Oscar Soeder Eby^[1]

1871 - 1937  (65 years)

• Name	Oscar Soeder Eby
  Born	21 Jun 1871	Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	newspaper, newspaper, public service
  Name	O. S. Eby
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Store Clerk
  Occupation	1898	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	printer
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	?
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Editor, Printing Office
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Catholic
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Register,
  Residence	1921	30 Hohner Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	00031-2476.2
  Died	7 Jun 1937	Sudbury District, Ontario   [8, 9, 10]
  	Cause: Cause: Diabetes (2 years) - Degenerative Myocarditis
  Buried	10 Jun 1937	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I21243	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Andrew Eby,   b. 19 Nov 1847, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1923, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Magdalena "Magdalena" Soeder,   b. 4 Jul 1851, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Sep 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1870	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F5200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolduc,   b. 2 Jan 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1952  (Age 91 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1898	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 14]
  Children	1. Norma Mary Madalena Eby,   b. 24 Aug 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jan 1972  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Oscar S. Eby has been described as a humorist and philosopher, a man whose kindly wit was much appreciated. He was the founder and publisher of the Hespeler Herald. His family moved to Preston in 1883 where his father was a miller in the Cherry Flour Mill. He worked for a time for the Preston Progress and later while still young travelled Western Ontario working for several magazines. He in 1895 partnered with Thomas H. Sears to published the first Hespeler Herald. He purchased Sear's interest in 1896 and remained as editor and proprietor for 23 years. In 1917 he was appointed as Registrar of the County of Waterloo. In 1918 he sold his interest in the paper and moved to Kitchener. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book] _____________________ Oscar S. Eby Oscar S. Eby, 30 Hohner avenue, former newspaperman and retired registrar of Waterloo county, who died suddenly at an outdoor camp near Birch Island in the Sudbury district Monday evening, had just seated himself after helping to extinguish a fire on the roof of the cabin at which he was staying when he collapsed, investigation showed death was due to natural causes. He was in his 86th year. The deceased, who has been a very prominent man in this district for many years was born at Salem, June 21 1871, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs Andrew Eby. He was married at Galt to Elisabeth Bolduc in 1899. Before his appointment as registrar of deeds, Mr. Eby owned and edited the Hespeler Herald. He was appointed registrar in 1917. The deceased led a public life, being past President of the Ontario Registratr Association, past president of Canada Lacrosse Association, Hespeler, and past president of Canadian Patriotic Association. He was a member of the Granite Club, Canadian order of Foresters and a member of Toronto Transportation Club. He was prominent in Conservative Circles and also in sports. He played soccer, baseball and was an ardent bowler. Serviving are his widow, one daughter Miss Norma, Kitchener, one brother, Herbert A. Eby, Washington, DC. and one nephew. Dr. Herbert Eby. Funeral services will be held publicly on Saturday morning from his late residence at 10 o'clock to St. Mary's church, with entombment in Woodland Mausoleum. The remains will rest at his late residence after Thursday morning. Kitchener Daily Record 9 Jun 1937 pg 17 ____________ Oscar Eby Dies on North Trip Former Hespeler Editor and Registrar Succumbs to Heart Attack. KITCHENER, June 8. - Oscar S. Eby, former registrar of deeds for Waterloo County, dropped dead at a McGregor Bay hunting lodge last night, it was learned here to-day. He was one of Kitchener's best known residents. Mr. Eby and James V. Jardine, Hespeler, left for the camp near Espanola, Ont., on Friday. Mr. Jardine is in hospital at Espanola suffering from shock. Oscar Eby, a former newspaper man, was prominent in sports and politics here before he assumed the registrar's office. He was born at Preston 65 years ago and resided at Hawkesville and Millbank before he took over The Hespeler Herald in 1895. He sold the paper in 1918 when he was appointed registrar. Mr. Eby was a former secretary of the South Waterloo Conservative Association, past president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association, secretary of the Patriotic Association of Hespeler, former president of the Ontario Registrars of Deeds Asso- ciation. He was an ardent bowler and hunter. He leaves his wife, one daughter, Norma, at home; a brother, H. A. Eby, of Washington. Waterloo Chronicle, 11 Jun 1937, p. 1

  
  

• 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..., 567. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 14649-98. Oscar S. EBY, 27, printer, Salem Ont., Hespeler, s/o Andrew [EBY] & Magdalena SOEDER, married Elizabeth Boldic? LANG, 37, widow, Hespeler, same, d/o Edward [no surname given] & Elizabeth BECHTEL, witn: Herbert EBY & Elizabeth BECHTEL, both of Hespeler, 28 June 1898 at Galt [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 9. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 9. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 20. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 30 Page 14. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 33. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Sacred To The Memory Of/ Oscar Soeder Eby/ 1871-1937/ Rest In Peace [S3231] Find A Grave, E, Cemetery, W., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, W. (2020). Oscar Soeder Eby (Unknown-1952) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 12 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207380276/oscar-soeder-eby. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Oscar Soeder Eby Gender:Male Birth Year:abt 1871 Birth Place:Ontario Age at Death:66 Death Date:7 Jun 1937 Death Place:Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Father:Andrew Eby Mother:Mary Soeder [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Oct 1870. 13 Oct 1870 By Rev. MacKenzie, Preston, Adnrew Eby of Salem was married to Magdaalena Solder of Preston. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Andrew Eby Age:22 Birth Date:abt 1848 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Marriage Date:13 Oct 1870 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Jacob Eby Mother:Lucy Eby Spouse:Magdalena Soeder Spouse's Age:19 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1851 Spouse Birth Place:Preston Spouse Father:John Soeder Spouse Mother:Margaret Soeder [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 19 Oct 1870. Eby, Andrew married 13 Sep 1870 to Magdalena Solder At Preston, by Rev. M. McKenzie. Groom, of Salem; bride of Preston. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Oscar S Eby Age:27 Birth Date:abt 1871 Birth Place:Salem County Marriage Date:28 Jun 1898 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Andrew Magdelena Eby Mother:Soeder Eby Spouse:Elizabeth Bolduc Lang Spouse's Age:37 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1861 Spouse Birth Place:Hespeler Co Spouse Father:Edward Elizabeth Lang Spouse Mother:Bechtel Lang

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Jun 1871 - Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Store Clerk - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - printer - 1898 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Jun 1898 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Editor, Printing Office - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Catholic - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Register, - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Diabetes (2 years) - Degenerative Myocarditis - 7 Jun 1937 - Sudbury District, Ontario Buried - 10 Jun 1937 - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth