Tilley
H. Erb, son of Seth Erb
& Isabella Piers, born July 7, 1876, died August 1962, buried Hatfield
Point, married September 29, 1900 to
ERRAH “HATTIE”
TRESSA COLEMAN, daughter of John Coleman & Jane Perkins, born August
8, 1882 at Shannon, died April 15, 1960, buried Hatfield
Point.
ChiIdren:
Ralph Orr 1904 - 1958 married Greta Knowlin
Sidney C 1909 – 1997 "
Madeline Moses
Dorothy T. 1914 - 1992
" Roy Johnston
Howard 1916 - 2001 "
Doris Dibblee
Thelma
1918 - 1951 " Everett Hayes Marriage Certificate
Walter
H. 1921 –
1994 “ Myla ????
Cyril Coleman 1924 - 1996 "
Betty E. Kincade
Apr. 22, 1937 - "Walter Erb,
15 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Tilley H. Erb, of KiersteadvilIe, had a narrow
escape from drowning on Wednesday afternoon, April 7, when he crashed through
the ice on
The lad was riding his bicycle across the bay on the staked
road when the ice beneath him suddenly gave way and plunged him into the icy
water. Being a swimmer, he was able to
keep afloat, and, after a struggle of
some minutes, managed to pull himself up to more solid
ice. For a short distance he crawled
along the ice,
and then walked to the shore."
The death of Errah “Hattie” Erb, wife of Tilley H. Erb, age 77, occured
at the St. Joseph Hospital, Saint John,
on April 15. Born in Shannon, youngest daughter of the late John & Jane Coleman, she lived the greater
part of her life at
Tilley Erb was blind from about
midlife onward. In the 1960s, he had unsuccessful cataract surgery
following which he could see nothing.
The death of Tilley H. Erb took
place at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Roy Johnston, KiersteadvilIe, after
a lengthy
illness. Born at Long Point, he spent most of his life in
the Parish of Springfield, where he
farmed, except for
12 years when he resided at Lower Millstream. He returned to KiersteadvilIe
4 years ago,