Rev. Levi W. Eby^[1]

1842 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Levi W. Eby
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	18 Sep 1842	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonist
  Residence	1865	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1880	Quincy, Houghton, Michigan   [5]
  	carpenter
  Occupation	1882	Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA
  	contractor
  Occupation	1887	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States   [6]
  	carpenter
  Eby ID Number	00031-2719
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I21875	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Eby,   b. 4 Aug 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Catherine Weber,   b. 28 Apr 1812, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Dec 1890, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1832  [7, 8]
  Family ID	F4616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Lawson,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	13 Oct 1865	, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Priscilla Eby,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Reuben Eby,   b. 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Aquilla Eby,   b. 1869, , Indiana ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Eby,   b. 1871, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Martin Eby,   b. 1873, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Nellie Eby,   b. 1875, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elias Eby,   b. 1878, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Minnie Eby,   b. 1879, Quincy, Houghton, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Katherine Eby,   b. 20 Dec 1880, Quincy, Houghton, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. William Edwin Eby,   b. 4 Aug 1882, Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Eby,   b. 25 Jul 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi Eby, "was born September 18th, 1842. He is married to Mary Lawson and resides in Inglewood, Cook County, Illinois. He is a local minister in the Methodist Church and has had a family of fifteen children, of whom six are dead. Six boys and three 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

  [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..., 604. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Quincy, Houghton, Michigan Film 1254581 Page 433B. Levi EBY Self M Male W 39 CAN Carpenter Mary EBY Wife M Female W 31 CAN Keeping House Precilla EBY Dau S Female W 14 CAN At Home Reuben EBY Son S Male W 12 CAN At School Aquilla EBY Son S Male W 10 IN At School John EBY Son S Male W 8 CANADA Martin EBY Son S Male W 6 MI Nellie EBY Dau S Female W 4 MI Elias EBY Son S Male W 2 MI Minnie EBY Dau S Female W 1 MI John MURCH Other M Male W 54 ENG Miner [S69] Vit - ON, Bruce - Bruce County Marriage Register 1858 -1869. Levi Eby Birth Place: Canada RESIDENCE: Port Elgin Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Father Name: Martin Mother Name: Catherine Beaver Spouse Name: Mary Lawson Spouse's Age: 16 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Spouse Birth Place: Canada Spouse Residence: Port Elgin Spouse Father Name: John Spouse Mother Name: Elish McLachlan Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1865 Marriage County: Bruce [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 93. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Quincy, Houghton, Michigan Film 1254581 Page 433B. [S769] Vit - Illinois, Cook - Birth Records 1878-1922, Film number: 1287868 Digital GS number: 4031026 Image number: 445 Reference number: 17030. Name: Eby Birth date: 25 Jul 1887 Birth place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Father name: Levi Eby (carpenter of Chicago) Father birth place: Canada Age of father: 46y Mother name: Mary Lawson Eby Mother birth place: Canada Mother age: 40y [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. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1842 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1865 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Oct 1865 - , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - contractor - 1882 - Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA Occupation - carpenter - 1887 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth