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

Elizabeth Brower[1]

Female 1815 - 1883  (68 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Brower 
    Born 20 Jun 1815  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Erb 
    Name Liza Brower 
    Residence 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1861  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    E. U. 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00017-1353 
    Died 30 Jul 1883  Townsend Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Cause: cancer of the stomach (1 year) 
    Buried Scotland, Brant Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16396  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Brower,   b. CALC 3 May 1777,   d. 10 Dec 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 97 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Maris,   b. 29 Nov 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1806  [1, 7
    Family ID F4332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 19 Feb 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 8
    Children 
     1. Nancy Erb,   b. 1 Jan 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1846  (Age 9 years)
     2. Aaron B. Erb,   b. 30 Mar 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1927, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Brower," was born June 20th, 1815. She was married to Christian Erb who died at Preston, Ontario, June 28th, 1849. To them were born two 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 
    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. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 1 Page 10.

    4. [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.

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

    6. [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

    7. [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..., 333.

    8. [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).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jun 1815 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1835 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Feb 1835 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - E. U. - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: cancer of the stomach (1 year) - 30 Jul 1883 - Townsend Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Scotland, Brant Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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