Dr. Herman Jacob Hoelsche

1851 - 1936  (84 years)

• Name	Herman Jacob Hoelsche
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	31 May 1851	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Jakob Friedrich Hermann Hoelsche
  Occupation	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  	optometrist
  Residence	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1895	Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-151550
  Died	15 Jan 1936	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I151550	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jakob "Jacob" Hoelsche,   b. CALC 24 Jul 1804, Hohenöllen, Landkreis Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 20 Dec 1880, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Franziska "Frances" Von Joachim,   b. 1817, , Wuerttemberg, Germany ,   d. 1891  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F9412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bligh Historian Passes in City Dr. Hoelsche Provided Data For Mutiny on Bounty Article in Spectator Dr. Herman J. Hoelsche, retired eye specialist and resident United States for many years, died this morning at his home, 21 Augusta street, in his 85th year. He was born in Preston, Ont., and had practised optometry for 45 years in the United States, coming to Hamilton in 1920. An historian of note, Dr. Hoelsche was much interested in the career of Admiral Bligh, captain of the Bounty, and an ancestor of his wife's. His collection of data regarding Captain Bligh published in the Spectator recently. Dr. Hoelsche leaves mourn besides his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Haddock, whose home is in Buffalo, N.Y. The funeral will take place from the chapel of Blachford & Wray on Friday Afternoon at 4 o'clock and interment will be. made in Hamilton cemetery. The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Wed, Jan 15, 1936 Page 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 48. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 1 Page 7. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 1 Page 19. [S3297] Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1973. NameJakob Friedrich Hermann Hoelsche Baptism Age0 Record TypeBaptism Birth Date31 May 1851 Baptism Date18 Jan 1852 Baptism ChurchSt. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Baptism PlacePreston, Ontario, Canada FatherJakob Hoelsche MotherFranziska Halffe

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 May 1851 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - optometrist - - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1895 - Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 15 Jan 1936 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth