Waterloo Region Generations
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Dr. Oskar Magnus Natus Klotz

Male 1877 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Oskar Magnus Natus Klotz 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 1877  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Injury medical 
    Name Oscar Klotz 
    Occupation 1921  [2
    Doctor 
    • Dr. Oscar Klotz, formerly of McGill University, now of the Rockefeller Institute, is a brother.
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-129443 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I129443  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Dr. Otto Julius Klotz,   b. 31 Mar 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1923, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Maria Caroline Widenmann,   b. 1853, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1928, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 4 Dec 1873  [3
    Family ID F31944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dr. Oscar (Oskar) Klotz was born in Preston in 1878 a son of Otto Julius Klotz. He received his elementary education in Preston and attended the Galt Collegiate Institute. He received his university and medical training at the University of Toronto, McGill University and at several German universities.He was a lecturer in pathology at McGill University and a professor of pathology at Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a consultant in pathology for the government of the United States during World War I and between 1926 and 1928 was in West Africa as a member of the Yellow Fever Commission. Dr. Klotz was a professor of pathology at the University of Toronto when he died on November 3, 1936.


      Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

  • Sources 
    1. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 29.

    2. [S1859] Canadian Medical Association Journal, "Obituary of Dr. Max O. Klotz," 1921 August; 11(8): 594–595.

    3. [S1612] Book - Prominent men of Canada a collection of persons distinguished in professional and political life, and in the commerce and industry of Canada, biography of Otto J. Klotz.

  • Event Map
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