Maria "Mary" "Polly" Bingeman^[1]

1820 - 1915  (94 years)

• Name	Maria "Mary" "Polly" Bingeman
  Born	9 Dec 1820	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Maria "Mary" "Polly" Eby
  Name	Polly Bingeman  [7]
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Other Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00009-1062
  Died	17 Nov 1915	Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States   [3, 6]
  	Cause: old age
  Buried	Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I15809	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Bingeman,   b. 15 Mar 1783, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Oct 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Hannah S. Bergey,   b. 16 Dec 1787, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Jun 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1805  [8]
  Family ID	F1602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Eby,   b. 18 Oct 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1896, , Elkhart Co., Indiana  (Age 80 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Enoch Eby,   b. 3 Dec 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1921  (Age 79 years)   2. Simon Eby,   b. 16 Nov 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1866  (Age 22 years)   3. Seth Eby,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1914  (Age 67 years)   4. Cyrus "Saruch" Eby,   b. 28 Jan 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1923, , Elkhart, Indiana, USA  (Age 74 years)   5. Jacob B. Eby,   b. 16 Oct 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1918  (Age 66 years)   6. John B. Eby,   b. 7 Mar 1854, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1897  (Age 43 years)   7. Joseph Eby,   b. 5 Feb 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Noah Eby,   b. 4 Mar 1863,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Maria Bingeman," was born December 9th, 1820. On April 7th, 1840, she was married to Jacob Eby who was born October 18th, 1815. Soon after their marriage they moved to St. Joseph County, Indiana, where they still reside. To them was born a family of eight 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.]. Elsewhere in the book it gives birth in June. __________________ Eby. - On Nov. 17, 1915, at the home of her grandson, John Eby, in Elkhard, Ind., of the infirmities of old age, Sister Mary Bingaman, widow of the late Jacob Eby, aged 95 y. 5 m. 8 d. Her husband died about 19 years ago. She was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., on 9th of June, 1820. She was married to Jacob Eby, April 7, 1840. to this union were born 8 sons, of whom the husband and 5 sons passed over to the spirit world before her. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church for many years, and was beloved and respected, by a wide circle of friends and relatives. She had an earnest and longing desire to depart and be with Christ, "which", as the apostle says, "is far better", and often said that she wanted to go home; the change finally came and her oft repeated prayer was answered. Funeral services were held at the Olive M. H. on Nov. 20, by John Martin in the German language, and John F. Funk in English, from 1 Pet. 1: 24,25. The burial took place in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume VIII, Number 36 - December 2, 1915 - Page 590, 591

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 540. [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..., 272. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 2, 1915 - Obituary of Mary Bingaman. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Sect. 5 Page 187. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 97. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52669138/mary-eby. [S17] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Der Morgenstern (1839-1841), Marriage notice of Jacob Eby and Polly Bingeman - 9 Apr 1840. Jacob Eby and Polly Bingeman, both of Waterloo, were married by Rev. Bindeman 7 Apr 1840 [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..., 266. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 11 Apr 1840:1. recently Rev Bindeman m. Jacob Eby, son of David Eby, to Mary Bingeman, daughter of Johann Bingeman, all of Waterloo Tp. [S1131] Book - Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana, Biography of Amos Bechtel.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Dec 1820 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Apr 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - 17 Nov 1915 - Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Buried - - Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth