Michael I Ohlhausen

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]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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:

• Name: Sophie Jakob
• Reference Number: 317
• Reference Number: M1
• Baptism: 01 Apr 1906, Rheinsberg, West Prussia, Germany
• Residence: 01 Apr 1912, Leutsdorf, West Prussia, Germany
• Confirmation: 21 Sep 1919, Rheinsberg, West Prussia, Germany
• Immigration: 24 Aug 1924, Trochu, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: Mar 1933
• Naturalization: 04 Jan 1951, Sardis, British Columbia, Canada
• Residence: 1959, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
• Residence: 1972, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
• Residence: 1973, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
we find her name on a school record in ||where she attend School until 30 Sept, 1919, which was the mandatory age of 14.

Immigration:
The family had been sponsored by her mother's sister, Barbara Scheunert.

Residence:
they moved from Trochu and rented a farm on Rose Island near Chilliwack BC, but shortly after bought a dairy farm on Tyson Road in Sardis near Chilliwach, BC.

Naturalization:
and became a Canadian Citizen

Residence:
sold the farm in Sardis and moved to || where Eric started a logging business.

Sophia married Erick Jakob on 02 Dec 1926 in Trochu, Alberta, Canada. Erick (son of Friedrich Jakob and Anna Wolter) was born on 27 May 1904 in Pfeilsdorf, West Prussia, Germany; died on 20 Apr 1985 in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Gutknecht
• Occupation: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada; worked in an egg grading plant
• Reference Number: 318
• Reference Number: M1
• Baptism: 26 Dec 1908, Rheinsberg, Breisen, Prussia, Germany

Elizabeth married Ted Gutknecht on 27 Feb 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ted was born on 09 Mar 1907 in Germany; died on 27 Feb 1997 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
• Reference Number: 311
• Reference Number: M1
• Retired: 1978, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

Occupation:
took over the family farm ||in 1943 and milked cows until 1971 and then raised cattle until 1991. As of 1998 the remaining 30 acres of farmland was rented.

Otto married Wilhelmina 'Minnie' Beierle on 02 Oct 1936 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Wilhelmina was born on 04 Feb 1915 in Leipzig, Bessarabia, Russia; died on 04 Jul 2007 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 12 Jun 2008 in Chilliwack Cemetery, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Martha Schultz
• Reference Number: 97
• Reference Number: M1
• Residence: Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1944, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
• Occupation: 1962, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Occupation:
where they owned and operated a dairy farm and in 1946 they moved to Stettler, AB where they owned and operated a cafe/grocery store & butcher shop.

Occupation:
where Ed worked at the University Hospital and Martha at the Co-Op store and boarded medical students in her home.

Martha married Edward Julius Schultz on 31 Oct 1934 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Edward was born on 14 May 1909 in Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada; died on 28 Sep 1983 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 11 Oct 1983 in Glenwood Memorial Gardens, Sherwood Park, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 324
• Reference Number: M1
• Residence: 1944, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

attended the Concordia School and appears in several Newburg Church of God group pictures, as shown in the local history book

Residence:
with the family and in 1947 to the Nevis farm close to Stettler, AB.

Albert married E.A. Brown [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ella Kusler
• Reference Number: 99
• Reference Number: M1
• Residence: Walsh, Alberta, Canada
• Education: Between 1926 and 1938, south of Irvine, Alberta, Canada; the Newburg school. ||During that time she went to the Nueburg Church of God.
• Residence: 1942, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Name:
Ella grew up being called (and thinking that her name was) 'Mary Ella' and was not happy when she saw Ella Maria on her birth certificate and, Dave said it cost $60 to make legal a legal change to Mary Ella

Residence:
lived and worked on Dave's parent's farm

Residence:
where Dave worked for the bus company and Ella worked as a waitress. Dave eventually started his own bus company.

Mary married Dave Lawrence Kusler on 20 Dec 1941 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Dave (son of Emil Kusler and Dorothy Flemmer) was born on 21 Aug 1918 in Walsh, Alberta, Canada; died on 13 Feb 2010 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 44
• Reference Number: M1
• Occupation: 1960, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

attended the Concordia School

Occupation:
moved to||where he worked on construction (the Dees Tunnel) and then worked for the Department of Highways, where he was injured on the job in 1965.

Reuben married Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Orla Fetterly on 31 Jan 1947 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Gwendolyn was born on 02 Feb 1926 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada; died on 28 Dec 2015 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2716
• Reference Number: F3

I. married O. Traeder [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

W. married H. Mohr [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 353
• Reference Number: M1