Johann Valentine "Valentine" Otterbein

1812 - 1852  (39 years)

• Name	Johann Valentine "Valentine" Otterbein
  Born	8 Apr 1812	, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48101930
  Misfortune	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	killed in a barn raising on his own property - broken back
  Name	Valentine Otterbein  [3, 4]
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24803
  Died	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I24803	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Otterbein,   b. CA 1785, of, Hinterbach, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. Bef 1836, of, Hinterbach, , Hessen, Germany  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Schmaltz,   b. Abt 1785, Udenhausen, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hermann,   b. 15 Jul 1815, , Germany ,   d. 9 Apr 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1836	Queck, , Hessen, Germany   [6]
  Children	1. Henry M. Otterbein,   b. 11 Feb 1838, Queck, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 1 Feb 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   2. Balthasar Otterbein,   b. 14 Jun 1842, Queck, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine Otterbein,   b. 24 Apr 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Aug 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 30 years)   4. Elizabeth H. Otterbein,   b. 19 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1901  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F6276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 16. Valentine OTTERBEIN Farmer Germany 40 Lutheran b. 8-Apr Elisabetha OTTERBEIN Germany 37 Lutheran b. 15-Jul Henry OTTERBEIN Labourer Germany 14 Lutheran b. 11-Feb Balthasar OTTERBEIN Germany 10 Lutheran b. 14-Jun Katharina OTTERBEIN Canada 7 Lutheran b. 24-Apr Elisabetha OTTERBEIN Canada 5 Lutheran b. 19-Sep [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 19. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Henry Otterbein aged 24 res. Waterloo Twp born Waterloo Twp son of Valt. Otterbein and Elisabeth Hermann married 6 May 1862 to Lydia Kolb aged 19 res Waterloo Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of Tobias Kolb and Magdalena Bechtel. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11217-80. Jacob F. Shelley, 29, Widower, Occ. Yeoman, b. Germany, Res. Waterloo Twp., son of Louis and Catherine, married to Elizabeth H. Otterbein, 31, b. Canada, Res. Waterloo Twp., daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth, Witn: Frederick H. Sherk of Berlin and Ellen Hewitt of Woolwich, 22 Sept 1880 at Berlin [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 16. [S927] Church Records - Germany, Hessen, Queck - Evangelical.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Apr 1812 - , Germany Married - 20 Apr 1836 - Queck, , Hessen, Germany Misfortune - killed in a barn raising on his own property - broken back - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth