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John Eby[1,2,3]

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Birth  7 Aug 1814    [4,5
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00031-2760 
Person ID  I8396 
Last Modified  02 May 2005 
 
Father  Samuel Eby, b. 27 Aug 1785 
Mother  Elizabeth Break, b. 13 Aug 1789, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F1161 
 
Family 1  Rebecca Bricker, b. 22 Sep 1819 
Married  7 Nov 1837    [6,7
Children 
 1. Aaron Eby, b. 14 Aug 1838
 2. Sophia Eby, b. 10 Jun 1840
 3. Veronica Eby, b. 25 Mar 1842
 4. Moses Eby, b. 2 Oct 1844
 5. Elizabeth Eby, b. 23 Oct 1846
 6. Magdalena Eby, b. 19 Apr 1851
 7. Susannah Eby, b. 22 Sep 1858
 8. Elizabeth Eby
Group Sheet  F2551 
 
Family 2  Nancy Groff, b. 5 Oct 1822 
Married  29 Jan 1880    [8
Group Sheet  F2552 
 
Notes  John Eby, "the second son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Brech) Eby, was born August 7th, 1814. On November 7th, 1837, he was married to Rebecca Bricker who was born September 22nd, 1819, and died May 11th, 1872. They resided on the farm now known as the "Poor House Farm", on which was built, in 1869, by the County Council of the county of Waterloo, the House of Industry and Refuge. The farm is directly east of Berlin, about ten minutes' walk from the Court House. Mr. Eby was married a second time to Nancy Groff (widow), and is now comfortably located in the town of Berlin, Ontario. Of late years, however, he has been so unfortunate as to be totally deprived of his eyesight. He has a family of seven 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), 611   [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), 723   [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), 332   [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), 611   [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), 295   [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), 611   [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), 332   [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), 723   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Documents
Notebook
A notebook kept by Joseph B. Snyder that includes some cemetery records.
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