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

Sarah Swartz[1, 2, 3]

Female 1835 - 1917  (82 years)


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  • Name Sarah Swartz 
    Born 18 Jan 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4937135 
    Name Sarah Erb 
    Name Sarah Schwartz  [13
    Residence 1856  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Residence 1856  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00108-6471 
    Died 23 Nov 1917  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I5261  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Jesse Swartz,   b. 12 Jul 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Bricker,   b. 21 Feb 1812, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1867, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F1655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cyrus Erb,   b. 1 Mar 1831, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1916, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 14, 15
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Erb,   b. 22 Sep 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1933, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. John Henry Erb,   b. 26 Jan 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1935  (Age 76 years)
     3. Cyrus William Erb,   b. 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Milton Erb,   b. 28 Mar 1868, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1958, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sarah Schwartz, "was born January 18th, 1835. She is married to Cyrus Erb, a retired farmer. They reside in Preston, Ontario. Their family consists of four 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.].

  • 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..., 626.

    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..., 322.

    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..., 363.

    4. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 3.

    5. [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-2 Page 19.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      gives age and country of birth

    7. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Cyrus Erb/ born Mar. 1, 1831/ died Dec. 17, 1916/ his wife/ Sarah Swartz/ born Jan. 18, 1835/ died Nov. 23, 1917/ John H. Erb/ born Jan. 26, 1859/ died Sept. 19, 1935/ Erb

    8. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Sub-district E Page Number 33 Household Number 177.

    9. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 33.

    10. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 22.

    11. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 87.

    12. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 27.

    13. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Ida M Bricker Born: Canada Age: 23 Father: Menno Bricker Mother: Lydia Hagey Bricker Born: abt 1867 Spouse: Cyrus W Erle Age: 26 born: Canada Father: Cyrus Erle Mother: Sarah Swartz Erle married 29 Jul 1890

    14. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), January 14, 1857.
      On the 25th ult., Mr. Cyrus Erb, Merchant at Breslau, to Miss Sara Schwartz, of New Hope.

    15. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Cyrus Erb, merchant of Preston married 25 Dec 1856 in Waterloo Twp by lic. to Sarah Schwartz of Preston. witnesses: John Hagy of Preston & Hanna Erb of Preston

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jan 1835 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1856 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1856 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1856 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Nov 1917 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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