Gustav 'Wilhelm' Ohlhausen

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]

1. Lydia Ohlhausen was born on 07 Sep 1884 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 28 Nov 1884 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; was buried on 30 Nov 1884 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia.
2. Magdalena Ohlhausen 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.
3. Mathilda Ohlhausen was born on 27 Nov 1886 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 17 Jul 1887 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; was buried on 19 Jul 1887 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia.
4. Jacob Ohlhausen was born on 10 Dec 1887 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died before 1902.
5. Johannes 'John' Ohlhausen was born on 18 Feb 1889 in Unter-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 25 Jan 1950 in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 28 Jan 1950 in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.
6. Pauline Ohlhausen was born on 16 Jul 1890 in Neu Wittenburg (Ober-Albota), Bessarabia, Russia; died on 13 Apr 1961 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried on 17 Apr 1961 in Maple Creek Cemetery, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada.
7. Heinrich 'Henry H' Ohlhausen was born on 29 Jun 1894 in Ober-Albota, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 06 Feb 1975 in Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 10 Feb 1975 in Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.

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]

Notes:

Married:
and she died in 1945

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: 512
• Reference Number: F1

Johann married Louise Jastrow on 22 Jan 1829 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia. Louise (daughter of Johann Dan. Jastrow) was born in 1813 in Bittau, West Prussia, Germany; died on 08 Nov 1874 in Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia; was buried on 10 Nov 1874 in Bortscheag, Bessarabia, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Louise Nelitz
• Name: Louise Schorr
• Reference Number: 513
• Reference Number: F1

Notes:

Name:
The Odessa record for the birth of her daughter`Louisa Dorthea` indicates that her name was `Dorthea Louisa`(F1, page 33)

Died:
died of respiratory problems

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2669
• Reference Number: F1
• Immigration: 1814, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia

Notes:

Immigration:
through Poland and farmed farm #63 (60 dessiatines of land) in Tarutino for 5 years before selling it to Michael Miller in 1819. Presumably he had his family with him for the 5 years before moving to Leipzig, Bess.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2668
• Reference Number: F1