| Birth |
8 Dec 1764 |
[6] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00032-2779 |
| Died |
2 Sep 1832 |
Preston, Waterloo Co., Ontario [7] |
| Person ID |
I18473 |
| Last Modified |
02 May 2005 |
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| Father |
Christian ERB, b. Oct 1734, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Maria SCHERCH, b. 1737 |
| Group Sheet |
F5 |
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| Family 1 |
Magdalena SCHRANTZ, b. Jun 1770 |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth ERB, b. 3 Apr 1790 |
| | 2. Samuel ERB, b. 4 Jan 1792 |
| | 3. Nancy Erb, b. 15 Feb 1794 |
| | 4. John S. ERB, b. 4 Sep 1795 |
| | 5. Henry ERB, b. Abt 1797 |
| | 6. Joseph ERB, b. 30 Mar 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 7. Susannah ERB, b. 6 Feb 1803 |
| | 8. Magdalena ERB, b. 18 Jul 1810, Preston, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 9. Christian ERB, b. 15 May 1815 |
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| Group Sheet |
F168 |
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| Notes |
John Erb, "the third son of Christian and Maria (Scherch) Erb, was born December 8th, 1764, and was married to Magdalena Schrantz who was born in June, 1770. In 1805 he, in company with his wife and family, William Corwell, Henry Kraft and family, Peter Hammacher and family, Matthias Scheirich and family, Abraham Stauffer and family, and other families moved to Canada and settled in the township and county of Waterloo. John Erb settled on the Speed River about 200 rods from where now Erb's Mill, of Preston, stands. He proved to be the founder of Preston. In 1806 Mr. Erb erected his saw mill. Before this time no sawed lumber could be obtained nearer than Toronto or Niagara. A year thereafter (1807) he erected his grist mill which were rebuilt by their son, Joseph, in 1834. In a very short time Preston proved to be quite a business centre. Here he died September 2nd, 1832. His wife died June 2nd, 1826. They had a family of nine 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), 617-618 [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), 841 [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), 341 [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), 687 [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, 292 [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), 617 [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), 617-618 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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