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Elizabeth Eby[1, 2]

Female 1824 - 1911  (87 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Eby 
    Born 17 Jan 1824  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Bergey 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2545 
    Died 19 May 1911  Near, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I21474  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Moses Eby,   b. 10 Mar 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Barbara Pannebecker,   b. 24 May 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Family ID F2881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Moses Eby,   b. 10 Mar 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F264187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Bergey,   b. 1 Sep 1818, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1904  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1844  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 11, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Deacon David E. Bergey,   b. 3 Jul 1845, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1932, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Nathaniel Bergey,   b. 12 May 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Leah Bergey,   b. 14 Feb 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1854  (Age 4 years)
     4. Sarah Bergey,   b. 13 Jun 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1854  (Age 2 years)
     5. Susannah Bergey,   b. 5 Oct 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     6. Hannah Bergey,   b. 25 Jul 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1914, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     7. Elizabeth Bergey,   b. 6 May 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     8. Lydia E. Bergey,   b. 9 Aug 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1925  (Age 62 years)
     9. Jacob E. Bergey,   b. 2 Aug 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1949  (Age 83 years)
     10. Aaron E. Bergey,   b. 22 Dec 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Eby, "the eldest of Moses Eby's family, was born January 17th, 1824. She was married, April 11th, 1844, to Jacob Bergey who was born September 1st, 1818."


      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.].

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      Bergey.--Near Manheim, Ont., Elizabeth Eby Bergey, widow of the late Jacob Bergey, passed away on May 19, 1911. She was born Jan.17, 1824; aged 87 y. 4 m. 2 d. She bore her six weeks' illness previous to her death with great patience and resignation and often expressed a longing for her Savior to come and take her to Himself. She leaves to mourn her death 8 children, 45 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral was held on May 21 at Latschar Church on which occasion Bro. N. Stauffer spoke to a crowded house from Rev. 21: 4, 5, and Bro. Manasseh Hallman from II Tim. 4: 6-8.


      Gospel Herald - Volume IV, Number 11 - June 15, 1911

  • 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..., 583.

    2. [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..., 235.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 3.

    4. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link.
      Elizabeth Eby/ wife of/ Jacob Bergey/ born/ Jan. 17, 1824/ died May 19, 1911/ aged/ 87 yrs 4 m 2 d/ at rest

    5. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 15, 1911 - Obituary of Elizabeth Eby.

    6. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 2.

    7. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 15.

    8. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 44.

    9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 74.

    10. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 47.

    11. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick Rev. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush #32.
      Jacob Berge, Wagonmaker, of Waterloo, to Elisabeth Eby, of Wilmot. Wit. Isaac Schantz, J'r, Farmer and Jacob Sneyder, Farmer, both of Waterloo.

    12. [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, 12 Apr 1844 Pg 15.
      BERGE, Jacob married 11 Apr 1844 To Elisabeth EBY, dau. Moses Eby, Wilmot. minister Benjamin Eby

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Jan 1824 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Apr 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 May 1911 - Near, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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