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

Israel Eby[1]

Male 1850 - 1903  (52 years)


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  • Name Israel Eby 
    Born 18 Sep 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonist 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1874  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00031-2748 
    Died 27 May 1903  South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8
    Buried Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Person ID I21949  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Moses W. Eby,   b. 23 Dec 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mary" Miller,   b. CALC 14 Aug 1826, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1902, Shakespeare, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 28 Apr 1846  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9
    Family ID F263885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Anna Witmer,   b. 13 Apr 1854, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1932, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edna Eby,   b. 26 Jun 1880,   d. 18 Sep 1961  (Age 81 years)
     2. Irene Eby,   b. 1 Nov 1893,   d. 1941  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F5324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Israel Eby, "was born September 18th, 1850. He is married to Mary Witmer, and is an inn-keeper at Shakespeare, Ontario. They have a family of three 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..., 608.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9717-74.
      Israel EBY, 23, farmer, Waterloo twp., Blenheim, s/o Moses & Maria, married Maria Anna WITTMER, 20, Perth Co., Blenheim, d/o John & Barbara, witn: Alice & Elizabeth KAPPELE of Preston, 7 July 1874 at Preston

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

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 41.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Israel Eby (1850 - 1903) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12496430.

    6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 2 Page 10.

    7. [S3129] Cemetery - ON, Perth, South Easthope - Lingelbach Cemetery.
      Eby// Israel Eby/ 1850 - 1903/ Mary Witmer/ His Wife/ 1854 - 1932/ At Rest

    8. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate.

    9. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huttner, Jacob Rev. - Minister of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in the Village of Preston #65.
      Moses Eby, Maria Muller both of Waterloo. 28 Apr. 1846

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Sep 1850 - 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
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - 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 MapsOccupation - farmer - 1874 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 May 1903 - South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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