Levi Henry Erb^[1]

1842 - 1933  (90 years)

• Name	Levi Henry Erb
  Born	23 Oct 1842	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Distiller
  Eby ID Number	00032-2825
  Died	10 Jul 1933	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [4]
  Buried	St. Johns Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I10878	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Erb,   b. 30 Mar 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Oct 1885, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Kolb,   b. 4 Aug 1808, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1900, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1827  [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F2627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Hayes,   b. 25 Aug 1848, , England ,   d. 27 Aug 1927, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	5 Jun 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 9]
  Children	1. Lily May Erb,   b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi Erb, "the fifth son, was born October 23rd, 1842. He is married to Mary Ann Hay. They reside in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he is engaged in the shops of the City Water Works. They have no family." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________ Memorable Manitobans: Levi Henry Erb (1842-1933), Distiller. Born at Preston, Ontario on 23 October 1842, he married Mary Ann Hay (?-1929) in 1865. They had a daughter, Lelia May Erb (wife of F. J. C. Cox). He came to Winnipeg in 1873, over the Dawson Trail, and established Radiger & Erb, the first distillery in the city, in partnership with Edward Radiger, on a site that would later be occupied by Ogilvie Flour Mills. When the building was completed the next year, he sent for his family from Ontario. The business flourished, making various types of whiskey, until 1880 when the price of wheat rose markedly and they could not compete against outside liquor suppliers. He then went to work in the warehouse of A. G. B. Bannatyne, later working successively for the Hudson's Bay Company, the A. MacDonald wholesale store, the J. H. Ashdown Hardware Company, Watrous Engine Works, and the Merrick-Anderson Company . He died at Winnipeg on 10 July 1933 and was buried in St. John's Cemetery. Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: Levi Henry Erb (1842-1933). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 7 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/erb_lh.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 627. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, PG 20. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 3 Page 33. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Winnipeg, G., & Cemetery, S. (1842). Levi Henry Erb (1842-1933) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96524747/levi-henry-erb. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 20. [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..., 626. [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..., 857. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 09 Jun 1864. 05 Jun 1864 By Rev. Bindemann, Levi Erb was married to Mary Anna Hayes, both of Preston.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Oct 1842 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mennonite - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Jun 1864 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Distiller - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Jul 1933 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Buried - - St. Johns Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth