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

Lydia Eby[1]

Female 1835 - 1923  (88 years)


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  • Name Lydia Eby 
    Born 14 Sep 1835  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Trafelet 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonist 
    Residence 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Eby ID Number 00031-2716 
    Died 8 Dec 1923  Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: general mental deterioration & chronic nephritis (many years) & uraemic poisoning (2 weeks 
    Buried Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21871  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Martin Eby,   b. 4 Aug 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Catherine Weber,   b. 28 Apr 1812, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1890, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1832  [5, 6
    Family ID F4616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Trafelet,   b. 1829, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 21 Dec 1852  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 7
    Children 
     1. Daniel Trafelet,   b. 31 Jul 1867, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1955, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Martin Peter Trafelet,   b. 8 Jan 1871, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1926, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Eby, "was born September 14th, 1835. She was married to Jacob Traffelet who died in 1891, and resided in Port Elgin, Ontario. They have had a family of eleven children, one of whom is dead. Three boys and seven girls are still living."


      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..., 603.

    2. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 93.

    3. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 9279 (1923), Lydia Trafelet.
      Lydia Trafelet, aged 88y, 2m, 25d, b. Waterloo Co., housewife, d/o Martin Eby (b. Waterloo County), & Kathleen Weaver (b. Pennsylvania), informant D. Trafelet of Port Elgin, d. 8 Dec 1923 Port Elgin, cause: general mental deterioration & chronic nephritis (many years) & uraemic poisoning (2 weeks)

    4. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob Traflet, joiner of Woolwich married 21 Dec 1852 Greenbush by banns to Lida Eby of Waterloo T., wit: Salomon Eby of Waterloo T. & Daniel Lehnen of Waterloo T.

    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..., 602.

    6. [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..., 571.

    7. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Sep 1835 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Dec 1852 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: general mental deterioration & chronic nephritis (many years) & uraemic poisoning (2 weeks - 8 Dec 1923 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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