Sophia Hilker

1858 - 1942  (84 years)

• Name	Sophia Hilker
  Born	10 May 1858	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239721671
  Name	Sophia Ottman
  Residence	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Wesley Methodist
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	W. Methodist
  Residence	1911	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1921	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-49528
  Died	8 Jun 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I49528	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Hilker,   b. 1808, , Germany ,   d. 2 Jan 1900, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Sophia,   b. 1815, , Germany ,   d. 30 May 1885  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F27337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Ottman,   b. 29 Mar 1847, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1927, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Alvin Ellsworth Ottman,   b. 14 May 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1944  (Age 59 years)   2. Vera Elizabeth Ottman,   b. 8 Dec 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Mar 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F12885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. SOPHIA OTTMAN Mrs Sophia Ottman passed away last night at the home of her daughter. Mrs Harry E. Weiler, 182 Strange Street. She was born in Hawkesville, 86 years ago. Mra Ottman was the widow of John Ottman who died 15 years ago Surviving are one son, Alvin, of Hawkesville, and one daughter, Mrs Harry E. Weiler of Kitchener, six grandchildren and one great-grand- child. The remains will be at the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home until Thurs day at 2 pm when the funeral will be held with Rev. Frank Lawson of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church of- Aciating at the funeral home Interment will be in the Hawkesville Cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record 09 Jun 1942, Tue Page 15 _______________ 'Friendship' Type Favorite Of Hawkesville Quilt Maker Fine knitting may tax the powers of some octogenarians but it no terrors for Mrs. Sophia Ottman Mount Hope street, who marked her 84th birthday today, and whose chief leisure-time employment is still the knitting of lace to edge pillowslips or to insert in luncheon cloths. In a chat with The Record at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Weiler, with whom she resides. Mrs. Ottman was diffident about discussing her knitting. It is improbable that it would have been mentioned at all had it not been for the presence at the interview of Mrs. Ottman's granddaughter. From this source it was learned that not only is Mrs. Ottman a knitter of superlatively fine lace but that in addition she is a champion quilt maker. MAKES NINE QUILTS "I have 13 quilts of my own, and grandmother made nine of them," the granddaughter reported. It then developed that Mrs. Ottman has made "stacks" of quilts for all her grandchildren. For designs she usually consults modern quilt pattern books, but frequently she makes her creations according to to the designs she learned as a girl. Among these a favorite is the "friendship" quilt, which is blocked around a central white cross, upon which the owner preserves the autographs of her friends. Mrs. Ottman, before her marriage to the late Mr. John Ottman, was Miss Sophia Hilker, and she was born on a farm about 3 1/8 miles from the village of Hawkesville. In those days Hawkesville was a flourishing small town, Mrs. Ottman recalls, with three stores, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop a woollen mill, a drug store and three doctors. HUSBAND A SHERIFF Mr. Ottman was the sheriff and among her possessions Mrs. Ottman still has a pair of the handcuffs it was his duty to use. Mrs. Ottman was one of a family of 10 children and her father died when she was a small girl. As a result her childhood was not a pampered one. But she has no regrets over that fact. "I always worked hard," she comments, "but it didn't do me any harm." At 84 Mrs. Ottman is still in good health and is still keenly interested in the activities of her children and grandchildren. In her own family she has two children, Mr. Alvin Ottman of Hawkesville and Mrs. Henry Weiler, Mount Hope street. She has six grandchildren. Her birthday was observed today with a family dinner party at which birthday cake was the special feature. Kitchener Daily Record 10 May 1940, Fri Page 13

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 13. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 2 Page 5. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Hawkesville Div 8 Page 9. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 3A, Pg. 10. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 13 Page 89. [S2107] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1921, Sub Dist 8 Page 13. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Sophia Ottman b. 10 May 1856 Ontario, d. 8 Jun 1942 182 Strange St., Kitchener, wife of late John Ottman d/o Hilker, buried Hawkesville [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239721671.

  
  

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  Born - 10 May 1858 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesley Methodist - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1921 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Jun 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth