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Ephraim K. Bricker[1]

Male 1848 - 1925  (77 years)


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  • Name Ephraim K. Bricker 
    Born 22 Jul 1848  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1868  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Black Smith 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    C. Methodist 
    Elected Office 1883  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden 
    • Municipality . Berlin Years on local council Councillor 1883-84, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1901-03; 3 D-Reeve 1896; 2nd Deputy Reeve 1898
      Years on Waterloo County Council 1896
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Liveryman 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Livery 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Income 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Presbyterian 
    Retired 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Income 
    Residence 17 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1921  17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number 00016-1313 
    Died 3 Sep 1925  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12636  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father David Bricker,   b. 30 Mar 1814, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1897  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Hannah Kolb,   b. 25 Sep 1818, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1870, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1837  [14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Family ID F3494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Roselia "Rosy" Cook,   b. 5 Jun 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1868  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Roselia Cook's wedding dress at Waterloo Region Museum    		 Roselia Cook's wedding dress at Waterloo Region Museum
    This is the wedding suit worn at the wedding of Roselia (or Rosa) Cook and Ephraim Bricker (b. 1848) in 1867.
    Children 
     1. Laura Georgina Bricker,   b. 15 Aug 1869, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Lawrence F. Bricker,   b. 2 Jan 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Florence L. Bricker,   b. 2 Jan 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Geneva Edna Bricker,   b. 24 Feb 1875, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1947, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. Lorne Douglas Campbell Bricker,   b. 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Harvey James Bricker,   b. 25 Apr 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Harley David Bricker,   b. 25 Apr 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Mary Gertrude "Gertrude" Bricker,   b. 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     9. Gordon Bricker,   b. 6 Nov 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F3499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ephraim Bricker," was born July 22nd, 1848. He is married to Rosa Cook and resides in Berlin where he is engaged in the livery business. Their family consists of five 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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Oct 1868.
      Married 15 Oct 1868 By Rev. Ferguson, Ephraim Bricker of Breslau was married to Ellen Rozela Cook of Preston.

    2. [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..., 323.

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-5 Page 18.

    4. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) a-5 Page 18.

    5. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Ephraim Bricker b. Dumfries res: Breslau Age: 21 born abt 1847 father: David Bricker mother: Hannah Bricker married Ellen Rozelia Cook Age:: 18 born abt 1850 b. Waterloo Township Spouse res: Waterloo Township father: James Cook mother: Elizabeth married 15 Oct 1868 county: Waterloo

    6. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 44.

    7. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 57.

    8. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 2.

    9. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 11.

    10. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 72.

    11. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 3.

    12. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 14.

    13. [S1450] Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography.

    14. [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..., 322.

    15. [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..., 861.

    16. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

    17. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, May 1, 1897 - Obituary of David Bricker.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Jul 1848 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1868 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Oct 1868 - , 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 MapsOccupation - Black Smith - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - C. Methodist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden - 1883 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Liveryman - 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 - Livery - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 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 MapsRetired - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - 17 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Sep 1925 - 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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