Person:Francis Ohlman (1)

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Francis Ohlman
b.25 Aug 1875 Plevano, Ontario, Canada
d.29 Jul 1916 Calvert, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1871
  1. Francis Ohlman1875 - 1916
  2. Xavier Ohlman1889 - 1916
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Mar 1905
  1. Lloyd Frank Ohlman1906 - 1981
  2. Gordon Roy Ohlman1908 - 1972
  3. Leona Esther Ohlman1910 - 1911
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m. 18 Nov 1914
  1. Myrtle Ohlman1915 - 1916
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Francis Ohlman
Alt Name[3][4][5][6] Frank _____
Alt Name[7] Francis Oaldman
Gender Male
Birth[5][8][7] 25 Aug 1875 Plevano, Ontario, CanadaPlace is given on his death registration, it may be Plevna.
Marriage 22 Mar 1905 Brudenell Church (Methodist?), Raglan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canadato Augusta Rosina Yurt
Marriage 18 Nov 1914 Sudbury, Ontario, Canadato Mary Hannah Wilkenson
Death[8][10] 29 Jul 1916 Calvert, Timiskaming, Ontario, CanadaLot 5
Burial[9][8] Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada

The Krieger family history as I remember it was that Frank and my mother's Aunt Rosie were both suffocated when they tried to evade a fire by getting into a well. Based upon Ontario Death Registration document images on Ancestry.com, I now know that Rosa died in 1911 while Frank and his brother Rex both perished in the well in 1916. Frank's second wife, and infant daughter also died in this fire.

Reading below about the great fires in Porcupine Lake area adds detail. This was an area opened by the discovery of gold in 1908/09. Contemporary pictures show a rough hewn community in the bush of Northern Ontario.

What I had understood to be a prairie fire was in fact, a huge forest fire that came on so quickly that 4 communities and at least 223 people were lost. I also assumed that they were farmers, and were on their land. Their death registrations confirm that they were farmers.

Frank and Rosie's sons "went to live with their Uncle Joe in Chicago" after their parent's deaths. Were they living with relatives in Renfrew County (they were 5 and 3 in 1911) or did they escape the fire some other way? The only other information I remember is that one of the boys, Gordon, lost his arm in an accident with a shotgun. I don't know if this was before or after the above incident.

Ontario Historial Plaque S10

Location: on Highway 11, about 1 km southeast of Matheson
THE GREAT FIRE OF 1916
On July 29, 1916, fires which had been burning for some weeks around settlers' clearings along the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway were united by strong winds into one huge conflagration. Burning easterly along a 40-mile front, it largely or completely destroyed the settlements of Porquis Junction, Iroquois Falls, Kelso, Nushka, Matheson, and Ramore. It also partially razed the hamlets of Homer and Monteith, while a smaller fire caused widespread damage in and around Cochrane. The 500,000-acre holocaust took an estimated 223 lives, more than any other forest fire in Canadian history, and led to the development of improved techniques and legislation for the prevention and control of forest fires.

References
  1. ↑ Marriage, in Genealogical Research Library. Canadian genealogy index, 1600s-1900s
    1905.

    Francis Ohlman & Augusta Rosina Yurt

    Ohlman, Francis , 017255. Married in 1905
    Yurt, Augusta Rosina , 017255. Married in 1905

  2. ↑ Francis Ohlman & Augusta Rosina Jurt, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    1905.

    Name: Francis Ohlman
    Birth Place: Miller Tp
    Age: 27
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
    Father Name: Joseph Ohlman
    Mother Name: Ernstine Kurzrvey
    Spouse Name: Augusta Rosina Jurt
    Spouse's Age: 17
    Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
    Spouse Birth Place: Raglan Tp
    Spouse Father Name: !! Louisa Jurt [I read adopted]
    Spouse Mother Name: Jurt Jurt [I read Louisa Jurt]
    Marriage Date: 22 Mar 1905
    Marriage Place: Renfrew
    Marriage County: Renfrew
    Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_119

  3. ↑ Laureen (Bateman) Summach, Summach/Kreiger Family
    July 1998.
  4. ↑ Lloyd Frank Ohlman's Application, in United States. Social Security Records, United States Social Security Administration. (Baltimore, Maryland).

    Confirms father was Frank Ohlman, Mother was Rose Krieger.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Joseph Ohlman household, in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 1901)
    Page 2.

    ON RENFREW (South/Sud) (#111) Subdistrict: Brudenell & Lyndoch E-2

    38 20 Ohlman Joseph M Head M Jul 29 1831 70 France 1850 FrenchCanadian Meth Farmer
    39 20 Ohlman Annie F Wife M Nov 7 1850 51 Germany 1860 German GermanCh of Eng
    40 20 Ohlman Frank M Son S Aug 25 1875 26 Ont r German German Ch ofEng F son
    41 20 Ohlman Clemans M Son S Nov 25 1877 24 Ont r German German Chof Eng F son
    42 20 Ohlman Mellva F Daughter S May 6 1883 18 Ont r German GermanCh of Eng
    43 20 Ohlman Charles M Son S Feb 17 1885 16 Ont r German German Chof Eng F son
    44 20 Ohlman Annie F Daughter S Jul 24 1888 13 Ont r German GermanCh of Eng
    45 20 Ohlman Xavier M Son S Jun 29 1890 11 Ont r German German Ch ofEng
    46 20 Ohlman Michael M Son S May 28 1892 9 Ont r German German Ch ofEng
    47 20 Ohlman Gertrude F Daughter S Aug 2 1894 7 Ont r German GermanCh of Eng
    48 20 Ohlman John M Son S Apr 30 1895 6 Ont r German German Ch ofEng
    49 20 Ohlman William M Son S May 12 1882 19 Ont r German German Chof Eng F son

  6. ↑ Joseph Ohlman household in the 1891 census, in Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index
    6 Apr 1891.

    http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o114e001.htm
    1891 census 114e family 123
    @ca.on.renfrew.brudenell p30 film T6366 lds1465791

    5 OHLMAN Joseph m 55 married - France France France Meth farmer
    6 OHLMANAnnie f 39 married wife Ger Ger Ger Meth
    7 OHLMAN Joseph m 18 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    8 OHLMAN Froorami m 17 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    9 OHLMAN Frank m 16 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    10 OHLMAN Clement m 15 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    11 OHLMAN Leon m 14 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    12 OHLMAN William m 13 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    13 OHLMAN Caroline F. f 12 - dtr Ont France Ger Meth
    14 OHLMAN Melliae f 8 - dtr Ont France Ger Meth
    15 OHLMAN Charles m 6 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    16 OHLMAN Annie f 5 - dtr Ont France Ger Meth
    17 OHLMAN Ex m 2 - son Ont France Ger Meth
    http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o114e001.htm

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Joseph Oaldman household, in 1881 Canadian Census, LDS CD, Transcriptions. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT84150-3400, 2001)
    Page 33, Family 129, 4 April 1881.

    Census Place: Brudenell & Lynedock, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada Source: FHL Film 1375870 NAC C-13234 Dist 113 SubDist G

    Household:
    Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
    Joseph OALDMAN
    M M 47 German Germany Occ: FarmerReligion: Catholic
    Annticia OALDMAN
    F M 30 German Germany Religion:Weslyan Methodist
    Joseph OALDMAN
    M 8 German Ontario Religion:Weslyan Methodist
    Florance OALDMAN
    M 7 German Ontario Religion:Weslyan Methodist
    Francis OALDMAN
    M 6 German Ontario Religion:Weslyan Methodist
    Clement OALDMAN
    M 5 German Ontario Religion:Weslyan Methodist
    Jarvias OALDMAN
    M 4 German Ontario Religion:Weslyan Methodist
    Villie OALDMAN
    M 1 German Ontario Religion:Weslyan Methodist

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Frank Ohlman, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    1916.

    Died of suffocation, found in a well with his brother, Rex

    Name: Frank Ohlman
    Death Date: 29 Jul 1916
    Death Location: Timiskaming District

    Gender: Male
    Estimated birth year: abt 1881
    Birth Location: Plevano

  9. ↑ Obituary of Ernestine Kurtzweg, in McCuaig, Carol Bennett. Death Notices Obituaries from The Eganville Leader 1914-1921. (Renfrew, Ontario, Canada: Juniper Books Limited , 1990)
    page 69, 20 Feb 1920.

    Died: Ernestine Wilhelmine Henriette Kurtzweg, dau of Martin and Caroline Kurtzweg, born Nov 17, 1850 at Ricknow, Brandenberg, Germany. Came to Canada in 1862 and in 1871 married Joseph Ohlman. They lived at Plevna and then at Letterkenny, Burdenell Twp., Renfrew Co.

    They had 14 children, 10 sons and four daus. Her husband died years ago. Two sons, Frank and Xavier, perished in the disastrous fire two years ago at Purquois Junction. [Frank Ohlman and Rosie Krieger died at "Porcupine" in a 1911 prairie fire.] Their remains were laid in New Liskeard cemetery. Left to mourn are her sister, Mrs. G Berger of Rosenthal; eight sons: Joseph of Quartz, Ont.; Lorenz of Forest Park, Ill. [the sons of Frank and Rosie later moved to Illinois with their Uncle Joseph who raised them]; Clemens of Contsville, Ont; Charlie, Leo and John at home; Micahel of Napanee and William; Mrs Miller of New Liskeard; Mrs Aug Berger, West Fort William; Mrs Frank McClaren, Syracuse; Mrs Henry Albert, Ottawa.

  10. ↑ The Great Fire of 1916, in Ontario. Department of Tourism and Information. Ontario historical plaques, 1966. (Toronto, Ontario: Department of Tourism and Information, 1966)
    29 July 1916.

    The Great Fire of 1916

    Location: on Highway 11, about 1 km southeast of Matheson
    THE GREAT FIRE OF 1916
    On July 29, 1916, fires which had been burning for some weeks around settlers' clearings along the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway were united by strong winds into one huge conflagration. Burning easterly along a 40-mile front, it largely or completely destroyed the settlements of Porquis Junction, Iroquois Falls, Kelso, Nushka, Matheson, and Ramore. It also partially razed the hamlets of Homer and Monteith, while a smaller fire caused widespread damage in and around Cochrane. The 500,000-acre holocaust took an estimated 223 lives, more than any other forest fire in Canadian history, and led to the development of improved techniques and legislation for the prevention and control of forest fires.

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