John Frederick Sohrt

1871 - 1961  (89 years)

• Name	John Frederick Sohrt  [1]
  Birth	1 Jul 1871	Waterloo Township, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Death	1961  [2]
  Burial	Old Preston Cemetery, Cambridge (Preston) Waterloo County, Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I03567	All
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Claus Sohrt,   b. 22 Sep 1846, Haby'e, Germany d. 26 Dec 1929, 343 Queen Street, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Caroline Magdalene Thams,   b. 15 Jun 1847, Wentdorf, Schleswig, Holstein, Germany d. 18 Apr 1912, Kossuth, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1870	Preston, Ontario by Rev. Wurster   [4, 5]
  Notes	Found at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water70.htm on October 4, 2006 Vol 7 Pg 303 (Waterloo Co) Heinrich Claus SOHRT, 23, shoemaker, Habyc Holstein, Preston, s/o Jurgen H. SOHRT & Heinke Margaret KRUSE married Caroline Magdalene THAMS, 22, Werstorf Holstein, Preston, d/o Hans Claus THAMS & Anna M. SCHMIDT, witn: John ALBERT & Joseph HAGEY both of Waterloo Twp, 9 January 1870 in Preston.
  Family ID	F2885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Marie Ploethner,   b. 2 Feb 1873, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 1953 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1901	Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario   [1]
  Notes	Found at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water01.htm on Feb 3, 2006 017128-01 (Waterloo Co) John Frederick SOHRT, 30, book keeper, Waterloo Twp, Preston, s/o Henry SOHRT & Lena THAMS (Thoms?) married Matilda Marie PLOETHNER, 28, Preston, Preston, d/o August PLOETHNER & Martha HEISE, witn: Alfred CLARE of Preston & Catharina Leonora BERNHARDT of Guelph, 25 September 1901 in Preston
  Children	1. Frank Alfred Sohrt,   b. 19 Jul 1904, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 20 Apr 1905, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 0 years)   2. Herbert John Sohrt,   b. 16 Jan 1906, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 1993 (Age 86 years)   3. Margaret Edith Sohrt,   b. 30 Dec 1907, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario   4. Isabel Sohrt,   b. 5 Aug 1913, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 30 Oct 1913, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 0 years)   5. Helen Gladys Sohrt,   b. 29 Dec 1914, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 26 May 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 82 years)
  Photos		Family of John Sohrt and Matilda Ploethner Children are (left to right): Margaret, Helen, Herb
  Family ID	F0766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 25 Sep 1901 - Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario Burial - - Old Preston Cemetery, Cambridge (Preston) Waterloo County, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Family of John Sohrt and Matilda Ploethner Left to right: Believed to be John Sohrt, Herbert Sohrt, Margaret Sohrt and Matilda Ploethner. Based on the age that the children appear to be, this photo was likely taken about 1909.
  		John Sohrt
  		John Sohrt and Matilda Ploethner
  		The Sohrt Family

  
  

  Documents		Marriage record of John Frederick Sohrt and Matilda Marie Ploethner
  		Birth record of John Christian Sohrt

  
  

  Headstones

  SOHRT, John, and Matilda PLOETHNER, and Herbert SOHRT, and Isabelle Reid

  
  

• Notes

  Name on birth record is John Christian Sohrt.

  
  

• Sources

  [S098565] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water01.htm. [S065467] Tombstone. [S069037] Section J6-5. [S137421] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water70.htm. [S144458] http://www.waterlooogs.ca/Newspapers/BerlinerJournal1860-72-StoZMarriages.PDF.