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

Cyrus D. Eby[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1866 - 1951  (85 years)


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    Cyrus D. Eby 1866-1951
    Cyrus D. Eby 1866-1951

  • Name Cyrus D. Eby 
    Born 31 Oct 1866  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Potter 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2697 
    Died 28 Dec 1951  New Paris, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I21805  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father William K. Eby,   b. 11 Jul 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1910, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Susannah Detweiler,   b. 8 Aug 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1914, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8
    Family ID F13899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Brubacher,   b. 2 Sep 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1913, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 1890  [2, 5
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah B. Eby,   b. 2 Aug 1891, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1961, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Susannah Eby,   b. 10 Sep 1895, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1978, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     3. Israel Eby,   b. 3 Jul 1897, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Amanda B. Eby,   b. Abt 1900,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lydia Ann B. Eby,   b. Abt 1906,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. William B. Eby,   b. Abt 1911,   d. Abt 1992  (Age ~ 81 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F99  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susannah Martin,   b. 28 Aug 1871, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1934, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 22 Apr 1917  [5
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F19510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cyrus Eby, "was born October 31st, 1866. He is married to Lizzie Brubacher."

      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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      Eby,-- Cyrus, son of William K. and Susannah (Dettwiler) Eby, was born Oct. 31, 1866, in Conestoga, Ont.; died Dec. 28, 1951, at New Paris, Ind.; aged 85 y. 1 m. 28 d. He was married to Elizabeth Brubacher in 1890, to which union were born 6 children who survive him (Jeremiah Eby, Mrs. Susannah Brubacher, William Eby, Israel Eby, Mrs. Amanda Kulp, Mrs. Lydia Kilmer). His wife Elizabeth died Jun 11, 1913. He was married again to Susannah W. Martin in 1917. She died Nov. 20, 1934. Also surviving him are a stepson (Mahlon Martin, Brutus, Mich.), 45 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and one sister (Mrs. Daniel Brubacher, Elverson, Pa.). He moved withhis family to Brutus, Mich., in 1898 where he lived on a farm till the death of his wife, after which he made his home with his daughter. He accepted Christ as his Saviour in his youth and faithfully served the Lord until his departure. Funeral services were held at the Mennonite Church, Brutus, Mich., Jan. 2, 1952, by Clyde Kauffman, Royal Buskirk, and Ivan Weaver. Interment was in the Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Mich.

      Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 12 - March 18, 1952 --- page 286, 287

  • 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..., 362.

    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..., 600.

    3. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    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..., 511.

    5. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 18, 1952 - Obituary of Cyrus Eby.

    6. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 26.

    7. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 20.

    8. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      William Eby, potter of Markham married 31 Jul 1853 in Greenbush by lic. to Susanna Dettweiler of Woolwich. wit: Franz Bussenberger of Waterloo & Joseph Dettweiler of Woolwich

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Oct 1866 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Potter - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Dec 1951 - New Paris, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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