Leah Tohman^[1]

1831 - 1902  (71 years)

• Name	Leah Tohman
  Born	18 Apr 1831	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leah Otto
  Residence	Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Ep. Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00122-7516
  Died	30 Aug 1902  [5]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I11196	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham Tohman, Sr.,   b. 7 Jan 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 12 Dec 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Bricker,   b. 1805, , USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F3184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Otto,   b. 19 Oct 1819, , , Germany ,   d. 29 Jun 1886  (Age 66 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1849	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 10]
  Children	1. Magdalena Otto,   b. Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jonas Otto,   b. 1 Sep 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Oct 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 10 years)   3. Susannah Otto,   b. 29 Jan 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   4. Samuel Otto,   b. 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. May 1855  (Age 2 years)   5. Mary Otto,   b. 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. John Otto,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. John T. Otto,   b. 2 Mar 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 1921, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   8. Abraham Toman Otto,   b. 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1941, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 80 years)   9. Amos T. Otto,   b. 10 Mar 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Leah Otto,   b. 26 Mar 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1866  (Age 0 years)   11. Emiline "Emma" Otto,   b. 14 Jun 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Jan 1942, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 74 years)   12. Moses Otto,   b. 15 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jun 1948  (Age 78 years)   13. Owen T. Otto,   b. 19 Mar 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1950  (Age 77 years)   14. Elmina Otto,   b. 23 Jul 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Aug 1944, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Leah Tohman image from: Roots, Shoots & Fruits by Reta Mae (Coleman) Toman

  
  

• 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 327. [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. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 14. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 13 Household Number 60. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of/ John Otto/ died June 29, 1886/ aged 66 yrs 8 mos 20 dys/ Leah Toman/ died Aug 30, 1902/ aged 71 yrs 4 mos 12 dys/ [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 13. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 13. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 9. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 2 Page 10. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Apr 1831 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Nov 1849 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Ep. Methodist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth