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

Silas Eby[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1860 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Silas Eby 
    Born 31 Jan 1860  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Button Turner 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1933  , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Eby ID Number 00031-2366 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I20811  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Joseph Bechtel Eby,   b. 25 Mar 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1871, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Bingeman,   b. 11 Oct 1822, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1865, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 25 Jul 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11, 12, 13
    Family ID F4248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria "Mary" Bergey,   b. 24 Mar 1866, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Farris Loyal Eby,   b. 30 Apr 1889, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Matrona Elizabeth Eby,   b. 30 Jan 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Cyra Eby,   b. 7 Oct 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F1666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Silas Eby, "was born January 31st, 1860. He resides in the town of Berlin where he is engaged in manufacturing buttons. He is married to Maria Bergey. They have a family 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.].

  • 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..., 539.

    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..., 301.

    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..., 231.

    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..., 272.

    5. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 59.

    6. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 49.

    7. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Dist. 8 Page 81.

    8. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 26.

    9. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 50.

    10. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of Ezra B. Eby - August 10, 1933.

    11. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin Rev. - Minister of the Mennonist Society #106.

    12. [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..., 538.

    13. [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 Jul 1848 Pg: 31.
      B1NGEMANN, Magdalena married 25 Jul 1848 To Joseph EBY. minister Benjamin Eby

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Jan 1860 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., 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 MapsOccupation - Button Turner - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1933 - , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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