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

Maria "Mary" Brubacher[1, 2]

Female 1789 - 1834  (45 years)


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  • Name Maria "Mary" Brubacher 
    Born 6 Aug 1789  Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Epidemic 1834  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cholera 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19043926 
    Name Maria "Mary" Eby 
    Name Mary Brubacher 
    Eby ID Number 00018-1387 
    Died 18 Aug 1834  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Cause: cholera 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I457  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Jacob Brubacher,   b. 11 Jun 1758, of, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1793  (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Susannah Erb,   b. 17 Mar 1762, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1844  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 1781  [2, 6, 7
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bishop Benjamin Eby,   b. 2 May 1785, Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1807  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Isaac Eby, Sr.,   b. 30 Jul 1808, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Elias Eby,   b. 22 Feb 1810, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1878, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Susannah Eby,   b. 8 Feb 1812, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1819  (Age 7 years)
     4. Catharine Eby,   b. 25 Jul 1814, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     5. Maria Eby,   b. 14 Mar 1816, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     6. Benjamin E. Eby,   b. 10 Feb 1818, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1872, Near Centreville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     7. Heinrich "Henry" Eby,   b. 25 Jan 1820, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     8. Rev. Christian Eby,   b. 19 Jun 1821, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     9. Abraham Eby,   b. 21 Nov 1823, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1885, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     10. Jacob B. Eby,   b. 24 Mar 1826, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1882, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     11. Peter Eby,   b. 28 Feb 1828, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1894, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Maria Brubacher, "was born August 6th, 1789. On February 25th, 1807, she was married to Bishop Benjamin Eby who was born May 2nd, 1785, and died June 28th, 1853. In 1807 they moved to Canada, and settled at Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, where she died August 18th, 1834. To them was born a family of eleven 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..., 344.

    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..., 616.

    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..., 550.

    4. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Eby Bible owned originally by Menno Eby Jr. Berlin, 15 Mar 1885.

    5. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Hier ruhen / die gebeine / von / Maria Eby / Eheweib von Benjamin Eby / sie wurde geboren den / 6ten August 1789 / und ist gestorben / den 18ten August 1834 / in einem Alter von / 45 Jahre und 12 Tage

    6. [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..., 340.

    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...

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Aug 1789 - Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEpidemic - Cholera - 1834 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: cholera - 18 Aug 1834 - 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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