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Valentine Otterbein

Family: son of Valentine and Maria
Born: 1834, Dec 16
Died: 1908, July 10
Municipality: Wellesley; 6th Division
Years on local council Councillor 1869-1871; Deputy Reeve 1872-1896, 1906
Years on County Council 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1906
Occupation: Farmer
Origin: Germany
Migration date: c1846
Spouse: Margaret Neeb, "Peggy"
Children: Marian (m. Henry Satler); Barbara (m. John Herber); Valentine; Henry; Jacob; George (died as child)
Landholdings: 200 acres conc 5, lot 2 E
Politics: Conservative
Religion: Lutheran
Notes:
  • c1846 - first lived in Breslau with parents, but they soon moved to Wellesley Tp
  • "was also the Patron Candidate some years ago but defeated" (obituary Waterloo Chronicle 16/7/1908)
  • 1895-member of the first Board of Trustees for Berlin-Waterloo Hospital?
  • "esteemed and respected by all classes, being broadminded and tolerant" (obituary Waterloo Chronicle)
Businesses and Organizations:
  • North Waterloo Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. - founder and director 33 years
  • St Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg
  • Berlin-Waterloo Hospital Board
Sources: obituary WC 16/7/1908 p8; obituary Wellesley Maple Leaf 16/7/1908 p1; 1871 census; KPL vertical file for grandson Valentine A., planner of 1981 Otterbein Reunion and president of Otterbein Plumbing and Heating Company; Otterbein Family History 
​Photo: Confederation Number p 62 - North Waterloo Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; 100 years of progress p 12, Waterloo County Council 1906

This information is excerpted from: "Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography," researched and complied by Elizabeth Bloomfield and Linda Foster. (c) 1995 Caribou Imprints. It is reproduced by permission of Dr. Bloomfield.  The full text of the book can be seen here.   ​