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

Aaron Erb[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1849 - 1916  (67 years)


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  • Name Aaron Erb 
    Born 7 Jan 1849  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    miller 
    Residence 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Merchant 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Elected Office 1882  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    member of Kitchener Council 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Book Agent 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Manufacturer 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Comercial Travellor, Shirts & Collars 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number 00032-2951 
    Died 22 Oct 1916  [11, 17
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I11706  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Rev. Moses Erb,   b. 6 Aug 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Susannah Rosenberger,   b. 14 Dec 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1841  [16, 18, 19
    Family ID F4190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia Ann Unger,   b. 2 Jun 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1873  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 14
    Children 
     1. Milton Erb,   b. 6 May 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Edna Helen Erb,   b. 13 Jun 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1978  (Age 98 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Aaron Erb, "was born January 7th, 1849. He is married to Julia Ann Unger. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged as traveling salesman for Messrs. Brown & Erb of Berlin. His family consists of two 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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      Oct. 29, 1916: "To Shanley St. to see the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone of the New Catholic Church; then to funeral of Aaron Erb who was brought home dead from Brandon."

      Diary of Susannah Cressman

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  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 655.

    2. [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..., 203.

    3. [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..., 549.

    4. [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..., 110.

    5. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Sep1873.
      02 Sep 1873 By Rev. J.B. Baumann in New Dundee, Aaron Erb of Berlin was married to Julia Ann Unger of Wilmot.

    6. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-6 Page 12.

    7. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) a-6 Page 12.

    8. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 pg 141.

    9. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 50.

    10. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 2.

    11. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link .
      Aaron Erb/ 1849-1916/ at rest

    12. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 9 Page 71.

    13. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 6.

    14. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12897 (1873), Erb-Unger.
      Aaron Erb, 24, Miller, res. Berlin, b. Waterloo Twp, son of Moses and Susannah married Julia Ann Unger, 17, res. Wilmot b. North Dumfries, daughter of John and Mary, witnessed by: Peter Shupe of Wilmot and Simon Eshleman of Waterloo, 2 September 1873 in New Dundee

    15. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 10.

    16. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 3 Page 6.

    17. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 8.

    18. [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..., 653.

    19. [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..., 653-654.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Jan 1849 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - miller - 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Sep 1873 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - member of Kitchener Council - 1882 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Book Agent - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Manufacturer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Comercial Travellor, Shirts & Collars - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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