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

Rebecca Eby[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1781 - 1861  (80 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Eby 
    Born 14 Apr 1781  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Rebecca Bricker 
    Residence 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2500 
    Died 4 Nov 1861  Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 7
    Person ID I21327  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John Eby,   b. 28 Sep 1737, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1794, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Hershey,   b. Abt 1750, Of, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1762  [9
    Family ID F5170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Bricker,   b. 25 Jul 1776, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1868, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 1801  [1, 5, 8
    Children 
     1. Mary Bricker,   b. 1805, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Peter Bricker,   b. 16 May 1808, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1892, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Samuel E. Bricker,   b. 30 May 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Sophia Bricker,   b. 20 Dec 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1895  (Age 82 years)
     5. Veronica "Franny" Bricker,   b. 6 Jan 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1892, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Moses Bricker,   b. 29 Apr 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1894, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     7. Rebecca Bricker,   b. 22 Sep 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     8. Leah Bricker,   b. 24 Jul 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1869  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F3512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rebecca Eby, "the eldest daughter of John Eby, was born April 14th, 1781, and was married to Samuel Bricker who was born July 25th, 1776, and died November 15th, 1868. In 1802 they moved from Pennsylvania to near Freeport, Ontario, Canada, where they settled on the farm now in possession of Mr. Souder. Here she died November 4th, 1861, leaving a family of eight children."


      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 
    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..., 573.

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 537.

    3. [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..., 722.

    4. [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..., 744.

    5. [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..., 326.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      Gives age and country of birth

    7. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 Nov 1861.
      Rebecca Bricker died 4 Nov 1861 in Waterloo, wife of Samuel, 80 yrs old.

    8. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 46.

    9. [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..., 571.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Apr 1781 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Nov 1861 - Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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