Johanna Strauss

Other Events:

• Name: Johanna Sehl
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80411

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

Johanna — Oliver Joseph Sehl. Oliver (son of Joseph Francis "Francis" Sehl and Susannah "Anna" Hartman) was born 27 Oct 1884, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jan 1947; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Alma Dahmer
• Name: Mary Alma Jauch
• Name: Mary Alma Larsen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-210002

Notes:

JAUCH: Mary Alma (nee Sehl) \endash passed away peacefully on Sunday June 3, 2018 at the Grand River Hospital, Freeport Site. Mary Jauch of Highland Place, Kitchener and formerly of New Hamburg in her 94 th year.

Beloved wife the late Douglas Dahmer (1972), Charles Larsen (1986) and Hans Jauch (2000). She is survived by her sister Rita Traynor of Ladera Ranch, California, Dorothy & husband Clyde Pope of Belleville and sister-in-law Jean Sehl of Waterloo, by her goddaughter Mary and Steve Rushlow, nieces and nephews David Pope, Dr. Janet Pope, Jeffrey Pope, Ann Pope, Paul & Deb Sehl, Raymond Southcote, the late Maura Lee and Greg Ewing and by her many great nieces and nephews and 2 great great niece and nephews.

Predeceased by her brothers Joseph Sehl and wife Sheilagh, Robert Sehl, and brother-in-law Victor Traynor.

Mary worked as a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital and then on to the VON, industrial nursing at Lear Industries, Budd Automotive and Dare Foods all in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. She was a past member of the Holy Family Choir and was active with the C.W.L. and had been a volunteer at Morningside Village.

Relatives and friends may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home 291 Huron St., New Hamburg on Friday June 8, 2018 from 9:30am until 10:45am followed by Funeral Mass at 11:00am at Holy Family R.C. Church 329 Huron St., New Habmurg. Reception to follow. Interment will take place in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Holy Family R. C. Church would be appreciated by the family. Personal condolences can be sent at www.markjutzifuneralhome.ca

"Mary Jauch Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information". 2021. Markjutzifuneralhomes.Ca. https://www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca/memorials/mary-jauch/4021528/index.php.

Mary — R. Douglas "Douglas" Dahmer. R. (son of David Dahmer and Ida May "May Bullock) was born 1923; died 17 May 1972; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Charles Larsen. Charles was born 1908; died 1985; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Hans Jauch. Hans was born 13 Jul 1913, Albertinovac, , , Croatia; died 19 Apr 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]