Margaret "Maggie" Oppertshauser^[1]

1857 - 1937  (79 years)

• Name	Margaret "Maggie" Oppertshauser
  Born	5 Oct 1857	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Margaret "Maggie" Mickus
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Reg. Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-247269
  Died	16 Jan 1937	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I247269	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Oppertshauser,   b. 30 Nov 1814, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 9 Oct 1894, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Barbara Hoffman,   b. 19 Sep 1815, of, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jun 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1848	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F15311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Valentine Mickus,   b. 21 Nov 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Sep 1926, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1879	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Mickus,   b. 12 Sep 1880, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   2. Clara Mickus,   b. 14 Nov 1886, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   3. Walter Percy Mickus,   b. 8 Nov 1891, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   4. Margaret Alberta Mickus,   b. 8 Jun 1897, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Dec 1918, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 21 years)   5. Iola May Mickus,   b. 29 Oct 1900, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Nov 1940, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F46366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Valentine Mickus In poor health for the past year, Mrs. Valentine Mickus, 79, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Knipfel, on Factory Street, early Saturday morning. She had been a resident of Elmira for the past 19 years. Born in Woolwich Township, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Oppertshauser, the late Mrs. Mickus moved to Pilkington after her marriage, where she resided for 47 years prior to taking up residence in Elmira. She was a faithful member of the Evangelical Church. Three children of a family of five survive. Her husband predeceased her ten years ago. The surviving children are Walter Mickus, Pilkington Township, and two girls, Mrs. William Knipfel and Mrs. Harold Barton, both of Elmira. Two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kaufman of Grimsby Beach and Mrs. Mary Umbach of Edmonton, Alta., also survive. There are two grandchildren. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Knipfel, to Zion Evangelical Church for service. Interment was made in the Elmira Cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. Henry Hoelscher, H. Freeman, Sylvester Bowman, W. Brox, William Bolender and Amos Lichty. Mourners were present from Galt, Kitchener, Preston, Waterloo and Drayton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10770-79. Valentine Mickus, 21, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, b, occ. Farmer, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth Mickus, married Margaretha Oppertsheiser, 22, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, s, d/o John & Barbara Oppertsheiser, witn: Peter Esch & Rebecca Oppertsheiser (s/b Oppertshauser), both of Woolwich, on 23 November 1879, at Woolwich [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 70. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Dist. 9 Page 92. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88477337/margaret-mickus. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner report 120. Joh. Iggesthaser, to Barbara Hoffman. 26 Mar. 1848

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Oct 1857 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Reg. Baptist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Nov 1879 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Jan 1937 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth