Abraham Erb^{[1, 2]}

1815 - 1901  (85 years)

• Name	Abraham Erb
  Born	6 Mar 1815	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00032-2861
  Died	26 Feb 1901	Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  	Cause: old age
  Buried	Limerick-Cornell Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I4371	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Erb,   b. 25 Jan 1768, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Mar 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Salome Graybill,   b. 8 Aug 1778, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 May 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1802	Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [6]
  Family ID	F2442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilhelmine Clemens,   b. 27 Oct 1817, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1881, Bosanquet Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario  (Age 63 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1835	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Hannah Erb,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Dianah Erb,   b. 26 Jul 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Erb,   b. 28 Jul 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1878  (Age 40 years)   4. Caroline Erb,   b. 14 Feb 1840,   d. Abt 1840   5. John Wesley Erb,   b. 9 Sep 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Abt 1842, Limerick-Cornell Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   6. Daniel C. Erb,   b. 23 Dec 1843, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Susannah Erb,   b. 26 Dec 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Moses C. Erb,   b. 16 Nov 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Oliver C. Erb,   b. 6 Jun 1850, Blenheim, Harwich Twp., Kent Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Ann Erb,   b. 29 Feb 1852, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Isaac Erb,   b. 2 Sep 1855, Bosanquet Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Angeline Erb,   b. 13 Mar 1858, Bosanquet Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Erb, "third son of Jacob and Salome (Graybill) Erb, was born at Berlin, Ontario, March 6th, 1815. On November 10th, 1835, he was married to Willey, daughter of George and Esther (Stauffer) Clemens. She was born near Preston, Ontario, October 17th, 1817, and died in Bosanquet Township, Lambton County, Ontario, January 8th, 1881. He is still living and enjoying good health, and resides in Thedford, Ontario, where he is a member in good standing of the Methodist Church. He is a class leader and has in the past acted as Sunday School superintendent, local preacher, and filled various important positions in the church. To them was born a family of eleven children" 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.]. _______________________ A Former Inhabitant A former inhabitant of Waterloo County, Abraham Erb, died in Sarnia on February 25th He was born in 1814 on Gibson's farm near Berlin, at that time the property of Jakob Erb. Jakob Erb came to Canada from Pennsylvania 100 years ago. Of his 13 children, only 80-year old Mrs. Reitzel still lives near St. Jacobs. Several children attained a great age. The mother-in-law of Mr. Phil Breiding, who lives here, was 84 years old at her death 14 years ago. The body of the late Abraham Erb was brought to Blair by his four sons living in Grand Rapids and buried beside his wife, whose maiden name was Clemens. Berliner Journal 14 Mar 1901 pg 4 col 3, Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk for the Kitchener Public Library

  
  

• 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..., 637. [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..., 416. [S287] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Limerick-Cornell CC#5417 Internet Link. Father / A. Erb / b. 1815 / d. 1901 [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Abraham Erb Death Date: 26 Feb 1901 Death Location: Lambton Born: abt 1815 Birth Location: On [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of Abraham Erb - 14 Mar 1901. [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..., 630. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 12 Nov 1835:12. last Tuesday Wm Scollick m. Abraham Erb, son of the late Jacob Erb, to Wilhelmina Clemmens, daughter of Georg Clemmens, all of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1815 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Nov 1835 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - 26 Feb 1901 - Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Limerick-Cornell Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth