Elias W. Eby^{[1, 2]}

1848 - 1883  (35 years)

• Name	Elias W. Eby
  Born	6 Jul 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Miller
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1883	, California, USA   [2]
  	Mill Worker
  Eby ID Number	00031-2442
  Died	28 Aug 1883	Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: Consumption
  Buried	29 Aug 1883	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I21101	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Elias Eby,   b. 22 Feb 1810, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jun 1878, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Maria "Anna" Weber,   b. 30 Jul 1809, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Oct 1877, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F4715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elias W. Eby, "was born July 6th, 1848. He resided at South Valejo, California, U.S., until a few weeks before his death. He returned to Caledonia, Michigan, where he died at his brother Benjamin's residence, August 28th, 1883. His body was brought to Berlin, Ontario, and interred at the Eby graveyard, east of Berlin. He was not married." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 559. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 6 Sep 1883. 28 Aug 1883 Elias W. Eby of Bridgeport died of consumption in Caledonia, Michigan at age of 35 years & was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in Berlin on Aug. 29th. The deceased had been working in a mill in California, but had been sickly for the last two years. Because of his sickness, he left California a short time ago, arrived at the house of his brother in Michigan on Aug. 20th & died there a week later [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. (broken & eroded) Gone so soon / in / memory of / (Elias W.) Eby / ? [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 18. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 6 Page 37. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 17.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jul 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mill Worker - 1883 - , California, USA Died - Cause: Consumption - 28 Aug 1883 - Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Buried - 29 Aug 1883 - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth