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Mennonite Archives of Ontario Gordon C. Eby wartime photograph album
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Gordon C. Eby wartime photograph album

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.66.4.1
  • File
  • 1866-1949

Photographs in the album are predominantly from Gordon Eby's time in the military, 1914-1919. Some photographs of family before and after the war are also included. Captions were probably composed and added by Anne Eby Millar, Gordon's daughter. The photographs and captions together narrate chronologically Gordon Eby's family of origin, his experience in the First World War with the 118th and 21st battalions as a signaler, the months spent in Germany at the end of the war as a translator, his marriage in 1921, and his growing family.

Eby, Gordon Christian, 1890-1965

Veronica Bingeman

Known as "Franny" she is a cousin to Gordon Eby. Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Cousin Frany was a big, handsome woman. Ada teased him about his 'big girl' who was seen with him by his fellow soldiers."

Cousins and friends of Gordon Eby

Family and friends of Gordon Eby pose in front of grape vines. Written on back: "1911. L. Bechtel, Frany, Bella, Miss E. [Edna?] Rush, Pearl [Rush], _, Eby Rush, Ada, Allie." Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Cousins Ada Clemens and Frany (Veronica) Bingeman, left and cousin Allie Stengel at far right."

Isaac S. Eby

Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "Gordon visited Uncle Isaac (another son of Isaac Eby) on Nov. 1st in New Hamburg. Uncle Isaac was a "Tunkert" and would not have his picture taken, but one day when he visited them Gordon took his picture without his knowledge. In 1914 Uncle Isaac's health was failing. He died in February, 1915."
"Tunkert" is possibly Tunker (Brethren in Christ) or Dunkard/Tunkard (Church of the Brethren). Isaac Eby had a Mennonite funeral and was buried at the First Mennonite cemetery, Berlin.

Isaac Eby farm near the Grand River

Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "War was declared Aug. 4. 1914. It seems as though he wanted to look back before going forward, when on Oct. 18th Gordon Eby stated in his diary that he wheeled out to Grandpa Eby's place and saw it for the first time. The Grandpa Isaac Eby farm was located where Grand River Collegiate, Kitchener now stands. Isaac Eby was the son of Bishop Benjamin Eby. Two days after this trip Gordon joined the city regiment and within less than a year he signed up for overseas duty.
Grandson of a Mennonite minister and baptized in the old "Eby's Church" in Kitchener, Gordon, like his father before him, became a soldier."

Snetsinger sisters and friend

The Snetsinger sisters, Murray and Willa, and friend. Gordon Eby met them while in hospital in London, Ontario, where they were volunteers. Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "Oct 31st was the date that Gordon met the Snetsinger girls. He was in Victoria Hospital, London and they came to the hospital to visit the soldiers. Murray was a schoolteacher and Willa was living at home with her mother and brother. These girls liked to dress in military style clothes and title themselves 'major.'"

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