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

David Schlichter Oberholtzer[1, 2]

Male 1865 - 1955  (89 years)


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  • Name David Schlichter Oberholtzer 
    Born 28 Aug 1865  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58524573 
    Name David  [6
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Labourer 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Shoemaker 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Shoe Maker 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Shoe Maker, Shoe Factory 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number 00086-5061 
    Died 26 May 1955  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4119  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Isaac Oberholtzer,   b. 24 May 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Wismer,   b. 20 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1863  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F3962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilhelmina "Minnie" Stephan,   b. 2 Feb 1870, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 29 Mar 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Maximilian F. "Max" Oberholtzer,   b. 10 Jul 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1982  (Age 90 years)
     2. David Edward Stephan Oberholtzer,   b. 10 Jan 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Isaac Albert Oberholtzer,   b. 19 Jan 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1993, Frankenmuth, Saginaw, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
     4. Eleanora Bertha Oberholtzer,   b. 21 Feb 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Matilda Oberholtzer,   b. 21 Feb 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Irene Oberholtzer,   b. 2 Sep 1898, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Mary Olivia Oberholtzer,   b. 31 Oct 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Gordon Clarence Oberholtzer,   b. 2 Dec 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Madeline Velma Oberholtzer,   b. 28 Dec 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • David S. Oberholtzer, "an agent and traveller, resides in Berlin and is married to Minnie Stephan. His family consists of two 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..., 145.

    2. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011908-91.
      David S. Oberholtzer, 25, occ. Labourer, b. Canada, res. Berlin, s/o Isaac Oberholtzer & Mary Wismer, married Minnie Stephan, 21, b. Germany, res. Berlin, d/o August Stephan & Minnie Puscheck, , witn: F. Stephan of Berlin & Rev. J Wurster of Preston, 29 March 1891 at Berlin

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-12 Page 9.

    4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 37 Page 10.

    5. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 8.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Jan 1893.
      10 Jan 1893 The wife of David Oberholtzer, in Berlin, a son.

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Isaac Oberholzer, 25, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Jacob and Hanna (Erb), married 20 Sept 1863 Marian Wismer, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of David and Betsy (Weber)

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Aug 1865 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shoemaker - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Mar 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shoe Maker - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shoe Maker, Shoe Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 May 1955 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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