Maria Eby^{[1, 2]}

1816 - 1861  (45 years)

• Name	Maria Eby
  Born	14 Mar 1816	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205955181
  Name	Maria Bomberger
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00031-2448
  Died	21 Jun 1861	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 8]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I21114	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Bishop Benjamin Eby,   b. 2 May 1785, Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Brubacher,   b. 6 Aug 1789, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Aug 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1807  [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. Wilhelm "William" Bomberger,   b. 30 May 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1839	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 12, 13]
  Children	1. Anna Bamberger,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Maria Eby, "the third and youngest daughter of Bishop Benjamin Eby, was born March 14th, 1816. She was married to William Bomberger (born May 30th, 1816), son of Christian and Mary (Erb) Bomberger. After their marriage they moved on a farm three miles east of Berlin. From there they moved on a small farm two and one half miles north of Waterloo, where they both died. She died June 21st, 1861. He died January 22nd, 1866. They left no heirs." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 560. [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..., 345. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society. Maria Eby was born th 14th March, 1816 at 2 p. m., under the sign of Pisces. Died 21 Jun 1861. Aged 45 years, 3 months, and 7 days. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Maria Eby / wife of William Bamberger / died June 21, 1861 / aged / 45 yrs. 3 mo. 7 d. / (verse) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917). 21 Jun 1861 in Waterloo, wife of Wilhelm, 45 yrs, 3 mths, 7 days, daughter of late Mennonite Bishop Benjamin Eby, was buried last Sunday at the Mennonite Cemetery with unusual number of mourners, procession over 100 "vehicles". [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 Pg 145. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 78. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Eby Bible owned originally by Menno Eby Jr. Berlin, 15 Mar 1885. [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. [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. [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..., 344. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 26 Oct 1839:38. 7 Oct 1839 In Dundas, Wm Bamberger was married to Spr Maria Eby, daughter of the teacher, Benjamin Eby, all of Waterloo Tp. [S72] Church Records - ON, Wentworth, Ancaster & Dundas - St. Andrew's Presbyterian. William Bamberger, yeoman to Maria Eby both of Waterloo Township, 7 Oct 1839, Dundas by license. Wit. Peter Bamberger and Susannah Bamberger.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Mar 1816 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Oct 1839 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jun 1861 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth