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John Holst[1]

Male 1850 - 1918  (67 years)


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  • Name John Holst 
    Born 18 Dec 1850  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57611043 
    Immigration 1853  [4] 
    Name John Holtz 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-71234P 
    Died 10 Feb 1918  Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Buried Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Person ID I71234  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Karl "Charles" "Carl" Holst,   b. 1818, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Wilhelmina "Minna" Ahrens,   b. 27 Mar 1821, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 20 Aug 1854  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F42800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christina Catherine "Catherine" Heier,   b. 22 Dec 1858, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1936, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lucinda Holst,   b. 7 Sep 1877, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Henry Elvin Holst,   b. 26 Dec 1881, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1919  (Age 37 years)
     3. Clara Holst,   b. 20 Feb 1884, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1969, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. John Holst,   b. 1 Aug 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1975, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     5. Ervin H. Holst,   b. 13 Feb 1893, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966  (Age 72 years)
     6. Ella Wilhelmina Holst,   b. 19 Dec 1895, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F18590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • JOHN HOLST

      The death took place Sunday at his home in Erbsville of a well known. resident in the person of Mr. Johu Holst. He leaves a sorrowing widow and three sons, viz. Henry and Irvin, Waterloo and John Kitchener, and three daughters, Mrs. Cyrus Schmidt, Mrs. D. Cressman, and Mrs. Oscar Knarr, Waterloo.

      The funeral will be held from the residence on Wednesday afternoon. Feb. 13th, at 1.30 o'clock to the Erbsville Church, for service after which interment will take place in the Allemang Cemetery.

      The Chronicle Telegraph 14 Feb 1918, p. 4

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 2 Jan 1896.
      19 Dec 1895 The wife of John Holtz, in Erbsville, a daughter.

    2. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-4 Page 8.

    3. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 29.

    4. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 4 Page 8.

    5. [S496] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - St. Paul's Erbsville Lutheran CC#4539 Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society.
      John Holst/ born Dec. 18, 1850/ died Feb. 10, 1918/ Christina Heier/ his beloved wife/ born Dec. 22 1858/ died Sept. 1, 1935/ Holst

    6. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Div 5 Pg 2.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57611043.

    8. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 31 Aug 1854 Pg 35.
      AHRENS, Minna married 20 Aug 1854 To Carl HORST. Both of Waterloo. minister F.W. Wunderlich

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Dec 1850 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Feb 1918 - Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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