Brief Life History of Ernest Carl
When Ernest Carl Oberholtzer was born on 6 February 1884, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry Reist Oberholtzer, was 25 and his mother, Rosa Curl, was 21. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1911 and lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1930 and Koochiching Township, Koochiching, Minnesota, United States in 1950. He died on 6 June 1977, in Koochiching, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (29)
- Ernest C Oberholtzer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ernest Carl Oberhaltzen, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Ernest Carl Oberholtzer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Parents and Siblings
1859–1918 Male
1862–1929 Female
Siblings (3)
1883– Male
1884–1977 Male
1885– Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1906
Age 22
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 25
Name Meaning
Swiss German and German: from Middle High German ober ‘above’ + holz ‘wood’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant, a topographic name for someone who lived above a wood or on the far side of it, or alternatively a habitational name for someone who lived in a place known as Oberholtz (‘upper wood’). This surname is almost extinct in Germany; in Switzerland it is common in the spelling Oberholzer . Compare Overholser , Overholt and Overholtzer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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