Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan was an automobile mechanic with the McLaughlin Garage. He lived at 1069 Denman Street in 1915.
Family Background
Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan was born on March 17, 1884, in Portland, Oregon. His father was Gustav Kutzschan (1840-1909), who was a jeweler. Oscar’s mother was MaryAnn Linden (1850-1935).
Gustav Kutzschan died in Seattle, Washington, on February 23, 1909. He was buried in Riverview Cemetery in Portland.
Mary lived for some time with her daughter, Wilhelmina, in Canby, Oregon. Whilhelmina was married to Charles Nicholas Wait, a local postmaster who later became a lawyer and judge.
Mary later lived in Seattle.
Mary died in Canby, Oregon, on May 21, 1935. She was buried in Riverview Cemetery in Portland.
Oscar Kutzschan: Early Life
By 1903, Oscar and his parents were living in Seattle, Washington. Oscar was working as a jeweler.
In 1907, Oscar was still working as a jeweller in Seattle.
In the 1910 United States census, he was in Mayfield, southeast of Boise, Idaho.
Newspaper advertisements in 1910 and 1911 gave Oscar’s address as Mountain Home, Idaho, which is southeast of Mayfield.
Marriage to Louise Catherine Lytle
On January 18, 1913, in Everett, Washington, Oscar married Louise Catherine Lytle. (The marriage certificate gave his address as “British Columbia.”)
According to some sources, Louise was born in Clinton, North Dakota, on August 31, 1883. (However, other sources say that she was born in Barnsville, Minnesota.) Her father was Charles M. Lytle (born about 1848; died between 1900 and 1910); he worked at a variety of jobs, including salesman, clerk and bartender. Louise’s mother was Julia Agnes Finn (1863-1938), who sometimes worked as a dress-maker.
Years in Vancouver
Oscar first appeared in the Vancouver directories in 1913. He was a mechanic for Pierce Arrow Motor Cars, at 1219 Georgia Street. He was living at 1120 West Pender Street.
![Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1913, Part 2, page 1199 [edited image].](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pierce-arrow-motor-cars-henderson_s-greater-vancouver-city-directory-1913-part-2-page-1199.jpg){kind=icon}
He lived at the following addresses in Vancouver.
| 1913 | 1120 Pender Street |
| 1914 | 3472 Taylor Road |
| 1915 | 1069 Denman Street |
| 1916 and 1917 | 2761 West Third Avenue |
| 1918 to 1920 | 2385 West Eighth Avenue |
| 1921 to 1941 | 2435 West Eighth Avenue |
| 1942 | Not listed under Vancouver names |
In 1915 he was with the McLaughlin Carriage Company.
![McLaughlin Carriage Company Ltd. B.C. Branch [1219 Georgia St.], about 1918, Vancouver City Archives, CVA 99-5178; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/mclaughlin-carriage-company-ltd-b-c-branch-1219-georgia-st.](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/mclaughlin-carriage-company-ltd-about-1918-vancouver-city-archives-cva-99-5178.jpg)
In 1917 he was back at the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company.
![Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1917, page 714 [edited image].](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pierce-arrow-motor-co-henderson_s-greater-vancouver-city-directory-1917-page-714.jpg){kind=icon}
He later worked for a series of automobile businesses.
| 1921 | Bowell McDonald Motor Company; 1105 Granville Street |
| 1927 | Bell-McCarty Limited; 606 Burrard Street |
| 1928 | Great West Motors; 1294 Granville Street |
| 1930 | T & K Service Garage (Roy A. Tibbett and Oscar Kutzschan); 1243 Haro Street |
| 1936 to 1941 | Proprietorship under own name; 216 West Georgia Street |
Oscar was not in the Vancouver directories after 1941.
By about 1941 he had moved to Port Alberni, British Columbia, where he worked as an automobile mechanic until about 1958.
Oscar died in Port Alberni on January 29, 1964. He was buried in River Bend Roman Catholic Cemetery in Port Alberni.
Louise died in Port Alberni on September 10, 1971. She was buried in River Bend Roman Catholic Cemetery in Port Alberni.
Oscar and Louise had the following children.
George Robert Katzschan
George Robert (“Bob”) Katzschan was born in the Collingwood area of Vancouver about 1913.
On June 3, 1940, in Patricia Bay, British Columbia, he married Gladys Grievson Duffy, who was a telephone operator. She was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, on February 15, 1916. Her parents were Decimus Duffy and Dora Jackson.
Gladys died in Nanaimo on July 31, 1986.
It appears that Bob died in 2002.
Edward Charles Kutzschan
Edward Charles Kutzschan was born in Vancouver on September 5, 1914.
He became a signalman in the Royal Canadian Navy.
On October 11, 1940, in Vancouver, he married Margaret Elvira Dickie, who was a theatre usherette. She was born in Vancouver about 1920. Her parents were Robert Livingstone Dickie and Elvira Gwendoline Fitzgerald.
This marriage ended in divorce in Vancouver on December 8, 1949.
Edward died in Vancouver on March, 1955. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
On November 2, 1957, in Whatcom County, Washington, Margaret married Benjamin James Rose. He was born in Vancouver on July 7, 1917. His parents were Benjamin Rose and Emma White. When Benjamin died in Vancouver on October 11, 1986, he was still married to Margaret.
John (“Jack”) Frederick Katzschan
John (“Jack”) Frederick Katzschan was born in Vancouver on January 23, 1921.
He worked as a lumber grader for MacMillan Bloedel in Port Alberni, British Columbia.
He later lived in Sooke, British Columbia.
He died in Victoria, British Columbia on May 5, 2012.
Sources
Gustav Kutzschan (father of Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan)
Gustave Kutzschan, Greater Pacific Northwest Area History; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lacquerboxessno&id=I98312: “Birth: ABT 1840; Death: 23 FEB 1909 . . . Probably in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.”
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGX-LMVX : 13 December 2015), Gustav Kutzschan, 1909; Burial, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States of America, River View Cemetery; citing record ID 121427837, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121427837.
Mary Linden (mother of Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan)
Mary Ann Linden; Greater Pacific Northwest Area History; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lacquerboxessno&id=I98313: “Birth: BET 1850 AND 1863; Death: 21 MAY 1936 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.”
“United States Census, 1870,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-JVZ : 17 October 2014), Mary A Woicke in household of Wm Woicke, Oregon, United States; citing p. 199, family 1519, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,786.
“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9H-3W4 : accessed 17 May 2017), Mary A Keutzochare in household of Chas N Wait, Canby, Clackamas, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 4A, line 25, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1940; FHL microfilm 2,341,674.
“Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8WQ-4VG : 9 November 2016), Mary Ann Kutzschan, 21 May 1935; citing Death, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,184,723.
“Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZWP-9QQ : 11 December 2014), Mary Kutzschan, 21 May 1935; from “Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Clackamas, Oregon, certificate number 213, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
Mary Ann Kutzschan, death notice, The Oregonian, May 23, 1935, page 12: “Kutzschan–Mary Ann, died May 21 at the home of C. N. Wait, Canby, Or. Services will be held Friday, May 24, at 9 A.M. at the Catholic church, Canby. Interment Riverview cemetery, Portland. S.A. Miller, Aurora, in charge.”
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGX-LMVF : 13 December 2015), Mary Ann Kutzschan, 1935; Burial, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States of America, River View Cemetery; citing record ID 121428092, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121428092.
Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan
“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHK-G93 : accessed 17 May 2017), Oscar F Kutzshow, Mayfield, Elmore, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 25B, family 518, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 224; FHL microfilm 1,374,237.
1921 Canada Census, Oscar F Katzschan [sic]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 12; Census Place: Ward 6, Vancouver, British Columbia; Page Number: 14; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLTJ-D98 : 13 April 2017), Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan, 1964.
Oscar F Kutzschan, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=180444219: Birth: unknown; Death: unknown; Burial: River Bend Roman Catholic Cemetery; Port Alberni, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Created by: Val Campbell; Record added: Jun 17, 2017; Find A Grave Memorial# 180444219
Charles M. Lytle (father of Louise Catherine Lytle)
“United States Census, 1870,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXZ-554 : 17 October 2014), Charles M Lytle in household of William Lytle, Indiana, United States; citing p. 31, family 236, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,796.
“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPF-VTB : accessed 17 May 2017), Charles M Lytle, Precinct 6 Seattle city Ward 1, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,744.
Julia Agnes Finn (mother of Louise Catherine Lytle)
“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPF-VT1 : accessed 28 September 2017), Julia Agnes Lytle in household of Charles M Lytle, Precinct 6 Seattle city Ward 1, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,744.
“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ3-LLC : accessed 29 September 2017), Julia Lytle, Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 13B, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1660; FHL microfilm 1,375,673.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLL-5VL : 13 April 2017), Julia Agnes Lytle, 1938.
Louise Catherine Lytle (wife of Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan)
“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPF-VYM : accessed 17 May 2017), Louise C Lytle in household of Charles M Lytle, Precinct 6 Seattle city Ward 1, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,744.
“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ3-LL8 : accessed 17 May 2017), Louise Lytle in household of Julia Lytle, Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 13B, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1660; FHL microfilm 1,375,673.
1921 Canada Census, Louise K. Katzschan in household of Oscar F Katzschan [sic]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 12; Census Place: Ward 6, Vancouver, British Columbia; Page Number: 14; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBF-6TS : 13 April 2017), Louise Catherine Kutzschan, 1971.
Louise C Kutzschan, Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=180444212: Birth: unknown; Death: unknown; Burial: River Bend Roman Catholic Cemetery; Port Alberni, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Created by: Val Campbell, Record added: Jun 17, 2017, Find A Grave Memorial# 180444212
George Robert Kutzschan (son of Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan)
1921 Canada Census, Robert G. Katzschan in household of Oscar F Katzschan [sic]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 12; Census Place: Ward 6, Vancouver, British Columbia; Page Number: 14; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
British Columbia Marriage Registrations; Registration Number: 1940-09-491879; George Robert Kutzschan and Gladys Grievson Duffy; date of marriage: June 3, 1940; place of marriage: Patricia Bay; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/f189a58e-6d85-4b43-8ceb-5b3bff944995.
George Robert Kutzschen, death reference; http://albertagenealogy-research.ca/Data/Papers/2002/ObitsPage78.html: “KUTZSCHAN, George Robert (Bob): 2002.”
Gladys Grievson Duffy (wife of George Robert Kutzschan)
British Columbia Marriage Registrations; Registration Number: 1940-09-491879; George Robert Kutzschan and Gladys Grievson Duffy; date of marriage: June 3, 1940; place of marriage: Patricia Bay; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/f189a58e-6d85-4b43-8ceb-5b3bff944995.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-F7D : 13 April 2017), Gladys Greivson Kutzschan, 1986.
Edward Charles Kutzschan (son of Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan)
1921 Canada Census, Edward C. Katzschan in household of Oscar F Katzschan [sic]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 12; Census Place: Ward 6, Vancouver, British Columbia; Page Number: 14; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
British Columbia Marriage Registrations; Registration Number: 1940-09-499748; Edward Charles Kutzschan and Margaret Elvira Dickie; date of marriage: October 11, 1940; place of marriage: Vancouver; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e00d09aa-58a3-4d2d-b2c7-2144a836b4e6. [Marriage dissolved at Vancouver, B.C. on December 8th, 1949. File No. D.C.O. 1475. January 4th, 1950.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRD-8LL : 13 April 2017), Edward Charles Kutzschan, 1955.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-QSD6 : 13 December 2015), Edward C. Kutzschan, 1955; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26275080, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26275080.
Margaret Elvira Dickie (wife of Edward Charles Kutzschan)
British Columbia Marriage Registrations; Registration Number: 1940-09-499748; Edward Charles Kutzschan and Margaret Elvira Dickie; date of marriage: October 11, 1940; place of marriage: Vancouver; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e00d09aa-58a3-4d2d-b2c7-2144a836b4e6. [Marriage dissolved at Vancouver, B.C. on December 8th, 1949. File No. D.C.O. 1475. January 4th, 1950.”
Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Marriage Certificates; Collection Title: Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013. Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Name: Margaret Elvira Kutzschan; Gender: Female; Marriage Age: 37; Birth Date: abt 1920; Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Marriage Date: 2 Nov 1957; Marriage Place: Whatcom, Washington, USA; Spouse: Benjamin James Rose.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVL-3D5 : 13 April 2017), Benjamin James Rose, 1986; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/dff98bc0-18d4-4f81-ae2a-3db53834a96b.
John Frederick Kutzschan (son of Oscar Ferdinand Kutzschan)
1921 Canada Census, Jack C. Katzschan in household of Oscar F Katzschan [sic]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 12; Census Place: Ward 6, Vancouver, British Columbia; Page Number: 14; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
John Frederick “Jack” Kutzschan, Obituary, Published In Victoria Times-Colonist On May 19, 2012; http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?pid=157688582 [includes photograph]: “KUTZSCHAN, John “Jack” Frederick January 23, 1921 May 5, 2012 Jack passed away peacefully at Victoria General Hospital. Jack was born and raised in Kitsilano, BC. He worked in Port Alberni for over 44 years grading lumber at MacMillan Bloedel. He had a great personality and loved entertaining family and friends in Sooke. Jack is survived by his companion and best friend, Wayne Duncan; his niece Lynn Dyck and her two children: Brenda and Rob and their families; his nephew Jerry, Sue and family; as well as all of his great friends. A donation in Jack’s memory may be made to the SPCA, 3150 Napier Lane, Victoria, BC, V8T 4V5. 656459. Dignity Memorial; Life Well Celebrated: 250-384-5512.
The British Columbia Gazette, Volume CLIII, No. 18, May 2, 2013, Notice to Creditors and Others; http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/bcgaz1/bcgaz1/250794475: “John Frederick Kutzschan (also known as Jack Kutzschan), deceased, formerly of 5673 Woodlands Road, Sooke, BC, are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned executors, c/o Jawl & Bundon, Barristers & Solicitors, Fourth Floor, 1007 Fort Street, Victoria, BC V8V 3K5, on or before the 24th day of June 2013, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. — John R. Edgell and Henning E. Norgaard, Executors.”
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