Barbara Ann Eby^[1]

1824 - 1896  (72 years)

• Name	Barbara Ann Eby
  Born	6 Nov 1824	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Barbara Ann Michels
  Eby ID Number	00031-2584
  Died	12 Dec 1896	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
  Buried	Taylor Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, United States
  Person ID	I21544	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	George W. Eby,   b. 25 Dec 1798, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Nov 1886, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Nafzinger,   b. 13 Aug 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Jul 1881  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F5258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mathias Michels,   b. 10 May 1822, , Germany ,   d. 13 Mar 1899, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	10 Dec 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F5259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barbara Ann Eby, "was born November 6th, 1824. She is married to Mathias Michaels, a farmer. They reside near Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ________________ Biography of Barbara Ann Michels AKA Barbara Ann Eby Pennsylvania Copyright 2012 M. Alan Brown Barbara Ann (Eby) Michels was born in Pennsylvania the daughter of George W. Eby and Elizabeth (Nafcher) Eby. She is the sister of Henry Eby born November 14, 1822, Elizabeth Eby born June 9, 1827, Martha Lena Eby born July 9, 1829, Sarah Eby born April 24, 1834, Harriet Eby born February 1, 1836, and George William Eby born December 12, 1839. Her father moved from Pennsylvania to Waterloo Township, Ontario, Canada with his parents in 1804 and he must have traveled back and forth as his children were born in Pennsylvania. While Barbara was born in Pennsylvania, she must have visited relatives in Canada as she married Mathias Michels there at age 16 and was living in Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada sometime before 1840 when their first son Absolom was born. They lived in Canada till sometime after their twins Harriet and Isabel were born 1859. They moved and immigrated to St Clair County, Michigan in 1859 and another child Mary was born there. Prior to 1862 they moved to Bangor, Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan. They had 14 natural born children and one adopted child. Nine of the children were born in Canada, one in Lynn Township, St Clair County, Michigan, and three born and one adopted in Bangor, Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan. They lived on a 40 acre farm in Geneva Township on the South Side. The Michels and Eby families were identified with the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada as Barbara's Grandfather was a Reverend there.

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 587. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39. Mathias Michels, to Barbara Anna Eby, 10 Dec. 1844.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Nov 1824 - , Pennsylvania, USA Married - 10 Dec 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Dec 1896 - Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Buried - - Taylor Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth