Alexander Ralph Eby

1891 - 1915  (23 years)

• Name	Alexander Ralph Eby
  Born	3 Aug 1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  Military	1914	WW1   [4]
  	WW1, Private 5th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1
  	WW1, Service #13627
  Misfortune	killed in WW1
  Died	20 Mar 1915	Fleurbaix, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Website	2009
  	Photograph
  	Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection Description: Black and white, full-length studio portrait of Alexander Ralph Eby, in uniform. Notes: Private Eby served in the First Canadian Contingent of the British Expeditionary Force and in the Second Infantry Brigade, Fourth Company, Fifth Battalion. He was killed in action in France on 21 March 1915 and was reported to be the first native of Waterloo Township, Ontario, to be a victim of the Great War. The photographer, Levi R. Yost, operated a photography studio at 175 King Street West in Berlin, Ontario, from 1915 to 1920. His studio was located at 12 King Street West, Berlin in 1912. Inscriptions: Front: Alexander Ralph Eby, 1891-1915. Pte. First Can. Contingent B.E.F. No. 13627, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 4th Company, 5th Batt'n. Killed in action, in France, March 21st 1915. First native of Waterloo Tp. victim of war
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-40504P
  Buried	, France
  Person ID	I40504	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Eby,   b. 24 Jan 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Harriet Ellen "Nellie" Watson,   b. 13 Oct 1862, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F5174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Alexander Ralph Eby Grace Schmidt Room of Local History digital collection

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Ralph Eby, of the Fifth Battalion, First Canadian Contingent, born in Berlin, Ontario, 1891, killed in action March 20th, 1915, descendant, in line of oldest sons in each generation, of Bishop Benjamin Eby, founder of Berlin and one of the first settlers in this locality. Bishop Benjamin Eby's oldest son was Isaac Eby; Isaac Eby's oldest son was Menno Eby, who married a German, Elizabeth Becker. Menno Eby's oldest son was Alexander Eby, who married an English-woman, Nellie Watson, and their oldest son was Alexander Ralph Eby, with whose death the line in direct descent of oldest sons from Bishop Benjamin Eby becomes extinct. The early Mennonite settlers refused on religious principles to carry arms in war. In the war of 1812 a number of them took part as teamsters. Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 1915

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 13. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. Alexander Ralph Eby Birth Date: 3 Aug 1890 Birth Location: Berlin, Ontario, Canada Relative: Miss N G Eby Regiment Number: 13627 Eby, Alexander Ralph - Attestation Papers pg 1.gif Eby, Alexander Ralph - Attestation Papers pg 2.gif [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [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..., 555. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Alexander Eby, 24, Foreman, b. Canada, res. Berlin, son of Menno Eby and Eliza Becker, married Nellie Watson, 23, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of James B. Watson and Christy Ann Bedford, Witness: James B. and Christy Ann Watson of Berlin, 21 Dec 1886 at Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Dec 1886. December 21, 1886 Alexander Eby & Nellie Watson, both of Berlin, were married by Rev. German, Berlin. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 42.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Aug 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Mar 1915 - Fleurbaix, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - , France  = Link to Google Earth