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Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer

Female 1856 - 1947  (91 years)


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  • Name Angeline C. "Lina" Oberholtzer 
    Born 26 Apr 1856  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Angela Oberholtzer 
    Name Angeline C. "Lina" Shepherd 
    Name Angeline C. "Lina" Sheppard 
    Name Lina 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    United Bretheren 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    United Brethren 
    Residence 1911  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Congrergational 
    Eby ID Number 00086-5076 
    Died 13 Oct 1947  [8] 
    Buried Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I3098  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Owen Oberholtzer,   b. 2 May 1834, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1893, Mossboro, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Alice Alvira Cook,   b. 2 Nov 1834, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1907, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1854  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10] 
    Family ID F2071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harry Sheppard,   b. Abt 1856, of, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Bulah Sheppard
     2. Lloyd Sheppard
     3. Florence Sheppard
     4. Owen Ervine Sheppard
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Joseph Henry "Harry" Shepherd,   b. 4 Mar 1861, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1935, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Apr 1884  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Beulah St. Clair Shepherd,   b. 17 May 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1961  (Age 76 years)
     2. Ella Edith Shepherd,   b. 6 Dec 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. Florence Mary Shepherd,   b. 12 Nov 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. William Floyd "Floyd" Shepherd,   b. 12 Nov 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1918, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     5. Owen Irwin "Irwin" Shepherd,   b. 9 Jun 1893, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Beulah Shepherd
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F18240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Angeline Oberholtzer, "was born April 26th, 1856. She is married to Harry Sheppard. They reside on the old 'Henry Oberholtzer Farm' near Bloomingdale where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of four children"


      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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 147.

    2. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 52.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 4.

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 18.

    5. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 4.

    6. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 7 Page 45.

    7. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 37.

    8. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      In God we trust/ J. Harry Shepherd/ Mar. 4, 1862/ Feb. 23, 1935/ His wife/ Angeline C. Oberholtzer/ Apr. 26, 1856 - Oct. 13, 1947/ Shepherd/ W [Back] Shepherd

    9. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 1 Feb 1854.
      COOK, Alice Alvira married 24 Jan 1854 to Owen OBELHOLGER At Wesleyan Parsonage, Galt, by Rev Francis Berry. Both of Waterloo.

    10. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Waterloo Township, Sect. 1 Page 16.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Apr 1856 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Bretheren - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Congrergational - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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