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

Aaron B. Erb[1, 2]

Male 1843 - 1927  (84 years)


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  • Name Aaron B. Erb 
    Born 30 Mar 1843  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Methodist 
    Residence 1883  Townsend Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Machinist, Machine Shop 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number 00032-2833 
    Died 18 Oct 1927  , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Cause: heart failure & gangrene & arterio schlerosis 
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1322  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Christian Erb,   b. 15 May 1815, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1849, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Brower,   b. 20 Jun 1815, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1883, Townsend Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10
    Family ID F765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Green,   b. 17 Jun 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1936  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1870  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    Children 
     1. Mary Elizabeth Erb,   b. 25 Nov 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1954  (Age 83 years)
     2. Ellen Alberta Erb,   b. 2 Jul 1875, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Aaron B. Erb, "was born about 1840. He is married to Hannah Green. They reside near Niagara Falls, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming."


      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. [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..., 629.

    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..., 335.

    3. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Erb / in loving memory of / Aaron Erb / 1843-1927 / Hannah Green his wife / 1851-1936 / resting in Jesus A. Father B. Mother

    4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 29, Pg 6.

    5. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 26020 (1927), Aaron Erb.
      Aaron Erb, b. 30 Mar 1843 Ontario, retired farmer, s/o Christian Erb & Elizabeth Brown, buried Preston, d. 18 oct 1927 Blenheim., cause: heart failure & gangrene & arterio schlerosis

    6. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 75.

    7. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 48.

    8. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 11056 (1883), Elizabeth Erb.
      Elizabeth Erb, d. 30 Jul 1883 Townsend Township, aged 68y, 1m, 10 d, farmer's wife, b. Pennsylvania, cause: cancer of the stomach (1 year), informant Aaron B. Erb of Townsend.

    9. [S26] Lower Canada Marriage Bonds (1779-1858), C-6784.
      Name of Future Husband: ERB, Christian Res: Waterloo Township, Halton County Name of Future Wife: BROMER, Elizabeth Res: Waterloo Township, Halton County Reference: RG 5 B9 Volume: 29 Bond Number: 4622 Date: 1835-02-17

    10. [S2171] Original Marriage Certificates in private hands, original in the possession of Dan Clark 2014 [email].
      marriage certificate and the date is Feb. 19 1835. The licence was "given from under my hand and seal at Hamilton" by Wesleyan Methodist minister A.K.McKenzie C,W.M.P.. Witnesses were H.(first name hard to read)Williams and John Beachtel(Bechtel).

    11. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Feb 18 1870 pg 2.
      On the 8th inst., Mr. Aaron Erb, Preston, to Miss Hannah Green, daughter of Jonah Green, Esq., of Waterloo Township.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Mar 1843 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Feb 1870 - Hespeler (Cambridge), 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 - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1883 - Townsend Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Machinist, Machine Shop - 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 MapsDied - Cause: heart failure & gangrene & arterio schlerosis - 18 Oct 1927 - , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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