Waterloo Region Generations
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Elias H. Eby

Elias H. Eby[1]

Male 1835 - 1913  (77 years)

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  • Name Elias H. Eby 
    Born 20 Dec 1835  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Military American civil war - Company A,1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1880  Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2726 
    Died 21 Feb 1913  , Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I21898  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father David Wenger Eby,   b. 23 Apr 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1886, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Christina Hauck,   b. 11 Nov 1816, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1853  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 20 Jan 1835  [6
    Family ID F5313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane McKersie,   b. 1838, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1881, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Children 
     1. Martin Eby,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ida Eby,   b. 1861, , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1896  (Age < 34 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Elias H. Eby
    Elias H. Eby
    (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40146772/elias-h_-eby

  • Notes 
    • Elias H. Eby, "was born December 20th, 1835. He is married to Mary Jane McKersie. He is a carpenter by trade and resides in St. Louis, Missouri. They had a family of two children, namely: Martin and Ida (dead)."


      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..., 606.

    2. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan Film 1254597 Page 81B.
      Elis H. EBEY Self M Male W 43 CAN Farmer
      Marey J. EBEY Wife M Female W 41 CAN Keeping House
      Martin EBEY Son S Male W 22 CAN Laborer
      Ida EBEY Dau S Female W 18 MI At Home


    3. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div 3 Pg 55.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40146772/elias-h_-eby.

    5. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan Film 1254597 Page 81B.

    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..., 605.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Dec 1835 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1880 - Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Feb 1913 - , Kent Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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