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
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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