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

Elizabeth B. Eby[1, 2, 3]

Female 1848 - 1932  (83 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth B. Eby 
    Born 19 Nov 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth B. Shantz 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2771 
    Died 26 Mar 1932  [10, 11
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Person ID I346101  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Heinrich B. "Henry" Eby,   b. 12 Jan 1825, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1898, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mary" Bauman,   b. 2 Mar 1824, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 11 Nov 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12, 13, 14, 15
    Family ID F2462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aaron B. Shantz,   b. 1 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1923  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 27 May 1884  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 9, 16
    Children 
     1. Alice Hunt,   b. 1878, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Walter Gath,   b. 1878, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Clara Chaplin,   b. 1884, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F4910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth B. Eby, "was born November 19th, 1848. She is married to Aaron B. Shantz, a farmer. They reside near Berlin. No family."


      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..., 157.

    2. [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..., 613.

    3. [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..., 394.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 1.

    5. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 35.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 19.

    7. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 2.

    8. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 7 Page 45.

    9. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 26.

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18902442/elizabeth-shantz.

    11. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    12. [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..., 612.

    13. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, April 15, 1898 - Obituary of Henry Eby.

    14. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Minister of The Mennonist Society, Berlin report 50.
      Henry B. Eby, to Maria Bauman, both of Waterloo. 11 Nov. 1845. Wit. David Bauman and John Eby.

    15. [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, 13 Nov 1845 Pg 46.
      BAUMANN, Maria married 11 Nov 1845 To Heinrich B. EBY. minister Benjamin Eby

    16. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), June 5 1884.
      May 27 1884 Elisabeth Eby & Aaron B. Schantz, both of Waterloo township, were married by Bishop Elias Weber, Breslau. (poem follows)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Nov 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 May 1884 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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