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

Magdalena Eby[1, 2, 3]

Female 1813 - 1883  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Eby 
    Born Nov 1813  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Magdalena Cress 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonist 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2742 
    Died 30 Jan 1883  [2, 4
    Person ID I21936  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father George S. Eby,   b. 8 May 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Barbara Wenger,   b. 1780, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1834  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 1 Apr 1797  [7, 8
    Family ID F4279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Cress,   b. 1806, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. South Of St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Cress,   b. 15 Dec 1830, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1910, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. John Cress,   b. Abt 1832, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Henry Cress,   b. 21 Aug 1833, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Peter Cress,   b. 21 Sep 1835, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1910, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Elizabeth Cress,   b. CALC 27 Feb 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1916, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     6. Susannah Cress,   b. 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 83 years)
     7. David Cress,   b. Abt 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. William Cress,   b. CA 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Veronica "Fanny" Cress,   b. 2 Aug 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1918, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     10. Nancy Cress,   b. 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. George Cress,   b. 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Eby, "the second daughter of George and Barbara (Wenger) Eby, was born in November, 1813, and died January 30th, 1883. Her husband's name was Jacob Cress."


      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.].



      At the end of her life Magdalena lived with her son in law John D. David (1881 Census Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario)

  • 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..., 607.

    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..., 471.

    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..., 104.

    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..., 608.

    5. [S271] Census - ON, Bruce - 1881, Saugeen, Bruce North, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375911 District 177 Sub-district C Division 2 Page Number 27 Household Number 96+.

    6. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 6.

    7. [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..., 587.

    8. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Nov 1813 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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