Otto Gix^[1]

1856 - 1918  (62 years)

• Name	Otto Gix
  Born	20 Sep 1856	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1878	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Tailor
  Occupation	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-149345
  Died	27 Nov 1918	Petroskey, Emmet, Michigan
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States
  Person ID	I149345	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	G. Henry Gix,   b. 1820, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Barbara,   b. 1828, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F191407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Henry Gix,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Barbara,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F285590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Diebel,   b. 10 Mar 1860, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jun 1936, Petroskey, Emmet, Michigan  (Age 76 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1878	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Ida Mae Gix,   b. 8 Jun 1879, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Dec 1959, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States  (Age 80 years)   2. Dr. Gordon Ralph Gix,   b. 12 Jun 1883, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1915, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F37393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gix, Otto, tailor and cutter. Born at Baden in this county, 1856. Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of New Hamburg entries) _____________________ Otto Gix dies Wednesday AM. Had been ill ten weeks from jaundice. Veteran tailor of Petoskey and widely known in Elkdom, And Masonic Circles of State. Otto Gix, for thirty years one of the best known tailors in Petoskey and Northern Michigan, died at Lockwood Hospital Wednesday morning from Jaundice, from which he had been suffering for ten weeks. He was sixty-two years old September 28, last. Mr. Gix was an active member of both Masons, and Elks and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Gix was born at New Dundee ON. and came with his family to Petoskey thirty-four years ago. He spent four at harbor Springs and then located permanently in Petoskey. He was a tailor by trade and one of the oldest in point of residence in Petoskey. His aged mother resides in Galt, ON. and in a letter received Wednesday, she said four days ago she dreamed that he came to her bedside and talked with her. She expressed her happiness at seeing him. The same day Mr. Gix thought continuously of his aged mother, who is in very poor health and made arrangements for her care and for her funeral when she should pass away. Mr. Gix was a member of Durand Lodge, No. 344, F &A. M, Emmet Chapter, No. 104 R. A. Petoskey Council No 52, R. & S. M., and Ivanhoe Commandery No 36, K. T., and was a past eminent Commander of the latter, and Saladin Temple A.O.O.N.M.S. of Grand Rapids. was also a member of Petoskey Lodge, No 629, B.P.O. Elks. Besides his widow, he leaves one daughter, Miss Ida Gix, of this city, one son Ralph Gix, of Flint,, his aged mother at Galt, ON. two brothers Fred Gix of Detroit, and Oscar Gix of Toronto, and two sisters, Mrs. Gable, who resides in the west, and Mrs. Hess, of Detroit. Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 35, K.T., will have charge of the funeral, which will be held at 10am Saturday at the Presbyterian Church. Durand Lodge, No. 344, F. &A.M., and Petoskey Lodge No. 629 B.P.O. Elks, will attend. Reverend P. B. Ferris will assist at the service. (Buried block #55, Lot 12, S 1/2 Greenwood Cem. Petoskey Evening News Nov 27 1918

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10860-78. Otto Gix, 22, occ. Tailor, b. Baden, res. Tavistock, son of Henry and Barbara, Married Louisa Diebel, 19, b. Lisbon Ont., res. Tavistock, son of George and Anna Elis, Witn: Charles Klein and Sophia Jacobs, both of Tavistock, 26 Nov 1878 at New Hamburg [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, New Hamburg 1881 Page 13. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 53.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Sep 1856 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1878 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Nov 1878 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Nov 1918 - Petroskey, Emmet, Michigan Buried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth