Origin: German
Spelling variations include: Erb, Erbe, von Erb, von
Erbe, Erbs, Erby, Erbie and others.
First found in the Rhineland, where this family was a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: including settlers who travelled to the New World and established themselves along the eastern seaboard of the United States, particularly in Pennsylvania, and in Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries
Coat of Arms:
Gold with black eagle's wings.
Crest: Description not available
This
information above was obtained from the Swyrich
website, for now we will be dealing with the ancestors and descendents of:
Frances
Mary Erb (Fannie)
m.
1882
And
Joseph
Robert MacFarland
1847
- New
Brunswick
Please
follow this link to go to a bulletin board that discusses the surname