Sarah Smith^[1]

1828 - 1847  (18 years)

• Name	Sarah Smith
  Born	28 Apr 1828	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Misfortune	1847  [4]
  	killed by small pox
  Name	Sarah Eby
  Eby ID Number	00031-2498.1
  Died	2 Jan 1847	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5]
  	Cause: small pox
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I21311	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James C. Smith,   b. CALC 29 Mar 1801, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1887, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Bear,   b. 17 Sep 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1838, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F2877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin B. Eby,   b. 24 Dec 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1898, Squiresville, Owen, Kentucky, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F5212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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..., 572. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In / memory of / Sarah / wife of / Benjamin B. Eby / daughter of James Smith / who departed this life / January 2, 1847 aged 18 / years 8 months & 14 days / as you pass by remember me / what you are now I used to be / what I am now you soon will be / prepare for death & follow me. [S362] Census - KY - 1880, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Film 1254422 Page Number 417D. [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 Jan 1847 Page 2. Sara Eby Died 2 Jan 1847 Wife of Benjamin B. Eby. First adult victim of smallpox. 17y, 3a, 16d. 8 days previously she had given birth to a stillborn child. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In/ memory of/ Sarah/ wife of/ Benjamin B. Eby/ daughter of James Smith/ who departed this life/ January 2, 1847 aged 18/ years 8 months & 14 days/ as you pass by remember me/ what you are now I used to be/ what I am now you soon will be/ prepare for death & follow me.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Apr 1828 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: small pox - 2 Jan 1847 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth