Absalom Eby^[1]

1854 - 1937  (82 years)

• Name	Absalom Eby
  Born	4 Dec 1854	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18825791
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Contractor
  Occupation	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Contractor
  Residence	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00031-2397
  Died	17 Nov 1937  [5, 8]
  Buried	Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 8]
  Person ID	I20891	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Elias B. Eby,   b. 19 Sep 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1906, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Rachel Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1900  (Age 66 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1853  [9, 10]
  Family ID	F4999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Margeret Reist,   b. 23 Feb 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1985  (Age 103 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1907  [5]
  Children	1. Emma Salome Eby,   b. 30 Mar 1908, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1985  (Age 77 years)   2. Ruth Elizabeth Eby,   b. 22 Sep 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1982, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F41780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Absalom Eby, "was born December 4th, 1854. He is the proprietor of the new saw mills in Floradale, Ontario, where he is doing an extensive business in all kinds of lumber which he ships to different parts of the country. He is unmarried and resides with his parents." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________________ Eby. -Absalom Eby was born Dec. 4, 1854; died Nov. 17, 1937; aged 82 y. 11 m. 13 d. He was married Nov. 17, 1907, to Martha Reist. Surviving him are his wife, 2 daughters (Emma and Ruth), 3 sisters (Mrs. Enoch Burckhart, Mrs. Noah Good, and Mrs. Emerson Morrison), and 4 brothers (Jesse, Noah, Jacob and Elias). He was a member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held late residence in Elmira, Ont., to the Mennonite Church, conducted by Bros. Jesse Bowman and Urias Martin. Burial in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXX, No. 41 - January 6, 1938

  
  

• 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..., 544. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-5 Page 14. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 26. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 54. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Absalom Eby - January 6, 1938. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 18. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 5 Page 46. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18825791/absalom-eby. [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..., 543. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 433.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Dec 1854 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Contractor - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Contractor - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth