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

Jacob Eshleman[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1848 - 1913  (64 years)


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  • Name Jacob Eshleman 
    Born 21 Sep 1848  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Baptist 
    Occupation 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Merchant 
    Residence 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1876  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    clerk 
    Eby ID Number 00034-2975 
    Died 27 Jun 1913  [7
    Buried Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I4276  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father George Eshleman,   b. 14 Feb 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1889, Three Miles East Of Roseville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bechtel,   b. 1826, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1900  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F1357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father George Eshelman,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F282165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Buehler,   b. 28 Oct 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1922  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 8 May 1873  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Laura Eshleman,   b. 27 Mar 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1941, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Emma Victoria Eshleman,   b. 24 May 1878, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jacob Eshleman, "resides in Calgary, Alberta, N. W. T., where he is engaged in the hardware business. He is married to Susannah Buehler."


      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..., 660.

    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..., 217.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 May 1873.
      01 May 1873 By Rev. Oikhart in New Dundee, John B. Eschelmann was married to Susanna Buehler, both of Berlin.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012996-73.
      Jacob Eshelman, 24, occ. Merchant, b. Berlin, res. Berlin, son of George and Elizabeth married Susanah Buehler, 23, b. Berlin, res. Berlin, daughter of Abraham Buehler and Elizabeth Wenger, witnessed by: Robert Walker and Hannah Buehler both of Elmira, 8 May 1873 in Waterloo Twp.

    5. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 20.

    6. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 75.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122938274/jacob-b-eshleman.

    8. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name: Laura Eshelman
      Event Type: Birth
      Event Date: 27 Mar 1876
      Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Female
      Father's Name: Jacob B. Eshelman - clerk
      Mother's Name: Susanna Buehler

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Sep 1848 - Kitchener, 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 MapsResidence - Baptist - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 May 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - clerk - 1876 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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