Owner : George W. Eby

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Item Name	Deed	Image1 Image2 Image3
Other Owner(s)	Eby, Jacob E. Snyder, Benjamin D.
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1863 - Late: 1863
Description	Deed 2119 dated June 27, 1863 between Jacob E. Eby, Woolwich Township, yeoman; Nancy Eby, his wife; and, Benjamin D. Snyder, Woolwich Township, miller. Snyder paid $8,000 for Lots 7, 8, 9, 36 and 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township. The deed specifies the exception of part of Lot 8 known as The Distillery Property deeded by George W. Eby and wife to Henry Fletcher and Joseph Jackson on 21st March, 1857 (Memorial 767); also, parts of Lots 8 and 36 known as Woolen Factory Property. Deed 2119 includes the water rights on Lots 10, 37 and 39. The document was witnessed by John L. Wideman and J.W. Winkler. The deed was registered in the Registry Office of the County of Waterloo at Berlin the 30th day of March 1864 in Liber F5 folio 108 Number of Memorial 2119.
Collection	Kitchener Public Library Contact : 85 Queen St. N. Kitchener 519-743-0271 x248 www.kpl.org
Accession No.	MC.7.3c
References	Marvin C. Smith in "St. Jacobs - It's Early History," Waterloo Historical Society, 56 (1968), 33-49, notes on page 33: On April 10, 1848 Jacob C. Snider bought a farm on the south side of the Conestogo River and in 1850 and 1851 built flour mill, sawmill, woolen mill, and dam. He sold out to his son Jacob on February 20, 1855. Other owners were H.F.J. Jackson 1856, George W. Eby 1857, and Jacob, Daniel, Peter and Martin Eby in 1860. Benjamin D. Snider became owner in 1863. He sold to E.W.B. Snider on December 31, 1870 and he operated it until 1917 when he sold to his son William Snider." Virgil Emerson Martin, The early history of Jakobstettel (St. Jacobs: V.E. Martin, 1979), pp. 63-71.
See other linked artifacts	Deed Deed 1561 dated July 25, 1861 between Jacob E. Eby, Daniel E. Eby, Peter E. Eby, Martin E. Eby, and Peter Eby for parts of Lots 7, 8, 9, 36 and 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Canada. Deed Deed 778 dated March 20, 1857 between Henry Fletcher Joseph Jackson, and George W. Eby for parts of Lots 7, 8, 9, 36 and 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township (St. Jacobs). Deed Deed 2342 dated July 20, 1864 between Jacob E. Eby and Benjamin D. Snyder for part of Lots 8 and 36 German Company Tract known as the Woolen Factory Property, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, CW. Mortgage Mortgage with Dower 3308 dated October 23, 1869 between Benjamin D. Snyder, and Elias Snyder and Henry Snyder, executors for Jacob C. Snyder on Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 40, Woolwich Township, Ontario. Mortgage Mortgage 3306 dated October 20, 1869 between Benjamin D. Snyder and Joel Good on Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. Mortgage Mortgage 2344 dated May 1, 1865 between Benjamin D. Snyder and Jacob C. Snyder on parts of Lots 7, 8, 9, 36 and 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Canada.

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