Reuben Gill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Olds, Alberta, Canada
• Reference Number: 20
• Reference Number: Gill1

Reuben married E. Hager [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. G.E. Gill
2. G.J. Gill
3. L.D. Gill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 16
• Reference Number: Gill1
• Immigration: 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Occupation: 27 Jun 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada; Homestead SW 16, Twp 10, Rg 3, W4
• Event-Misc: 18 Jun 1906, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Census: 12 Jul 1906, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Census: 01 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1958, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

sold their homestead farm to Henry Olhausen and moved to a farm 15 miles east of Olds at SW2-33-27-W4

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

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.

Residence:
and lived with his brother Emanuel close enough so that the tow brothers could walk to the German church.

Daniel married Magdalena Ohlhausen on 14 Jul 1904 in Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Gustav 'Wilhelm' Ohlhausen and Luise 'Louise' Tetzlaff) was born on 02 Oct 1885 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 05 Dec 1927 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 08 Dec 1927 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Married:
.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 821
• Reference Number: Gill1
• Census: 17 Jan 1859, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: 1877, Jakobstal, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: 30 Apr 1894, Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA
• Immigration: 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Census: 12 Jul 1906, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1917, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Census:
Role: Witness

Christian married Justina Klaundt on 09 Jan 1876 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia. Justina (daughter of Christoph Klaundt and Karolina Jasmann) was born on 17 Oct 1852 in Paris, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 11 Jun 1926 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 12 Jun 1926 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Justina Gill
• Reference Number: 822
• Reference Number: Gill1
• Immigration: 1877, Jakobstal, Bessarabia, Russia
• Census: 12 Jul 1906, Irvine, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1917, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Census:
Role: Witness

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Louise Ohlhausen
• Reference Number: 4
• Reference Number: W1
• Confirmation: 23 Jun 1875, Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia
• Immigration: Apr 1902, Irvine, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Census: 01 Jun 1911, Irvine, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Confirmation:
Lutheran-Protestant Minister Dorschlag

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia; a mill builder
• Reference Number: 832
• Reference Number: Gill1
• Census: 01 Apr 1835, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia
• Census: 15 Sep 1850, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia
• Census: 17 Jan 1859, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

received 4 hectares of land from his father's farm #88, which his grandson Daniel, son of Christoph II, still owned as of 1998.

Census:
Role: Witness

Census:
Role: Witness

Samuel married Maria Justina Hirschkorn on 19 Feb 1842 in Malojaroslawetz II, Bessarabia, Russia. Maria was born on 01 Jun 1823 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maria Gill
• Reference Number: 833
• Reference Number: Gill1
• Census: 15 Sep 1850, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia
• Census: 17 Jan 1859, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

Census:
Role: Witness

Census:
Role: Witness

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 823
• Reference Number: Gill1

Christoph married Karolina Jasmann on 23 Nov 1850 in Fere Champenoise, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Karolina Klaundt
• Reference Number: 824
• Reference Number: Gill1

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Wilhelmine Ohlhausen
• Reference Number: 247
• Reference Number: F1

Notes:

After her father died in April 1835 her mother Luise Jastrow, married Philipp Schorr. We can follow Schorr family's movements by their children's birth place: 1838-1840, Leipzig, Bess; 1847-1852 Jakobsonstal, Romania; 1854 Gnadental, Bess. || would have been 16-21 years old during the time the family was in Jakobsonstal.

Notes:

Married:
The date was estimated from Wilhelmine’s family movements.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2722
• Reference Number: W1
• Nationality: Between 1881 and 1882, Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; On the birth and death records for Susanna in 1881/82 he is named as the father a Prussian Subject. In March 1882 both Peter and Erdman died and both church entries state the Cornelius was the father, farmer and Prussian Subject.

Notes:

Some researchers show that Kornelius Tetzlaff was the son of Johann (son of Jakob) Tetzlaff of Tarutino, Bess., but our research has not found a link between these two families and the ages would fit better as the brother of John's father, Jakob Tetzlaff. We found that Kornelius was part of the Tetzlaff family in Jakobsonsthal and later of Bortscheag exactly the same move as our Ohlhausen family. In Jakobsonsthal there was a Peter Tetzlaff and also a Jakob & Johann, but they are of a different generation fomr the Tarutino Tetzlaff family. The Bortscheag Church Books have many entries for the Tezlaff family.
However, his daughter Louise married Wilhelm Ohlhausen, who emigrated to Canada and a family story is they first went to North Dakota before emigrating to Canada and we know that John Tetzlaff's son 'Jakob' emigrated from Tarutino to North Dakota in 1894, where it appears his family stayed.

Kornelius married Magdalena 'Helena' Kranich about 1857. Magdalena was born about 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Helena Tetzlaff
• Reference Number: 2723
• Reference Number: W1

Notes:

Married:
Helena Tetzlaff was a a sponsor for an 1857 birth as shown in the LDS Galatz film - Jakobsonsthal Births # 127 0535 for 1856 - 1921