Elias W. Bricker

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Aldersyde, Alberta
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1901, Okotoks, , Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1918, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Elias Bricker,"the second son, was born April 28th, 1853. He is married to Catharine Snyder. He resides in the Canadian North West were he is engaged in farming and ranching. His family consists of nine 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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Bricker.--Elias W. Bricker was born April 28, 1853, at Hawksville, Ont.; moved to Aldersyde, Alta., in 1891; died in his home in East Calgary, Alta.; aged 85 y. 8 m. 16 d. He spent the last 20 years in Calgary. He gave his heart to God early in life and was faithful to the end, living a consistent and useful life. He spent the last few years of his life distributing tracts and religious literature. He always enjoyed conversing on things of God, ready always to lend a helping hand whenever opportunity afforded it. He was one of the charter members of the Mount View Mennonite congregation near Aldersyde. The last year of his life being mostly confined to his home, he expressed himself ready and anxious to go. Three daughters and 1 son preceded him in death (Martha, Mary, Clara, and Aaron). He leaves his beloved wife and daughter (Esther), 4 sons (Harvey and Archibald of Calgary, Edgar of Aldersyde, and John Henry of Arizona), 1 brother (Menno of Blackie, Alta.), 1 brother and sister of Elmira, Ont., and a large number of relatives and friends to mourn his departure. He has gone to glory. Let us prepare to meet him. Funeral services at Calgary in Foster & Foster Funeral Home by Bro. O. O. Hershberger, and at Mount View Mennonite Church Jan. 16, in charge of Brethren Isaac Miller and C. J. Ramer of Duchess, Alta. Texts, I Sam. 28: 18; Psa. 90: 9; II Tim. 4: 7. Burial in the adjoining cemetery

Gospel Herald February 9, 1939 - Vol. XXXI, No.45 - pages 982, 983, 984

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Bricker: Mennonite pioneer and church builder of the Mount View Mennonite Church near High River, was born 28 April 1853 at Hawksville, Ontario, and died in Calgary on 13 January 1939. He married Catharina Snyder (3 October 1854-19 February 1944) in 1874. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters.

The Brickers were among the first Mennonite settlers in what became the province of Alberta. Elias and his father first came west from Ontario on a homesteader's excursion sponsored by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1889. The family moved in 1891, establishing their farmstead near the line of a new railway being built from Calgary south to Fort MacLeod, between Okotoks and High River. Other prospective Mennonite pioneers soon followed.

The Brickers were eager to see new Mennonite congregations organized among the new settlers. With Elias Bricker's encouragement, the Mennonite Conference of Ontario sent S. F. Coffman west in 1901. Coffman lived with the Brickers when meeting with the settlers in the High River area, and the Brickers became charter members and wholehearted supporters of the Mount View Mennonite Church when it was organized late in 1901.

Elias Bricker also served as one of the early local postmasters, but moved to Calgary in 1918. There he became active in distributing tracts and religious literature to the homes of Calgary residents, trying to contact every household in the city at least once.

During the last years of his life Elias Bricker suffered much as a result of ill health, and was mostly confined to his home. He died at the age of 85 years and is remembered as a pioneer homesteader/farmer and as a church builder and supporter.

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Elias — Catharine Snider. Catharine (daughter of Henry S. Snider and Mary Ann Snyder) was born 3 Oct 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1944, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Mt. View Mennonite Cemetery, Aldersyde, , Alberta. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.2
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117295

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.3
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Bricker. ---- Aaron, son of Bro. And Sister E. W. Bricker of Calgary, Alta., was born in Ontario Jan. 26, 1879; died at High River, Alta., on Mar. 20, 1928. He made his home with W. B. Way for the last 14 years and was found dead in bed. His death was due to heart failure. He leaves to mourn his departure father, mother, 4 brothers and 1 sister: Harvey, Edgar, Archie of Alsask, Sask., John H. and Esther of California. Three sisters preceded him in death, Mrs. James Dewie, Mrs. John Landis and Clara. A large number of relatives and friends also survive him. Funeral, March 23. Services at the home of W. B. Way conducted by R. E. Williams, and the Baptist Church by Bro. Isaac Miller. Interment at the High River Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XXI, Number 2 - April 12, 1928 - page 47

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.4
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Bricker - On Feb. 26, 1906, at the home of her sister at High River, Alberta, Clara, second daughter of Bro. Elias Bricker; aged 25 Y., 5 M., 23 D. She leaves her parents, five brothers and three sisters to mourn her departure. She was a bright young woman and the picture of health, but was stricken down with pneumonia and after a short illness passed away. Funeral services conducted at the house by Pre. Woods and at the Mount View Mennonite M. H. by Isaac Miller and N. B. Stauffer, from Eccl. 8: 8. Surely, man at his best is but as grass that in the morning flourisheth and ere the evening is cut down and withered.


Herald of Truth, March 15, 1906, page 87,88

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The sad intelligence of the death of Miss Clara Bricker on Monday last of typhoid pneumonia cast a pall over the town and among the people of Norma, where the young lady was well known, the news came as a shock. About a fortnight ago the deceased was stricken with typhoid pneumonia and from the outset the case was considered serious but it was fondly hoped that she would rally. She suffered greatly and on Monday at 1 o'clock her spirit passed beyond the shadows. The deceased was a bright young lady and had a large circle of admiring friends who sincerely mourn the departure of a good friend and companion. A sad circumstance in connection with her untimely and is the fact that arrangements had been made complete for her marriage in June next to Mr. Luther Hicks of this town, who is grief stricken at the loss of his affianced. She was the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bricker of Norma, and was in her 26^th year. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, from the home of Mr. Dewey to Mount Pleasant Cemetery and was followed to the grave by a large concourse of people, who paid the last respects to the dead. The sympathy of the people generally is extended to the bereaved parents and relatives in their sore bereavement


High River Times, March 1^st. 1906

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.5
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Bricker, Harvey, was born in Woolwich, Ont.; died in the General Hospital, Calgary, Alta.; March 21, 1957; aged 75 y. For the past 29 years he resided in Calgary and was a member of the Mount View Mennonite Church at Aldersyde near High River. He is survived by 3 daughters (Mrs. Gregor MacKenzie, Mrs. Dan Elliot, and Mrs. Chris Anderson, all of Calgary), a brother (Archie, Alsook), and a sister (Esther, Calgary). Funeral services at the Mount View Church on March 25 were in charge of Linford D. Hackman, assisted by W. L. Tompkins, pastor of the Killarney Baptist Church. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume L, Number 22 - May 28, 1957-page 526

Harvey — Melissa Weber. Melissa (daughter of Levi M. Weber and Susannah U. Bowman) was born 1 Dec 1889, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Mar 1926, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Mt. View Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta. [Group Sheet]

Harvey — Ada Lovina Wambold. Ada (daughter of Deacon Abraham Henry Wambold and Angeline Erb) was born 30 Jul 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount View Mennonite Cemetery, Near, High River, Alberta. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.6
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.8
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1243.9
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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