Elizabeth Erb^[1]

1816 - 1903  (87 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Erb
  Born	23 Jul 1816	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Reitzel
  Eby ID Number	00032-2893
  Died	24 Jul 1903	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  	Cause: old age
  Buried	Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I54669	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  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   [8]
  Family ID	F2442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anton Reitzel,   b. 10 Mar 1810, Dachsburg, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 30 Jul 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Nov 1834  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Isaac Reitzel,   b. 21 Aug 1835, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Dec 1896, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   2. Magdelena Reitzel,   b. 14 Mar 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Aug 1921  (Age 84 years)   3. Polly Reizel,   b. 1838, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel Reitzel,   b. 23 Aug 1839, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1914, Pentland, , Ontario  (Age 74 years)   5. Paulina Reitzel,   b. 24 May 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)   6. Anthony E. Reitzel,   b. 10 Jul 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jun 1919, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   7. Elizabeth Reitzel,   b. 11 Apr 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1931, Barrie, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   8. Maria Reizel,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Maria Anna "Anna" Reitzel,   b. 10 Oct 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 30 years)   10. Leon Reitzel,   b. 12 Apr 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Dec 1920, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   11. M. Reizel,   b. 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Lydia Reitzel,   b. 9 Aug 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   13. Edward Reitzel,   b. 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   14. Louis Reitzel,   b. 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   15. Catharine Reitzel,   b. 12 Sep 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Oct 1955, Little Rock, Lyon, Iowa, United States  (Age 98 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F14117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Erb, "the eighth and youngest daughter of Jacob and Salome (Graybill) Erb, was born July 23rd, 1817. In November, 1834, she was married to Anton Reitzel who was born March 10th, 1810, and died July 30th, 1893. She is still living and has her home with her daughter, Magdalena (Mrs. Peter Cress), who resides in St. Jacobs, Ontario. Their family consisted of twelve 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

  [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..., 643. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-3 Page 8. [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..., 178. [S232] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Calvary United St. Jacobs 4585 Cemetery Internet Link. [Front] - In / Memory of / Eliza'th Erb / Reitzel / Born July 23, 1817 / Died July 24, 1903 / Aged 86 Y'r. / & L Day / Reitzel / Schaefer - Waterloo / Right Side - In / Memory of / Anton / Reitzel / Born May 10, 1810 / Died / July 30th, 1896 / Aged 86 Y'rs. 2 Mo./ & 20 Days. / [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 51. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 18. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 3 Page 6. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Jul 1816 - , Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - 24 Jul 1903 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth