Wilhelmina Von Doerhen Schunk

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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]

Funeral Card

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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

Wilhelmina — J. H. Oelschlaeger. J. was born CA 1804; died Bef 1861. [Group Sheet]

1. Wilhelm "William" Oelschaeger was born 26 Jan 1825, Hamburg, Germany; died 15 Feb 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.