George Alvin "Alvin" Ott

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• Birth: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Alvin Ott
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37083
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Maker
• Occupation: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Maker

George married Maria Edith "Ida" "Edith" Asmussen 28 Aug 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Johan Carl Heinrich "Henry" Asmussen and Lucinde Haubner) was born 16 Apr 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Harold Michael Ott was born 16 May 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Mildred Dorothy "Millie" Ott was born 31 Mar 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1995; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Esther Louisa Ott was born 1911; died 1972.
4. Clarence Edward Ott was born 1913; died 1994.
5. Edna Irene Ott was born 1915; died 2007.
6. George Alvin Ott was born 1919; died 1999.
7. Olive Ott was born 1922; died 2003.

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ott Brick & Tile Co.
• Name: M. Ott
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37077
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Maker

Michael married Katherine "Catherine" Stroh 17 Mar 1874, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Katherine (daughter of John Yost "Yost" Stroh and Catherine Trautman) was born 15 Feb 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 27 May 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1944; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Stroh
• Name: Katherine "Catherine" Ott
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28479
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Adam Ott
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68162
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

It is reported by Johann Adam Ott was born 7 Jun 1812 at Michelreitz, Bavaria, Germany the youngest of eight children of Johann Georg Ott and Anna Katharina Heroth. Also that he entered the army as a volunteer in the Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment where he was a shoemaker. After discharge he became a legionary to the reserve battalion of the Royal Bavarian Regiment of King Otto of Greece. He landed in New York with a brother who was a watchmaker (he ended up on Philadelphia and prospered). Johann came to Waterloo where he was a shoemaker.

Johann Adam Ott Family Tree by Carl Ott, 1957, Kitchener, Ontario

Johann — Catharine Oswald. Catharine (daughter of Philip Jacob Oswald and Margaretha Becker) was born 1810, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Ott
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68163
• Probate: 19 Mar 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Catharine Ott: Letters of Administration of the estate of Adam Ott of the Township of Woolwich, Yeoman, deceased.

…On the seventeenth of March 1853, Catharine Ott, widow of the deceased, Adam Ott, Yeoman of the Township of Woolwich, Waterloo County, and her brother, Philip Oswald of Woolwich Township, Yeoman, made application for letters of Administration of the chattels and good of the deceased, proving by oath that he died on or about the fourteen of March, instant, leaving no Will. Inventory delivered to the amount of $65. 7. 6. Conrad Stroh, of the said Township, having given bail and bond of two hundred and fifty pounds for their true and faithful administration of said estate.


Letters granted, 19 March 1853.
Died 14^th March 1853
Inventory £65/7/6


Wills of Waterloo County Register A 1853-1871, transcribed by Frances Hoffman

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• Name: Jost Stroh
• Name: Yost Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-7136P
• Immigration: Sep 1837, New York City, New York, USA.
• Historic Building: 1847, 365 King St. East, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer

Notes:

DEATH OF A FORMER WOOLWICH RESIDENT

An aged resident of Waterloo passed away Tuesday morning last week in the person of Yost Stroh. Deceased was born in Germany, coming to Berlin only 13 years old. After living in Berlin 26 years he moved to Woolwich Tp., living next to Balsam Grove school. Here he lived 45 years, having a few acres of land, and working among the farmers when not occupied at home. He was also caretaker of the school there for many years, in fact as long as the writer's memory carries him back. Two years ago he moved to Waterloo and has since resided with his daughter, Mrs. Abram Metzger. His wife predeceased him 25 years. There survive him three sons, Conrad, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Henry and John, Wallenstein, and five daughters, Mrs. Vincent, Barryton, Mich.; Mrs. John and Mrs. Michael Ott, Berlin; Mrs. Geo. Dahmer and Mrs. Metzger, Waterloo. The funeral was held on Saturday afternoon and several of his Woolwich friends went to do him a last honor.

Elmira Advertiser 22 Dec 1910

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King Street, Kitchener

Cedar to Albert Street.

At the corner Enoch Ziegler's carriage factory, a good-sized and well-known shop which continued for many years.

A brick building, one story and a half, lengthwise with King Street, occupied by Yost Stroh as shoemaker shop and dwelling. Later this was made into a two story building.

Next an open space,

A two story frame building, crowned with a bell tower, with a boiler house and engine in the rear. The bell is said to have been cracked on a New Year's night by too violent ringing. In any event its sound was impaired. The building as a factory was at one time operated by Cornell & Bowman. It changed tenants from time to time and occasionally was idle. In 1867 Henry Strieker used it as a woolen mill and William Simpson used it at one time. The building was unpainted. It was eventually destroyed by fire.

Another factory building with gable toward King Street and a one story veranda in front.

A two story brick dwelling, well back from the street, occupied by A. H. Mowat, general agent and Deputy Clerk, He was the father of Jim Mowat, known as Moses Oates and, as a weather prophet, active on the Toronto Globe for some years. Jim Mowat was a school mate of Jacob Stroh at the Central School. He published almanacs and was known throughout the province.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

Historic Building:
Built in 1847-1851 by Jost Stroh by 1978 been converted into apartments owned by Barbaras Inventments. At that time is was considered to be in fair condition. Apparently by 2009 is has been demolished.

John married Catherine Trautman 23 Apr 1850, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine was born 5 Sep 1828, , Germany; died 4 Feb 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-7137
• Residence: 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191773

Philip — Margaretha Becker. Margaretha was born CA 1788, of, Wilgartswiesen, Rhein-Baiern, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaretha Oswald
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191774

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• Name: John Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79453
• Immigration: Sep 1837, New York City, New York, USA.

Notes:

How More German Families Were Brought In

At that stage there was a further influx of German hand-workers. In the main they came from Hesse, with sprinklings from Baden, Saxony. Mecklenburg, and other States. Woodworkers predominated. The Dorf however boasted a weaver, wagonmaker, hatmaker. a tailor (John Nahrgang), two shoemakers, and several carpenters, while Anselm Wagner, potter, made shilling crocks and flowerpots for the Hausfrau. A Dr. Klinkert was the first doctor.

The late Jacob Stroh of Waterloo told how one German family brought in another. John Nahrgang, for example, wrote to his friend, Yost Stroh, of Lehrbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, a small land-owner and wagonmaker, urging him to come over, saying that good land could be bought at a low price. Yost Stroh reflected that his sons would soon be of age and require to serve seven years in the army: scratched his head when he thought of the seven or eight kinds of taxes he had to pay, including a head tax and a church tax; and winced when here remembered that the authorities took every tenth sheaf of grain he grew. So he resolved on emigrating.

Mr. and Mrs. Stroh and their sons John, Conrad, Henry and Yost, Jr., after a Grüsz Gott from relatives, set out on a sailing ship in 1837. The perilous seas tossed them hither and yon for twelve weeks before they reached New York. There they boarded a steamer for Albany; rode to Oswego in a train that ran on wooden rails faced with iron; at Oswego embarked in a ship they thought was bound for Hamilton but which landed them in Toronto; returned by boat to Hamilton, and hired a Negro to drive them up to Preston; then had a Mr. Guggisburg bring them up to Berlin in a wagon. When the party stepped inside John Nahrgang's door their combined capital was nine cents. Work however was plentiful and the family soon became householders. Later on John bought a farm at Lexington for eight dollars an acre, and Conrad one at West Montrose for $2.00 an acre. Henry and Yost Jr. were apprenticed to shoemakers. Afterward Henry opened a shop in Schneider's Road where the Seiler and Saddler blocks now are. Henry married Frederick Gaukel's daughter Susannah, and Mr. Jacob Stroh was one of their sons.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937 pg 39, 40

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It was reported that her husband YOST died by drowning in he mill pond in Bridgeport and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Berlin.

Johann — Anna Catherine Hahn. Anna was born 20 Aug 1786, , Germany; died 28 May 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Catherine Stroh
• Name: Catherine Hahn
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79454
• Immigration: Sep 1837, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Residence:
Lived with her son Henry and his wife Susanna