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

William Eby[1]

Male Abt 1841 -


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  • Name William Eby 
    Born Abt 1841  Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2512 
    Died Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I21379  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Menno Eby,   b. 20 Feb 1819, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother 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, 2
    Family ID F5224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William Eby, "the eldest son of Menno Eby, was born in Colborne, Ontario, and died in Preston, Minnesota, when about sixteen years of age."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1841 - Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - - Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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