Henry & Christina Holtzman,
Parents of Jacob L. Holtzman
"From St. Jacobs we moved to Carrick leaving St. Jacobs at night about 9 o'clock. Father got a one horse wagon, put a cover over it and thus we started off in gypsy style. The first place we stopped when we reached father's charge was at Gottwaltz, a local preacher in Hanover. Next morning the two loads and father and I started for our new home, 10th concession, Carrick. But shortly after we left town we had to cross a creek, and on both sides it was quite deep mud. Father ventured through first with the horse and buggy and myself. We got to the other side of the creek, but before we got on dry land the horse got stuck in the mud and fell down. Father advised the drivers of the loads to try some other place. Not being acquainted with the road himself, they got into a worse place than we did. And I remember how mad one brother got and scolded father for telling him to drive that way. However, they had to unhitch their team and hitch to the back end of the wagon. And thus the two teams hitched to one wagon managed to get the loads through. Finally we reached the new parsonage nearly completed being a log house surrounded by timber, bears, and wolves." (from eleven page memoir of J.L. Holtzman, son of Henry & Christina Holtzman)
Historical Walks through Carrick and Mildmay,
Pages 12-13
The historical sketch says that the "Sunday School of Emmanuel Evangelist was officially organized on August 28, 1859, under Henry Holtzman." The history continues about Salem Evangelical Church, about how a new church was built in 1897, and that today "the cemetery remains as a reminder that at one time, there stood a country church where people loved to worship." Great, Great Grandpa Holtzman is buried in this cemetery.
