Johanna Strauss

1891 - 1986  (94 years)

• Name	Johanna Strauss
  Born	6 Jul 1891	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Johanna Sehl
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-80411
  Died	6 Feb 1986	Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I80411	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Anthony D. Strauss,   b. 6 Mar 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1947  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Schuller,   b. 1 May 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1926  (Age 57 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1886	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F20908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Oliver Joseph Sehl,   b. 27 Oct 1884, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1947  (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Mary Alma Sehl,   b. 16 Feb 1925,   d. 3 Jun 2018, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F16895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Johanna Strauss

  
  

• Notes

  In 1835, from Oensbach, Grand Duchy of Baden, between the Rhine and the Black Forest, Philip and Caroline Fischer and their children travelled to Canada. They settled first in the Dundas area, and then in Waterloo, Ontario. Their second child, Margaret Fischer, born in Germany in 1832, met and married Xavier Schuller and settled in St. Agatha. Margaret Schuller eventually became the grandmother of Johanna Strauss when her only daughter Mary, in 1886, married Anthony Strauss, and in 1891 gave birth to Johanna, subsequently Johanna Strauss Sehl. A treasured story has been passed down through this family that when Xavier and Margaret Schuller settled in St. Agatha and began clearing the land and preparing the wood to build their house, they had to build fires around themselves at night to keep the wolves away. The sturdy house they built still stands today. After their marriage Johanna's parents lived with her grandparents in a separate part of the house. Mary and Anthony Strauss had six children but two died, one in infancy, a boy, and the second, Amanda, of diphtheria, at the age of six in 1902. Johanna, born at home in the summer of 1891, grew up on the farm, the only surviving daughter, with her three remaining brothers. Much was expected of her and much was given. Johanna, as a girl, had the responsibility for feeding the chickens and other fowl on the farm, and collecting the eggs. She helped with the milking and ran the cream separator machine; she planted and weeded the vegetable garden, and picked and canned fruits and.... Women of Waterloo County, edited by Ruth Russell

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-5 Page 6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207875376/johanna-sehl. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Feb 1886. February 16, 1886 Maria Schuler of Wilmot & Anton Strauss of Wellesley, were married by Very Rev. Father E. Funcken, St. Agatha.

  
  

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  Born - 6 Jul 1891 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Feb 1986 - Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth