Olive Hofstetter^[1]

1887 - 1950  (62 years)

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• Name	Olive Hofstetter
  Born	9 Oct 1887	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Olive Otto
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1947	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-76550
  Died	9 Feb 1950  [5]
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I76550	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Friedrich Wilhelm "Frederick" Hofstetter,   b. 3 Jul 1849, , Germany ,   d. 16 Aug 1910, Victoriaburg (Wilmot Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Carolina "Caroline" Golbeck,   b. 23 Mar 1851, , Mecklenburg, Germany ,   d. 24 Aug 1905, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Married	23 May 1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F20015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Otto,   b. 9 Oct 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1908	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Lorne David Otto,   b. 15 Mar 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 19 years)   2. Dorothy Elizabeth Otto,   b. 29 Jan 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2007  (Age 94 years)   3. Russell Clare Otto,   b. 6 Jan 1914,   d. 1 Aug 1947  (Age 33 years)   4. Laverne Otto,   b. 16 Sep 1916,   d. 27 Oct 2004  (Age 88 years)   5. Kenneth Otto,   b. 24 Jul 1918,   d. 23 Jun 2009  (Age 90 years)   6. Gertrude Otto,   b. 26 Jun 1920, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1993, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F187902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Olive Otto The death occurred here early on Thursday morning of Mrs. Olive Otto, widow of the late David R. Otto, at the age of 62 years. She had been confined to bed for nearly a year. Mrs. Otto was the former Olive Hofstetter, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hofstetter. and was born in Wilmot Township on October 9th, 1887. Following her marriage she resided on a farm near Pinehill until four years ago when the family moved to New Hamburg. Her husband predeceased her on Oct. 17th, 1947. Surviving are two sons, Laverne, of Haysville, and Kenneth, of New Hamburg, and two daughters, Dorothy (Mrs. George Burt), Toronto, and Gertrude (Mrs. Mervin Baer) of R.R. 2, New Hamburg; three brothers, Nathaniel, Victoriaburg; Edward, Kitchener, and Orphen, Toronto, and two sisters, Mrs. Alden Snider, Kitchener, and Mrs. Gertrude Hux, of Chicago. Two sons also predeceased her, Lorne in 1930, and Russel in 1947. The funeral will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12th, at 2.30 from her late residence to Riverside Cemetery. Rev. M. E. Reuber, pastor of Zion Evangelical U. B. Church, will officiate. The remains will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, until 9 am., Saturday, when removal will be made to the home. New Hamburg Independent, February 10, 1950

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019249-08. David Otto, 24, occ. Farmer, res. of Wilmot, son of John T. Otto and Elizabeth Ratz married Olive Hofstetter, 21, res. of Wilmot, daughter of William Hofstetter and Caroline Goldbeck, Witn: Jacob Otto and Gertrude Hofstetter both of Wilmot, 21 October 1908 in New Hamburg. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 6. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 12 Page 1. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 21. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27385174/olive-otto. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: William Hohstaeler Sex: Male Age: 21 Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Germany Occ: laborer - Wilmot Father's Name: William Hohstaeler Spouse's Name: Caroline Goldbeck Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1851 Wellesley Res: Wellesley Spouse's Father's Name: John Goldbeck Spouse's Mother's Name: Sophia Goldbeck Marriage Date: 23 May 1871 Marriage Place: Waterloo Village, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Oct 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Oct 1908 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1947 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth