Item Name	Fraktur - Birth Record	Image1
Owner(s)	Eby, Benjamin S.
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1853 - Late: 1860
Description	A small Fraktur birth record (Geburtschein) for Benjamin S. Eby. The text is done in black and purple, and is surrounded in a border which resembles a frame. Above the name is a plant (rose ?) with six pink flowers, and black leaves. The background of the drawing is filled with short, black horizontal lines.
Maker\Attribution	Unknown
Provenance	Benjamin Eby was the grandson of Benjamin Eby. His parents were Isaac Eby and Veronica Shoemaker (daughter of John and Mary (Shantz), who were married on October 31, 1831. Benjamin's parents farmed for nearly 43 years on land two and a half miles east of Berlin. He had nine siblings: Menno, Mary, Isaac, Daniel, Christian, Theodore, Barnabas, Ezra E, and Lydia Ann. Benjamin married Helen Ziegler and resided in Berlin, they had no children. He ran a mercantile business with a Mr. Jacob Fellman. He died February 23, 1881.
Collection	Joseph Schneider Haus Museum Contact : 466 Queen St. S. Kitchener 519-742-7752 www.region.waterloo.on.ca
Accession No.	1995.023.003.001

Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.