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

Anna "Nancy" Detweiler[1, 2]

Female 1827 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Anna "Nancy" Detweiler 
    Born 19 Dec 1827  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Anna "Nancy" Erb 
    Name Nancy Detweiler 
    Residence 1846  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2225 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I14856  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Y. Detweiler,   b. 27 Mar 1789, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1875  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Esther Ziegler,   b. 15 Nov 1794, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1816  [8
    Family ID F5467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph H. B. Erb,   b. 20 Jun 1824, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1870, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 8 Dec 1846  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. Ephraim D. Erb,   b. 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Esther Erb,   b. 9 Mar 1850, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1930  (Age 79 years)
     3. Mary Ann Erb,   b. 1851, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Emeline Erb,   b. 18 Jan 1856,   d. 17 Mar 1856  (Age 0 years)
     5. Joanne Erb,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Phoebe Erb,   b. 1858, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Catharine "Kitty" Erb,   b. 7 Oct 1860, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1870, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
     8. Jacob D. Erb,   b. 1 Feb 1864, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1944, Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     9. William Erb,   b. 1867, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Joanna Erb,   b. 1870, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Anna Detweiler," was born December 19th, 1827. She was married to Joseph Erb and resided in Elmira, Ontario, where he died October 22nd, 1870. At present she has her home with her son Ephraim who resides in Michigan. She had eight children, namely: Vi Ephraim, VI Hettie, VI Mary, VI Phoebe, VI Catharine (dead), VI Jacob, VI William, and VI Joanna."


      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..., 624.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    3. [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..., 510.

    4. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan Family History Library Film 1254589 Page Number 174C.

    5. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 7.

    6. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 63.

    7. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Jacob Huttner - Minister of The Lutheran Evangelical Church In The Village of Preston report 65.
      Joseph Erb, Jun., of Waterloo, married Nancy Dettweiler, of Dumfries 8 Dec. 1846

    8. [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..., 506.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Dec 1827 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1846 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Dec 1846 - , 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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