Petition for Citizenship – Frederick Ferdinand Ott of 64 E Park St, East Orange, New Jersey; born 19 Jan 1889, Basel, Switz; m 15 May 1913 at Basel; wife Marguerite b 10 Sept 1878, Basel, Switz; they have 1 son, Fred Carl b 28 Aug 1914, Basel, Switz; arrived in New York 24 Apr 1925 on ship Aquitania from Cherbourg, France; petition filed US District Court of Newark, NJ, 26 June 1930

1930 NJ CENSUS – Fred F. Ott (41y, b Switz, married at age 24y, immigrated 1925, declarant, occupation book salesman) enumerated with wife Marguerite (51y, b Switz; immigrated 1925) and son Fred (15y, b Switz); also with family was servant Elisabeth Koesling (26y, b Germany, immigrated 1920, alien) and lodger Catherine Weicker (68y, b New York, single)

1940 OR CENSUS – Fred F. Ott (51y, b Switz, occupation minister) enumerated with wife Marguerite (61y, b Switz); family was living in rural McHenry co, North Dakota in 1935

OSBH DC (1952 Marion co) #9040 Fred F. Ott, male, minister, married, spouse Marguerite Ott; b 19 Jan 1889, Basel, Switz; father Fritz Ott; d 12 Aug 1952, OSH, of 176 Luther St, Salem, age 63y; burial not given [Zena]; informant J. Davis  

The Rev Fred Ferdinand Ott, at a local hospital, August 12, at the age of 83. Former resident of 176 W Luther St. Survived by wife, Marguerite Ott of Salem; son, Fred Carl Ott, with the US Air Force Educational Dept in Germany; daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, two brothers and one sister in Switzerland; one sister in New York. Member of Evangelical and Reformed church. Services will be held in the Howell-Edwards chapel at 1:30 pm Friday, Aug 15, with the Rev Russell Mayer and the Rev Ernest Tischhauser officiating. Concluding services in Zena cemetery.

Capital Journal, Thursday, August 14, 1952, page 19

Ott
Father
Rev. Fred F.
1889 - 1952
[shares marker with Maguerite]

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (1952 Marion co) #9040

New Jersey Naturalization Records (Ancestry.com)

1930 NJ CENSUS (Essex co, East Orange, ED 370, sheet 8A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Washington co, Helvetia, ED 34-45, sheet 3B) 

CJ, 14 Aug 1952, page 19