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

Ephraim B. Erb

Male 1829 - 1911  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Ephraim B. Erb was born 16 Jul 1829, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Business: Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Erb & Brother - drygood, grocery, liquors, crockery, hardware Preston and Breslau
    • Business: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Erb & Brother - drygood, grocery, liquors, crockery, hardware Preston and Breslau
    • Eby ID Number: 00032-2813
    • Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
    • Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
    • Occupation: 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
    • Elected Office: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Waterloo Township
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Elected Office: 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Commission Merchant
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant

    Notes:

    Ephraim B. Erb, "was married to Jane Dobbin. Mr. Erb was engaged in the mercantile and milling business in Breslau, Ontario, for a number of years. Thence he moved to Preston where he was engaged in the dry goods and grocery business until he moved to St. John, New Brunswick, thence to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he is engaged in the commission business. Their family consists of one daughter named Minnie."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

    Ephraim married Elizabeth Jane Dobbin 23 Mar 1854, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John Dobbin and Mary Ann McKee) was born 13 Aug 1834, Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died 27 Apr 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Jane Erb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Minnie Erb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Jane Erb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ephraim1) was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134925
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


  2. 3.  Minnie Erb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ephraim1) was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00032-2813.2