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

Elizabeth Break[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1789 - 1872  (83 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Break 
    Born 13 Aug 1789  , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Eby 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00014-1168 
    Died 28 Nov 1872  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I16131  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John Brech,   b. Abt 1759, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1802, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Magdalene Schörg,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deacon Samuel Eby,   b. 27 Aug 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1844  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1808  [3
    Children 
     1. Magdalena Eby,   b. 19 May 1810, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1883  (Age 73 years)
     2. Abraham Eby,   b. 6 Feb 1812, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1831  (Age 18 years)
     3. John Eby,   b. 7 Aug 1814, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Veronica "Fanny" Eby,   b. 31 May 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1894, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Heinrich B. "Henry" Eby,   b. 12 Jan 1825, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1898, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F4299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Break, "was born August 13th, 1789. On December 25th, 1809, she was married to Deacon Samuel Eby who was born August 27th, 1785, and died January 25th, 1844. They resided in the town of Berlin where she died November 28th, 1872. To them was born a family of five children, namely: IV Magdalena, IV Abraham, IV John, IV Veronica, and IV Henry B."


      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..., 294.

    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..., 295.

    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..., 610.

    4. [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..., 157.

    5. [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..., 367.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      Elisabeth EBY Birthplace: USA Age 62 Mennonite
      Lived with Henry B. Eby her son.

    7. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Dec 1872.
      28 Nov 1872 in Berlin, widow of late Samuel (dead 30 yrs.), 84 yrs.

    8. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 1 Page 3.

    9. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Aug 1789 - , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Nov 1872 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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