Alfred "Alf" Oelschlager

1865 - 1945  (79 years)

• Name	Alfred "Alf" Oelschlager
  Born	1 Apr 1865	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Boer War
  Name	Alfred Oelschläger  [7]
  Name	Alfred Orton  [6]
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Student
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1889	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	machinist
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Office Clerk
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Anglican
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	insurance broker
  Residence	1945	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-90785
  Died	20 Mar 1945	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I90785	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Wilhelm "William" Oelschaeger,   b. 26 Jan 1825, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. 15 Feb 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anne Catherine "Catherine" Schmidt,   b. CALC 16 Oct 1828, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 26 May 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	1849  [8]
  Family ID	F245602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillie Duck,   b. 6 Jun 1870, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1968  (Age 97 years)
  Married	23 May 1889	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Catharine Louise Oelschläger,   b. 16 Feb 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Martha Marie Oelschlager,   b. 23 May 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 16 years)   3. Catherine Louise "Midge" Oelschlager,   b. 16 Feb 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Sep 1967  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F24068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SOUTH AFRICAN VETERANS. The G. T. R. station this morning presented some forcible reminders of South Africa, no less than five of the members of the 2nd C. M. R. having passed through on their way to various points. Of these the only one in civilian attire was Mr. Alf. Oelschlager of Berlin, formerly private in "B" squadron. Mr. Oelschlager, while admitting that South Africa, particularly from a money- making standpoint, has some desirable features, thinks there is no place like Canada. Johannesburg, he says, is nothing if it is not in a ferment of excitement and everybody there speculates in stocks. The Boers, he thinks, and he has conversed with quite a number are quite as glad to have the war over as the British are. A comrade of Mr. Oelschlager's in the same squadron was Pte. McEwen, who passed through on the westbound train on bis way to Hensall, where he will shortly go west again to Calgary, Mr. Oelschlager took the train northward bound, being on his way to Sault Ste. Marie and among his fellow-passengen were Ptes. Parsons, Bell and Monkman, all of "O" squadron. Pte. Parsons was bound for Fergus, and Pte. Bell for Lakelet, while Pte. Monkman is going on to Mount Hope. Guelph Mercury. The Chronicle Telegraph, 7 Aug 1902, p. 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 19. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 5. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 27. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 38. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Alfred Oelschlager Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 23 May 1889 Event Place: Port Elgin, Bruce, Ontario, Canada Sex: Male Age: 24 Birth Year (Estimated): 1865 Waterloo Co. Occ: machinist - Port Elgin Father's Name: William Oelschlager Mother's Name: Catherine Oelschlager Spouse's Name: Lillie Duck Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Port Elgin Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob Duck Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Duck [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Alfred Orton Gender:Male Age:79 Birth Date:1 Apr 1865 Birth Place:Ontario, Canada Death Date:20 Mar 1945 Death Place:Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Father:William Oelschlager Mother:Catherine Schmidt Spouse:L Duck Buried: Mt. Hope Kitchener, [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Feb 1893. 16 Feb 1893 The wife of Alfred Oelschläger, in Berlin, a daughter. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 10 Page 61.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Apr 1865 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - machinist - 1889 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 23 May 1889 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Office Clerk - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - insurance broker - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1945 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Mar 1945 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth