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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Xavier Ohlman |
| Alt Name[3] |
Ex _____ |
| Alt Name[4] |
Rex _____ |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3][2] |
29 Jul 1889 |
Ontario, Canada |
| Alt Birth[1][4] |
29 Jun 1890 |
Frontenac, Ontario, Canada |
| Death[5][4][2][6] |
29 Jul 1916 |
Lot 5, Calvert, Temiskaming District, Ontario, Canada |
| Burial[5][4][2] |
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Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada |
Xavier and Frank Ohlman suffocated in a well escaping a wildfire. His mother's 1920 obituary noted that both Frank and his brother Xavier (Rex) "perished in the disastrous fire two years ago at Purquois Junction." It was actually about 4 years earlier. The Ontario Death Registrations for Frank and Rex indicated that they died on this date of suffocation in a well. Frank's second wife, Pollie, and infant daughter, Myrtle died of suffocation and were burnt.
The following is from an alphabetical listing of victims included with the Ontario Deaths Registration, 1869-1932 at ancestry.com:
Ohlman, Pollie 27 yrs 033298 Calvert
Ohlman, Myrtle 9 mos 033299 Calvert
Ohlman, Rex 24 yrs 033300 Calvert
Ohlman, Frank 35 yrs 033301 Calvert
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.
Ontario Historial Plaque S6
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Ohlman household, in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 1901)
Page 2, 31 Mar 1901.
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, in Ontario Canada Gravemarker Gallery.
Pioneer Cemetery
New Liskeard, Dymond Township
Mary Wilkinson
Beloved wife of
Frank Ohlman
Born Nov 19, 1889
Died July 29, 1916
Myrtle Ohlman
Born Aug 23, 1915
Died July 29, 1916
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Xavier Ohlman
Born July 29, 1889
Died July 29, 1916
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Joseph Ohlman household in the 1891 census, in Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index
6 April 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
1916.
Name: Rex Ohlman
Death Date: 29 Jul 1916
Death Location: Timiskaming District
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Birth Location: Frontenac County
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
- ↑ The Great Fire of 1916, in Ontario's Historical Plaques.
- 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.
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