German Immigration to the Ottawa area in the 1800's

November 29, 2004:

Greetings Al;
 
I wish to offer another genealogical topic of interest. Germans to Ottawa.
 
Many of us with German ancestry have deep roots in Ottawa and the Ottawa area.
 
The formation of many of the Lutheran churches in the region are a testimony to the
strong religious, work and family ethics that our early relations brought to this area.
 
My earliest ancestors to this region were Ernst Schinzel and his wife Johanna (geb. Krautwurst).
 
Ernst and Johanna came to Ottawa about 1868 from the town of Geiersthal,district  
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, state of Thuringia.
Ernst's occupation was that of a porcelain painter. Their was a large porcelain 
industry in this district of Thuringia.
 
In Ottawa he (like many hard working Germans), became a General Labourer who built many of the roads in the
newly formed Capital of Canada.  Ernst's name is mentioned in the early town hall minutes as a 'builder of roads'.
 
Ernst and Johanna arrived in Canada with their four children. Emma (my Great-Grandmother),Ludwig,Edward and Otto.
 
My next ancestors to arrive were the Kalff family from the state of Stolp, Pommern, Prussia.
Frederick Kalff arrived in Ottawa via the U.S. (they arrived in New York on 24 April 
1872 and eventually settled in Ottawa around 1874).
Joining Frederick includes his mother Wilhelmina Kalff, his sister Charlotte Scheik 
(geb.Kalff) and her husband Carl Scheik.
The exact date of when they arrived in Ottawa is not known, but both Carl Scheik 
and Frederick Kalff are listed as attending an organizational meeting to constitute 
St. Paul's Lutheran church (located corner of Wilbrod and King Edward) on 14 November 1874.
This meeting was held at the home of Heinrich Haul on Cumberland st. in Ottawa.
 
The last of my relations to arrive from Germany came almost 20 years later when 
the Pollex family came to Ottawa from the town of Wobesde, district of Stolp,
state of Pommern, Prussia.
August Pollex and his wife Auguste (geb. Eick) came to Canada aboard the ship "Kaiser". 
Their departure date was 10 April 1891.
 
Auguste was pregnant with my Grandmother Alma Pollex at the time of their voyage. 
(she was born 23 July 1891)
They made their journey with five children: Otto, Franz, Emma, August and Bertha.
 
The Kalff's,Pollex's and Schinzel's were also involved in the establishment of 
two other Lutheran churches.
St. John's Lutheran church and St.Luke's (earlier known as St.Lucas) Lutheran church, 
both located in their neighbourhood of New Edinburgh where many German families 
settled in the 19th Century.
 
I encourage everyone with German heritage to contribute their family history 
to this web-site.
 
Thanks Al,
Best regards,
Steven Pusiak. 
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The following records are taken from the 1881 Census of Carleton County
	St George's Ward, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (and other wards in Ottawa)
	Source:	FHL Film 1375866  NAC C-13230 (www.familysearch.org)

City of Ottawa, 1881 -- Persons born in Germany
Note: By 1881 there were many German families in the neighbouring townships of Nepean, Gloucester and Osgoode
also, by the 1850's, many German families settled in Renfrew County in Ontario and east of Buckingham, Quebec
ARNOLD, Hugo 1856 M German Bir: Germany BEAMER, Mary 1864 F German Bir: Germany BEOXE, Cathrine 1805 F German Bir: Germany BLANKEVILLE, Ann 1861 F German Bir: Germany CANOPE, Handree 1849 M German Bir: Germany CANOPE, Augusta 1850 F German Bir: Germany DENLSEH, Charles 1858 M German Bir: Germany FEHR, Karl 1837 M German Bir: Germany PHILION, Delima 1851 F German Bir: Germany FINK, Jacob 1821 M German Bir: Germany FRAMPKI, Matilda1861 F German Bir: Germany FRAUCKE, Amanda 1863 F German Bir: Germany FREDERICK, Theo. 1834 M German Bir: Germany FREUDENBERG, Egbert 1837 M German Bir: Germany GABELL, Edward 1848 M German Bir: Germany GABELL, Charlotte 1856 F German Bir: Germany GAULIN, Anna Louise 1834 F German Bir: Germany GELHANSAN, Peter 1837 M German Bir: Germany HAUSER, A. 1831 M German Bir: Germany HEINRICHS, Peter F. 1842 M German Bir: Germany HOPP, Caroline 1812 F German Bir: Germany HOPP, Wm. 1812 M German Bir: Germany HOPP, Fredericka 1831 F German Bir: Germany HOPP, Frederick 1833 M German Bir: Germany HOPP, Augusta 1860 F German Bir: Germany HOPP, Henri 1861 M German Bir: Germany HOWL, Henry 1832 M German Bir: Germany HOWL, Sophia 1841 F German Bir: Germany HOWELL, August 1859 M German Bir: Germany HOWELL, Henry P. 1862 M German Bir: Germ HOWELL, Sophia 1865 F German Bir: Germany JORES, Madehaen 1832 F German Bir: Germany JORES, Catherine 1868 F German Bir: Germany MCKENNA, Catherine 1826 F German Bir: Germany KIRK, Johanna 1863 F German Bir: Germany KNAUP, Henry 1847 M German Bir: Germany KNAUP, Henreatta 1852 F German Bir: Germany KUTSHKE, William 1839 M German Bir: Germany KUTSHKE, Henrietta 1842 F German Bir: Germany KUTSHKE, Henry 1859 M German Bir: Germany LAPPE, Ferdinand 1841 M German Bir: Germany MARKS, Nathen 1835 M German Bir: Germany MAY, Augusta 1834 F German Bir: Germany MAY, Henry 1834 M German Bir: Germany MAY, Charles 1861 M German Bir: Germany MAY, Martha 1865 F German Bir: Germany MAY, Eda 1867 F German Bir: Germany MAASS, Charles 1853 M German Bir: Germany MAASS, Emma 1853 F German Bir: Germany MOSS, Alvina 1836 F German Bir: Germany MOSS, Hermane 1839 M German Bir: Germany MOSS, Adolph 1863 M German Bir: Germany NESS, Theodore 1835> M German Bir: Germ NESS, Augusta 1836 F German Bir: Germ NESS, J.Henry 1863 M German Bir: Germ NESS, Herman 1866 M German Bir: Germ NESS, Theodore 1868 M German Bir: Germ NESS, Rudolphini 1872 F German Bir: Germ POTTER, H. 1817 M German Bir: Germ POWERS, George 1827 M German Bir: Germ PRANOCKE, Haenre 1809 F German Bir: Germ PRANOCKE, Charles 1839 M German Bir: Germ PUSLINGL, Dominieque 1843 M German Bir: Germ RHODE, Minnie 1831 F German Bir: Germ RHODE, William 1836 M German Bir: Germ RHODE, Alman 1866 M German Bir: Germ RHODE, Minnie 1873 F German Bir: Germ ROASKA, August 1849 M German Bir: Germ ROASKA, Henrietta 1851 F German Bir: Germ ROSANTHAL, Aaron 1834 M German Bir: Germ ROSANTHAL, Bertha 1852 F German Bir: Germ ROUS, Catherine 1836 F German Bir: Germ ROUS, John 1836 M German Bir: Germ RUMPF, J.H. 1831 M German Bir: Germ RUMPF, Mary 1833 F German Bir: Germ RUMPF, Frank 1859 M German Bir: Germ RUMPF, Emily 1860 F German Bir: Germ RUMPF, Henry 1862 M German Bir: Germ RUMPF, Godlipe 1866 M German Bir: Germ RYER, Emily 1847 F English Bir: Germ STEGURT, Albert 1840 M German Bir: Germ STEGURT, Ann 1858 F German Bir: Germ STREAMER, Rudolph 1830 M German Bir: Germ STREAMER, Fredreeka 1837 F German Bir: Germ STREAMER, Albert 1860 M German Bir: Germ STREAMER, August 1867 M German Bir: Germ STUART, Bertha 1845 F German Bir: Germ TESKERS, Stephen 1842 M German Bir: Germ THIMM, Celestine 1868 F German Bir: Germ THORBAHN, Hermon 1840 M German Bir: Germ TAEGAR, Christian 1826 M German Bir: Germ TAEGAR, Anne 1839 F German Bir: Germ VILLEY, Antilina 1850 F German Bir: Germ VILLEY, Chiniea 1855 M German Bir: Germ VILLEY, Charles 1875 M German Bir: Germ VILLEY, Anne 1876 F German Bir: Germ VILLEY, Owen 1879 M German Bir: Germ WENDT, John 1860 M German Bir: Germ WENT, William 1867 M German Bir: Germ WISSMAN, Henri 1841 M German Bir: Germ WOLFE, Anstenre 1828 F German Bir: Germ WOLFE, Charles 1835 M German Bir: Germ YALARNEAIS, Baptiste 1829 M German Bir: Germ
December 29, 2004: Thanks to Lynn for the following: Hi Al, There were quite a number of German families in the Mulgrave & Derry area, (east of Buckingham, Quebec) I believe from the 1850s or so. A very good reference book is "Olden Days: A History of German Settlement in the Township of Mulgrave-Derry, Quebec, 1850-1890" by Alice Biehler Burich, 1990. It's primarily a history of the area, but she does include family groups. Apparently when my gg-grandmother, Philomene Laplante, died about 1902, the local German ladies looked after the household and children for a time. I have a copy of the book, if ever you might need info on the German families in Mulgrave & Derry. Regards, Lynn E-mail: aubertin@nt.net
April 11, 2005:
Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger, UEL, Lutheran Minister
Hello Jeanette. Because I am only quite distantly related to the Fitzpatrick family, and also because other people like Ken Armstrong have so much more info. on them I haven't added chimed in this conversation so far.... But your recent note DID get my interest up. I am also quite distantly related to the Swerdfager family, from around the Morrisburg and Cardinal areas. A distant cousin in Texas tells me that his mother was a Swerdfager, proudly descended from a gent who he calls one of the first Lutheran ministers in Canada. That minister's headstone survives in the old cemetery at Upper Canada Village. I saw the stone a few years ago, though I have no details on his exact name. Is your friend a descendant of that line? Thanks. Brenda Turner ________________ Hi everyone: We have a copy of the "Memoirs of Reverend J. Samuel Schwerdtfeger", written by his GreatGranddaughter in 1961. He was born in Bavaria in 1734, travelled to Baltimore, Maryland and later to Pennsylvania. He was a United Empire Loyalist (UEL), set up the first Protestant Church in Upper Canada in 1789 and was known as "The Saint of the St. Lawrence". I'll add the details of the book (publisher, etc.) so researchers will know of its existence. Thanks for this. ... Al
August 17, 2007: Marlene O'Neil is researching her ROMHILD ancestors in Ottawa and Renfrew County. She has sent in a photograph of the 1910 Rideau League Baseball Champs.
December 28, 2007: Al; Yes, you may add my e-mail to your web site for other researchers. I am presently searching for more information on German immigrants with the surnames Noffke, Maihack, Tubbe, Neumann, & Bluhm (or Bloom). ... Mildred

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