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

Magdalena Eby[1, 2]

Female 1825 - 1905  (80 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Eby 
    Born 29 Jul 1825  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90922681 
    Name Celina Eby  [5, 6
    Name Magdalena Rickert 
    Residence 1844  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Eby ID Number 00031-2546 
    Died 2 Dec 1905  Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried South Union Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I21477  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Moses Eby,   b. 10 Mar 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Barbara Pannebecker,   b. 24 May 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Family ID F2881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Heinrich "Henry" Rickert,   b. 12 Nov 1819, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1892, Locke, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1844  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Children 
     1. Aaron C. Rickert,   b. 21 Oct 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elizabeth Rickert,   b. 15 Jan 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1905, Mason, Cass, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. Absalom Rickert,   b. 19 Jun 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1924  (Age 77 years)
     4. Dilman Rickert,   b. Abt 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Maryann Rickert,   b. 1 Oct 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1932  (Age 79 years)
     6. Amanda Rickert,   b. 14 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1929, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. Matilda Rickert,   b. 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Magdalena Rickert,   b. 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Eby, "was born July 29th, 1825. She is married to Henry Rickert and resides in Locke, Elkhart County, Indiana. They have a family of eight 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.].

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      Rickert - On the 2nd of Dec, 1905, in Elkhart, Ind, at the home of her daughter, Magdalena Rickert, widow of the late Henry Rickert; aged 80 Y, 4 M, 3 D.

      She with her husband came to Elkhart Co, Ind., from Waterloo Co, Ont, many years ago.

      She leaves six children, 46 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.

      She was a devoted Christian and was buried at the South Union graveyard near Nappanee. Funeral services were held at the Beaulah church in Elkhart by A B Yoder and F C Rudy. Text, 2 Tim 4:10-12.

      Herald of Truth Vol XLII, No 51 21 December 1905


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      RICKERT - Mrs. Magadlene Rickert, widow of Hiram Rickert, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Amanda McDaniel in Elkhart. She was 80 years old and died of paralysis.

      Goshen Democrat Dec. 6, 1905, pg. 1

  • 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..., 583.

    2. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      Heinrich RUCKERT, to Magdalena EBY, both of Wilmot. 28 Jan. 1844. Rev. HUETTNER

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 pg 210.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90922681.

    5. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Ringler Samuel, 20, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of John and Elizabeth (Wildfang), married 10 Nov 1863 Elizabeth Rickert, 18, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Henry and Celina (Evy)

    6. [S2247] Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 - Ancestry.com, FHL Film Number: 1021048.
      Eliza Ringle Birth Date: abt 1845 Birth Place: Canada Death Date: 9 Nov 1905 Death Place: Mason, Cass Co., MI Death Age: 60 Occupation: Housewife Race: White Marital Status: Married Gender: Female Father Name: Henry Rickirt Mother Name: Magdeline Eby

    7. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39.
      Heinrich Ruckert, to Magdalena Eby, both of Wilmot. 28 Jan. 1844

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huttner, Jacob Rev. - Minister of the Gospel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Preston #39.

    9. [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, 2 Feb 1844 Pg: 5.
      EBY, Magdalena married 30 Jan 1844 Of Waterloo. To Heinrich RUCKERET, Wilmot. minister F.W. Bindeman

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jul 1825 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1844 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Jan 1844 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Dec 1905 - Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Union Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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