Melissa Erb^{[1, 2, 3]}

1856 - 1935  (78 years)

• Name	Melissa Erb
  Born	27 Oct 1856	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Melissa Spiessman
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Bretheren
  Eby ID Number	00032-2804.3
  Died	14 Oct 1935	Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I15933	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	William Lewis Erb,   b. 22 Aug 1828, About Two Miles South-East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Aug 1907, South River, Parry Sound District, Ontario  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lydia Bauman,   b. 10 Nov 1831, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1904  (Age 72 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1851	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F2524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Spiessman,   b. 2 Feb 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1925, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	13 Aug 1878	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. William Henry Spiesman,   b. Dec 1880, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Olive May Spiesman,   b. 9 Jan 1883, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1924, Strathcona, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 41 years)   3. Orville Clayton "Cap" Spiesman,   b. 11 Nov 1885, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1974, Strathcona, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 88 years)   4. Harvey Eugene Spiesman,   b. 27 Mar 1891, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1910, Parry Sound, Parry Sound District, Ontario  (Age 18 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F2527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Muriel Sabine Erb,   b. 5 Feb 1876, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1934, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F42701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Melissa Erb with Hannah

  
  

• Notes

  Melissa Erb, "is married to George Spiesman, a sawyer. They reside at South River, Parry Sound District. Their family consists of four 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

  [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..., 622. [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..., 173. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011058-78. George Spiesman, 21, occ. Blacksmith, b. Waterloo Twp., res. Bloomingdale, son of Henry and Charlotte, Married Melissa Erb, 21, b. Bloomingdale, res. Same, daughter of William and Lydia, Witn: Nelson and Nancy Bowman of Freeport, 13 Aug 1878 at Freeport [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 44. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 18. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 7 Page 45. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97155593/melissa-spiessman. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. William Erb, 22, yeoman of Waterloo married 23 Feb 1851 in Greenbush by lic. to Lydia Bowmann, 19, of Waterloo, witnesses: Salomon Kaufman, clerk in the store of Waterloo & John B. Snyder, teacher of Waterloo [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 28 Feb 1851 Pg 9. BAUMANN, Lydia married 23 Feb 1851 To William ERB. Both of Waterloo. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Oct 1856 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Aug 1878 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheren - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Oct 1935 - Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth