| Birth |
30 Mar 1800 |
, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00032-2818 |
| Died |
15 Oct 1885 |
[4] |
| Person ID |
I16879 |
| Last Modified |
17 Aug 2004 |
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| Father |
John ERB, b. 8 Dec 1764 |
| Mother |
Magdalena SCHRANTZ, b. Jun 1770 |
| Group Sheet |
F168 |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Kolb, b. 4 Aug 1804, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
11 Dec 1827 |
[5,6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Abram ERB, b. 8 Mar 1829 |
| | 2. Cyrus ERB, b. 1 Mar 1831 |
| | 3. Jacob K. ERB, b. 13 Apr 1833 |
| | 4. Hannah ERB, b. 9 Jan 1835 |
| | 5. Magdalena ERB, b. 4 Jul 1837 |
| | 6. Joseph K. ERB, b. 16 Jan 1840 |
| | 7. Levi ERB, b. 23 Oct 1842 |
| | 8. William ERB, b. 19 Jul 1845 |
| | 9. John Henry ERB, b. 25 May 1848 |
| | 10. Benjamin ERB, b. 24 May 1852 |
| | 11. Magdalena Erb |
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| Group Sheet |
F1486 |
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| Notes |
Joseph Erb, "the fourth son of John and Magdalena (Schrantz) Erb, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 30th, 1800. He came to Canada in 1805 with his parents who settled where now Preston is situated. Here Mr. Erb was raised and after arriving of age he conducted his father's business which then consisted of the grist mill, saw mill, distillery, general store, besides a large farm of nearly 500 acres of land. On December 11th, 1827, he was married to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Clemens) Kolb. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Skippack, August 4th, 1804, and came to Canada with her parents in 1819. She is still living on the old Erb place. Her residence is situated within sixty feet from where old John Erb had erected his first log cabin when coming to Canada in 1805. He died October 15th, 1885. To them was born a family of ten children, viz:" |
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| 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), 626 [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), 857 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [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), 626 [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), 626 [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), 626 [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), 857 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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