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

Family: John Otto / Leah Tohman (F3188)

m. 6 Nov 1849


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  • Father | Male
    John Otto

    Born  19 Oct 1819  , , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Jun 1886   
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  6 Nov 1849  [1, 2]  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Otto | F41246 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Leah TohmanMother | Female
    Leah Tohman

    Born  18 Apr 1831  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Aug 1902   
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Tohman, Sr. | F3184 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Bricker | F3184 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Magdalena Otto

    Born    Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Male
    Jonas Otto

    Born  1 Sep 1850  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Oct 1860  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Susannah Otto

    Born  29 Jan 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Jun 1926  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  7 Jun 1926  Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Jonas Knechtel | F7678 
    Married  29 Dec 1868  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Samuel Otto

    Born  1853  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  May 1855   
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Mary Otto

    Born  1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 6 | Male
    John Otto

    Born  1858  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    John T. OttoChild 7 | Male
    John T. Otto

    Born  2 Mar 1859  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Sep 1921  London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth Ratz | F19931 
    Married     

    Child 8 | Male
    Abraham Toman Otto

    Born  1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1941  Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Male
    Amos T. Otto

    Born  10 Mar 1863  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Catherine Hoffman | F19930 
    Married     

    Child 10 | Female
    Leah Otto

    Born  26 Mar 1865  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Feb 1866   
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 11 | Female
    Emiline "Emma" Otto

    Born  14 Jun 1867  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  31 Jan 1942  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Gideon Feik | F30390 
    Married  22 Nov 1888  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 12 | Male
    Moses Otto

    Born  15 Jul 1869  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Jun 1948   
    Buried    Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 13 | Male
    Owen T. Otto

    Born  19 Mar 1872  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1950   
    Buried    Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Priscilla Thibideau | F188641 
    Married     

    Child 14 | Female
    Elmina Otto

    Born  23 Jul 1874  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Aug 1944  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 538.

    2. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials By Rev’d Willhelm Schmidt, Wilmot #145.
      Johannes Otto, 28, to Lea Dohmann, 19. 6 Nov. 1849. Rev. Schmidt. Wit. Valentin Otto and James Marle.