Susanna Bricker

1849 - 1914  (64 years)

• Name	Susanna Bricker
  Born	19 Oct 1849	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	drowning, accident
  Residence	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Misfortune	29 May 1914	St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada
  	killed in the wreck of the Empress of Ireland
  		Empress of Ireland
  Name	Susanna Seybold
  Eby ID Number	00016-1230
  Died	29 May 1914	St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada
  Person ID	I21678	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Councillor Jacob C. Bricker,   b. 24 Aug 1818, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1909, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Greenfelder,   b. 14 Aug 1821, , France ,   d. 12 Feb 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F2182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Seybold,   b. 7 Feb 1850, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec ,   d. 1 Mar 1919, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Susannah Bricker," was born October 19th, 1849, She is married to Edward Seybold, a brother to Mary Ann's husband. They reside in Ottawa. They have no family." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________ On the foggy night of May 29, 1914, two ships collide in the St. Lawrence River. The Empress of Ireland, with 1,477 souls aboard, sinks in less than 15 minutes. An estimated 1,032 people passengers and crew perish. Susannah and her husband Edward Seybold were going on a tour of Europe for their 32 wedding anniversary on the ship. Susannah was drowned and Edward survived, he followed the casket to Bonaventure station in Montréal on May 31.

  
  

• 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..., 308. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 8. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 3 Page 25. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 29 Nov 1837:49. 21 Nov 1837 Rev Bindemann m. Jacob Bruecker, son of Peter Bruecker, to Maria Gruenfelder, both of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Oct 1849 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed in the wreck of the Empress of Ireland - 29 May 1914 - St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada Died - 29 May 1914 - St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth