George B. Oberholtzer

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86950890
• Eby ID Number: 00086-5056
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shipper
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shop Clerk
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk, Flax
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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George Oberholtzer, "the youngest in family, was born January 27th, 1875. He is engaged in manufacturing boots and shoes with the firm of Oberholtzer & Co."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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ST. JACOBS - George B. Oberholtzer, 86, of St. Jacobs, died Sunday at Coutts Pavillion, Freeport Sanatorium, after a lengthy illness. Born in Kitchener on Jan. 27, 1875, he had been an employee at the Canada Felting Company Ltd. of St. Jacobs for 40 years. He was a member of Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, St. Jacobs. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Oberholtzer, his first wife, the former Melissa Hallman, predeceased him in 1939. He is survived by his second wife, the former Clara McLeod, a son Earl of Winnipeg, a step-son, Rev. Wilfred McLeoad of Welland, a daughter Mrs. Harold (Florence) Trussler of Kitchener, and three grandchildren. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Kitchener, where a funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. C. B. Carr of Calvary Church officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Evangelical Cemetery, St. Jacobs. Second wife, the former Clara McLeod, a son Earl of Winnipeg, a step-son, Rev. Wilfred McLeoad of Welland, a daughter Mrs. Harold (Florence) Trussler of Kitchener, and three grandchildren. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Kitchener, where a funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. C. B. Carr of Calvary Church officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Evangelical Cemetery, St. Jacobs.

The Elmira Signet Dec 20 1961 pg 27

George — Clara Ellen Chaplin. Clara was born 3 Oct 1885, , England; died 20 Jan 1962; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

George — Malissa Hallman. Malissa (daughter of Benjamin S. Hallman and Hannah B. Shantz) was born 19 Mar 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1939; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Florence Ada Trussler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169308
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Florence married William Harold "Harold" Trussler 19 Mar 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of George Henry Trussler and Clara Minerva Stein) was born 7 Jul 1892, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Sep 1897, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184036412
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169309
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1961, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada