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  1. 1.  John Dreger was born 9 Jul 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John William Dreger and Beulah St. Clair Shepherd); died 9 Jul 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68879


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John William Dreger was born 1 Aug 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Heinrich Charles "Henry" Dreger and Sophia Johanne Henriette Klaehn); died 26 Mar 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36895
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cutter in Shirt Factory
    • Occupation: 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
    • Residence: 1946, 541 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    John married Beulah St. Clair Shepherd 9 Jun 1909, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Beulah (daughter of Joseph Henry "Harry" Shepherd and Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer) was born 17 May 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Dec 1961; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Beulah St. Clair Shepherd was born 17 May 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Joseph Henry "Harry" Shepherd and Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer); died 19 Dec 1961; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Beulah St. Clair Dreger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69595
    • Residence: 1946, 541 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. 1. John Dreger was born 9 Jul 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jul 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Rance Dreger was born 25 Apr 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Heinrich Charles "Henry" Dreger was born 9 Feb 1841, , Germany (son of Michael Dreger and Caroline); died 18 Aug 1890, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Charles Henry Dreger
    • Name: Henry Dreger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-131857
    • Historic Building: 1875, 155 Madison Avenue South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Historic Building:
    Original owner was Heinrich Dreger (Drieger). The house is on Madison Avenue South, but when built the street was named Albert. It in 1978 was listed as a brick 1 1/2 story building in very good condition.

    Heinrich married Sophia Johanne Henriette Klaehn 27 Oct 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of Carl Friedrich Christian Klaehn and Fredericka Dorothea Sophie Johanne Krugman) was born 23 Nov 1850, , Germany; died 22 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sophia Johanne Henriette Klaehn was born 23 Nov 1850, , Germany (daughter of Carl Friedrich Christian Klaehn and Fredericka Dorothea Sophie Johanne Krugman); died 22 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Sophia Johanne Henriette Dreger
    • Name: Sophia Johanne Henriette Kruse
    • Name: Sophia Kleahn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-131858
    • Immigration: 1870, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1876, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 18 Elgin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Emma Marie Dreger was born 22 Nov 1879, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 1941; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Carl Wilhelm Dreger was born 22 Nov 1879, , Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1880; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. John William Dreger was born 1 Aug 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Clara Louise Dreger was born 23 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jul 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Edith Elizabeth "Eda" Dreger was born 26 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Maria Caroline Dreger was born 13 Jan 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Joseph Henry "Harry" Shepherd was born 4 Mar 1861, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Feb 1935, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Harry J. Shepherd
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69593
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1884
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • Naturalization: 1898
    • Naturalization: 1899
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregarional

    Joseph married Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer Apr 1884. Angeline (daughter of Owen Oberholtzer and Alice Alvira Cook) was born 26 Apr 1856, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1947; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer was born 26 Apr 1856, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Owen Oberholtzer and Alice Alvira Cook); died 13 Oct 1947; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Angela Oberholtzer
    • Name: Angeline C. "Lina" Shepherd
    • Name: Angeline C. "Lina" Sheppard
    • Name: Lina
    • Eby ID Number: 00086-5076
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congrergational

    Notes:

    Angeline Oberholtzer, "was born April 26th, 1856. She is married to Harry Sheppard. They reside on the old 'Henry Oberholtzer Farm' near Bloomingdale where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists 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. 3. Beulah St. Clair Shepherd was born 17 May 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Dec 1961; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Ella Edith Shepherd was born 6 Dec 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Florence Mary Shepherd was born 12 Nov 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. William Floyd "Floyd" Shepherd was born 12 Nov 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1918, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Owen Irwin "Irwin" Shepherd was born 9 Jun 1893, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Beulah Shepherd


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Michael Dreger was born Abt 1810, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96375

    Michael — Caroline. Caroline was born Abt 1810, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Caroline was born Abt 1810, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Caroline Dreger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96376

    Children:
    1. 4. Heinrich Charles "Henry" Dreger was born 9 Feb 1841, , Germany; died 18 Aug 1890, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Carl Friedrich Christian Klaehn was born 11 Nov 1819, , Germany; died 18 Jul 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Carl Klähn
    • Name: Charles Klaehn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227032
    • Occupation: 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; laborer

    Carl married Fredericka Dorothea Sophie Johanne Krugman 20 Apr 1849, Sietow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Fredericka was born 1822, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Fredericka Dorothea Sophie Johanne Krugman was born 1822, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Fredericka Dorothea Sophie Johanne Klaehn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96390
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 5. Sophia Johanne Henriette Klaehn was born 23 Nov 1850, , Germany; died 22 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Karoline Elise Adolphine "Caroline" Klaehn was born 12 Sep 1853, Sietow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 6 Jul 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Ernst Klaehn was born 28 May 1856, , Germany; died 5 Apr 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Louisa Klaehn was born 23 Jul 1860, Grebenick, Mecklenberg Schwerin; died 6 Sep 1950; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Karl "Charles" Klaehn was born 6 May 1864, , Germany; died 27 Nov 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Owen Oberholtzer was born 2 May 1834, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham Oberholtzer and Rachel Bauman); died 26 Jul 1893, Mossboro, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00086-5074
    • Residence: 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

    Notes:

    Owen Oberholtzer, "was born May 2nd, 1834. On January 24th, 1854, he was married to Alice Cook. They resided in Bloomingdale where he was engaged in business. He died July 26th, 1893, leaving a family of four children" Owen Oberholtzer, "was born May 2nd, 1834. He was married to Alice Cook."


    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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    Death of Owen Oberholtzer

    Yesterday we announced the serious illness of Mr. Owen Oberholtzer of Mossboro and today it is our sad duty to record his death. He passed away at 11 o'clock, Wednesday. The immediate cause of his death being heart failure. He was in his 59th year and was a man greatly respected for his upright character and neighbourly qualities.

    Besides carrying on a successful farming business he was at times engaged in several manufacturing concerns and died wealthy, being worth, it is estimated, about $75,000. He leaves a wife and four children, a son , Abram, and three married daughters, Mrs J. H. Sheppard, Mrs. H. Ward and Mrs. J. Bingeman, to mourn his death. The funeral will take place on Saturday next (29th) from his late residence to the Bloomingdale Burying Ground. In him passed away one of the early settlers of Waterloo County.


    The Berlin Daily Record - 27 July 1893

    Owen married Alice Alvira Cook 24 Jan 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alice (daughter of James Cook and Elizabeth Williams) was born 2 Nov 1834, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Sep 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jun 1907, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Alice Alvira CookAlice Alvira Cook was born 2 Nov 1834, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Sep 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Cook and Elizabeth Williams); died 29 Jun 1907, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Alice Alvira Oberholtzer
    • Eby ID Number: 00086-5074.1
    • Residence: 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
    • Family Photograph: 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

    Notes:

    Family Photograph:
    Standing, left to right: Alice Elvira, Margaret Angeline, Elizabeth Jane, Cordelia Diana, Melinda Caroline
    Middle Row: Jacob Cook
    Seated, left to right: Ellen Roselia, Hannah Maria, Mary Jemima, Anna Christina, Henrietta Josephine. Taken at Preston, Ontario in 1882

    Children:
    1. Abraham C. "Abram" Oberholtzer was born 12 Mar 1855, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1930, South River, Parry Sound District, Ontario; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer was born 26 Apr 1856, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1947; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Cook "Lillie" Oberholtzer was born 25 Feb 1858, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1925, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lillie Oberholtzer was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Rachel Oberholtzer was born 19 Mar 1865, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


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