| Birth |
9 Feb 1805 |
, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00137-8375 |
| Died |
6 Nov 1856 |
[4] |
| Person ID |
I10106 |
| Last Modified |
27 Jun 2004 |
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| Family 1 |
Elizabeth ERB, b. 28 Jan 1813 |
| Married |
1832 |
[5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jacob Yost, b. 19 Oct 1833 |
| | 2. Magdalena Yost, b. 18 Dec 1835 |
| | 3. Polly Yost, b. 29 Apr 1839 |
| | 4. Tobias Yost, b. 7 Apr 1841 |
| | 5. Sarah Yost, b. 14 Mar 1843 |
| | 6. Louisa Yost, b. 15 Aug 1852 |
| | 7. Simon Yost, b. 29 Apr 1845 |
| | 8. Amanda Yost, b. 14 Aug 1848 |
| | 9. Martin Yost, b. 23 Jul 1850 |
| | 10. Tobias E. Yost, b. 7 Mar 1856 |
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| Group Sheet |
F1524 |
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| Notes |
Tobias Yost, "was the earliest settler of the Yost family in Waterloo County. In 1831, he, in company with others, left his native home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Canada. Early in May of the same year he arrived at Waterloo, Ontario, where he made his home for a short time with old Abraham Erb who assisted him in procuring a position to work at his trade, namely, that of shoemaking, which he followed for two or three years after his arrival in the country of his adoption. In 1832 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Cressman) Erb. She was born January 28th, 1813, and died February 8th, 1868. Soon after their marriage they moved to Woolwich Township, about a mile east of St. Jacobs, Ontario, on the farm now possessed by John M. Weber where he followed farming several years. When pretty well advanced in years he entered into the mercantile business in partnership with Rev. Philip Winkler and transacted business in St. Jacobs for several years. Mr. Yost was born February 9th, 1805, and died November 6th, 1856, leaving a family of the following children, viz:..." |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 690 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 648 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2] Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 690 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S2] Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 690 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2] Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 689 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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Region of Waterloo