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

Samuel W. Eby[1, 2]

Male 1805 - 1847  (42 years)


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  • Name Samuel W. Eby 
    Born 18 Aug 1805  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2690 
    Died 11 Oct 1847  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Person ID I21792  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father George S. Eby,   b. 8 May 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Barbara Wenger,   b. 1780, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1834  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 1 Apr 1797  [5, 6
    Family ID F4279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Capplen,   b. 8 Nov 1810, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1830  [3
    Children 
     1. William K. Eby,   b. 11 Jul 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1910, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Elizabeth Eby,   b. 15 Jul 1833, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Aaron Eby,   b. 17 Jan 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1902, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Leah Eby,   b. 11 Feb 1839, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1902  (Age 63 years)
     5. Menno Eby,   b. 14 Jun 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1914  (Age 71 years)
     6. Cyrus Eby,   b. 2 Aug 1844, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1906, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     7. Amanda Eby,   b. 14 Apr 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1902, , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F5294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel Eby, "("Potter Sam"), the fourth son of George and Barbara (Wenger) Eby, was born August 18th, 1805. He was the first white child that was born on lot No. 1, German Company's Tract. He married, March 10th, 1830, to Susannah Capplen who was born November 8th, 1811, and died June 18th, 1876. He died in New Hamburg October 17th, 1847. They had a family of seven children"

      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..., 599.

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 633.

    3. [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..., 600.

    4. [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, 15 Oct 1847 Page 42.
      Samuel W. Eby Died 11 Oct 1847 42 years old

    5. [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.

    6. [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..., 630.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Aug 1805 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Oct 1847 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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