Rev. John William Ortwein^[1]

1849 - 1946  (96 years)

• Name	John William Ortwein
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	25 Dec 1849	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	J. W. Ortwein
  Occupation	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	General Merchant
  Residence	1887	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-242468
  Died	20 May 1946	Hensall, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Hensall Union Cemetery, Hensall, Huron Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I242468	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	George Heinrich Ortwein,   b. 27 Jan 1810, , Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 30 Aug 1878, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Ratz,   b. 1809, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1897, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F15313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Böhler,   b. 1850, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1889, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Rebecca Margaret Ortwein,   b. 1872, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1937, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   2. Hannah Caroline Ortwein,   b. 1 Mar 1876, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 75 years)   3. Alonzo Boehler Ortwein,   b. 12 Jan 1880, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1965, Sandusky, Sanilac, Michigan, United States  (Age 85 years)   4. Lorenzo Willliam Ortwein,   b. CALC 7 Feb 1882, Of, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1883, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F224540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  John William Ortwein jerrydrysdale1 originally shared this to Ancestry Public Member Trees

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 May 1889. May 7, 1889 Caroline Ortwein, nee Böhler, wife of Preacher John W. Ortwein, died in Hay T'p., at age of approximately 38 years. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 1 Page 6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 24 May 1883. 18 May 1883 Lorenz Wilhelm Ortwein, son of J. W. & Karoline Ortwein, died in Heidelberg at age of 1 year, 3 months & 11 days [poem] [S3231] Find A Grave, John William Ortwein (1849 - 1946) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=OR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GScntry=10&GSsr=1961&GRid=15803143&.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Dec 1849 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - General Merchant - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1887 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 20 May 1946 - Hensall, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hensall Union Cemetery, Hensall, Huron Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth