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Silva Oberholtzer

Female 1898 - 1898  (0 years)


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  • Name Silva Oberholtzer 
    Born 16 Feb 1898  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5912.222 
    Died 4 Nov 1898  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Cause: brain disease 
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I23882  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Josiah Erb Oberholtzer,   b. 30 Dec 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1937  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Laura Hammah Snyder,   b. 14 Jul 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 12 Dec 1894  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5878  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • OBERHOLTZER.-On the 5th of November, in Waterloo Township, Waterloo Co., Ont., of brain disease, Sylvia, infant daughter of Josiah and Hamy Oberholtzer, aged 8 months and 19 days. She was buried on Sun-day 6th, at Hagey's meeting house. Ser-vices by Jacob B. Gingrich.
      Text, 1 Peter 1: 24, 25.

      Our moments fly apace,
      Our feeble powers decay;
      Swift as a flood our hasty days
      Are sweeping us away.1a

      Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXV, No. 24, December 15, 1898, pages 380 and 381

  • Sources 
    1. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Silva / dau. of / Josiah & Hammah [sic] / Oberholtzer / died Nov. 4, 1898 / aged 8 months / & 19 days

    2. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, December 15, 1898 - Obituary of Sylvia Oberholtzer.

    3. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Silva / dau. of / Josiah & Hammah [sic] / Oberholtzer / died Nov. 4, 1898 / aged 8 months / & 19 days
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    4. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012369-94.
      Josiah Oberholtzer, 21, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Abraham and Sarah married Laura H. Snyder, 22, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Aaron and Sarah, Witn: Menno Snider and Angelina Oberholtzer of Waterloo Twp, 12 December 1894 in Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Feb 1898 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: brain disease - 4 Nov 1898 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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