Elizabeth "Elise" Wilhelm

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• Name: Elise Wilhelm
• Name: Elizabeth "Elise" Klotz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-350966
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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MRS. OTTO KLOTZ

With deep feelings of regret we have this week the sad task of announcing the death of Elizabeth, relict of the late Otto Klotz, which occurred on Tuesday evening 2nd August, 1892 less than a month from the time in which her husband's spirit took its flight. Mrs. Klotz death is an inexpressibly sad one. Following so closely on that of her husband, the shock of whose demise the family had scarcely recovered from, it has completely prostrated them, As far as can be learned the cause of death was as follows:- -Mrs. Klotz and her daughters, Mrs. Mylius (with her children) and Miss Klotz, and Mrs. Stehle had been sitting in the garden chatting. Mrs. Mylius left about 8 o'clock for home. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Klotz complained that she felt chilly, and went to the house. Sy this time it was quite dark, and even darker in the house as the lamps were not yet lit. It is supposed Mrs. Klotz must have noticd the door was open leading to the hail, but going on, opened the cellar door in mistake, and fell head foremost down the stairs. Miss Klotz came immediately after her, and went to Mrs. Klotz's assistance at once and found her unconscious at the bottom of the stair. Help was at once summoned and medical men sent for, but despite all that could be done for her, the injured lady never regained consciousness, passing away about 11 o'clock. It is supposed that in falling the side of her head struck the steps, from there she alighted on her head on the cellar floor, death beeing attributed to concussion of the brain. For some years past Mrs. Klotz has not enjoyed good health, but during the last few months she has been much better, and even during her husband's illness, she bore up bravely. The deceased lady was universally esteemed by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. An earnest and loving helpmate to her husband during their fifty years of married life; a fond mother, and an earnest Christian gentle woman, we can safely say that all within sound of the doleful chiming of the church bell, felt as if they had lost a personal friend when they realized that Mrs. Klotz was no more. The funeral took place on Friday Afternoon.

Dumfries Reformer 3 Aug 1892

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"Died,/At Preston, On Tuesday, August 2nd, 1892,/At 11 p.m./Elizabeth,/Beloved wife of the late Otto Klotz,/Aged 76 years, 4 months and 23 days." Printed on the right side is "Funeral/From the family residence, King street, to/the Preston Cemetery,/at 2 p.m./Friday, August 5th,/Services at Lutheran Church at 2,15./Friends and Acquaintances Will Please Accept This Intimation."

Funeral Card

Elizabeth — Otto Klotz. Otto was born 25 Nov 1817, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, German; died 6 Jul 1892, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorothea Fredericka Mylius
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31864
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Dorothea married Dr. George Rudolph "Rudolph" Mylius 9 Oct 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Johann George Mylius and Louise Hornung) was born 29 Apr 1837, Lauterbach, , Hessen, Germany; died 4 Oct 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Office & School Furniture Company
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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-350968
• Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Importer of Cigars
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture Mamufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manutacturer, ?
• Residence: 1921, 38 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener Ontario
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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JACOB E. KLOTZ DIES SUDDENLY

Well Known Resident Succumbs To Heart Attack While Waiting In Doctor's Oftice; Brother Of Noted Scientist

While waiting in the sitting room of Dr. E. Heist's office on Satutday afternoon at about 4.30 o'clock, Jacob E. Klotz, a well known resident of this city, dropped dead, He was found dead in his chair when the doctor came from the examining room where he was advising another patient. Mr. Klotz had been in excellent health until Saturday afternoon when he complained of not feIling very well. He decided to go to Dr. Heist for treatment and it was while awaiting his appointment with the doctor that he was seized with a fatal heart attack. Jacob E. Klotz had been a well known resident of this city for the last 11, years. He was identified as a shareholder in a number of local industries but was not actively engaged in business. He was a member of the Lancaster Club and was popular with the membership as well as with a wide circle of friends. Deceased was a brother of Dr. Otto Klotz noted scientist who died in Ottawa on December 31. He was born in Preston 83 years ago the son, of Otto Klotz. Deceased celebrated his 83rd birthday on December 21. Mr. Klotz is survived by two sisters, Miss Augusta Klotz (with whom he lived) 38 Ahrens street west and Mrs. Mylius of this city and two brothers, Dr. Carl Klotz of St. Catharines and E. W. Klotz of Toronto. The funeral will be held from his late residence on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock followed by Interment at Preston.

The Daily Record 7 Jan 1924 pg 1

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Jacob Emil Klotz was born in Preston on December 31, 1840, a son of Otto Klotz and Eliza Wilhelm. He was the Canadian Commissioner of Immigration from 1872 to 1880. In 1885 he became a partner with William Stahlschmidt in William Stahlschmidt and Co., later the Canadian Office and School Furniture Co., in the manufacture of a variety of school desks and office furniture. Mr. Klotz acted as president of the company and is credited with the early success of the company which later grew into one of the prominent furniture manufacturers in the country. Mr. Klotz also served as the vice president of the Galt and Preston Street Railway Co. when it was organized on November 12, 1890 and was one of the founding members of the Waterloo Historical Society when it was formed on November 13, 1912. Mr. Klotz served as mayor of Preston from 1901 to 1903 and died in Kitchener on January 5. 1924. He is buried in Preston Cemetery.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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In Memoriam

Catherine Lamb, only daughter of John was born in Preston, May 4th, 1848. She was a robust child, and enjoyed good health until attacked by the disease, which resulted in her death. She early exhibited those traits of character which endear the child, and whose regular development adorn the woman. She was tidy, cheerful, obedient and apt to learn. She loved her teacher and school mates, and was loved by them with a heartiness, that made the schoolroom and its play ground the dearest spot in the village to her. She made rapid talent for vocal and instrumental music. She was passionately fond of music, and with an industry rarely found among young persons, she copied with the most scrupulous neatness many hundred pieces of music and gems of song. She was equally expert in the German and English languages, and the rich treasures of son which this opened to her were diligently employed. One favorite German song was "Die deutsche Mutter," (the German Mother,) a ditty full of patriotism and pathos. "Die Kraft des Gebetes" (the power of prayer) was one she delighted to play and sing, and her last act of public devotion was to hym this stirring melody on the organ of the Lutheran Church in Preston.

As she grew up to her social qualities endeared her to every one with whom she came in contact. She was modest without bashfulness, talented without ostentation and amiable without affection. Her gifts, humour and cheerfulness were her free unconscious and natural contribution to every social gathering in which she was present. Katy, as she was always called, was a favorite everywhere, her genial smile and liberal hand winning the respect of the old and the affection of the young.

The girl was budding into a woman, and that life of woman's life, love had been awakened in her heart. She was betrothed to Mr. Jacob E. Kloz of Preston, on the 18th of June, 1865. A group of friends celebrated the event at the residence of the latter's father. In a year more the betrothed were to go to the altar. The betrothal is both a fruition and an anticipation. In preparations solemn and merry, cheerful and grave, she set about filling up the interval. In September, Consumption, death's most insidious and relentless agent, laid his hands upon her. It was unheeded. Slowly and mercilessly his grasp tightened. It became serious. All that the most devoted loved could do was done. Death was inevitable. She bore up with patience and vigor. She sought to comfort and consoled those who waited so tenderly on her. She was thankful and resigned - she never murmured. But nothing could help her. She maintained her consciousness and reason to the last, and on the 12th of June, 1866, with her hand clasped in that of her beloved Jacob, the world with all its joys and sorrows, for her faded away forever. Instead of being led to the altar she has been carried to the tomb - her bridal robes have become a winding sheet and the blooming bride is now a foetid corpse.

Farewell Katy, farewell. Sweet memories cling around thy name. Thou didst thy duty lovingly and well. Thy pure spirit could no longer break bonds of clay and hath ascended to it place. Peace to thy ashes - Com.

Preston, 18 Jun 1866.


Dumfries Reformer 20 Jun 1866

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• Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bar Tender
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer

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"Died,/On Monday Morning, at Two O'Clock,/Christian Heinrich Klotz,/Second Son of Otto Klotz, Esquire, Preston,/At The Age of Thirty Years./Funeral,/On Wednesday, at three o'clock, P.M., from/Klotz's Hotel, Preston, to/the Preston Cemetery./Preston, 13th April, 1874."

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In Preston, on the 13th inst., Christian Heinrich Klotz, aged 30 years.

Galt Reporter Apr 17 1874 pg 2

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• Name: A. W. K.
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• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Recipes: 1898, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 38 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener Ontario

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MISS AUGUSTA W. KLOTZ

The funeral of Miss Augusta W. Klotz, daughter of the late Otto Klotz, one of the pioneers of Preston, was held this morning from St. Peter's church at 10.45 o'clock. Rev. W. H. Knauff, pastor, officiated. Interment was made in Preston cemetery. During his sermon Rev. Mr. Knauff referred to the fact that Miss Klotz was the second last of the original Klotz family. There remains only her brother, Mr. Emil Klotz of Toronto. The family were pioneers in St. Peter's congregation here. Pallbearers were Messrs., Henry Schulz and Cyrus Dolph of Preston, P. V. Wilson, Waterloo, B. A. Tate, Kitchener, Dr. Oscar Klotz, Toronto and W. M. O. Langdon, Timmins. The late Miss Klotz died at Timmins early yesterday morning.

Kitchener Daily Record 4 Jan 1933 pg 3

Recipes:
CHERRY CAKES

A.W.K., Preston

Three eggs, one cupful white wine, one cupful water, one spoonful butter, melted, a spoonful or more of sugar, a little cinnamon. flour enough to make a batter. Take nice, ripe cherries, tie five or six in a bunch, dip in the batter and fry in lard. Strew with sugar and cinnamon send to table hot. To be eaten with cream.

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• Name: Charles Klotz
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• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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Carl — Marie E. Eberlach. Marie was born 1849, , Michigan, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Julius Otto Klotz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-105232
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Illegible
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; scientist and surveyor

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Otto Julius Klotz OLS, DLS, DTS

(March 31, 1852 - December 28, 1923) was a Canadian astronomer and Dominion Surveyor. Born in Preston (Cambridge), Upper Canada, the son of Otto Klotz and Elise (Elizabeth) Wilhelm, Klotz was educated at Galt Grammar School, later heading to University of Toronto and finished his degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

At 14 years old Klotz received a foolscap diary, in which he recorded every day of life except for 2 days when he crossed the date line. The personal and professional records are entered into the National Archives of Canada . In 1885, Klotz was the first person to be officially designated as astronomer in the Dominion of Canada. He had been assiged chief of astronomical observations to be conducted in British Columbia and the North West. He worked on the British Columbia Railway Belt Survey from 1885 to 1890, and was assigned the task to resolve the United States and Canada boundary dispute during the 1890s. Klotz also worked on the Alaska boundary survey in 1893-1894. While in London, England, in 1898 he discovered an important cache of Foreign Office correspondence, much of which pertained to the North American Boundary Commission, some of whose Royal Engineer members were photographers.Klotz was appointed one (1908 as Assistant Chief Astronomer) of two employees of the Dominion Observatory , the nations first astronomical observatory. In 1916 he was appointed Dominion Astronomer.His other claims to fame include the oversight of the All Red Cable Route connecting Australia and Canada in 1902, he has been called the father of the Public Library in Ottawa University Club. He was also a member of the Astronomical Association of Mexico, and of New Zealand Institute. During his work in British Columbia he was the first to determine the heights of principal mountain peaks along the railway and named many of them.

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Otto Julius Klotz 1852-1923

Born at Preston, Upper Canada, and educated at Toronto and Michigan Universities, Klotz joined the public service in 1879. For thirty years he was engaged in topgraphical surveys in British Columbia, the Canadian Northwest, and Alaska. Appointed Assistant Chief AStronomer in 1908, he became director of the Dominion Observator in 1917. The author of many papers on astronomy and geography, he was elected to fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada in 1910. He died in Ottawa.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (plaque at Otto Klotz Park, Cambridge, Ontario)

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Dr. Otto Klotz
Director Of The Dominion Observatory, Ottawa

By R. Meldrum Stewart

THE death of Dr. Klotz on December 28, 1923, was a great loss to Canadian science, to the Government service, and especi-ally to the Dominion Observatory, with which he had been associ-ated since its inception, and of which he was Director for the last six years. With him passes away the last of the earlier generation of Canadian astronomical workers, whose work, beginning in the eighties, was gradually developed and finally came to fruition in the founding of the Dominion Observatory.

Dr. Klotz had been in failing health for some time. For many years he had been troubled with a slight affection of the heart, which impaired his physical activities, though not his mental vigour and alertness. This was probably more or less aggravated by the somewhat strenuous experiences (for a man of his years) of his trip to Europe in the spring of 1922 as Canadian delegate to the Rome meeting of the International Astronomical Union. In September, a few months after his return, the onset of further complications necessitated the giving up of his hitherto regular attendance at the office, though he still followed carefully and took the keenest interest in all developments of the work of the Observatory. There followed a long hard winter, which only his grim determination and buoyant hopefulness carried him through. With the advent of spring his health improved somewhat, and the earliest possible moment found him again at his desk for several hours each day. Failing strength, however, would not be denied, and in October he was again confined to the house, on this occasion for the last time. His attitude in these last months was an interesting study of indomitable purpose: day by day, to within a few weeks of the end, he looked forward to a speedy return to his duties---" to-morrow or next day "-a to-morrow which was never to come.

Born in the village of Preston, Ontario (at that time Upper Canada), on March 31, 1852, Otto Klotz received his early education in the public school of the village. His father was Otto Klotz, notary public and the author of a German grammar for use in public schools; there was no one a more ardent advocate for the introduction of free public schools in Canada than he, as shown by correspondence on the subject between him and Ryerson. As was more common in that day than this, the teacher, James Buchanan, himself a man of considerable educational attainments, was able and enthusiastic enough to organize a class of about a dozen boys and girls and put them through a fairly thorough course in Euclid and Natural Philosophy.

In 1865 the thirteen year old lad won a scholarship entitling him to free tuition in the Berlin High School, and the following year a similar scholarship for the Galt Grammar School; the latter he accepted, and on April 16, 1866, entered the then famous school of Dr. Tassie, well known throughout the Canadas as an educator and disciplinarian.

His methodical habit of mind early manifested itself by the beginning on August 16, 1866, of a diary in foolscap form in which he entered his daily doings. This diary was continued in its original form for over fifty-seven years, up to within a few days of his death. Entries were religiously made every day during all that period, and during his later years he took a pride in telling that the only day missing was May 20, 1903 lost in going around the world. It was his habit from time to time to enter short essays on the events of the day and questions of public interest, including such incidents as visits to foreign observatories and other institutions, or meetings with distinguished men.

After remaining for three years in the Galt Grammar School he matriculated to the University of Toronto in both arts and medicine, winning a scholarship in the latter course. As it was impossible to carry on two courses he finally selected the arts course including mathematics, astronomy and science. In those days the teaching in the two latter subjects was sadly deficient in Toronto, and the youthful student was forced to turn his face to the United States, finally selecting the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, which he entered as a sophomore in 1870, graduating with the class of 1872. Among his classmates possibly the most distinguished was R. S. Woodward, the well-known scientist, who completed his career by being the first President of the Carnegie Institution at Washington, an office which he held up to his retire-ment within the last few years. These years too were marked by the formation of an acquaintance with Marie Widenmann, daughter of the German Consul at Ann Arbor, an acquaintance which culminated in their marriage on December 4, 1873. Their golden wedding was celebrated quietly some three weeks before his death.

Shortly after graduation he was offered posts in the United States both with the Lake Survey and the Coast and Geodetic Survey, but preferred to return to his native land and take up work as a surveyor and engineer. For several years he followed the private practice of his profession, and in November, 1877, successfully tried the examination for D.T.S. (Dominion Topographical Surveyor), the highest surveying degree in Canada. Two years later he received an appointment as contract surveyor for the Canadian Government, and was shortly after advanced to base line work, the highest class of surveys in the Northwest. It may be remarked that he was the first one (in 1881) to make a return of the nature of the soil removed from the pits dug to designate township or section corners, a practice which was subsequently generally introduced and adopted by the Department. In 1885, when a local board of D.L.S. examiners for British Columbia was formed, he was one of the appointees, the other members being E. Deville, Wm. Ogilvie and Thos. Drummond. Two years later, in June, 1887, on the resignation of Lindsay Russell, he was appointed by order-in-council to the regular board of examiners, a position which he occupied till his death.

As early as 1884 the question of the feasibility of the Hudson bay route to Europe had come up. In that year an expedition was fitted out on the steamer "Neptune", which deposited ob-servers at various points along Hudson strait and in the bay to report on ice and weather conditions. At the same time Mr. Klotz was entrusted with an overland exploration survey, following the South Saskatchewan to its junction with the North Branch, thence to Cumberland House and through Cedar lake to lake Winnipeg, continuing down the Nelson to Hudson bay and York Factory; the return trip was by the canoe route of the Hudson's Bay Com-pany up the Hayes river and through Oxford lake. The expedition comprised two Peterborough canoes and four men; it covered two thousand miles, involving eighty-seven portages. On account of the shallowness of the water about York Factory and Nelson he reported adversely to making either the terminus of any contemplated railway to Hudson Bay; the commercial value of such a railway he also questioned in any event.

The entrance of British Columbia into Confederation introduced a new phase into the survey work of the Department of the Interior. It will be remembered that one of the conditions of Confederation was the granting by British Columbia to the Dominion of a strip of land twenty miles wide on each side of the Canadian Pacific railway and parallel thereto. It was manifestly impossible, on account of physical difficulties, to extend the existing system of surveys to and through the mountainous regions of British Columbia; the only alternative was a detailed azimuth survey tied in here and there to points whose latitude and longitude had been determined with precision by astronomical methods. This entailed astronomical observations, which were put under the charge of Mr. Klotz, and he was the first one to whom the title of Astronomer was officially given by the Department. Several stations were established in 1885, using Seattle as a preliminary basepoint for the longitudes, as being the nearest station of which the longitude was even approximately known. Within the next two years the chain of stations was extended eastward to Port Arthur, and later to eastern Canada. To cope with the ever increasing demand for astronomical positions, arising from the necessities of Dominion Lands surveys, the coordinating of these and other surveys for mapping purposes, and the delimitation of the international boundaries, the Astronomical Branch of the Department of the Interior was established, to develop later, in the course of events, into the Dominion Observatory.

In connection with the survey of the Railway Belt, Mr. Klotz was the first to determine accurately the heights of the mountains in the Rockies and Selkirks and the Gold Range, and he named a number of well-known peaks, such as Mounts Macdonald, Tupper, Mackenzie, Tilley, Begbie, Burgess, Dennis, Hector and others.

Later he spent some considerable time in Alaska in connection with preliminary reports on the afterwards famous boundary question. His report was in several respects unfavorable to the Canadian contention, foreshadowing with remarkable foresight some of the points in the actual award of 1903. Other counsels however prevailed, and his connection with the question terminated.

His first trip to Europe was in 1898, when he was sent by the Government on a confidential mission to London, Paris and St. Petersburg. The opportunity was embraced of visiting a number of observatories, for, though we had as yet no Canadian observatory, the vision had been formed and events were slowly shaping themselves in that direction. The connections then formed were kept up ever after, to the mutual benefit of himself and Canadian astronomical science.

In 1902, on the completion of the All Red Cable route by the filling in of the last link between Canada and Australia, he was en-trusted with the oversight of a longitude campaign to connect these two countries and to thus complete the first longitude girdle of the earth. With him in this work was associated Mr. F. W. O. Werry, and the undertaking was carried to a successful conclusion by a campaign extending over parts of 1903 and 1904. When the resulting longitudes of points in Australia were compared with those deduced from preceding determinations of longitude arcs from Greenwich, proceeding towards the east, they were found to agree within a fifteenth of a second of time or one second of arc.

On his return from Australia in 1904 by way of Europe he was granted by the University of Toronto the honorary degree of LL.D. Later this was to be supplemented by the degree of D. SC. from his alma mater, the University of Michigan, and by the further degree of LL.D. from the University of Pittsburg.

Meanwhile, largely through the efforts of Dr. King, the Chief Astronomer of the Department, and himself, both of whom had persistently advocated it for many years, the project of a fixed Canadian observatory was gradually taking shape. At the outset their ideas were very modest-too modest perhaps; they dared not hope for the possibility of anything beyond a small observatory and office building, to house a fixed transit instrument and the necessary small longitude staff, with perhaps a toy equatorial for exhibition purposes. As time passed, however, their thoughts and hopes grew bolder, until finally the man. of the hour appeared in the person of the Honourable Clifford Sifton, who, as Minister of the Interior, granted them all, and more than all, that they asked, and the Dominion Observatory became an assured fact. The new building was completed and occupied in the spring of 1905, with Dr. King as Chief Astronomer and Director, and a short time later Dr. Klotz was given the title of Assistant Chief Astronomer.

From the outset he had charge of the division of geophysics, including seismology, terrestrial magnetism and gravity. The latter he had already been engaged in to some extent, having carried with him on his Australian longitude campaign a set of invariable half-seconds pendulums of the Mendenhall type, with which relative determinations of gravity were made at all the stations occupied. The infant science of seismology he took up with his accustomed vigor and gave it his undivided personal attention for the next twelve years. During that period he built up a seismological station of the first rank, with a reputation sur-passed by few if any in the world, which remains one of the en-during monuments to his memory. He is perhaps most widely known by the Seismological Tables issued by him in 1916. His place among the seismologists of the world was recognized by the Government in sending him as delegate to the international seis-mological meeting at the Hague in 1907, to Zermatt in 1909, to Manchester in 1911 and to St. Petersburg in 1914 the last visit being interrupted en route by the war.

A systematic magnetic survey of Canada-one of the most extensive ever carried on in any part of the world-was inaugurated under his direction in 1907; this has been systematically carried on and extended to the present day, the field of operations having been carried to the Arctic circle and beyond during the summer of 1923. In the actual field observations, however, he took no personal part.

The field of gravity was less systematically pursued owing to the lack of observers to whom to entrust the field observations. Some fifty stations, however, were occupied in various parts of Canada up to the time of his death.

With the death of Dr. King, early in 1916, the natural sequence would have been the appointment of Dr. Klotz to the vacant Directorship. Coming as it did, however, in the midst of the world war, with national prejudices and hatred of all things German at fever heat, his German name told heavily against him. This fact, aggravated, as appeared later, by malicious rumors actively spread by a few former friends, created a storm of popular pre-judice to which the Government thought it better in those strenuous days for the time being to bow; when, in the autumn of 1917, the appointment was finally made, there was heartfelt rejoicing among the staff, who had been for eighteen months without a head, and with whom Dr. Klotz was deservedly popular. It is hard to realize what must have been his feelings during those long months of unjust suspicion and isolation; as a matter of fact no sturdier Canadian existed anywhere, as evidenced by his whole life history exemplified by the fact that the only one of the family of military age (a nephew) was killed in action at the front.

On his appointment as Director he gave up in large measure his personal work in seismology and devoted himself to the over-sight of the wider problems of observatory work as a whole. When in 1920 Canada gave her adherence to the International Astronomical Union organized at Brussels the previous year, he was elected Chairman of the National Committee of Canada; he was also a member of three of the international committees of the Union, as well as of the Canadian National Committee for the International Geodetic and Geophysical Union. In 1922 he was appointed Canadian delegate to the Rome meeting of the Inter-national Astronomical Union in May of that year, and also repre-sented Canada at the seven hundredth anniversary of the founding of the University of Padua in the same month.

He was a member of many learned societies, among which may be mentioned the Royal Astronomical Society of England; the Royal Society of Canada, being president of Section III in 1922; the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, of which he was for some years honorary president; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the New Zealand Institute, of which he was the only member in Canada; overseas member of the Norman Lockyer Observatory Corporation; ex-president of the Seismological Society of America; vice-president for three years of the American Astronomical Society; honorary president of the Dominion Land Surveyors' Association; and many others.

Between 1882 and 1922 he published ninety-nine papers besides his many official reports. His writings cover astronomy, seis-mology, terrestrial magnetism, gravity and the wider fields of general geophysics. He had a gift of popular exposition all too rarely found in the scientist, and his public lectures had a breezi-ness and charm that put him in instant touch with his audience. He filled a worthy place in the early development of astronomical science in Canada, and his loss will be felt keenly by his fellow-scientists in many varied lines of work in this and other countries, as well as by a host of warm personal friends and admirers.

The Journal Of The Royal Astronomical Society Of Canada Vol. XVIII January-February No. 1-2

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Dr. Otto Julius Klotz was born in Preston on March 31, 1852 a son of Otto Klotz, himself described as "Waterloo County's most public spirited citizen of the 19th century". Otto Julius Klotz proved himself an able student and in April 1866 began studies at the Tassie School in Galt. Three years later he entered the University of Toronto where he studied mathematics, astronomy and general science. Upon graduating he enrolled at the University of Michigan whence he graduated in 1872 with a degree in civil engineering. He returned immediately to Canada and established a private practice as a surveyor and engineer. In 1877 he passed the examinations of the Dominion Topographic Survey and two years later was appointed as a contract surveyor for the federal government. In the early 1880's the feasibility of a Hudson Bay route from western Canada to Europe had come up and the government decided to undertake an extensive investigation of ice and weather conditions along Hudson Strait and in the Bay. Mr. Klotz was placed at the head of the expedition that performed a survey of a 2,000 mile section from the South Saskatchewan River 'to York Factory on the Bay. Following this task he performed surveys connected with the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and with the determination of the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia. This latter survey involved extensive astronomical observations and he was the first man whom the Department of the Interior designated as Astronomer. In 1902 with the completion of the All Red Cable Route connecting Canada and Australia, Mr. Klotz was entrusted with the oversight of a longitude campaign connecting the two countries. This task occupied him for two years and was completed with an accuracy that was widely noted and praised. He is credited with the accurate measurements of the heights of notable peaks in the Rockies and with the first astronomical girdle of the world on the completion of the all-red cable. In 1905 with the completion of the new Dominion Observatory in Ottawa, Mr. Klotz was named the Assistant Dominion Astronomer. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of England, President and Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Canada, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Honourary President of the Dominion Land Surveyors and President of the Ontario Surveyors' Association. He has been called the father of the Public Library in Ottawa and was the founder of the Ottawa University Club. He was also an honourary member of the Astronomical Association of Mexico and of the New Zealand Institute. In 1917 Mr. Klotz became the Dominion Astronomer, a position he held until his death, in Ottawa, on December 28, 1923.

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OTTO J. KLOTZ
Ottawa, Ont.

OTTO JULIUS KLOTZ was born at Preston, Waterloo County, Ont., March 31^st 1852, his parents being Otto Klotz, a native of Kiel, Holstein, and his wife Elsie, n Wilhelm, of Breitenbach, Hesse Cassel, Germany. His father was born November 25^th 1817, came to America in 1837, shortly after which he settled in Preston, where he has resided ever since. The subject of our sketch, who is the second youngest of a family of six children, received his primary education at the public school in his native village, distinguishing himself in 1865 by carrying off both of the county scholarships; subsequently he attended the Galt grammar school (now Collegiate Institute), then conducted by the late Dr. Tassie, and in 1869 he matriculated in Medicine and Engineering at the University of Toronto, obtaining the medical scholarship of $120. For a time he was undecided as to which of the two courses he would pursue, being fond of each, but ultimately his fondness for mathematics prevailed and he chose the latter. Finding, however, that the engineering course in the university at that time was very limited, he left and completed his studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where, in 1872, he obtained the degree of C.E., being the youngest graduate in his class. The subject of his graduation thesis was "The Crystallization of Iron." The remainder of that year he spent among the iron mines of Northern Michigan, and the following year he was occupied in exploring the north shore of Lake Superior. For some time afterwards he confined himself to private practice at Guelph and Preston until he entered the service of the Department of the Interior (Topographical Surveys Branch), in which he has been engaged ever since. In 1887 he received the appointment as one of the examiners for Dominion Land Surveyors, in which capacity he still acts. After his survey in 1882, he visited Montana, Idaho, Utah, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas, for the purpose of comparing the Public Lands of the United States with those of the Dominion. Besides his extended surveys over the vast prairies of the North-West he made an exploration in 1884 along the Saskatchewan and Nelson rivers to Hudson's Bay, making a canoe trip of about 2,000 miles, and was the first man (white or Indian) to descend the whole length of the Nelson during the present century. On this journey he came across various relics of Sir John Franklin, of Arctic fame, and made magnetic observations at points which had been occupied by that ill-fated explorer. In the following winter Mr. Klotz published a magnetic chart in connection with a discussion of the position of the magnetic pole. In 1885 he began the transcontinental longitude determinations, observing first at the base station at Seattle, Washington. Geographic points of reference have now been established in British Columbia, the North-West and Manitoba, and the work has been carried eastward as far as Port Arthur. In 1886, besides his astronomic work in British Columbia, he made an accurate survey of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirks, as a basis for the delimitation of the forty-mile railway belt granted b British Columbia to the Dominion of Canada. The first determination of the heights of the principal mountain peaks along the railway was also made by Mr. Klotz. The following year, before going to the field, he made a tour among the chief observatories in the United States, gathering practical information, and two years later we find him in Alaska on an important government mission. On his return from that expedition he visited the Great Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California. Last year (1891), he was sent to the North-West to survey and report on an amber deposit, being the first large deposit found in Canada or the United States. During the present year he was appointed by the Department of the Interior as one of the astronomers for the trans-Atlantic longitude determination between Greenwich and Montreal, a work of the greatest scientific as well as practical value. During the winter, Mr. Klotz is busy at computations, one of the longest and most intricate being that now approaching completion - the computation of the limit of the above-cited forty-mile railway belt in British Columbia - in which calculation there are nearly one million tabulated figures. From the foregoing it will readily be understood that Mr. Klotz takes a keen interest in all matters pertaining to his profession, and it is a strong evidence of his high standing that on the formation of the Association of Dominion Land Surveyors he was chosen its first president, a position which he held for four consecutive years. The annual proceedings of the association invariably contain a professional paper by him. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a member of various other scientific organizations. Though taking but little part in public affairs outside his profession, Mr. Klotz has always manifested a deep interest in educational matters, especially the public schools and Mechanics' Institutes. For a number of years he has been one of the directors of the Preston Mechanics' Institute, the library of which is one of the best selected in the Province of Ontario. In 1873, December 4^th, Mr. Klotz married Marie Widenmann, daughter of the late German Consul for Michigan, and their children are Max, Julius, Oskar and Irma, the eldest being now a medical student at the University of Toronto.

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Impressive Tribute Paid to Late Doctor Klotz.

The eminent place which the late Dr. Otto Klotz occupied in the community and the high regard with which he was held by scientists and public-spirited citizens was fittingly demonstrated at his funeral, which took place on December 31. In the long cortege were seen personal representatives of several great universities, as well as prominent local scientists and many members of the staffs of Government and civil organizations.

Much sympathy is being extended to Mr. Jac. E. Klotz and his sisters, Miss Klotz and Mrs. Mylius, on the loss of their distinguished brother.

Waterloo Chronicle 10 Jan 1924, p. 4

Otto married Maria Caroline Widenmann 4 Dec 1873. Maria was born 1853, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; died 14 Dec 1928, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Otto — Mary Eberlach. Mary was born 1853, , USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Emil — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Augusta married David Forsyth 28 Dec 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. David (son of Archibald Forsyth and Ann Haggart) was born 15 Dec 1852, , Scotland; died 13 Sep 1936, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Max Klotz
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• Residence: 1921, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada

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DR. MAX O. KLOTZ

In the death of Dr. Max O. Klotz, Ottawa loses a prominent surgeon and the Association one of its active members. Dr. Klotz was born in Preston, Ont. in 1874, a son of Otto J. Klotz, Director of the Dominion Observatory, and graduated at Toronto in 1895. He has practiced in Ottawa since that date where he acquired an extensive practice and attained many honorary offices in the gift of the profession. For several years he restricted his work to surgery. He was surgeon of the Protestant Hospital, and at the time of his death was President of the Ottawa Medico-Chirurgical Society. He represented his district in the Ontario Medical Council for several years, and was President of the Council in 1913. Dr. Oscar Klotz, formerly of McGill University, now of the Rockefeller Institute, is a brother.


Canadian Medical Association Journal 1921 August; 11(8): 594\endash 595.

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Dr. Oscar (Oskar) Klotz was born in Preston in 1878 a son of Otto Julius Klotz. He received his elementary education in Preston and attended the Galt Collegiate Institute. He received his university and medical training at the University of Toronto, McGill University and at several German universities.He was a lecturer in pathology at McGill University and a professor of pathology at Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a consultant in pathology for the government of the United States during World War I and between 1926 and 1928 was in West Africa as a member of the Yellow Fever Commission. Dr. Klotz was a professor of pathology at the University of Toronto when he died on November 3, 1936.


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• Name: Dora Suddaby
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• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1939, Duncan, , British Columbia, Canada

Dora — Norman Edgerton Suddaby. Norman (son of Jeremiah Suddaby and Elizabeth Hall Murray) was born 7 Dec 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1970; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Traveller
• Residence: 1921, 31 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
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Otto married Nora Louise Roos 16 Jun 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nora (daughter of Michael Roos and Louisa M. Pabst) was born 23 Jul 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1991; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]