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Abraham Groff[1,2,3,4]

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Birth  13 Oct 1829    [5,6
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00044-3373 
Died  15 Feb 1885    [7,8
Person ID  I12521 
Last Modified  11 Jun 2004 
 
Father  Andrew Groff, b. 18 Apr 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Annie Huber, b. 15 Oct 1795 
Group Sheet  F3401 
 
Family 1  Mary Eby, b. 13 Jan 1835 
Married  Sep 1852    [9
Children 
 1. Susannah Groff, b. 11 Jan 1854
 2. Levi Groff, b. 24 Dec 1854
 3. Leah Groff, b. 11 Jun 1856
 4. Ezra Groff, b. 13 Nov 1858
 5. Maria Groff, b. 25 Mar 1861
 6. Lydia Ann Groff, b. 27 Nov 1862
 7. Matilda Groff, b. 29 Apr 1865
 8. Isaac Eby Groff, b. 2 Oct 1867
 9. Hannah Groff, b. 10 Jan 1870
 10. Emma Groff, b. 14 Apr 1872
 11. Abraham Groff, b. 16 Aug 1873
 12. Benjamin Groff, b. 14 Jun 1876
 13. Jacob E. Groff, b. 21 Jun 1878
Group Sheet  F2345 
 
Notes  Abraham Groff, "was born October 13th, 1829. In September, 1852, he was married to Mary Eby who was born January 13th, 1835, and died April 28th, 1890. They resided several miles north of Waterloo where he was engaged in farming. His death took place February 15th, 1885. To them were born thirteen children, viz:"
 
Sources  1. [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), 555   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [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, 602   [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, 426   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [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), 97   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [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), 726   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [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), 555   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [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), 727   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
8. [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), 555   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
9. [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), 726   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Cemeteries and Headstones
Cemetery Stone
Cemetery Stone from Martin Meetinghouse Cemetery
Documents
Bible with Family Register
A Bible inscribed "Isaac Eby's Bible" and with a printed Familien Register between the Old and New Testaments.
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