Susan Sparrow^[1]

1826 - 1888  (62 years)

• Name	Susan Sparrow
  Born	28 Apr 1826	Thetford, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Christened	10 Sep 1826	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Susan Eby
  Name	Susannah Sparrow
  Residence	1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00031-2491.1
  Died	17 Nov 1888	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: pnemonia
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I21284	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sparrow,   b. 18 Oct 1805, Norwich, , Norfolk, England ,   d. 8 Sep 1889, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann West,   b. 16 Nov 1801, Fethsell, Norfolk, England ,   d. 22 Aug 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F8841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter Eby,   b. 28 Feb 1828, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1894, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Isidore Emanuel Eby,   b. 9 Dec 1848, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1926, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   2. Albert Milton Eby,   b. 22 Aug 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Benjamin Theodore Eby,   b. 2 Dec 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jun 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Sorrows of a Family One of our well-known and most respected families has been severely visited during the past week. On Saturday afternoon last it was announced that Mrs. S. Eby, daughter of Mr. Thomas Sparrow, had died after a very short illness of inflammation of the lungs, and again on Tuesday the intelligence spread that Mrs. Sparrow had also passed away. Mrs. Eby was well-known and respected in Galt. She was the wife of Mr. Peter Eby, formerly of Berlin, and came to Galt with her father and family shortly after the financial troubles of her husband caused him to leave Berlin. Mr. Eby occupied a very prominent position in the county town, and was a journalist of established reputation. With the late Wm. Davidson and some others, the speculative spirit of those days involved him seriously and as a last resort, he was compelled, like some others, who were primarily responsible for his difficulties, to leave the country. If we remember right but two sons are left, viz.: - our well-known townsman, Mr. Isidore Eby, and Mr. Albert Eby, of Buffalo. Mrs. Sparrow was a very aged woman. From the early days of Galt she was one of our most respected residents. With her husband, the late Isaac Sours, who died about '48, and one daughter, the late Mrs. Whiting, the family for many years occupied a prominent position in our midst. Mrs. Sours then carried on the Woolen Factory where Galt Knitting Co.'s works now are, and by his industry and prudence amassed considerable wealth. Some years after his death, the deceased lady married Mr. Thos. Sparrow, who still in his 84th year survives her, in but feeble health, we regret to say. Her daughter, Mrs. Whiting, died a few years ago, leaving three daughters, who are prominent in all our church and charitable work. Strangely, an elder sister of Mrs. Sparrow's, who has been confined to her bed for many years by bodily infirmities, still survives her. Galt Reporter Nov 23 1888 pg 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..., 570. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), November 29, 1888. Susannah Eby nee Sparrow wife of Petery Eby, died in Galt at age of 62 years and 6 months, of pneumonia, after a short illness. November 20, 1888 [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Mother/ Mrs. S. Eby/ Eldest daughter of/ Thomas Sparrow/ died/ November 17th 1888/ aged 62 years/ & 6 months / [S480] Church Records - England, Norfolk, Thetford - Wesleyan. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 4. Susana EBY England 25 Methodist b. 28-Apr Isidora EBY Canada 4 Mennonite b. 9-Dec Albert EBY Canada 2 Mennonite b. 22-Oct Caspar HETT Printer Germany 29 Lutheran b. 26-Mar Joachim KALBFLEISCH Printer Germany 16 Lutheran b. 8-Feb Friderick REDINGER Printer Germany 18 Lutheran b. 1-Jan Friderick BAEKER Labourer Germany 22 Lutheran b. Maria KOCH Canada 17 Lutheran b. Birth date given as 28 April [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Sect. 3 Page 11. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Jeffers, Thomas Rev. - Wesleyan Methodist Entry 133. Peter Eby married Susan Sparrow, both of Waterlo, married 30 Sep 1847, witnesses: Henry McNally and Isaac Weaver. [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, 7 Oct 1847 Pg: 41. EBY, Peter B. married 30 Sep 1847 To Susanna SPARROW. minister Rev. Jeffres

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Apr 1826 - Thetford, Norfolk, England Residence - 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Sep 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: pnemonia - 17 Nov 1888 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth