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Lenora Otto

Female 1893 - 1942  (48 years)


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  1. 1.  Lenora Otto was born 19 Dec 1893, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Owen T. Otto and Mary Priscilla Thibideau); died 27 Jul 1942, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lenora Schmidt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202930
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1942, 23 Park St., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    MRS. OSCAR H. SCHMIDT

    Mrs. Oscar H. Schmidt, 48, of 23 Park Street, died suddenly July 27th at her home. She had been ill for several years. The former Lenora Otto, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Otto of New Hamburg and was married in 1915. She resided in Elmira since her marriage. A member of Zion Evangelical Church, Elmira, she was an active member of the Ladies' Aid and the Women's Missionary Society, and a former member of her church choir.

    She is survived by her husband, her parents, and one brother, Toman, of New Hamburg.

    Funeral services were held on Thursday, July 30 from her home followed by a memorial service at Zion Evangelical Church at 2.30 p.m. with interment in the Elmira Cemetery. The remains rested in the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel until the following day when they were taken to the late residence for service. Rev. E. N. Mohr, pastor of Zion Evangelical Church officiated. Rev. C. H. Cornwell of Olivet Church, Kitchener, delivered the memorial service.

    Lenora — Oscar Henry Schmidt. Oscar (son of Andrew D. Schmidt and Margareth "Margaret" Bender) was born 9 Oct 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Aug 1976, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Owen T. Otto was born 19 Mar 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Otto and Leah Tohman); died 1950; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7516.11
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Owen — Mary Priscilla Thibideau. Mary was born 24 Feb 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died 1946; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Priscilla Thibideau was born 24 Feb 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died 1946; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Priscilla Otto
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202919
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Children:
    1. 1. Lenora Otto was born 19 Dec 1893, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jul 1942, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Florence Otto was born 7 Apr 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Toman Otto was born 3 May 1902, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1971, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Nov 1971, Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Otto was born 19 Oct 1819, , , Germany (son of Otto); died 29 Jun 1886; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Johannes Otto
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7516.1
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ep. Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

    John married Leah Tohman 6 Nov 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker) was born 18 Apr 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1902; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Leah TohmanLeah Tohman was born 18 Apr 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker); died 30 Aug 1902; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Leah Otto
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7516
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ep. Methodist

    Notes:

    Leah Tohman, "was born April 18th, 1831. On November 6th, 1849, she was married to John Otto, a farmer. They reside in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee. To them is born a family of twelve children".1

    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. Magdalena Otto was born , Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Jonas Otto was born 1 Sep 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Oct 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    3. Susannah Otto was born 29 Jan 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 7 Jun 1926, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Samuel Otto was born 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died May 1855; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Mary Otto was born 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. John Otto was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John T. Otto was born 2 Mar 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1921, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Abraham Toman Otto was born 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada.
    9. Amos T. Otto was born 10 Mar 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Leah Otto was born 26 Mar 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Feb 1866; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    11. Emiline "Emma" Otto was born 14 Jun 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 1942, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried , Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.
    12. Moses Otto was born 15 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1948; was buried , Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.
    13. 2. Owen T. Otto was born 19 Mar 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1950; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Elmina Otto was born 23 Jul 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Aug 1944, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried , Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Otto was born Abt 1790, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32852

    Children:
    1. 4. John Otto was born 19 Oct 1819, , , Germany; died 29 Jun 1886; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Valentine Otto was born CALC 20 Oct 1825, , Hessen, Germany; died 9 May 1893, Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sebringville Cemetery, Sebringville, Perth Co., Ontario.

  2. 10.  Abraham Tohman, Sr.Abraham Tohman, Sr. was born 7 Jan 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA (son of Valentine Tohman and Sarah Derstein); died 12 Dec 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Abram Toman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7513
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111E, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Historic Building: Abt 1845, Abraham Thoman's Relocated Barn, 10 Huron Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bricker Barn
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Abram Tohman, "the eldest, was born in 1804. He was married to Mary, eldest daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker. She was born November 3rd, 1806. After their marriage they resided on her father's old homestead near Freeport, Ontario, until February 25th, 1846, when the moved to Wilmot Township, a little west of New Dundee where they resided until his death which occurred December 12th, 1867. After his death the widow had her home with her son, Samuel, who now possesses the old homestead. She died December 27th, 1893."


    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.].

    __________________________


    On the 12 of Dec, in Waterloo County; Ontario, of palsy, Abm. Toman, aged 62 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was buried at the Blenheim meeting-house Burying-ground, where appropriate funeral discourses were delivered.


    HERALD OF TRUTH, Feb 1868, page 31

    Residence:
    Home of Abram and Mary Tohman Lot 14 Concession 3 Wilmot Township. right side is the original left side was addition. House is now demolished.

    Historic Building:
    Bricker Barn originally located in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County. Constructed around 1845. Original owner, Abraham and Mary Thoman. Gift of John Steckley, 1976

    Abraham — Mary Bricker. Mary (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby) was born 1805, , USA; died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  3. 11.  Mary Bricker was born 1805, , USA (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby); died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Tohman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1324
    • Birth: 3 Nov 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Bricker,"the eldest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker, was born November 3rd, 1806. She was married to Abraham Toman who was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, and died in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, December 12th, 1867. She died December 27th, 1893. To them were born nine 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.].

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    TOMAN.-Mary Toman (maiden name Bricker), widow of the late Abraham Toman, was born in Waterloo township, Waterloo Co., Ont., November 3, 1806, and died in the township of Wilmot, December 26, 1893, aged 87 years, 1 month and 23 days. She survived her husband for over 26 years. She leaves a posterity of 9 children, 65 grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Funeral on Dec 29th, 1893, on which occasion M.S. Bowman preached in German from John 14: 3, and Noah Stauffer in English from Isaiah 28: 29. Buried in Blenheim cemetery. Her end was peace.

    HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 2, January 15, 1894 - pp 29,30,31

    Children:
    1. Toman
    2. Amos B. Tohman was born 11 Nov 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1907, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, United States.
    3. Rebecca B. Tohman was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Leah Tohman was born 18 Apr 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1902; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Samuel Bricker Toman was born 28 Mar 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1922, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Abraham Tohman, Jr. was born 29 Jan 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Sarah Tohman was born 1 Jul 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Joseph Toman was born 12 Oct 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Mar 1920, Richmond, Osceola, Michigan.
    9. Mary Tohman was born 18 Jan 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1919; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Susannah Tohman was born 14 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1935, Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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