Andrew Eby

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207380821
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2476
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1870, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Flour Miller
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; caretaker
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Assessor, Town
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Andrew Eby, "was born November 19th, 1847, and is married to Magdalena Soeder. He is a miller by trade and at present resides in the village of Preston, Ontario. They have a family of two children, namely: Oscar S., and Herbert A."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Andrew married Mary Magdalena "Magdalena" Soeder 13 Oct 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Soeder and Margaret Scheiblein) was born 4 Jul 1851, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Sep 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Sep 1936, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: newspaper, newspaper, public service
• Name: O. S. Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2476.2
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
• Occupation: 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; printer
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Editor, Printing Office
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Register,
• Residence: 1921, 30 Hohner Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

Oscar S. Eby has been described as a humorist and philosopher, a man whose kindly wit was much appreciated. He was the founder and publisher of the Hespeler Herald. His family moved to Preston in 1883 where his father was a miller in the Cherry Flour Mill. He worked for a time for the Preston Progress and later while still young travelled Western Ontario working for several magazines. He in 1895 partnered with Thomas H. Sears to published the first Hespeler Herald. He purchased Sear's interest in 1896 and remained as editor and proprietor for 23 years. In 1917 he was appointed as Registrar of the County of Waterloo. In 1918 he sold his interest in the paper and moved to Kitchener.


Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

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Oscar S. Eby

Oscar S. Eby, 30 Hohner avenue, former newspaperman and retired registrar of Waterloo county, who died suddenly at an outdoor camp near Birch Island in the Sudbury district Monday evening, had just seated himself after helping to extinguish a fire on the roof of the cabin at which he was staying when he collapsed, investigation showed death was due to natural causes. He was in his 86th year. The deceased, who has been a very prominent man in this district for many years was born at Salem, June 21 1871, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs Andrew Eby. He was married at Galt to Elisabeth Bolduc in 1899. Before his appointment as registrar of deeds, Mr. Eby owned and edited the Hespeler Herald. He was appointed registrar in 1917. The deceased led a public life, being past President of the Ontario Registratr Association, past president of Canada Lacrosse Association, Hespeler, and past president of Canadian Patriotic Association. He was a member of the Granite Club, Canadian order of Foresters and a member of Toronto Transportation Club. He was prominent in Conservative Circles and also in sports. He played soccer, baseball and was an ardent bowler. Serviving are his widow, one daughter Miss Norma, Kitchener, one brother, Herbert A. Eby, Washington, DC. and one nephew. Dr. Herbert Eby. Funeral services will be held publicly on Saturday morning from his late residence at 10 o'clock to St. Mary's church, with entombment in Woodland Mausoleum. The remains will rest at his late residence after Thursday morning.

Kitchener Daily Record 9 Jun 1937 pg 17

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Oscar Eby Dies on North Trip

Former Hespeler Editor and Registrar Succumbs to Heart Attack.

KITCHENER, June 8. - Oscar S. Eby, former registrar of deeds for Waterloo County, dropped dead at a McGregor Bay hunting lodge last night, it was learned here to-day. He was one of Kitchener's best known residents. Mr. Eby and James V. Jardine, Hespeler, left for the camp near Espanola, Ont., on Friday. Mr. Jardine is in hospital at Espanola suffering from shock. Oscar Eby, a former newspaper man, was prominent in sports and politics here before he assumed the registrar's office. He was born at Preston 65 years ago and resided at Hawkesville and Millbank before he took over The Hespeler Herald in 1895. He sold the paper in 1918 when he was appointed registrar. Mr. Eby was a former secretary of the South Waterloo Conservative Association, past president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association, secretary of the Patriotic Association of Hespeler, former president of the Ontario Registrars of Deeds Asso- ciation. He was an ardent bowler and hunter. He leaves his wife, one daughter, Norma, at home; a brother, H. A. Eby, of Washington.

Waterloo Chronicle, 11 Jun 1937, p. 1

Oscar married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolduc 28 Jun 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Bolduc and Elizabeth Bechtel) was born 2 Jan 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1952; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Herbert Andrew Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2476.3
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24636
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ledger Keeper, Bank
• Residence: 1921, 30 Hohner Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic