Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Margaret Selena "Selena" Oppertshauser

Female 1893 - 1988  (94 years)


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  • Name Margaret Selena "Selena" Oppertshauser 
    Born 22 Nov 1893  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Margaret Selena "Selena" Draves 
    Occupation 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Operator - Stamping Factory 
    Residence 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-405395 
    Died 21 Jan 1988  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried 24 Jan 1988  Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I405395  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Henry S. Oppertshauser,   b. 9 May 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Hannah Schaefer,   b. 23 Feb 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 7 Jul 1890  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F22320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Edward Draves,   b. 3 Mar 1893, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 12 Feb 1913  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Helen Draves
     2. Betty Draves
     3. Edward Draves
     4. Harry John Draves,   b. 5 May 1919,   d. 8 Feb 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     5. Robert V. Draves,   b. 1933,   d. 4 Mar 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F267139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DRAVES, Selena - At K-W Hospital, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1988, Selena Draves (Oppertshauser), of Heritage House, St. Jacobs, in her 95th year. Mrs. Draves was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Loving mother of Helen (Mrs. Ted Kalbfleisch), Betty (Mrs. Robert Hofstetter) and Robert, all of Kitchener, Harry of Waterloo and Edward of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; dear sister of Elvina Yager of Cambridge, Dora Brox of Michigan and Mae (Mrs. John Brox) of Waterloo. Also sadly missed by 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her parents; her husband, John in 1974; two sisters, Millie Bartley and Pauline Oppertshauser; a grandson, Dale Hofstetter and a great-granddaughter, Nicole Draves. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 821 King St. W., Kitchener, today (Friday) from 7- 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal Services will be held in the chapel on Sunday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Harold Brill officiating. Interment Mount Hope cemetery, Kitchener.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 5.

    2. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 21;.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Dec 1893.
      22 Nov 1893 The wife of Henry S. Oppertshäuser, in Woolwich, twin daughters.

    4. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Selena Oppertshauser - Draves.

    5. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Elizabeth Schafer - Oppertshauser.

    6. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Henry S. Oppertshauser.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Nov 1893 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Operator - Stamping Factory - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Feb 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jan 1988 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 24 Jan 1988 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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