Ezra Reis Burkholder^[1]

1856 - 1923  (66 years)

• Name	Ezra Reis Burkholder
  Born	14 Nov 1856	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00020-1539
  Died	23 May 1923	McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States   [3]
  Buried	McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I16583	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel B. Burkholder,   b. 2 Jan 1816, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1893, , Marion Co., Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Eva Reis,   b. 1822, , Germany ,   d. 29 Mar 1893, Canada, Marion, Kansas, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1850  [2, 4]
  Family ID	F4372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vinnie Tubbs,   b. Abt 1856,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F4377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Ezra R. Burkholder, "was born in Waterloo, Ontario, November 14th, 1856. He is married to Vinnie Tubbs. Their family consists of three 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________________ Ezra Reis Burkholder was born in Waterloo County, Canada West, on 14 November 1856. He was the son of Samuel and Eva (Reis) Burkholder. Ezra's birthplace is not known: Samuel was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came to Canada as a small child. Ezra was the fourth child in a family of six boys, which included: Joseph, Benjamin, John, Samuel, and Abraham. The Burkholders seem to have been a family in transition, rooted in a Mennonite society but associating easily with Waterloo's Evangelical Church and with Methodism in both Canada and the United States. In September 1873, Ezra's parents and most of his brothers moved from Waterloo County, Ontario, to Marion County, Kansas. Ezra remained in Ontario to complete his education at the University of Toronto. In 1876, he travelled to Kansas to see his parents' place but returned to Canada for four more years of training, this time for the Methodist Ministry, which included two years as a probationary itinerant minister. In October 1883, suffering from ill health, Ezra left the ministry in Canada and joined his family in Kansas permanently, where he established a lumberyard, E.R. Burkholder Lumber Company, in Hillsboro. Later he acquired other yards in McPherson and Marion counties. In June 1885, Ezra married Vinnie Ream Tubbs, and together they had three children. He also involved himself in all aspects of community affairs, serving one term as county representative for Marion in the state legislature. He died in 1923, leaving a thriving business to two of his sons. From the inside out the rural worlds of Mennonite diarists, 1863 to 1919 by Royden Loewen pg 29

  
  

• 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..., 380. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 1 Page 35. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53502265. [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..., 379.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Nov 1856 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 May 1923 - McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States Buried - - McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth