Ferdinand Ohlhausen

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nationality: This information came from Karl Stumpp and we assume that it is correct because several family documents show him as 'a subject of Prussia'.
• Reference Number: 1
• Reference Number: F1
• Occupation: Between 1855 and 1862, Jakobsonstal, Dobrudscha, Romania; a teacher || and as a teacher at that time he also performed certain church duties.
• Religion: 09 Jun 1858, Jakobsonstal, Dobrudscha, Romania
• Occupation: 1862, Catalui, Dobrudscha, Turkey/Romania; Wilhelm's birth record || indicates that Ferdinand was a teacher
• Occupation: Between 1864 and 1880, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Confirmation: 18 May 1873, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Residence: 1881, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

baptized his son Jakob I

Bortscheag was a large estate owned and managed by people from France that employed German workers and was situated 6km northeast of the German settlement of Albota. Some research into the history of the Bortscheag Germans finds that many were so-called Separatists and followed Ignaz Lindl's religious teaching. Copies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Books begin in 1864 and most of the entries for the next nearly twenty years were made by the teacher Ferdidand Ohlhausen.

Religion:
It is possibly that Ferdniand was a so-called Separatist in 1858 because the church record for Jakob's baptism shows that he was a teacher but the “Ev. L” (protestant Lutheran) under Ferdinand’s name, had been crossed out. According to an expert in this area, this may indicate that he was not a Lutheran at that time. Wilhelm's birth record in 1862 shows both Ferdinand and his wife Wilhelmine, as Protestant denomination.

Occupation:
a teacher|| and as such performed church functions in this settlement. The records indicate that he performed marriages and nearly 200 baptisms during this time. These were always authenticated later by the pastor who came periodically from Galatz, Romania.

Confirmation:
Role: Witness

Residence:
moved to Unter-Albota Bessarabia, and from the Lutheran Church books we know that he continued church work because his signature is on many birth, marriage and death records. He also worked as a vineyard keeper, in the summers and falls.

Died:
and it was noted on his death record that he was a Prussian Subject.

Ferdinand married Karoline 'Wilhelmine' Nelitz between 1850 and 1853 in Jakobsonstal, Dobrudscha, Romania. Karoline (daughter of Johann Nelitz and Louise Jastrow) was born on 29 Oct 1831 in Leipzig, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 30 Apr 1908 in Sarata, Bessarabia, Russia; was buried on 02 May 1908 in Sarata, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 46
• Reference Number: F2, Section

Notes:

Died:
We assume that Johann died as an infant as we have not seen any reference to him prior to Elvire Necker discovering this birth record in 2010.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: Abt 1891, Cobadin, Dobrudscha, Romania
• Religion: 1897, Cobadin, Dobrudscha, Romania

Notes:

Religion:
the Ohlhausen family was one of 52 German families listed in a German publication of the area as 'Evangelical'

Michael married Maria Elizabetha Hiller on 17 Nov 1878. Maria (daughter of Gottlieb Hiller and Christina Leitz) was born on 28 Dec 1860 in Fere Champenoise, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 31 May 1920 in Briesen, West Prussia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 248
• Reference Number: J1
• Confirmation: 18 May 1873, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Occupation: Between 1880 and 1930

Notes:

Occupation:
a farmer and a Mayor of Sofiewka, however his biggest challenge was as a member of parliament in Bucharest from 1919-22 after he was elected from the district of Ismal as a member of the Bessarabian farmers party. During this time period Romania introduced the much-hated expropriation laws where no farm was allowed to be larger than 100 hectares. The land taken by the government was then given to the poor. At the time Jakob had accumulated quite a bit of land which fell under this new law. He was a religious man and the Bible group met regularly at his house.

Jakob married Rosina Nast on 07 Nov 1880 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Rosina was born on 14 Oct 1862 in Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 02 Mar 1882 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; was buried on 04 Mar 1882 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jakob married Katharina Eberhardt on 03 Jan 1883 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Katharina was born on 29 May 1858 in Katzbach, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 12 May 1904 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jakob married Christine (Quast) Ruge on 29 Jun 1904 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Christine (daughter of Johann Quast and Christine Schneider) was born on 21 Dec 1872 in Neu Elft, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 28 Nov 1918 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jakob married Karoline (Brisske) Mittelstaedt in 1919 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia. Karoline was born on 23 Jan 1865 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia; died in 1934 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jakob married Katherina (Siewert) Heidinger on 31 Oct 1935 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Katherina was born on 12 Dec 1863 in Neu Elft, Bessarabia, Russia; died in 1949 in Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3
• Reference Number: W1
• Confirmation: 28 May 1876, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: Apr 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Occupation: 25 Jun 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Naturalization: 1907, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Event-Misc: 20 Feb 1907
• Census: 01 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 05 Mar 1917, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

In 1845, his granddaughter Ida (Jans) and her husband, Fred Heller lived with William for about one year.

Occupation:
The birth certificate of his daughter Pauline in 1890 and his son Heinrich in 1894 show Wilhelm as a Settler (farmer) in the village of Neu Wittenberg (later known as Ober-Albota). His first five children are recorded in the Albota Lutheran Church Book, howerver the birth of neither Pauline nor Henry are in that book. The birth certificates of these last two children indicate that their birth information was held in the Baptist Church records, leading to believe that Willhelm & his family started going to the Baptist Church about 1890.

Immigration:
To date we have not found the date and place they entered North America however stories in the family say that they arrived in Montreal in 1901 and it would be logical that they would join his brother, Anton, who arrived in Irvine, Alberta in 1899. However, again stories in the family say that at Winnipeg they diverted south to check out the farms in North Dakota. We know that a Jakob Tetzlaff emigrated from Tarutino, Bessarabia to North Dakota in 1894 and although we have not found a link from the Tetzlaff family in Tarutino to our branch of that family, we cannot ignore the possibility that they went to North Dakota to be with the family of Wilhelm’s wife, Louise Tetzlaff. The family story goes on to say that in North Dakota family Ohlhausen met a family that had been there for some time and felt the land too rocky and poor to make a living so were planning to immigrating to Canada. We know that the Christian Gill family had been in Kulm, North Dakota from 1894 and moved to Canada in 1902 and took a homestead just south of the Ohlhausen homestead south of Irvine, North West Territories (later Alberta), Canada. It is possible that our family, along with the Gill family, immigrated in Apr 1902, when they both entered their homestead in southern Alberta at the same time.

Occupation:
obtained enter to his homestead at SE 28-10-3 W4||. As part of his obligation to earn the title to the land, the apllication shows that by 1906 he has built a 16' X 20' log cabin which became the home although in the beiginning they lived in a sod house. They also had other shelters for the animals. The application shows that he broke new land at a rate of about 20 acres per year and by 1906 grew 60 Acres of crop and had 21 cattle, six horses and 5 pigs. (prior to Oct 1905 this area belonges to the NWT)

Event-Misc:
was issued the Land Title to his homestead SE28-10-3-W4

Census:
and were shown as members of the Adventist church so we assume this was Louise Ttzlaff's preference as the rest of his Ohlhausen family were Baptist/Lutheran.

Residence:
as their son Henry and wife Nathalia took over the homestead farm after they were married.

Gustav married Luise 'Louise' Tetzlaff on 18 Oct 1883. Luise (daughter of Kornelius Tetzlaff and Magdalena 'Helena' Kranich) was born on 28 Sep 1861; died on 14 Nov 1920 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 17 Nov 1920 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gustav married Katharina Finkbeiner on 24 Apr 1921 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Katharina (daughter of Konrad Finkbeiner and Elisabetha Kuest) was born on 18 Jun 1860 in Katzbach, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 26 Jan 1945 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 29 Jan 1945 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6
• Reference Number: F3
• Confirmation: 09 Jun 1878, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Religion: 1897, Cobadin, Dobrudscha, Romania; one of 52 German families listed as 'Evangelical'

Notes:

served as village magistrate ||and they were part of the immigration back to Germany in 1940.

Friedrich married Luise Keller on 24 Jan 1887 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Luise was born on 05 Jun 1865 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 03 Aug 1925 in Cobadin, Dobrudscha, Romania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Pohl
• Reference Number: 50
• Reference Number: F2
• Baptism: 08 Oct 1867, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Residence: 11 Nov 1940, Austria

Notes:

Birth:
The Ohlhausen family grew up in Bortscheag, and were part of the German population of workers who had their own German school and church.

Maria married Christian Pohl, Sr. on 30 Jan 1889. Christian was born on 24 Jan 1861 in Leipzig, Bessarabia, Russia; died in 1942 in Raabs an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7
• Reference Number: F3
• Baptism: 28 Sep 1869, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Living: Between 1870 and 1881, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: 07 Mar 1899, Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA
• Occupation: 05 Aug 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada; Homestead SE1/4-28-9-2-W4
• Occupation: 06 Nov 1902
• Occupation: 29 Nov 1902
• Naturalization: 17 May 1905, Josephsburg, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Census: 05 Jul 1906, Josephsburg, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 01 Feb 1910, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Religion: 02 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Census: 10 Aug 1916, Irvine, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
The birth record of his son, Jakob at Sofiewka in 1895, indicates that Anton was a 'Romanian subject'. Therefore we assume that Bortscheak was under Romanian rule at the time of Anton's birth. Anton's birth certificate was destroyed in Canada by Mary Vossler, however her son kept the stamps which indicate that the certificate was prepared in 1899 in Russia just before he emigrated.

Living:
The Ohlhausen family grew up in Bortscheag, and was part of the German population of workers who had their own German school & church and mover to Unter-Albota in 1881.

Immigration:
The ship's manifest indicated that they were to join a cousin in Josephsburg, however the destination was shown as Dunmore (south of Medicine Hat). The manifest also indicates that they had $30 with them.

Census:
which indicated that they had 5 horses, 10 milk cows, 30 cattle and 6 pigs.

Religion:
of the Lutheran faith, as indicated on the 1 June 1911 census for Irvine, AB which also shows that Anton came to Canada in 1899 and Amelia in 1891 and that they spoke German at home.

Anton married Maria Mueller on 28 Jan 1894 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Maria (daughter of Wilhelm Mueller and Wilhelmine Hoffmann) was born on 13 May 1875 in Katzbach, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 22 Feb 1905 in Josephsburg, Northwest Territories, Canada; was buried in Baptist Freedom Settlers Cemetery, Josephsburg, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anton married Amelia Dey on 08 Jun 1905 in Edmonton, Northwest Territories, Canada. Amelia was born on 02 Feb 1888 in Bessarabia, Russia; died on 09 Dec 1982 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 13 Dec 1982 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 483
• Reference Number: M1
• Baptism: 17 Mar 1881, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

moved with her parents and lived

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 310
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Occupation: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany; After moving to Prussia with his mother and siblings, we next find him farming
• Residence: 1906, Leutsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Milit-Beg: Between 1914 and 1919
• Event-Misc: 1922
• Living: 1922, Manchengut, East Prussia, Germany
• Emigration: Aug 1924, Manchengut, East Prussia, Germany
• 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

Notes:

moved with his parents and lived

Immigration:
Role: Witness

Residence:
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:
in the German military service. During the war, his sister (likely Paulina) came to Leutsdorf and stayed to help with the farming.

Event-Misc:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
received $3500 from the German government for being in the war and he used this money to buy a dairy farm

Residence:
and Otto took over the farm.

Michael married Elizabetha Reister on 08 Mar 1906 in Schönfließ, Briesen, Prussia, Germany. Elizabetha (daughter of Johannes Reister and Magdalena Nehr) was born on 27 Dec 1884 in Eigenfeld, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 27 Feb 1968 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 29 Feb 1968 in Chilliwack Cemetery, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 346
• Reference Number: M1
• Baptism: 19 Oct 1883, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 347
• Reference Number: M1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 348
• Reference Number: M1
• Baptism: 12 Oct 1887, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

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• Name: Henry Olhausen
• Reference Number: 322
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Immigration: Abt 1912, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1915, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Naturalization: 03 Jul 1928, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1944, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

moved with his parents ||where he spent his earlier life

Birth:
and was baptized on the 5th of February.

Name:
Reuben confirmed that his father legally changed his last name to "Olhausen", because he lived very close to his cousin Henry H. Ohlhausen and their mail was continually being mixed up. Wayne Fuller's grandfather Henry H Ohlhausen told him that he added an "H" between his first and second names because there was another Henry Ohlhausen living very close and their mail was always mixed up. This explains why this branch of the family has the spelling 'Olhausen'.

Immigration:
Role: Witness

Immigration:
likely because he had 2 uncles farming south east of Medicine Hat at Irvine, AB.

Occupation:
bought the Daniel Gill homestead south of Irvine || and this farm was about 1 mile south of the Wilhelm Ohlhausen homestead, which was taken over by his son Henry H. Ohlhausen in 1917.

Naturalization:
It was interesting to find that he used the spelling 'Ohlhausen' on his naturalization papers dated

Occupation:
they sold the farm south of Irvine and bought a dairy farmer near || and then in 1947 he bought a 400 acre ranch in Nevis, AB and ran 100 head of cattle.

Heinrich married Mathilda 'Matilda' Mayer on 28 Feb 1913 in Newburg, Alberta, Canada. Mathilda (daughter of Ludwig Mayer and Maria Bischel) was born on 03 May 1895 in Bessarabia, Russia; died on 15 Jul 1981 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 18 Jul 1981 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 320
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Immigration: 1924, Carstairs, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

served a total of seven years for the German army, was wounded three times and won the Iron Cross during the Great War. He served among the "Totenkopfhusaren" and achieved the rank of "Unteroffizier".

Birth:
date and place taken from a news paper article. He most likely was born in Dobrudscha part of Romania.

Immigration:
Role: Witness

Immigration:
to Canada and this time ended up in Henry H Ohlhausen's farming community||After he arrived Henry likly found him a job as a farm hand on the neighboring Fischer farm.

Died:
by his own hand

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 486
• Reference Number: M1

Notes:

Birth:
She was not in the Unter-Albota Church Book so we assume she was born in Dobrudscha. Her name is mentioned as a living child in the Heimatbuch der Dobrudscha-Deutschen.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lydia Gitzel
• Reference Number: 351
• Reference Number: M1

Family/Spouse: Gitzel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 487
• Reference Number: M1

Notes:

Birth:
and because he was not in the Albota Church book, we assume he was born after the family moved to Dobrudscha. Sophie said that he died in his teens.

Died:
died in his teens

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Paulina Roesner
• Reference Number: 350
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Residence: 1921, Freystadt, Germany

Notes:

Name:
and at some time they divorced

Immigration:
Role: Witness

Paulina married Jakob Roesner on 20 Jan 1919 in Pfeilsforf, West Prussia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Emilie Wittig
• Reference Number: 349
• Reference Number: M1
• Immigration: 1904, Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Residence: Abt 1950, Zeulenroda, Germany

Notes:

Immigration:
Role: Witness

Emilie married Heinrich Sr. Wittig about 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 519
• Reference Number: J1
• Baptism: 06 Sep 1884, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 518
• Reference Number: J1

Notes:

had 161 ha of land according to Fragebogen -- also owned a mill.

Birth:
and was baptized on May 23, 1887.

Jakob married Martha Maria Unterseher on 21 Feb 1911 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia. Martha (daughter of Christian II Unterseher and Eva Katharina Hahn) was born on 31 Dec 1889 in Pilenkofeld, North Caucasus, Russia; died on 20 Nov 1968 in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany; was buried in Schwäbisch Hall Cemetery, Schwäbish Hall, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Lydia Schorr
• Reference Number: 516
• Reference Number: J1
• Baptism: 28 May 1889, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Lydia married Jakob Schorr on 12 Dec 1906 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, Russia. Jakob (son of Ludwig Schorr and Maria Gruen) was born on 06 May 1887 in Albota, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 517
• Reference Number: J1
• Baptism: 24 Aug 1891, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mathilde Quast
• Reference Number: 1563
• Reference Number: J1

Mathilde married Daniel Quast on 16 Jun 1911. Daniel (son of Johann Quast and Christine Schneider) was born on 25 Nov 1886 in Neu Elft, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 17 Dec 1944 in Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1565
• Reference Number: J1
• Occupation: 1940, Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia; a farmer with 54 ha

Notes:

Birth:
Odessa - St.Pete's record shows 7 June 1905

Rudolf married Else Schlenker on 10 Nov 1927. Else (daughter of Jakob Schlenker and Rosina Wolf) was born on 19 Jan 1906 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 23 Apr 1988 in Ruit, Ostfildern, Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ida Katharina Schlenker
• Reference Number: 1569
• Reference Number: J1

Ida married Otto Schlenker on 16 Nov 1922 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia. Otto was born on 13 Mar 1903 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 20 Sep 1971 in Neckartenzlingen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Else Hannemann
• Reference Number: 1571
• Reference Number: J1

Else married Albert Hannemann in Sep 1929. Albert (son of Friedrich Hannemann and Rosina Makus) was born on 13 Jun 1898 in Sofiental, Bessarabia, Russia; died about 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ottilie Lutz
• Reference Number: 1575
• Reference Number: J1

Ottilie married Otto Lutz on 06 Oct 1932. Otto (son of Johann Lutz and Salomina Speidel) was born on 11 Feb 1907 in Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 14 Dec 1987 in Ohmden, Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 484
• Reference Number: F1
• Baptism: 08 Sep 1884, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Magdalena Gill
• Reference Number: 15
• Reference Number: Gill1
• Baptism: 05 Oct 1885, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: Apr 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Census: 12 Jul 1906, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Census: 01 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Immigration:
To date we have not found the date and place they entered North America however stories in the family say that they arrived in Montreal in 1901 and it would be logical that they would join his brother, Anton, who arrived in Irvine, Alberta in 1899. However, again stories in the family say that at Winnipeg they diverted south to check out the farms in North Dakota. We know that a Jakob Tetzlaff emigrated from Tarutino, Bessarabia to North Dakota in 1894 and although we have not found a link from the Tetzlaff family in Tarutino to our branch of that family, we cannot ignore the possibility that they went to North Dakota to be with the family of Wilhelm’s wife, Louise Tetzlaff. The family story goes on to say that in North Dakota family Ohlhausen met a family that had been there for some time and felt the land too rocky and poor to make a living so were planning to immigrating to Canada. We know that the Christian Gill family had been in Kulm, North Dakota from 1894 and moved to Canada in 1902 and took a homestead just south of the Ohlhausen homestead south of Irvine, North West Territories (later Alberta), Canada. It is possible that our family, along with the Gill family, immigrated in Apr 1902, when they both entered their homestead in southern Alberta at the same time.

Role: Witness

Census:
and was naturalized and became a British subject in the Dominion of Canada in 1908

Role: Witness

Census:
indicated their 'religion' as 'Dreamer'. Dreamer was a sect originating in South Dakota in 1905 and migrated to the Medicine Hat/Irvine and Josephsburg area of Alberta a few years later. Although this sect was originally based on Christianity, their beliefs reached a stage of fanaticism where arson or perjury became acts in fulfillment of their biblical destiny. Dreams were supposed to dictate their actions.

Role: Witness

Magdalena married Daniel Gill on 14 Jul 1904 in Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Daniel (son of Christian III Gill and Justina Klaundt) was born on 22 Nov 1878 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 12 Mar 1963 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 16 Mar 1963 in Saamis Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 520
• Reference Number: W1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 485
• Reference Number: W1
• Baptism: 12 Dec 1887, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

Died:
Did not come to Canada

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 8
• Reference Number: W2
• Baptism: 19 Feb 1889, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: Apr 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Naturalization: 21 Nov 1911, Happyland, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Immigration: 24 Nov 1922, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA
• Occupation: 1927, Acme, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1936, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
• Retired: 1939, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

paid the homestead entry fee of $10 for a claim to a homestead located at SE 32-21-26 W3.

Immigration:
To date we have not found the date and place they entered North America however stories in the family say that they arrived in Montreal in 1901 and it would be logical that they would join his brother, Anton, who arrived in Irvine, Alberta in 1899. However, again stories in the family say that at Winnipeg they diverted south to check out the farms in North Dakota. We know that a Jakob Tetzlaff emigrated from Tarutino, Bessarabia to North Dakota in 1894 and although we have not found a link from the Tetzlaff family in Tarutino to our branch of that family, we cannot ignore the possibility that they went to North Dakota to be with the family of Wilhelm’s wife, Louise Tetzlaff. The family story goes on to say that in North Dakota family Ohlhausen met a family that had been there for some time and felt the land too rocky and poor to make a living so were planning to immigrating to Canada. We know that the Christian Gill family had been in Kulm, North Dakota from 1894 and moved to Canada in 1902 and took a homestead just south of the Ohlhausen homestead south of Irvine, North West Territories (later Alberta), Canada. It is possible that our family, along with the Gill family, immigrated in Apr 1902, when they both entered their homestead in southern Alberta at the same time.

Role: Witness

Naturalization:
He became a British subject within Canada, so that he could qualify under the Canadian Homestead Act

Immigration:
the family left Canada and sailed from Eastport Idaho to Seattle and then on through San Francisco to||where they remained until 1926 when Magdalena contracted malaria and the family returned to Medicine Hat and then back to Leader Sask. for 1 year.

Occupation:
A 1927 map shows John Ohlhausen's name on 3/4 of section 17.|| This farm was across the road from his brother Henry H, near Acme, Alberta and was purchased from John Keim. Later he bought the Ed Fischer farm 8 miles west of town. The boys went to Rodney school along with cousins. Elma remembered the boys coming to the house asking to see the new baby when Eddie was born in Dec 1927. They farmed with sulky plows, drills, cultivators and harrows. They raised cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.

Residence:
where they bought a 22 acre farm and raised a few cattle.

Johannes married Magdelena 'Maggie' Leno on 12 Jul 1910 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada. Magdelena (daughter of Heinrich Leno and Friedricka Scheid) was born on 28 Jun 1891 in Mound City, Campbell, South Dakota, USA; died on 03 Feb 1972 in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 07 Feb 1972 in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Pauline Jans
• Reference Number: 21
• Reference Number: Jans1
• Immigration: Apr 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Census: 01 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1955, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Baptism: 07 Sep 1956, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada

Notes:

Immigration:
To date we have not found the date and place they entered North America however stories in the family say that they arrived in Montreal in 1901 and it would be logical that they would join his brother, Anton, who arrived in Irvine, Alberta in 1899. However, again stories in the family say that at Winnipeg they diverted south to check out the farms in North Dakota. We know that a Jakob Tetzlaff emigrated from Tarutino, Bessarabia to North Dakota in 1894 and although we have not found a link from the Tetzlaff family in Tarutino to our branch of that family, we cannot ignore the possibility that they went to North Dakota to be with the family of Wilhelm’s wife, Louise Tetzlaff. The family story goes on to say that in North Dakota family Ohlhausen met a family that had been there for some time and felt the land too rocky and poor to make a living so were planning to immigrating to Canada. We know that the Christian Gill family had been in Kulm, North Dakota from 1894 and moved to Canada in 1902 and took a homestead just south of the Ohlhausen homestead south of Irvine, North West Territories (later Alberta), Canada. It is possible that our family, along with the Gill family, immigrated in Apr 1902, when they both entered their homestead in southern Alberta at the same time.

Role: Witness

Census:
and were shown as members of the Adventist church so we assume this was Louise Ttzlaff's preference as the rest of his Ohlhausen family were Baptist/Lutheran.

Role: Witness

Pauline married Gottlieb III Jans on 14 Mar 1912 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada. Gottlieb (son of August Jans and Katherina Sackmann) was born on 01 Mar 1889 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 23 Nov 1977 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried on 26 Nov 1977 in Maple Creek Cemetery, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 30
• Reference Number: W1
• Immigration: Apr 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Census: 01 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: Between 1918 and 1925, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: Between 1925 and 1928, Acme, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: Between 1928 and 1950
• Residence: Oct 1953, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Henry wanted a full section in one square block because at the time everyone farmed with horses and it was important to have the land accessible from the barn. We assume that he sold the half section in 1928 when he found his full section and || which he farmed until 1950. We are told that Henry was a real horse person and always had the best team in the district.

son Eddie took over the farm and Henry retired to an acreage in Hubalta near Calgary and when he was not fishing, he sold eggs & milk. Eggs were sold to the Holly Cross Hospital and milk was sold directly from the small 10 acre farm.

they visited Nathalia's Wonnenberg family in Colorado and Littau family in Lodi California

became Canadian Citizens.

traveled to England and then to Denmark to attend grandson Wayne's wedding. After the wedding they went to Schwaebish Hall to visit the Ohlhausen family and then on a Rheine cruse and back to England and Canada

had lump removed off his shoulder and it was diagnosed as not cancerous and an operation on 25 Sept.1974 in the same area showed it was fast growing cancer.

Name:
He added an H between his first and last names to prevent his mail being mixed up because his cousin, Henry Ohlhausen, lived close to his farm south of Irvine.

Occupation:
His hobby of fishing kept him busy, going to all sorts of fishing areas in the country. On 13 Feb. 1962 he and his fishing partner Matchett, were in court and fined $50 for being over the limit at a small trout pond.

Immigration:
To date we have not found the date and place they entered North America however stories in the family say that they arrived in Montreal in 1901 and it would be logical that they would join his brother, Anton, who arrived in Irvine, Alberta in 1899. However, again stories in the family say that at Winnipeg they diverted south to check out the farms in North Dakota. We know that a Jakob Tetzlaff emigrated from Tarutino, Bessarabia to North Dakota in 1894 and although we have not found a link from the Tetzlaff family in Tarutino to our branch of that family, we cannot ignore the possibility that they went to North Dakota to be with the family of Wilhelm’s wife, Louise Tetzlaff. The family story goes on to say that in North Dakota family Ohlhausen met a family that had been there for some time and felt the land too rocky and poor to make a living so were planning to immigrating to Canada. We know that the Christian Gill family had been in Kulm, North Dakota from 1894 and moved to Canada in 1902 and took a homestead just south of the Ohlhausen homestead south of Irvine, North West Territories (later Alberta), Canada. It is possible that our family, along with the Gill family, immigrated in Apr 1902, when they both entered their homestead in southern Alberta at the same time.

Role: Witness

Census:
and were shown as members of the Adventist church so we assume this was Louise Ttzlaff's preference as the rest of his Ohlhausen family were Baptist/Lutheran.

Role: Witness

Occupation:
In March 1917 he took over his father's homestead farm || The first 4 years were rough as there was not enough rain to raise feed for their 6 cows and 7 horses. They even fed Russian thistle taken from the ditches and still two cows died. The years 1922-24 were better as there was more rain. They drove 25 miles to Medicine Hat every two weeks to sell butter and eggs and get groceries.

Occupation:
They worked hard but did not make much progress on this southern Alberta farm, so in 1925 when John Keim (Nathalia's step father's brother) offered them a 1/2 section of land with a house in the Acme district, they jumped at the opportunity. The Rodney School was close and Eddie was born in this house. A 1927 land map shows that he owned the NW17+SW20-30-27 W4.

Occupation:
They had 15 working horses and had as many as 9 horses pulling a 3 bottom plow. In 1932 they threshed 19,000 bushels of wheat and oats and after selling it did not have enough money to cover the expenses. The wheat was 27 cents a bushel. It was a good farm in the good times when there was no hail and they got the rain at the right time.

Residence:
they moved to 1925 Mount View Cr. NW Calgary and on 31 May 1960 to 2033 Mount View Cr. where they lived until 1974 when they moved to Didsbury, Alberta. After all the years of farming and hard work they could finally just retire.

Heinrich married Nathalia 'Dolly' Koenig on 05 Mar 1917 in Crossfield, Alberta, Canada. Nathalia (daughter of Gottlieb Koenig and Justina Wonnenberg) was born on 24 Nov 1898 in Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia; died on 17 Nov 1982 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 19 Nov 1982 in Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 521
• Reference Number: F3
• Immigration: 24 Nov 1940, Germany

Notes:

Birth:
and baptized on the 3rd of January.

Friedrich married Christina Borth on 26 May 1909 in Cobadin, Dobrudscha, Romania. Christina (daughter of Daniel Borth and Augusta Rosenberg) was born on 01 Dec 1889 in Tariverde, Dobrudscha, Romania; died on 16 May 1962 in Boeblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was buried on 19 May 1962 in Boeblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Emilie Felchle
• Reference Number: 2272
• Reference Number: F3

Emilie married Johannes Felchle on 27 Jan 1927 in Cobadin, Dobrudscha, Romania. Johannes (son of Andreas Felchle and Johanna Anderst) was born on 05 Oct 1905 in Mariejewka, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 27 Jul 1971 in Boeblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Wilhelmina Tillmann
• Reference Number: 2331
• Reference Number: F3

Wilhelmina married Valentin Tillmann about 1911. Valentin died about 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2679
• Reference Number: F3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2680
• Reference Number: F3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2681
• Reference Number: F3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2337
• Reference Number: F3

Paulina married Michael Ernst about 1920. Michael was born on 17 Aug 1884 in Worms, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2339
• Reference Number: F3

Friedrich married Helene Davitschek on 31 Jan 1927 in Horoslar, Dobrudscha, Romania. Helene was born on 09 Jul 1907 in Ciucurowa, Dobrudscha, Romania; died on 21 Feb 1936 in Murfatlar, Dobrudscha, Romania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Friedrich married B. Martin [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2360
• Reference Number: F3

Christian married Maria Turian about 1930. Maria was born on 29 Nov 1906 in Alakap, Dobrudscha, Romania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2678
• Reference Number: F3

Notes:

Died:
WW II

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2666
• Reference Number: F3
• Baptism: 10 Aug 1895, Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2667
• Reference Number: F3
• Baptism: 29 Jun 1896, Sofiewka, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

Baptism:
in parents house by midwife Schorr

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 273
• Reference Number: F3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Vossler
• Reference Number: 229
• Reference Number: F3
• Census: 05 Jul 1906, Josephsburg, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 16 Oct 1927, Josephsburg, Alberta, Canada; They farmed in the Josephsburg and Hanna areas until retirement

Notes:

Census:
which indicated that they had 5 horses, 10 milk cows, 30 cattle and 6 pigs.

Role: Witness

Maria married Jacob 'Jack' Vossler on 15 Oct 1927 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Jacob (son of Johannes 'John' Jr Vossler and Louise Hehr) was born on 17 Nov 1907 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada; died on 09 Aug 1973 in Coronation, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 13 Aug 1973 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 233
• Reference Number: F3

Notes:

and moved to Toronto and was never heard from again. His wife and daughter stayed in Medicine Hat.

Name:
1916 Census

Ludwig married Frieda Johanna Weiss on 11 May 1928 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Frieda (daughter of Christian Weiss and Christine Heller) was born on 26 Feb 1912 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada; died on 24 Jan 1984. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Helen Vossler
• Reference Number: 235
• Reference Number: F3

Helen married Fred Vossler on 13 Mar 1931 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Fred (son of Johannes 'John' Jr Vossler and Louise Hehr) was born on 19 Oct 1905 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada; died on 21 Sep 1986 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 26 Sep 1986 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]