Ephraim B. Erb^{[1, 2]}

1829 - 1911  (81 years)

• Name	Ephraim B. Erb
  Born	16 Jul 1829	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Erb & Brother - drygood, grocery, liquors, crockery, hardware Preston and Breslau
  Business	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Erb & Brother - drygood, grocery, liquors, crockery, hardware Preston and Breslau
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Clerk
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Clerk
  Occupation	1853	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	merchant
  Elected Office	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Waterloo Township
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Elected Office	1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Warden for the County of Waterloo
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Commission Merchant
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Merchant
  Eby ID Number	00032-2813
  Died	18 Jan 1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Cause: arterial sclerosis (senile), heart failure (sudden death)
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I4994	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	John S. Erb,   b. 4 Sep 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 19 May 1873  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Maria Bricker,   b. 1 Sep 1797, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Aug 1876  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F2328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane Dobbin,   b. 13 Aug 1834, Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Apr 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1854	Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 9]
  Children	1. Mary Jane Erb,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Minnie Erb,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F1570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ephraim B. Erb, "was married to Jane Dobbin. Mr. Erb was engaged in the mercantile and milling business in Breslau, Ontario, for a number of years. Thence he moved to Preston where he was engaged in the dry goods and grocery business until he moved to St. John, New Brunswick, thence to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he is engaged in the commission business. Their family consists of one daughter named Minnie." 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

  [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..., 624-625. [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..., 312. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 7. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Ephraim Erb Death Date: 18 Jan 1911 Death Location: Waterloo Born: abt 1830 Birth Location: Preston [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 20. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 36. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 48. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 87. [S42] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Vol 9 Part 2 1852 - 1857. Ephraim ERB, Merchant, of Preston, to Elizabeth Jane DEBBIN, of Garafraxa. 23 Mar. 1854. Wit. John SMITH and Thomas McKEE by Rev'd G. Smellie, Minister Melville Church, Fergus [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . Ephraim B. ERB/ 1829 - 1911/ E. Jane DOBBIN/ his wife/ 1834 - 1920/ ERB.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jul 1829 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Erb & Brother - drygood, grocery, liquors, crockery, hardware Preston and Breslau - - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Erb & Brother - drygood, grocery, liquors, crockery, hardware Preston and Breslau - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1853 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Mar 1854 - Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Waterloo Township - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Warden for the County of Waterloo - 1867 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Commission Merchant - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1881 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: arterial sclerosis (senile), heart failure (sudden death) - 18 Jan 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth