John Eby^[1]

1814 - 1889  (74 years)

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• Name	John Eby  [2]
  Birth	7 Aug 1814	, , , Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	He was Mennonite age 38, a farmer born in Canada 7 Aug.
  Death	6 Mar 1889  [4]
  Alt. Death	6 Mar 1899
  Cemetery Notes	It was first called the First Mennonite Church in 1917. Prior to this it had been called Eby's. Benjamin Eby's, Christian Eby's Berlin and East End. Worship was held in a log school house on the South East corner of the adjoining cemetery as early as 1811. In 1834 a substantial frame meeting house was built on the site of the present day church and the log school house was moved to Breslau where it was used as a school and meeting house. The frame meeting house was replaced with a brick edifice in 1902 which was enlarged in 1902, 1950 and 1985.
  Burial	Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Address: First Mennonite Cemetery King St. Kitchener, ON Canada
  	In memory of/ John Eby/ born/ Aug. 7/ 1814/ died/ Mar. 6, 1899/ aged/ 84 yrs. 6 mos./ & 29 dys./ asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep/ from which none ever wake to weep
  Person ID	I17942	Ancestors of Susan and Barry Reynolds
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Deacon Samuel Eby,   b. 27 Aug 1785   d. 25 Jan 1844 (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Elisabetha Brech,   b. 13 Aug 1789, , Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Nov 1872, Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Groff,   b. 5 Oct 1822   d. 8 Nov 1897 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1880	Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F5887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2020

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 7 Aug 1814 - , , , Canada Census - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 29 Jan 1880 - Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: First Mennonite Cemetery King St. Kitchener, ON Canada - - Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Eby, John (1814 - 1889) In memory of/ John Eby/ born/ Aug. 7/ 1814/ died/ Mar. 6, 1899/ aged/ 84 yrs. 6 mos./ & 29 dys./ asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep/ from which none ever wake to weep

  
  

• 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:" [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S195] Dettweiler, Allan, Web Site - Ezra Eby Revived!, (http://www.ezraeby.com/index.php : 28 July 2008), ). [S2611] Ezra E. Eby, Book - Biographical History of Early Settlers and their Descendants in Waterloo Township, (1895 & 1896, Supplement by Joseph B. Snyder 1931,IndexesMaps and other Documents by Eldon D. Weber, 1971.), 23 Aug 2005. [S1215] Waterloo Region Branch, Waterloo Genealogical Society, Census - Can., ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - 1851, (1851 Census Transcription for Waterloo Region(Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 2001) , Internet Document), 30 Jan 2007, Div. 4 Page 16. [S2612] Waterloo Wellington Branch OGS, Cemetery - Can., ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite, (Cemetery Transcription(Kitchener, Ontario, Canada,WaterlooWellington Branch OGS, March 1996) , Book in 4Volumes), 13 Apr 2007, C 13.25. [S2611] Ezra E. Eby, Book - Biographical History of Early Settlers and their Descendants in Waterloo Township, (1895 & 1896, Supplement by Joseph B. Snyder 1931,IndexesMaps and other Documents by Eldon D. Weber, 1971.), 2 Apr 2001, p. 179.