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

Menno Eby[1]

Male 1819 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Menno Eby 
    Born 20 Feb 1819  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1840  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1880  Des Moines, Jackson, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2511 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I21377  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Samuel B. Eby,   b. 27 Jun 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1878, Wyandot, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Brigel,   b. Abt 1790, Of. Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1813  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catharine Fischer,   b. 1819, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Sep 1840  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. William Eby,   b. Abt 1841, Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah Eby,   b. Abt 1843, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lucy Eby,   b. 1849, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ephraim Eby,   b. Feb 1849, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary Eby,   b. 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Lemuel Eby,   b. Abt 1855, Of, Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Aaron Eby,   b. Abt 1857, Of, Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Martha Eby,   b. 1859, , , Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Matilda Eby,   b. 1863, , , Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Tillie Eby,   b. Abt 1865, Of, Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Emma Eby,   b. 1866, , , Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Menno Eby, "the second son of Samuel Eby, was born in Berlin, Canada, February 20th, 1819, and was married to Catharine Fisher in September, 1840. After living in Canada about fifteen years, they moved to Preston, Minnesota. They are now living on a beautiful farm one mile west of the village of Jackson, Minnesota, near the Des Moines River. They have had ten 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..., 578.

    2. [S254] Census - Minnesota - 1880, Census Place Des Moines, Jackson, Minnesota Family History Library Film 1254624 NA Film Number T9-0624 Page Number 512A.

    3. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 9 Oct 1840:20.
      21 Sep 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Menno Eby, son of Samuel B. Eby, Waterloo Tp, to Catharina Fischer, daughter of Michael Fischer, of Lake Huron, nearby Goderich.

    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..., 574.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Feb 1819 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Sep 1840 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1880 - Des Moines, Jackson, Minnesota Link to Google Earth
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