Levi Erb Thoman^{[1, 2]}

1851 - 1926  (74 years)

• Name	Levi Erb Thoman
  Born	26 Aug 1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	EA
  Military	1865  [7]
  	U. S. Army
  Military	1865  [8]
  	U. S. Army
  Occupation	1865	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
  	farmer
  Military	1881  [6]
  	Rifle Brigade
  Crime	1897	Wakefield, , Yorkshire, England   [9]
  	hawking without a license
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128286584
  Military	34th infantry, USA  [10]
  Residence	1920	Stockton, Greene, Indiana, United States   [11]
  Eby ID Number	00122-7529
  Died	2 Apr 1926	Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, United States   [12]
  Buried	Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
  Person ID	I11320	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William Thoman,   b. 19 Nov 1825, , USA ,   d. May 1879, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Sarah Erb,   b. 10 Dec 1820, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F3200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi Tohman, "is unmarried and belongs to the Regulars of the British army. He was stationed at Gibraltar, Malta, St. Helena, and at present he is serving in some city in England." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________ Visits Berlin After 41 Years Mr. Levi Thoman, a Great Grandson of First White Man in Berlin Mr. Levi Erb Thoman born on Albert street, Berlin in the year 1851 has returned after an absence of 41 years, the year of the Friedenfes celebration. Mr. Thoman's great grandfather George Eby was the first white man to set foot in Berlin. When on the journey to Berlin from Pennsylvania one of the girls of the Eby family, aged twelve went in advance of the party carrying one of her smaller brothers. Discovering what appeared to be a large dog up a tree, she went back and told her father, who got out his flint lock and brought down what proved to be a "painter" or panther. Old George Eby was a veterinary surgeon, a horse doctor, as they were known in those days. He built his log house at wing street, east, opposite Eby street, where the street is to be opened to Elgin street. Mr. Thoman recounts many historical points of interest about Berlin. He has been in Great Britain, France and Spain for the last 38 years, where he practiced the profession of herbalist. He has acquired a decided English accent but still speaks the German language. He left this afternoon. During his stay in Berlin he met very few of his old acquaintances. The Berlin News Record Thu, Jul 25, 1912 Page 1 _______________ Served in the Civil War discharged in 1868, moved to England living in Yorkshire, Returned in 1912 to Canada, later moving to USA living New Jersey by 1920.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 541. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 631. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 2. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 25. [S3279] U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914. NameLevi E Thoman Birthyearabt 1847 BirthplaceBerlin, Canada Enlistment Age18 Res: Buffalo Occ: farmer 1870 Census of Madison Township, Indiana Adam Trysinger and his sister Magdalena living side by side. [S3276] UK, Military Deserters, 1812-1927. NameLevi Thoman Age29 Birth YearAbt 1852 Birth PlaceWaterloo, Canada Desertion Date29 Apr 1881 Desertion PlaceCork Publication Date13 May 1881 Regimental Number870 Military CorpsRifle Brigade [S3279] U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914. NameLevi E Thoman Birthyearabt 1847 BirthplaceBerlin, Canada Enlistment Age18 Res: Buffalo Occ: farmer [S3087] U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. NameLevi E Thoman Admission Age67 Birth Dateabt 1847 Birth PlaceNew York Enlistment Date9 Nov 1865 Enlistment PlaceBuffalo, New York Discharge Date9 Nov 1868 Discharge PlaceHolly Springs, Mississippi Medical defective vision and hearing, enlarge prostate, arterioscherose cardiac, hypertrophy, vaccinated. Occ: minister - buffalo single - no living relatives Military CompanyG Military RegimentUnited States 16th Infantry Admission Date1914 Residence Date1914 Residence PlaceDayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA NotesCentral Branch [S3277] West Yorkshire, England, Prison Records, 1801-1914. NameLevi Erb Thoman Birth Yearabt 1836 Birth PlaceOntario, Canada Age61 [in error] Event Date12 Mar 1897 Prison or Quarter SessionHMP Wakefield LocationWakefield, West Yorkshire, England Sentence7 days Crime Hawking without a certificate Description: 5 5 /34 Brown and Grey, 2 loss front teeth [S3087] U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. NameLevi E Thoman Admission Age77 Birth Dateabt 1847 Birth PlaceCanada Enlistment Date9 Nov 1865 Enlistment PlaceBuffalo N.y. Discharge Date9 Nov 1868 Discharge PlaceHolley Spring, Mississippi Military CompanyG. Military Regiment34 U. S Inf. Admission Date1924 Residence Date1924 Residence PlaceBath, Steuben, New York, USA NotesBath Branch [S2145] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1920 14th Census. NameLevi E Thoman [Lari E Thoman] Age69 Birth Yearabt 1851 BirthplaceCanada Home in 1920Stockton, Greene, Indiana StreetBlack Creek District Occ: minister - Baptist [S3278] New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017. NameLevi Thoman Death DateApr 1926 Death PlaceIrvington, New Jersey, USA [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wilhelm Thomann aged 23, carpenter of Waterloo married 14 Nov 1848 at Waterloo at David Erb's house by banns to Sara Erb aged 24 of Waterloo. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Fredereck W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran & German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., For 1848 report 115. William Thomann, 23, Carpenter of Waterloo, to Sara Erb, 24. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 17 Nov 1848 Pg: 47. ERB, Sara married 14 Nov 1848 To William THOMAN. Both of Waterloo.

  
  

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  Born - 26 Aug 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - EA - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1865 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Crime - hawking without a license - 1897 - Wakefield, , Yorkshire, England Residence - 1920 - Stockton, Greene, Indiana, United States Died - 2 Apr 1926 - Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, United States Buried - - Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States  = Link to Google Earth