Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Sarah Smith[1]

Female 1828 - 1847  (18 years)


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  • Name Sarah Smith 
    Born 28 Apr 1828  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Cause: small pox 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I21311  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

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

    Family Benjamin B. Eby,   b. 24 Dec 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1898, Squiresville, Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F5212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [S362] Census - KY - 1880, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Film 1254422 Page Number 417D.

    4. [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.

    5. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Apr 1828 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: small pox - 2 Jan 1847 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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