Family of Caroline Uttley and Fred Adam Kalbfleisch

Caroline Uttley – 1882-1949
Fred Adam Kalbfleisch – 1884-1940

Caroline Uttley was the third child and the first daughter in Nathan's second family with his wife Mary Ann.

Caroline "Carrie" Uttley as a young girl 1882-1949

Births

Reference #032-582 in 1882 of the Ontario Vital Statistics records the birth of a daughter. She might have been named after her maternal grandmother, Caroline Birmingham nee Babcock in Crosshill or after her aunt Caroline Uttley, Nathan's younger sister in England.

     Name:       Carolina
     When:       25 March 1882
     Where:      Waterloo
     Sex:        Female
     Father:     Nathan Uttley,
                 Engineer, Waterloo
     Mother:     Mary Birmingham
     When Reg:   17 April 1882
     Doctor:     Dr. Bingham

Caroline, age 9, is included in the family of Nathan and Mary in the 1891 Census (Waterloo), and again at age 19 in the 1901 Census (Waterloo).

Her father's obituary in October 1903 tells us that "Carrie" was living at home with her parents and two younger siblings, Jonathan and Mary (Lena).

Frederick Adam Kalbfleisch was born July 9, 1884 in Tavistock, the son of Adam Kalbfleisch and Veronica Grien. Adam and Veronica were married in Sebastopol, Perth County, on March 30, 1883. No record of Frederick's birth has been found but the date of his birth comes from the 1901 census when Fred and seven siblings were living in Easthope Township South, Oxford County.

Frederick's father, named Adam in the marriage record, died soon after at age 36 on November 12, 1885 just a couple of months before the birth of a second son also named Adam. The 1891 census records Veronica Kalbfleisch, a widow at age 23, with three children: Frederick (7), Adam (5) and daughter Marion (2).

Veronica remarried in January 1892 in New Hamburg to a nephew of her deceased husband, Frederick C. Kalbfleisch who was a son of Adam's brother Conrad. Veronica died of Scarlet Fever in June 1900 in Tavistock. The 1901 census lists father Frederick Kalbfleisch, a widower at age 35, with three children from before his marriage - Frederick (16), Adam (15) and Mary (11); plus five more children: Elizabeth (9), Lottie A. (7), Alma M. (5), Edwin E. (3) and Lisette C. (born 1900).

Marriage

Caroline was married to Fred Adam Kalbfleisch in 1904. From the Ontario Vital Statistics of 1904, reference #018-706:

     Groom:     Fred A. Kalbfleisch
     Age:       19
     Residence: Waterloo, Ont
     Born:      Tavistock
                bachelor
     Occ:       Boiler Maker
     Religion:  Lutheran
     Parents:   Frederick Kalbfleisch, Veronica M. Grein

     Bride:     Caroline Uttley
     Age:       20
     Residence: Waterloo
     Born:      Waterloo
                spinster
     Occ:       ----
     Religion:  Presbyterian
     Parents:   Nathan Uttley, Mary Birmingham

     Witnesses: Fred Schlote, Waterloo
                Mrs. E.A. Schultz, Waterloo
     By:        E.A. Schultz
     When:      Feb 17, 1904, Waterloo

• A search of the local papers for a reference to the marriage has produced nothing.
• Fred's biological father was Adam Kalbfleisch. The father of the groom in the marriage record must refer to his step-father, Frederick C. Kalbfleisch.

Left to Right: Uncle Fred Kalbfleisch, Aunt Carrie Kalbfleisch, Aunt Lena Wildfong (Flint), Mrs Hattie Pierson [Hattie Pearson, d/o John R Uttley] (Toronto), two dark haired girls are Edna and Dolly Kalbfleisch Taken on the Kalbfleisch front porch in Toronto.

The obituary of Caroline's mother in February 1920 places "Carrie" and her husband in Toronto. Mrs. Fred Kalbfleisch is still in Toronto when her older brother Peter dies in February 1944. The picture of Edna and Dorothy Kalbfleisch is from the family photo album of Mae and Bea Uttley. The back reads: Edna Dorothy } Kalbfleisch     Toronto     Dorothy died the     next year -- Their first child, Edna C., was born April 7, 1904 in Waterloo. A later daughter, Dorothy E., was born April 2, 1906 and died on February 6, 1911 in Toronto so the picture can be dated to the winter of 1909-10.

Edna and Dorothy Kalbfleisch

Deaths

Frederick Kalbfleisch died in 1940 at the age of 56 years. The burial journal at Prospect Cemetery in Toronto gives some additional information (entry #62312):

   Name:       Kalfbleisch, Fred
   Age:        56
   Born:       Tavestock [Tavistock, Ont]
   Died:       Toronto, Nov 26, 1940
   Buried:     Nov 28, [1940]
   Disease:    Brain Tumour
   Lot:        Section 11, lot 296 N 1/2
   Owner:      Est[ate] Fred Kalbfleisch
   Relation:   F.A. Kalbfleisch, Lakeview Ave
   Undertaker: Bates & Dodds

Caroline "Carrie" Kalbfleisch 1882-1949

Caroline died in her 67th year on Sunday March 6, 1949. The burial journal at Prospect Cemetery recorded (#78978): Name: Kalfbleisch, Caroline Age: 63 Born: Waterloo, [Ont] Died: Toronto, Mar 6, 1949 Buried: Mar 9, [1949] Disease: Coronary Thrombosis Lot: Section 11, lot 296 N 1/2 Owner: Est[ate] Fred Kalbfleisch Relation: Fred Kalbfleisch, 54 Ronald Cr. Undertaker: Bates & Dodds Her obituary was printed in the Toronto Star the next day on page 28: Deaths     KALBFLEISCH, Caroline -- On Sunday, March 6, 1949, at her home, 200 Concord Ave., Toronto, Caroline, wife of the late Fred Kalbfleisch, and dear mother of Mrs. W. Ward (Edna), Mrs. A. Coulis (Dolly), Mrs. D. Wright (Ethel), Mrs. M. O'Heir (Jean), Fred, Harvey, Harold and Alfie Kalbfleisch is resting at chapel of Bates and Dodds Funeral Services, Ltd., Queen St. W. (at Strachan Ave.) for service Wednesday, 1 p.m., to Prospect cemetery.

Caroline and Fred, with five of their children who died young, are buried in Prospect Cemetery in Toronto (Section 11, plot 296). The last child to be buried here, James E. Kalbfleisch who died March 13, 1920 at about age 2, is not named on the headstone. The parents are not named either.

Dorothy Elizabeth / Apr 2, 1906 - Feb 6, 1911 Howard Edwin / Mar 14, 1910 - Aug 10, 1910 Robert Earl / Oct 8, 1916 - Sept 27, 1919 Walter Norman / May 2, 1913 - Sept 5, 1913 Children of Caroline & Fred Kalbfleisch blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God KALBFLEISCH Prospect Cemetery, Toronto