    A one and one-half story building, probably rough cast, occupied by Hy. Wurm, a carpenter employed at the Simpson factory.

    A two story brick building painted red occupied by Henry S. Huber.'

    A handsome brick building, two story, with veranda along the front and ground floor considerably above the street level, with broad steps, the width of the building, leading to it, was built in 1850. Some time later it was occupied by Casper Heller and known as the Royal Exchange hotel. Following the old custom its swinging sign had "Last Chance" on the side toward the village and "First Chance" outward, referring to liquid refreshments. Heller kept a good hotel and had also a large shed and ham next east of the hotel.

    On the corner a steam grist mill was erected, about 1860. Louis Seyler, a German, was the miller. The custom was for farmers to bring in their wheat to have it ground, getting in return flour, bran and middlings, the miller retaining his toll. Later Lehnen & Shelly operated this mill.

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

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    Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and BuildingsThe first settlers in Waterloo Township had large farms, four hundred acres and over, the lot sub-divisions of the German Company Tract. Joseph Schneider settled on Queen Street South, Bishop Benjamin Eby at the south-east side , Abram Weber on the corner of King and Wilmot Streets and David Weber in the neighborhood of the later Grand Trunk Railway station. After the railway was built David Weber moved to Weber Street, named after him, to a location opposite the present Zion Church. Samuel Schneider and Elias Schneider settled in Waterloo. John Brubacher arrived from Pennsylvania in 1816 and took up his lot of the German Company Tract which was in the district of the County House of Refuge.

    Throughout the county here and there little settlements consisting of a few houses, a blacksmith shop, perhaps a tavern and probably a cooper shop and weaver shop, began to appear. Only those settlements which had possible water-powers had any hope of growing to villages or towns. Preston, Galt, Bridgeport and Waterloo were in this class.

    For a long time the vicinity of Berlin was known as the sand-hills. In the locality where the hospital and Collegiate Institute now stand were hills over which loaded wagons could hardly be drawn. On a windy day the sand would form ridges. There was a troublesome sand-hill from Queen Street eastward on Church and another one at the corner of King and Frederick Streets. This latter was cut down about eight or nine feet to the level of the cellar floors, some time after the first buildings had been erected.

    The easterly part of the settlement was known as Ben Eby's. Queen Street South was the Schneider road.

    1830 the village centre was established by Phineas Varnum who, by permission of Joseph Schneider, started a blacksmith shop on the site of the present Walper House. A moderately sized house, 35' by 25', about 40' southwest of the blacksmith shop, was used as a tavern. In the same year the first store in the settlement was opened by William, David and Frederick Miller on the site of the present Post Office,

    There were few houses in the hamlet until a number of immigrants arrived directly from Germany, after 1820. John Eby, druggist and chemist, who had his shop a little west of the present Eby Street, related that when immigrants arrived it was the custom, such was the scarcity of buildings, to form a "bee" including farmers and villagers, to erect log houses for the new-comers. A number of these primitive dwellings were in the locality of the present Post Office. It is related that after one of these bees, the company being assembled in Varnum's blacksmith shop or tavern, the proposal was made that the hamlet should be given a name and someone suggested Berlin in honor of the German immigrants. The suggestion was joyously received. Jacob Stroh's mother, adopted in 1827 by Abram Weber when she was three years old, often told Mr. Stroh of her remembrance of the day when Mr. Weber, who had assisted at the bee, came home and told how the little hamlet had that day received the name of Berlin. This occurred probably in 1833. Mr. Stroh has a document dated 1833 in which Berlin first appears as the name of the hamlet. H. W. Peterson, publisher of the "Canada Museum", the first newspaper in the county, from 1835-1840, is authority that in 1835 there were only 25 dwellings in the place.

    King Street, Queen Street and Frederick Street, being the main entrances from the surrounding country, were from the beginning the principal streets of the village. These streets are not normal with points of the compass. King Street changes direction several times. At the C.N.R. crossing its direction is about northwest, at an angle with the railway of about 45 degrees. It keeps on turning and finally in the main part of Waterloo it runs due north and south. Queen Street and Frederick Street are approximately at right angles to King Street. Conventionally King Street is called east and west from Queen Street, and Queen Street north and south from King Street. Particulars of the buildings and occupants for these streets follow:


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

    Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

    John — Veronica Weber. Veronica (daughter of Rev. John Weber and Catherine (Katherina) Gehman) was born 19 Jul 1808, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Dec 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Veronica Weber was born 19 Jul 1808, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Rev. John Weber and Catherine (Katherina) Gehman); died 10 Dec 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202200174
    • Name: Veronica Eby
    • Eby ID Number: 00127-7679

    Notes:

    Veronica Weber," the eldest daughter of John and Catherine (Gehman) Weber, was born July 19th, 1808. She was married to John Eby, druggist of Berlin, and died December 10th, 1837."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. George W. Eby was born 7 Aug 1828, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Catharine W. Eby was born 4 Jun 1830, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1909; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 5. Magdalena W. Eby was born 22 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1926, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John W. Eby was born 22 May 1833, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1840, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Moses Weber Eby was born 20 Nov 1835, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 1924, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Veronica W. Eby was born 23 Aug 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1837, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  Johann Melchoir Peppler was born Abt 1778, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Peppler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24005

    Notes:

    It is reported but proven that Johann was born 2 Mar 1778 in Schweinsberg, Kirschim, Hessen, Germany and his wife was Anna Catharina Hahan b. 5 Jun 1778 in the same place and that she died 12 Mar 1851 in Ontario

    Johann — Anna Catherina Hahn. Anna was born Abt 1778; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Anna Catherina Hahn was born Abt 1778; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Catherina Peppler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140985

    Children:
    1. Johann George Peppler was born Abt 1805, Of, , Germany; died Bef 1851, , Ontario, Canada.
    2. 6. Jacob Peppler was born CALC 2 Aug 1813, , Germany; died 26 May 1864; was buried , Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (formerly Oswald or Hoffer), Woolwich Tw., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. George Peppler was born CALC 2 Jun 1819, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 14 Jul 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

  7. 14.  John Kraemer died 1899; was buried , Hesson Cemetery, Mornington Township, Perth Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-2414

    Children:
    1. 7. Maria Christina Crescence Kraemer was born 1824, , Germany; died 3 Jul 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.