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Caroline Voegtle

16 Feb 1841 – 7 Oct 1881

One of 2 coffin plates transcribed on a single archive page

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

7 Oct 1881

Date of birth

16 Feb 1841

Age at death

40 years, 7 months, 19 days (40y 7m 21d)

Plate found in

Linwood, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

Plate, photographedCaroline Voegtle's plate is the upper oval; Herbert Voegtle's plate is below.

Inscription transcription

Caroline Voegtle
Born Feby 16. 1841
Died Oct 7. 1881
Aged 40 yrs 7 mos 19 dys
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

Maiden name correction (Oct. 2010, email from descendant John Calder): Caroline's maiden name was Hilker, not Wilker as previously recorded. John Calder is her great-great-grandson.

Ontario, Canada Deaths database (Ancestry): Carolina Voegtle, abt 1841, died 7 and 8 Oct 1881, Waterloo, Female. Also found in the same database: Ella Voegtle (abt 1873, d. 8 Jan 1920), Herbert Voegtle (abt 1880, d. 17 Sep 1896), John Voegtle (abt 1835, d. 3 Sep 1887), Norman Voegtle (abt 1899, d. 25 Dec 1929), Paulina Voegtle (abt 1855, d. 6 or 7 May 1885), all Waterloo.

Death registration: Province of Ontario Death Registration # 018920/81. Registered October 10, 1881 by Rev'd H.A. Thomas of Heidelberg, Ontario.

Census references:

  • 1851: Waterloo County, Enumeration District 2, Wellesley Township, Page 87/13, Line 6.
  • 1861: Waterloo County, Enumeration District 13, Wellesley Township, Page 10, Line 5.
  • 1871: Waterloo North, District 32, Sub District A, Wellesley Township, Division 1, Page 28, Line 7 (surname spelled 'Vogtle').
  • 1881: Waterloo North, District 162, Sub District B, Wellesley Township, Division 5, Page 53, Line 4.

Marriage record: Waterloo County Marriage Register (1858–1869), Vol. 1, page 65 — John Vagtle and Caroline Helker. Ontario Archives Reel # MS248 #16.

Burial records: Original Burial Records of Linwood Union Cemetery, pages 101 & 118.

Family context: After Caroline's death, John Voegtle married Catharine Voll in 1886. He died by suicide on 3 Sep 1887 in Waterloo. Their son Herbert died in a small typhoid fever epidemic in the Linwood area in 1896.

Descendant's note (Oct. 2010 email from John Calder)

The, Caroline Voegtle, mentioned above is my great-great-grandmother. The "Coffin Plates" link leads to a site which shows a photo of her coffin plate, and related information about her, but has incorrectly recorded that her maiden name was "Wilker". In fact, her maiden name was "Hilker".

Caroline Hilker

Born: February 16, 1841. Preston (now Cambridge), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.

Died: October 7, 1881. Linwood, Wellesley Township, Ontario, Canada. Cause of death was consumption & dropsy. She was 40 years, 7 months and 19 days old. Registered on October 10, 1881 by Rev'd H.? A. Thomas of Heidelberg, Ontario.

Buried at: Linwood Union Cemetery, 3673 Manser Road, Linwood, Ontario. Location of grave: South 4[?] 4[?], East 65[?] (the unit symbols did not survive the original page's encoding).

Headstone Inscription: In Memory of / Caroline Hilker / Beloved Wife of / John Voegtle / Died Oct. 7, 1881 / Aged 40 Yrs 7 Mo. / & 19 Days

Parents: Henry Hilker, and Sophia Hilker (nee ?).

Sources consulted

  • Ontario, Canada Deaths 1869–1932 (Ancestry.com)
  • Ontario Death Registration # 018920/81 — Caroline Voegtle, Oct. 10, 1881
  • Waterloo County Marriage Register (1858–1869), Vol. 1, p. 65, Ontario Archives Reel MS248 #16
  • Original Burial Records of Linwood Union Cemetery, pp. 101 & 118
  • Canada Census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 — Waterloo County, Wellesley Township
  • Email from descendant John Calder, Oct. 2010

People named in this record

  • Caroline VoegtleSubject
  • John VoegtleSpouse
  • Henry HilkerMentioned
  • Sophia HilkerMentioned

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Source & citation

Source type
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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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Both — original photograph and shared transcription on this page

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