Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Daniel S. Erb

Daniel S. Erb[1, 2, 3]

Male 1784 - 1845  (61 years)

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  • Name Daniel S. Erb 
    Born 11 Jan 1784  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 012W, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 125S, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Eby ID Number 00032-2910 
    Died 21 Jun 1845  [1, 4, 5
    Cause: 13 day illness 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9741  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Peter Erb,   b. 1736, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Susannah Schãeffer,   b. Abt 1736, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F3278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Cressman,   b. 22 May 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1831  (Age 45 years) 
    Children 
     1. Peter C. Erb,   b. 16 Feb 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1873, North Of Bridgeport, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Anna Erb,   b. 25 Nov 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Elizabeth Erb,   b. 28 Jan 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1868  (Age 55 years)
     4. Anna Erb,   b. 4 May 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1831  (Age 16 years)
     5. Barbara Erb,   b. 28 Oct 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1888, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. Maria "Mary" Erb,   b. 6 May 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. Susannah Erb,   b. 2 Feb 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     8. Catharine Erb,   b. 28 Jan 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1895  (Age 69 years)
     9. John C. Erb,   b. 28 Sep 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1911  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Daniel Erb, "the eldest son of Peter and Anna (Schãeffer) Erb, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 11th, 1784. He, in company with his brother Peter, Benjamin Eby, Joseph Schneider, and others, came to Canada in 1807 and settled a little north of Bridgeport, Ontario, on the plantation now owned by Dilman G. Moyer and Levi P. Snyder. He was married to Barbara, daughter of John and Anna (Schowalter) Cressman. She was born May 22nd, 1786, and died October 20th, 1831. He died June 21st, 1845. To them was born a family of nine 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..., 646.

    2. [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..., 489.

    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..., 689.

    4. [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..., 477.

    5. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose.
      Daniel Erb Died 21 Jun 1845 13-day illness. 61y, 5m, 10d. Following his wife who died 13 years ago.

    6. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 24.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Jan 1784 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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