Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Gladys Magdalen Otterbein

Female 1911 - 1991  (80 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gladys Magdalen Otterbein was born 30 Jan 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Edmund Ezra Otterbein and Maria Wilhelmina "Mary" Kissner); died 30 Aug 1991.

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    • Name: Gladys Magdalen Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-187698
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Gladys — Alexander Currie Shoemaker. Alexander (son of Simpson Shoemaker and Isabelle Simpson) was born 1911, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Dec 1978; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund Ezra OtterbeinEdmund Ezra Otterbein was born 3 Oct 1889, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Ezra Otterbein and Annie Vincent); died 1 Dec 1962, , , Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Hobbies: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carving
    • Residence: Biehn Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-486.8
    • Occupation: 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teamster
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster, Cartage
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Hobbies:
    photograph of Edmund Otterbein (1890-1962) with models of six horses in various states of completion. Most complete model has harness gear.

    Edmund married Maria Wilhelmina "Mary" Kissner 2 Aug 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Frederick Kissner and Magdalena Krueger) was born 23 Jul 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Maria Wilhelmina "Mary" Kissner was born 23 Jul 1891, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Frederick Kissner and Magdalena Krueger); died 1969; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maria Wilhelmina "Mary" Otterbein
    • Name: Mary Küssner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-187697
    • Occupation: 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; domestic
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 1. Gladys Magdalen Otterbein was born 30 Jan 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1991.
    2. Lloyd Samuel Otterbein was born 13 Dec 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 2011, Exeter, Huron Co., Ontario; was buried , Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ezra Otterbein was born 27 Aug 1862, , Ontario, Canada (son of Henry W. Otterbein and Elizabeth D. Bauman); died 9 Jan 1942; was buried , Wainwright Cemetery, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192100063
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-486.5
    • Residence: 1901, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Ezra Otterbein, "was married to Annie Vincent in 1887. They reside at Blake, and have a family of three children, namely: Mary, Edmund, and Abraham."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Ezra married Annie Vincent 1887. Annie was born 10 May 1860, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1897. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Annie Vincent was born 10 May 1860, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1897.

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    • Name: Annie Otterbein
    • Name: Elizabeth Vinson
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-486.6

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann Otterbein was born 17 Jul 1879, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1945, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada.
    2. Mary Otterbein was born 17 Jul 1888, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 2. Edmund Ezra Otterbein was born 3 Oct 1889, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1962, , , Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Abraham Vincent "Abe" Otterbein was born 10 Aug 1892, Blake, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; died 14 Jan 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Jan 1966, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Frederick Kissner was born 11 Mar 1865, Alte Blumenaud, Prussia (son of Frederick Kissner and Johanna Rothowsky); died 19 Oct 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Oct 1937, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171102126
    • Name: Fredeick Kuessner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351569
    • Immigration: 1884, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1888
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Retired: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1937, 55 David St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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    FREDERICK KISSNER

    Coming to this country 53 years ago from Germany where he was born, Frederick Kissner, 55 David street, died at his late residence here yesterday afternoon, in his 73rd year. He had been ill for the past five days. The deceased was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Surviving are his widow, the former Magdalene Krueger, three sons, Herman, Fred and Carl, all of Kitchener, two daughters, Mrs. George Ringle of Alberta and Mrs. Edmond Otterbein, of Strasburg. One step-son, Henry Bauer, of Kitchener and one step-daughter, Mrs. Sam Crowther, of Kitchener and 20 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon from the Ratz-Bechtel funeral bome, to St. Paul's Lutheran church at 2.30 o'clock, with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. Remains will rest at the funeral home.

    Kitchener Daily Record 20 Oct 1937 pg 17

    Frederick married Magdalena Krueger 11 Jan 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Freidrich Wilhelm "William" Krueger and Ernestine Wilhelmina Luick) was born 25 Dec 1863, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Dec 1942, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Magdalena Krueger was born 25 Dec 1863, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Freidrich Wilhelm "William" Krueger and Ernestine Wilhelmina Luick); died 3 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Dec 1942, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171102219
    • Name: Magdalena Bauer
    • Name: Magdalena Kissner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351570
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1937, 55 David St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1942, 30 Spetz St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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    MRS. MAGDALENA KISSNER

    Mrs. Magdalena Kissner, 78 died at the home of her son, Charles Kissner, 30 Spetz Street, early this morning. Death followed an illness of eight weeks. Born in Waterloo Township, Dec. 25, 1863, she was a daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Krueger. She is the last surviving member of the family. Her husband predeceased her Oct 19, 1937. Mrs. Kissner was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and took an active part in the Ladies' Aid of the church. Surviving are four sons; Henry, Herman, Fred and Charles, all of Kitchener: three daughters, Mrs. Sadie Crowther, Kitchener, Mrs. George Ringle, Diebolt, Alta., Mrs. Edmund Otterbein, Strasburg. The funeral will be held from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Saturday at 2 p.m. and at St. Paul's Lutheran church at 2.15 p.m. Rev.Albert Orten will officiate. Interment will he in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The remains are resting at the funeral home.

    Kitchener Daily Record 3 Dec 1942 pg 19

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    Golden Wedding Quietly Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kissner, Kitchener, Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary.

    The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kissner of Kitchener, was quietly marked at their home on Friday Numerous congratulations poured in on the happy couple. Although Mr. Kissner 70 years of age and his wife 71. both still enjoy the best of healh.

    A native of West Prussia, Mr. Kissner emigrated to Canada in 1884 and a year later. he married Mrs. Magdalena Bauer Krueger, who was born. on the Petersburg road. Rev. Anders, pastor of the St. Paul's Lutheran vicinity of Mannheim for several Church officiated. After living in the years, they returned to Kitchener where they have lived ever since. Their family included eight children, three of whom are deceased and 13 grandchildren. Their five remaining children are Messrs. Herman, Fred and Charles of Kitchener, and Mrs. Edwin Otterbein of Strassburg and Mrs. George Ringle of Alberta. The deceased members were Miss Lena and Mr. Willie Kissner and a baby who died in infancy. Mr. Henry Bauer and Mrs. S. Crowther of Kitchener are the children of Mrs. Kissner's first marriage.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 17 Jan 1935, p. 5

    Children:
    1. Charles Herman "Herman" Kissner was born 26 May 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Kissner was born 29 Jul 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Emma Kissner was born 22 Sep 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 3. Maria Wilhelmina "Mary" Kissner was born 23 Jul 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Frederick Kissner was born 1 Jan 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Helena Kissner was born 13 Feb 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1913; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Magdalena "Lena" Kissner was born 13 Feb 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lena Kissner was born 13 Feb 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Charles John Kissner was born 6 Nov 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. William Kissner was born 31 Aug 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry W. Otterbein was born 10 Jun 1836, Willofs, , Hessen, Germany (son of Heinrich Otterbein and Margaretha Steinacker); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00002-486.1
    • Residence: 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1901, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada

    Henry married Elizabeth D. Bauman 12 Sep 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of David S. Bauman and Maria "Mary" Bechtel) was born 24 Jul 1826, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jan 1923; was buried , Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth D. Bauman was born 24 Jul 1826, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of David S. Bauman and Maria "Mary" Bechtel); died 19 Jan 1923; was buried , Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.

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    • Birth: , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65054443
    • Name: Elizabeth D. Otterbein
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-486
    • Residence: 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1901, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Baumann, "the third daughter of David and Maria (Bechtel) Baumann, was born July 23rd, 1826. In 1858 she was married to Henry W. Otterbein, a native of Hesse Darnstadt, Germany. They reside in Stanley Township, Huron County, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. They have a family of family of four children"


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. Leah Otterbein was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Sarah Otterbein was born Abt 1860, Of, Blake, Huron Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. Ezra Otterbein was born 27 Aug 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1942; was buried , Wainwright Cemetery, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
    4. Henry B. Otterbein was born 1866; died 1897; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Menno Otterbein was born Abt 1870; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 12.  Frederick Kissner was born Abt 1835, Of, Alte Blumenaud, Prussia; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55896

    Frederick — Johanna Rothowsky. Johanna was born Abt 1835, Of, Alte Blumenaud, Prussia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Johanna Rothowsky was born Abt 1835, Of, Alte Blumenaud, Prussia; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Johanna Kissner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56140

    Children:
    1. 6. Frederick Kissner was born 11 Mar 1865, Alte Blumenaud, Prussia; died 19 Oct 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Oct 1937, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Freidrich Wilhelm "William" Krueger was born 11 Mar 1821, , Germany; died 23 May 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238146945
    • Name: Frederick Willliam "William" Krueger
    • Name: William Krueger
    • Residence: Waldau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56141
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Freidrich — Ernestine Wilhelmina Luick. Ernestine was born 1 Oct 1826, , Germany; died 14 Jun 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Ernestine Wilhelmina Luick was born 1 Oct 1826, , Germany; died 14 Jun 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238147211
    • Name: Ernestina Liuck
    • Name: Ernestine Wilhelmina Krueger
    • Name: Ernestine Wilhelmina Lick
    • Residence: Waldau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134139
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Marie Louisa Krueger was born 24 Feb 1848, Zoegensdorf, Prussia, Germany; died 11 Oct 1925, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Ann Krueger was born 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Sophia Krueger was born 22 Dec 1855, , Germany; died 10 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 7. Magdalena Krueger was born 25 Dec 1863, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Dec 1942, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Henry Krueger was born 16 Apr 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1906, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.