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

Susannah Erb[1, 2, 3]

Female 1762 - 1844  (81 years)


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  • Name Susannah Erb 
    Born 17 Mar 1762  Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Susannah Brubacher 
    Eby ID Number 00032-2778 
    Died 22 Jan 1844  [4, 5
    Person ID I18530  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Christian Erb,   b. Oct 1734, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1810, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Maria Scherch,   b. 1737, Of, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1814, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1756  [6, 7
    Family ID F1128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Brubacher,   b. 11 Jun 1758, of, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1793  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 1781  [4, 5, 8
    Children 
     1. Jacob Brubacher,   b. 27 Jan 1782, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1854, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. John Brubacher,   b. 26 Sep 1783, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1792  (Age 8 years)
     3. Henry Brubacher,   b. 21 May 1785, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1785, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Christian Brubacher,   b. 18 Sep 1787, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1853, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     5. Maria "Mary" Brubacher,   b. 6 Aug 1789, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     6. Susannah Brubacher,   b. 20 Jun 1791, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1878, Lebanan Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     7. Deacon John E. Brubacher,   b. 11 Jul 1793, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Susannah Erb, "daughter of Christian and Maria (Scherch) Erb, was born March 17th, 1762, and died January 22nd, 1844. In 1781 she was married to Jacob Brubacher who was born June 11th, 1758, and died of yellow fever, August 31st, 1793. After their marriage they moved on his father's homestead in Elizabeth (part of Warwick) Township, Lancaster County, where they had seven children, namely:... She remained a widow for upwards of fifty years and raised her family save John, the second of the children, who died of small-pox when a lad of nine years of age. Two of her children, Mary and John, moved to Canada. Mary was married to Bishop Benjamin Eby and came to Canada in 1807 (see family of Benjamin Eby). John was married to Catharine Sherk and came to Canada in 1816 (see family of John Brubacher). In 1809 the mother paid a visit to her daughter, Mary, and her brothers and sisters who had moved here a few years previously, besides her parents who had their home with old Christian Schneider. Here she remained until September of the same year when she returned to her family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the year 1816 she paid her second visit to this part of the country. This time her youngest son, John, accompanied her. He was unmarried. She remained here two years with her son for whom she kept house when he commenced on his farm which was composed of lot No. 59, German Company's Tract. After his marriage she returned to the land of her fathers to spend her remaining days in serving her Lord more fully so that when the death summons should call her away, she would be ready to meet her Lord in peace. It is related that on her last journey across the Alleghany Mountains she noticed a large rattle snake lying in the middle of the road. She dismounted her pony and with a well aimed blow killed the dangerous serpent, thus proving herself to be a woman of courage."


      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..., 616-617.

    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..., 341.

    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..., 550.

    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..., 616.

    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..., 340.

    6. [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..., 615.

    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..., 615-616.

    8. [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...

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