Michael II Ohlhausen

1882 - 1956  (73 years)

• Name	Michael II Ohlhausen
  Birth	03 May 1882	Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1904	Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany   [3, 4]
  Role: Witness
  Occupation	1904	Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany   [5]
  After moving to Prussia with his mother and siblings, we next find him farming
  Residence	1906	Leutsdorf, West Prussia, Germany   [6, 7, 8]
  moved the family to a farm. || where the children went to school, but their postal address was Rheinsberg and they did their shopping in Briesen. Otto remembered a nice lake in Briesen.
  Milit-Beg	Between 1914 and 1919  [9]
  in the German military service. During the war, his sister (likely Paulina) came to Leutsdorf and stayed to help with the farming.
  Event-Misc	1922  [10]
  the map of Europe was redrawn and the province of West Prussia was given to Poland. Many people were forced to leave their homes and land.
  Living	1922	Manchengut, East Prussia, Germany   [8, 11]
  where the children went to school and the Ohlhausen family and the Franz Jakob family bought an old farm to together. They did their shopping in Osterode and the bigger town in the area was Allenstein. After a couple of years they found that they could not make a living on this farm, so they decided to go to Canada.
  Emigration	Aug 1924	Manchengut, East Prussia, Germany   [12, 13]
  with their family, along with the Franz Jakob family, first they took the train from Bissellen near Osterode to Hamburg and then through Netherlands to Calais in France and then from Hamburg. Here they boarded a ship named the 'SS Carmania' which sailed 7 Aug 1924 and arrived Quebec City, Aug 18 stopping at Liverpool England on the way.They took the train (6 days) to Trochu Alberta.
  Immigration	24 Aug 1924	Trochu, Alberta, Canada   [8, 12, 14]
  The family had been sponsored by Elisabeth Reister's sister, Barbara Scheunert, who paid there way to Canada and who lived in the Trochu, Alberta area. Mr Scheunert had also sponsored the Jakob family and one of their boys eventually married Sophie.
  Occupation	Between 25 Aug 1924 and 1935	Trochu, Alberta, Canada   [15]
  Otto said, "Aunt Barbara had arranged jobs for Mom, Dad and Sophia on farms in the area and Elizabeth & I lived with Aunt Barbara. Then Dad rented some land and a farmhouse from my uncle where we lived and farmed there until 1935."
  Occupation	01 May 1935	Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada   [15, 16]
  received $3500 from the German government for being in the war and he used this money to buy a dairy farm
  Reference Number	310
  Reference Number	M1
  Residence	1943	Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada   [15]
  and Otto took over the farm.
  Death	13 Apr 1956	Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada   [17, 18]
  Burial	18 Apr 1956	Chilliwack Cemetery, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada   [7, 19]
  Person ID	I310	Ohlhausen
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Michael I Ohlhausen,   b. 08 May 1855, Jakobsonstal, Dobrudscha, Romania d. 08 Sep 1899, Konstanza, Dobrudscha, Romania (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Maria Elizabetha Hiller,   b. 28 Dec 1860, Fere Champenoise, Bessarabia, Russia d. 31 May 1920, Briesen, West Prussia, Germany (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1878  [20, 21]
  Histories		Ohlhausen, Michael Family History and Descendants of Michael Ohlhausen
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabetha Reister,   b. 27 Dec 1884, Eigenfeld, Bessarabia, Russia d. 27 Feb 1968, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	08 Mar 1906	Schönfließ, Briesen, Prussia, Germany   [22, 23]
  	Schönfließ was a very small town just west of Briesen and not far from thier farm in Pfeilsdorf.
  Children	+ 1. Sophia 'Sophie' Ohlhausen,   b. 30 Oct 1905, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany d. 27 Feb 1998, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 92 years)   2. Elizabeth Ohlhausen,   b. 30 Oct 1908, Leutsdorf, Breisen, Prussia, Germany d. 10 Jan 2005, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 96 years) + 3. Otto Wilhelm Ohlhausen,   b. 06 Jan 1914, Leutsdorf, West Prussia, Germany d. 10 May 2008, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 94 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Ohlhausen, Michael II and Family Otto Ohlhausen said this was the family farm in Leutsdorf and the people in the photo were Michael, wife and first two children. Otto was born here in 1914.
  		Ohlhausen, Michael II and Family This map shows mostly E Prussia, but in the bottom left corner you can see the town of Pfeilsdorf which is in W Prussia, where their first farm was in 1904. This map also shows the town of Manchengut in E Prussia, where the family lived in 1922 before coming to Canada in 1924. Otto told me that the children went to school in this town and they did their shopping in Osterode and the bigger town in the area was Allenstein. After a couple of years they found that they could not make a living on this farm, so they decided to go to Canada.
  		Ohlhausen, Michael II and Family This map shows the area of West Prussia where the family lived from about 1904 until about 1922 In 1904 he was on a farm in Pfeilsdorf In 1906 they were married in Schönfließ In 1906 they moved to a farm in Leutsdorf and did most of their shopping in Rheinsberg. Briesen was the big town in the area. The picture of the farm was taken in Leutsdorf as they lived here from 1906 until 1922 when they moved to Manchengut in East Prussia and then to Canada in 1924
  		Ohlhausen, Michael II and Family The picture of the farm in Leutsdorf was on a Postcard and this is the back of that postcard. The family lived here from 1906 until 1922. You can see that it was mailed in Rheinsberg, West Prussia, perhaps in 1914, as at that time they lived nearby in Leutsdorf.
  Documents		Ohlhausen, Michael II family passenger list to Canada Ship Name: Carmania Departure Liverpool, Aug 7, 1924 to Quebec Ohlhausen, Michael, age 42, Country Germany, to England at Harwich Ohlhausen, Elizabeth, age 40,-same Ohlhausen, Sophie, age 19, -same Ohlhausen, Elizabeth, age 16, -same Ohlhausen, Otto, age 9, -same
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - 24 Aug 1924 - Trochu, Alberta, Canada Occupation - Between 25 Aug 1924 and 1935 - Trochu, Alberta, Canada Occupation - 01 May 1935 - Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Residence - 1943 - Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Death - 13 Apr 1956 - Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Burial - 18 Apr 1956 - Chilliwack Cemetery, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Ohlhausen, Michael II marriage to Elizabeth Reister This Marriage Record was found in the Eastern Prussian Archives in Berlin, Civil Vitals, 1874-1945. Translated by E. Necker. Schoenfliess, March 8, 1906 Today the following appeared before the registry clerk (signature below) for the purpose of marriage: 1. the worker Michael Ohlhausen, known, Protestant, born May 3, 1882 in Unter Albota in Russia, living in Rosenthal. Son of the worker Michael Ohlhausen deceased in Romania, and his wife Maria Elisabeth nee Hiller living in Pfeilsdorf, district Briesen 2. the single worker Elisabeth Reister, known, Protestant, born Jan. 6, 1885 in Neu Schampoly in Russia, living in Rosenthal. Daughter of the worker Johannes Reister and his wife Magdalena nee Nehr, both deceased in Romania.

  
  

  Headstones

  Ohlhausen, Michael II OHLHAUSEN In Loving Memory of Our Dear Husband and Father 1882 MICHAEL 1956 Plot: Row "M" Grave 218

  
  

• Notes

  moved with his parents and lived

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Book, Church Book Unter-Albota, (1882 to 1937), F2, 4-0, F2, Section 4, pages 0-26. [S364] Germans from Russia Historical Society, Compiler: Odessa Digital Library, St. Petersburg Archives/Besserabian Collection, GRHS, Odessa Digital Library, 2008, (2008), LDS Film # 1895615/2 662 149; M1, page 29a. [S51] Sophie Jakob, Interview, Jakob Sophie, (1997), M1, page 15, M1, page 14, 15. [S31] authored by Ingo Isert, Isert, Ohlhausen research, (4 October 1997), F1, page 3, F1, page 1,2,3. [S52] Emilie Poeller, Interview, Poeller Emilie - 1999, (6 Nov 1999), M1, page 20, M1, page 20, 21. [S71] Photograph, M1, page 44. [S54] Otto Ohlhausen, Interview, Ohlhausen Otto - 1998, (4 May 1998), M1, page 18-1, M1, page 18. [S51] Sophie Jakob, Interview, Jakob Sophie, (1997), M1, page 14, M1, page 14, 15. [S54] Otto Ohlhausen, Interview, Ohlhausen Otto - 1998, (4 May 1998), Otto tols a story that a Russian prisoner from the war was on the farm to help do the farm work and when Otto was only five he was riding on a wagon with this worker who offered Otto a puff of his cigarette. This made Otto very sick but he did not dare to tell his mother why he was so sick.; M1, on a voice tape of Otto, M1, page 18. [S50] Trochu Historical Book Committee, Remember When, (DW Friesen & Sons Ltd., 5501 - 1A St. SW Calgary, Alberta, Sept 1975), page 267, Books, Trochu. [S54] Otto Ohlhausen, Interview, Ohlhausen Otto - 1998, (4 May 1998), see maps M1, page 4,5,6 ; M1 page 18-5,18- 7, M1, page 18. [S54] Otto Ohlhausen, Interview, Ohlhausen Otto - 1998, (4 May 1998), M1 page 18-5,18- 7, M1, page 18. [S415] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1924 - Michael O., (Passengers arriving 1919-1924, Form 30A, Sailed 7 Aug 1924), Michael Ohlhausen age 42, Married, wife Elisabeth age 39; Reason for going to Canada: to make my home. Destination; Brother-in-law, Trochu, Alta. Name of closest relative from where you came: Jokob Roesner, Brother-in-law. Money in your possesion $100.; M1, page 44/44a, M1, page 44/44a. [S415] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1924 - Michael O., (Passengers arriving 1919-1924, Form 30A, Sailed 7 Aug 1924), There is a declaration for each of; Elizabeth age 39, Sophie age 18 and Elizabeth age 15. Note: there was not one on the Ansestry.com website for Otto, who was 10 at the time.; M1, page 44/44a, M1, page 44/44a. [S54] Otto Ohlhausen, Interview, Ohlhausen Otto - 1998, (4 May 1998), M1, page 18-7, M1, page 18. [S20] Deed of Land, Ohlhausen Michael, (Home Makers Realty & Insurance Agencey Ltd., Chilliwack, British Columbia, 1 May 1935), M1, page 7, M1, page 7. [S54] Otto Ohlhausen, Interview, Ohlhausen Otto - 1998, (4 May 1998), W1, page 18, M1, page 18. [S327] Death Registration, BC Archives Microfilm No. B13227. GSU Microfilm No. 2033103; M1, page 3a, M1, page 3a. [S400] Chilliwack Cemeteries, Cemetery record, Chilliwack, BC., (Chilliwack Cemeteries, 10100 Hillcrest Drive, Chilliwack, BC, Canada, June 2009), Row "M" Grave 218; M1, page 3C, M1, page 2a, 3c, 3d. [S23] Ancestral File, Compiler: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Data Base, Family History Library LDS, M1, page 16, 16a, various. [S31] authored by Ingo Isert, Isert, Ohlhausen research, (4 October 1997), F1, page 1, F1, page 1,2,3. [S51] Sophie Jakob, Interview, Jakob Sophie, (1997), Gave the marriage date as April 1904; M1, page 15, M1, page 14, 15. [S434] Book, Church Book Entries, Germany Lutheran Bapt, Marriages and Burials 1567-1945 - ancestry.com Schönfließ [Prussia] March 8, 1906 Today the following appeared before the registry (and his signature below) for the purpose of Marriage: 1. the worker Michael Ohlhausen, known, Protestand, morn May 3. 1882 in Unteralbota in Russia, living in Rosenthal. Son of the worker Michael Ohlhausen deceased in Romania, and his wife Maria Elizabeth nee Hiller living in Pfeilsdorf, district of Briesen. 2. the single worker Elisabeth Reister, known, Protestant, born Jan 6, 1885 in Neu Schampoly in Russia, living in Rosental. Daughter of worker Johannes Reister and his wife Magdalena nee Nehr, both deceased in Romania. Source: Ancestry.com, Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany Civil Records 1874-1945 Citation: Landesarchiv Berlin, Personenstandsregister 1876-1945 Laufendenummer 58735; M1, page 4b/4c, F2, Section 4, pages 0-26.