Louisa Oelschlaeger

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-174502
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: William Oelschlager
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40088
• Occupation: 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Residence: 1854, Glasgow Mills (Bridgeport), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Town Treasurer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Town Treasurer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; politician, life insurance company director

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THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE WM. OELSCHLAGER

A very large Cortege

This afternoon (Saturday) the remains of the late Town Treasurer and Manager of the Economical Insurance Co. were laid to rest in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Long before the hour appointed for the funeral a host of his old friends, comrades and acquaintances congregated at the family residence on Young street to have a last look at the familiar countenance of their departed friend and to accompany his remains to their final restingplace.

The casket containing the body was deeply draped and bore a silver plate, giving his name and age. On it lay his Masonic apron and pendent and surrounding it were a number of beautiful floral wreaths, - one from the Economical's London Agents, representing the "Gates Ajar" the Town Council sent a very tasty wreath bearing the words "Our Treasurer,"; the Company with which he was so long and favorably connected sent a flower pillow with the inscription. "Our Friend" another simple yet touching one was from his family and bore the words: "Father." Several Berlin ladies among them Mrs. Geo. Rumpel and Mrs. H. Kranz also sent in similar tokens fo sympathy, showing the high esteem in which the deceased was held by all classes in the community.

His Brother Masons of Berlin and adjacent towns and cities attended in a body to confer upon him the last honors of the Craft. After the Rev. R. Von Pirch had read the impresseive funeral service of the Lutheran Church, the Masonic body took the funeral in charge. When they read their burial service over him, the coffin was placed in the bier and the cortege proceeded to the cemetery in the following order:

The Band of the 29th Battalion.
Grand River Lodge No. 151, A. F. and A. M. and visiting Brethren.
The Bier and Six Masonic Pall-Bearers.
The Town Council, in a body.
The Free Library Board, in a body.
The Berlin Fire Brigade.
The Family and Nearest Relatives.
The Officers, Directors and Agents of the Economical Insurance Co.
Public and County Officials and Citizens.
Carriages and Pedestians.

The funeral procession was one of the largest seen in Berlin for some time. The band, specially engaged by the members of the Grand River Lodge, A. F. and A. M., playing "The Dead March in Saul" as the vast throng moved slowly toward the cemetery and the bells on St. Peters tolling dolefully made the scene a most memorable one. Arrived at the grave the remains were deposited into the earth by his Brethern after the solemn and mystic usages of the Craft and as the words "dust to dust and ashes to ashes" were spoken they dropped a sprig of evergreen upon the box containing all that was mortal of William Oelschlager. Thus was an honorable man honored. The grave has covered over a good citizen, a faithful officer and a loving paren. Requiescat in Pace

The Berlin Daily Telegraph newspaper, 18 Feb 1893

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Office of the Economical M.F.T.Co. Berlin, February 15th, 1893. Dear Sir, It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the somewhat unexpected death of our esteemed friend and Manager, Mr. Wm. Oelschlager, at his residence here this morning at one o'clock. He has been in a poor state of health since the Annual Meeting of the Economical held on the 27th January, but his illness did not assume a serious aspect till within the past ten days. The Funeral will take place on Saturday, the 18th inst., at One o'clock, P.M. Yours sincerely, Hugo Kranz President.

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Gestorben: Am 15. Februar in Berlin: Wilhelm Oelschlaeger, geboren in Hamburg, Deutschland, am 26. Januar 1825; erreichte ein Alter von 68 Jahren und 20 Tagen. Beerdigung: Naechsten Samstag, 18 Februar, um 1 Uhr Nachmittags, von seinem Wohnplatze an Yonge Strasze nach dem Mount Hope Friedhof. Gedaechtnisz Gottesdienst naechsten Sonntag Abend in der luth. St.Petri Kirche.

[Translation: Died On the 15th of February in Berlin William Oelschlaeger born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 26, 1825; Reached the age of 68 years and 20 days. Funeral: Next Saturday, February 18th, at 1 o'clock in the after noon, from his residence on Yonge Street to Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial Service next Sunday evening in St. Peter's Lutheran Church.]

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DEATH OF Wm. OELSCHLAGER. - Mr. William Oelschlagerm manager of the Economical Fire Insurance Company, died at an early hour on Wednesday morning, aged 63 years. Mr. Oc!schlager was possessed of an amount of energy and capacity for work that is possessed by few. He was an aetive politician and did yeoman service in the interests of the Conservative cause in 1878 and succeeding elections. His wife and six children survive him. He will be buried with masonic honors on Saturday at one p, m.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 16 Feb 1893, p. 3

Wilhelm married Anne Catherine "Catherine" Schmidt 1849. Anne was born CALC 16 Oct 1828, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 26 May 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Schmidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-329789
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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OELSCHLAGER- At her residence on Young street, at 5.30 Tuesday morning, Anna Catharine, Smith, relict of the late William Oeschlager, aged 74 years, 7 months and 10 days.

The funeral will take place Thursday at 3 p.m. from her late residence to Mount Hope cemetery.

The Chronicle Telegraph, 28 May 1903, p. 4

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Gestorben: Am Dienstag, den 26. Mai 1903, in Berlin, Anna Catharina Oelschlaeger, geb. Schmidt, geboren am 17. October 1828 auf dem Herzberg, Kurhessen, Deutschland; Alter 74 Jahre, 7 Monate und 9 Tage. Beerdigung: Donnerstag, den 28. Mai, um drei Uhr Nachmittags, von dem Trauerhause an Young Strasse aus, auf den Mount Hope Friedhof.

[Translation: Died On Tuesday. the 26 May 1903 in Berlin Anna Catharina Oelschlager nee Schmidt, born the 17 October 1828 in Herzberg, Kurhessen, Germany; Aged 74 Years, 7 Months and 9 Days. Funeral: Thursday, the 28th of May, at three o'clock in the afternoon from the house of mourning on Young Street, to Mount Hope Cemetery.]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-367081

J. — Wilhelmina Von Doerhen Schunk. Wilhelmina was born 1804, Hamburg, Germany; died 16 Mar 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Wilhelmina Von Doerhen Oelschlaeger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-279134
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Gestorben. In Berlin am Donnerstag, den 16. Maerz, Wittwe Wilhelmine Oelschlaeger, in Alter von 72 Jahren. Beerdigung am Sonntag, den 19. Maerz, um 1 Uhr Nachmittags. Berlin, 16. Maerz 1876

[Translation: Died In Berlin on Thursday the 16th of March, Widow Wilhelmine Oelschlaeger, Aged 72 Years. Funeral on Sunday, the 19th of March, at 1 p.m. Berlin, 16 March 1876]

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Oldest Heirloom In County a Five Octave Piano

One of the oldest heirlooms in Waterloo County comes to light with the finding of the manuscript written for the 1934 "Grumbler", the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate student magazine, which was handed in for publication and not published due to its misplacement until after the magazine had been printed. The manuscript was the story of the heirloom, at present the property of Mrs. Vorwerk Ernst of Kitchener, the heirloom previously being brought to Canada by Mrs. Ernst's great-grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Oelschlaeger. The story was written by Mrs. Ernst's son for publication in the "Grumbler".

The heirloom is a spinnet, an old- fashioned five-octave piano, which was presented to Wilhelmine Von Doerhen Schunk in 1814 on the occasion of her tenth birthday by her parents, Rev. Mr. Schunk and Mrs. Schunk, of Hamburg, Germany. Miss Schunk was married and came out to Canada in 1854, a year after her husband came. The spinnet she brought with her. It was carried by horse and wagon from Hamilton to Freeport where the driver of the horses said his horses must rest before pulling it further. The next day it was brought on to Lancaster, new Bridgeport, where Mrs. Oelschlaeger took up her new home and its life of pioneering.

Waterloo Chronicle, 21 Jun 1934, p. 6