Henry M. Eby^{[1, 2]}

1875 - 1955  (80 years)

• Name	Henry M. Eby
  Born	19 May 1875	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Clerk
  Eby ID Number	00031-2656
  Died	17 Jul 1955	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Buried	West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I21686	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Martin E. Eby,   b. 5 Jul 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1924  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Martin,   b. 5 Sep 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1881  (Age 39 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1861	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F3223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Martin Eby,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Martin,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F286161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilhelmina "Minnie" Giltig,   b. CALC 21 Dec 1874, , Germany ,   d. 2 Oct 1938, near, Carstairs, , Alberta  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F41789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry M. Eby, "was born May 19th, 1875. He resides at home in Berlin and is engaged in the brickyard." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________ Eby, -- Henry Martin, was born May 19, 1875, at Elmira, Ont.; passed away at the Rest Haven Nursing Home in Calgary, Alta., July 17, 1955; aged 80 y. 1 m. 28 d. He went to Carstairs in the spring of 1903, where he was at home until two years ago when he went to Calgary. In 1898 he was united in marriage to Minnie Giltig. To this union were born five children (Alice-Mrs. Sellers, Vancouver, B.C.; Norman, Cremona, Alta.; Menno, Water Valley, Alta.; Alvin, Royalties, Alta., and Walter, Carstairs, Alta.). He was preceded in death by his wife in 1938. He leaves to mourn his 5 children, 18 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 6 sisters (Esther, Magdalene, Rebecca, Sarah, and Susan, all of Ontario, and Lydia, of Oregon), and 3 brothers (Noah, Aaron, and Isaiah), and many relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by Clarence J. Ramer and Gordon Buschert in the West Zion Mennonite Church, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 35 - August 30, 1955 ---- page 839.

  
  

• 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..., 594. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 14608-98. Henry M. Eby, 23, occ. Clerk, b. Woolwich, res. Berlin, son of Martin and Mary Married Minnie Giltig, 23, occ. Servant Girl, b. Germany, res. Berlin, daughter of Gotlieb and Frida, Witn Ludwig and Riane (?) Gittig Both of Berlin, 10 August 1898 in Berlin. [S172] Census - ON, Wellington, Peel - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 11 Household Number 40. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Henry B. Eby - August 30, 1955. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Martin Eby, aged 22 res Woolwich born Woolwich son of Peter and Magdalena married 16 Apr 1861 to Mary Martin aged 18 res Waterloo born Waterloo daughter of Jacob and Ester. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Minnie Giltig Eby - 1 Dec 1938.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 May 1875 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Aug 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Jul 1955 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Buried - - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth