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Peter Eby[1,2]

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Birth  28 Feb 1828  Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario  [3
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00031-2491 
Died  15 Aug 1894    [4
Person ID  I7767 
Last Modified  04 May 2005 
 
Father  Benjamin Eby, b. 2 May 1785, Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Mary (Maria) Brubacher, b. 6 Aug 1789, Elizabeth (Part of Warwick) Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F2342 
 
Family 1  Susan Sparrow, b. 28 Apr 1826 
Married  30 Sep 1847    [5
Children 
 1. Isidore E. Eby, b. 9 Dec 1848
 2. Albert Milton Eby
 3. Benjamin Theodore Eby, b. 2 Dec 1852
Group Sheet  F2397 
 
Notes  Peter Eby, "the youngest son of Bishop Benjamin Eby, was born on the old homestead in the town of Berlin, February 28th, 1828. In his younger days he was engaged as a teacher in our public schools. He afterwards became interested in the printing business and was for a number of years proprietor and publisher of the Berlin Telegraph and Der Deutsche Canadier; he was also Crown agent. In 1856 he moved to the state of New York, and finally located in Buffalo where he carried on the printing business with great success for 30 years. On September 30th, 1847, he was married to Susan Sparrow who was born April 28th, 1826, and died November 17th, 1888. He died August 15th, 1894. To them was born a family of three 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), 569   [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), 345   [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), 569   [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), 570   [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), 570   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Documents
Advertisement - Berlin Telegraph
A copy of an advertisement for the Berlin Telegraph and German Canadian newspaper published by Elias Eby.
Photos
Peter Eby
A tintype studio portrait of Peter Eby.
Peter Eby and Susan Sparrow Eby
A studio portrait of Peter Eby and his wife, Susan Sparrow Eby.
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