Clara Oberholtzer

1871 - 1903  (32 years)

• Name	Clara Oberholtzer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelical
  Born	14 May 1871	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical Association
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00086-5054
  Died	15 Nov 1903	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  	Cause: consumption
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I2896	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Oberholtzer,   b. 20 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Anna Catharine Bucher,   b. 13 Mar 1833, , , Germany ,   d. 3 Oct 1921  (Age 88 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F2192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Clara Oberholtzer, "was born May 14th, 1870. She is unmarried and resides as home with her mother." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. __________________ Three Berliners Three Berliners were called away by death on Sunday. After a lengthy period of suffering from dropsy, the widow of the late E.A.P. Hagedorn of Williamsburg (deceased 28 years ago) died here. She is survived by eleven children, namely George and Herman in Williamsburg, Charles K. in Berlin, William in Paisley, Mrs. Ludolph in Waterloo Township, Mrs. Einwächter in New Dundee, Mrs. Wieland in Michigan, Mrs. Monk in Elmwood, and Mrs. Y. Stroh in Fischer's Mills, Mrs. Main in Strasburg, and Mrs. J.E. Vogt in Berlin. Burial follows on Wednesday in Mannheim. Mrs. Clara Oberholtzer also departed here on Sunday, after suffering for five years from consumption. She was the youngest daughter of widow, Mrs. John Oberholtzer. On Sunday, the wife of William Sherk, local resident, was called by death, as a victim of typhoid pneumonia, contracted on a recent visit to Bay City, Michigan. She was a daughter of Mrs. Gaukel, who had a shop on King Street for years. The deceased leaves her husband and a nine-year-old daughter. Berliner Journal - 19 November 1903 - Page 4, Column 2 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk for the Kitchener Public Library

  
  

• Sources

  [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 41. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 144. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Thy / will be / done / Clara / dau of / John & Anna / Oberholtzer / born May 14, 1871 / died Nov.15, 1903 / (verse) [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 10. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 85 Household Number 408. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 85. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 31. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Three Berliners - 19 November 1903. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 142. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Oberholtzer, teacher of Waterloo Twp. married 30 Oct 1857 Waterloo Twp by Banns to Catherine Bucher of Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Evangelical - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Born - 14 May 1871 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: consumption - 15 Nov 1903 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth