Solomon Henry Eby^[1]

1857 - 1934  (77 years)

• Name	Solomon Henry Eby
  Born	20 Apr 1857	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Baker
  Residence	1886	St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1904	St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	piano tuner
  Eby ID Number	00031-2738
  Died	22 Jun 1934	St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Saint Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I21926	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	David Wenger Eby,   b. 23 Apr 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jun 1886, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Christina Hoffer,   b. 23 Mar 1827, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 24 May 1907, Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F5315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Helen Vogt,   b. 1864, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Aug 1947, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1886  [1, 6]
  Children	1. Oscar Charles Eby,   b. 31 Aug 1888, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1968, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F5321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Solomon H. Eby, "was born April 20th, 1857. He is married to Laura Vogt. They reside in St. Thomas, Ontario. He is a piano tuner by profession. Their family consists of one son named Oscar C." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________________________ Solomon H. Eby Friends in Elmira were grieved to hear on Friday last of the death at St. Thomas, Ont., of Solomon H. Eby, well-known musician and brother-in-law of the late Dr. A. S. Vogt of Toronto and of other members of the Vogt family in Elmira. The late Mr. Eby, who was a former well-known citizen of Elmira, passed away at Victoria Hospital, London, after some four weeks' illness. Mr. Vogt was born in Kitchener 77 years ago and after residing in Elmira, Boston and Montreal moved to St. Thomas nearly half a century ago and where he had since resided. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Foresters and a prominent worker in First United Church in St. Thomas. His wife, formerly Laura Vogt of Elmira, one daughter, Mrs. C. H. Byrnes, 55 St. Anne's Place, St. Thomas, a son, Oscar Eby, 28 Scott street, St. Thomas, one sister, Miss Maggie Eby, Grand Rapids, and two brothers, Menno .Eby of Southampton and Ed-ward Eby of Detroit, survive. Mrs. Eby's sister, Mrs. George Ruppel of Elmira, passed away only a few weeks ago. The funeral was held from his late residence, St. Thomas, on Monday to St. Thomas cemetery. Rev. Dr. Mar.. tin officiated.

  
  

• 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..., 607. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 13. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div 1 Pg 6. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 1. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81494810/soloman-henry-eby. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 18 Feb 1886. February 9, 1886 Reuben Eby & Barbara Kesselring, both of Waterloo T'p., were married by Preacher J. B. Baumann, Berlin. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 8119 (1888), Oscar Charles Eby, accessed 26 Feb 2010. Oscar Charles Eby Date of Birth: 31 Aug 1888 Gender: Male Birth County: Elgin Father's Name: Solomon Henry Eby, piano tuner of St. Thomas, Mother's Name: Laura Helen Vogt [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..., 605. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. David W. Eby, pumpmaker of North Dumfries married 24 Nov 1855 to Christine Hoffer of Woolwich. wit: C. L. Bindeman & Catherine Hoffman

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Apr 1857 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Baker - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1886 - St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - piano tuner - 1904 - St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Jun 1934 - St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth