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

Elizabeth "Betsy" Burkholder[1, 2, 3]

Female 1857 - 1942  (84 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth "Betsy" Burkholder 
    Born 23 Nov 1857  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Name Betsy Burkholder 
    Name Elizabeth "Betsy" Erb 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1873  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Metrhodist 
    Residence 1921  Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Eby ID Number 00020-1529 
    Died 1942  [12
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Person ID I16564  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Daniel Burkholder,   b. 26 Aug 1812, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1891, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Erb,   b. 31 Dec 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1881, Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 13 Jul 1834  [3, 13
    Family ID F3286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Erb,   b. 8 Feb 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1911, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 8, 9, 10
    Children 
     1. Ida Minerva Erb,   b. 14 Nov 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1919  (Age 44 years)
     2. Zepheniah Erb,   b. 16 Jun 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F3261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Burkholder, "was born November 23rd, 1857. On November 23rd, 1873 she was married to Henry, son of Peter and Mary Ann (Clemens) Erb. He was born February 8th, 1852. They reside in Lexington and have a family of two 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..., 378.

    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..., 648.

    3. [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..., 653.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 18.

    5. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 49.

    6. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 6 Page 38.

    7. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 31.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 61.

    9. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 21.

    10. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12897 (1873), Erb-Burkholder.
      Henry Erb, 21, Farmer, res. Waterloo Twp., b. Canada, son of Peter and Mary Ann married Betsey Burkholder, 16, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, daughter of Daniel and Betsey, witnessed by: Theodore Ross and Ludwig Krueger both of Berlin, 23 November 1873 in Berlin

    11. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, April 23, 1921 - Obituary of Susannah Burkholder.

    12. [S3231] Find A Grave, Elizabeth Burkholder Erb (1857 - 1942) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69742543.

    13. [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..., 375.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1857 - 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 - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Nov 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Metrhodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1921 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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