William Edward "Bill" Bish

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145355

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BISH, William William (Bill) Edward Bish passed away peacefully on January 4, 2012, at the age of 81. He is mourned by his wife Ruth, sister Rosemary Plummer, sister-in-law Mary Bish, daughters Lucille and her husband Bill McAndrew, and Evelyn, grand-children Bruce and Louise McAndrew and Jake and Nicole White, and pre-deceased by his brother Robert. Bill, a life-long Kitchener resident, was the son of Winnie and Edward Bish, and a fourth generation descendant of George Bechtel, one of the first settlers in this area. He met Ruth Shoemaker at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and they celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on May 26, 2011. Bill was the General Manager, then President, of McBrine Luggage for 30 years then Owner/ President of Balcorail for over 10 years. He was active in the YMCA and other service clubs, and Holy Cross Lutheran Church. He loved the family cottage at Grand Bend, where he sailed a self-built sailboat and enjoyed his family and friends. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 1C7 on Sunday, January 8, 2012 from 2-4 p.m. where a funeral service and committal service will be held on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. with Pastor Nolan Astley officiating. Donations in his memory may be made to the Diabetes Association or the Canadian War Amps as expressions of sympathy. Reception to follow at the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. Condolences may be left at: www.ratzbechtelfuneralhome.com

"William Bish Obituary - , ". 2012. Dignity Memorial. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/kitchener-on/william-bish-4947498.

William married Ruth Margaret Shoemaker 26 May 1956. Ruth (daughter of Emanuel John "Manny" Shoemaker and Lillian Elizabeth Lein) was born 16 Jul 1929; died 3 Oct 2013. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: WW1 - 71st Battalion / 31st Battalion
• Residence: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44110P
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 108th Regiment, Service #126573
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Lance Corporal, 71st Battalion / 31st Battalion

Edward — Winnifred E. "Winnie" Bechtel. Winnifred (daughter of Menno Bechtel and Isabella Scherch) was born 2 Dec 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jul 1977; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Winnie Bechtel
• Name: Winnifred E. "Winnie" Bish
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23047
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44101
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Masher in Distillery
• Residence: CA 1916, Herbert St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1934, 34 Alexandra Ave., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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William Bish

One of Waterloo's oldest citizens William Bish, died at his home 34 Alexandra avenue at 12.15 noon on Sunday, following a brief illness in his 89th year. Heart trouble was the cause of death.

Deceased attended First United church and was a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters. Born in lslanoir, Quebec, December 7,
1845, he has resided in Waterloo since January 1, 1887. He was married 59 years ago.

He is survived by his wife, five sons, Philip Bish of Echo Place, Ontario, William G. Blah of Port Arthur, Albert E. Bish of Waterloo, James W. Bish of Waterloo, Edward N. Bish of Kitchener, three daughters, Miss Martha B. Bish of Waterloo, Mrs. W. A. Starnaman of Kitchener, Mrs. Frank Tupholme of Toronto. Two sons predeceased him.

The funeral of the late William Bish was held from his late residence in Waterloo on Wednesday afternoon. Interment was made in the Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery Rev. Finlay Matheson, pastor of the First United Church in Waterloo officiated

Waterloo Chronicle 18 Jan 1934, p. 5

William — Mary Noble. Mary was born 22 Sep 1853, Esquesing, Halton Co., Ontario; died 17 Feb 1942, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Bish
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44102
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Business: Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wellesley Saw and Planing Mills
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• Eby ID Number: 00007-0709
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gent

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Mr. Menno Bechtel, for many years proprietor of the Wellesley saw and planning mills, and well known here, died suddenly in Hamilton last Friday. He had been living in Baden for some time past, and his health was quite poor all summer, his mine being affected. It finally became necessary to send him to Hamilton for treatment, but a day to two after arriving there became much worse and passed away. Quite a number from this neighborhood drove to Baden on Monday afternoon to attend the funeral, the remains being interred in the Upper Street Mennonite Cemetery.

Wellesley Maple Leaf Sep 25 1902 pg 3

Obituary is supplied by the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Click here to go to their website.

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The Wellesley Saw and Planing Mills have been established six years, and employ four or five hands in the manufacture of lumber, heading, cheese boxes, butter tubs &c.

"Waterloo County Gazetteer and Directory for 1884-1885"

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Dissolution of Partnership.

NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us,the undersigned Menno Bechtel and John Hill, as Sawmillers, Undertakers and Furniture Dealers, under the firm name of M. Bechtel & Co., has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will from this date be conducted by the said John Hill, to whom all debts due to the said partnership, are to be paid, and who will also assume the liabilities of the said partnership.

Witness: Eckhart Reiner.

MENNO BECHTEL & JOHN HILL

Dated at the Village of Wellesley, this 6th day of February, A. D., 1896.

Waterloo Chronicle, 27 Feb 1896, p. 8

Menno married Isabella Scherch 8 Jan 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of John Scherch and Magdalena Grody) was born 21 Sep 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1919, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isabel Grody Shirk
• Name: Isabella Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00101-5660
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Isabella Scherch, "is married to Menno Bechtel. They reside in Wellesley Village where he is engaged in the saw and planing mills, also has a sash and door factory. They have a family of eight children. See Menno Bechtel's family. (Since printing the Bechtel family Mr. Menno Bechtel has disposed of his farm south of New Hamburg and moved to Wellesley village where he is now engaged as a manufacturer.)"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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MRS. M. BECHTEL PASSED AWAY IN HER 72ND YEAR

An aged resident of Waterloo passed away on Sunday at her home on Foundry St. in the person of Mrs. Menno Bechtel, in her 72nd year. Deceased had been in ill health for several months.

The late Mrs. Bechtel whose maiden name was Isabel, daughter of the late J. Shirk, resided in Wellesley prior to moving to Baden, where she lived for sixteen years. Three years ago she moved to Waterloo. Her husband predeceased her 17 years.

There survive to mourn the loss of a loving mother, six children, namely: Allen of Waterloo, Ezra of New Hamburg, Milton, Bracebridge, Miranda, Laura and Winnie at home. Also one sister, Mrs. A. Honsberger of Waterloo and eight grandchildren.

The funeral took place from the late residence on Founry St., on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, to the Shantz meeting house and cemetery two miles north of Baden, for service and interment.

The Chronicle Telegraph 11 Sep 1919, p. 4

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• Eby ID Number: 00007-0708
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Noah S. Bechtel "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September 22nd, 1818. On March 13th, 1841, he was married to Veronica, daughter of John and Maria (Luckebihl) Christner. She was born in Upper Alsace, Germany, September 28th, 1820. Shortly after their marriage they moved on a farm a few miles north-west of St. Agatha, Wilmot Township, where they resided until 1869 when they moved about three miles south-west of New Hamburg, on lot No. 25, Block A, where they still reside. They had a family of eleven children"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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NOAH BECHTEL.

Mr Noah Bechtel, an old resident of Waterloo T'p, a few miles east of Berlin, passed away on Monday. The funeral took place on Wednesday, leaving his late residence at 9 a.m.

Noah S. Bechtel was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, Sept 22nd, 1818. In March, 1841, he was married to Veronica, daughter of John and Maria Christner. Shortly after their marriage they moved on a farm a few iniles northwest of St Agatha, where they resided until 1869, when they moved about three miles south- west of New Hamburg.

The Chronicle Telegraph, 5 Sep 1901, p. 5

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How They Farmed Sixty Years Ago

…I can well remember when Noah Bechtel, uncle of John B. Bricker our genial corn borer inspector for Waterloo county, shot a large black grizzly bear in October, 1863. They had seen the bear eight miles north where there was a large bush and swamp, called Queen's Bush, where the farmers had their pigs to get acorns and beechnuts, which were plentiful. Mr. Bear came out sometimes to help them to butcher. We had no selects, a pig was a pig. One day a squad went after him but did not get him. Later in October he came trotting along through Wilmot township. Moses Bechtel and Christian Hallman were ploughing beside Noah Bechtel's cedar swamp when he came walking right up to them. They went in and Bechtel brought his rifle with him. They followed the bear's tracks for a mile from the swamp, through John Forler's swamp, then across the road into another 400 acre bush. John Forler hitched his carriage team into the democrat, drove to Petersburg, and brought a man up with a hound, and John Ernst Jr. came along with his bulldog. Wm. Miller put his hound on the trail and in a short time found Mr. Bruin sound asleep. Miller fired a shot and the bear came trotting through the swamp with the dogs after him. When he saw that he was surrounded it did not take him long to climb a tree. Noah Bechtel, with a well aimed shot, brought the bear down. …

Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Jul 1928, p. 9

Noah married Veronica "Fannie" Christner 13 Mar 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of Johannes "John" Christner and Maria Luckebihl) was born 28 Sep 1820, Upper Alsace, Germany; died 21 Apr 1907; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Veronica "Fannie" Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00022-1616
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Veronica Christner, "the fourth and youngest child of John Christner, was born in Upper Alsace, September 28th, 1820, came to America in 1825 and settled in this county in October of the same year. On March 13th, 1841, she was married to Noah, son of George B. Bechtel. they reside on a farm three miles south-west of New Hamburg. Their family consisted of eleven children".

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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John Scherch, "son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Steiner) Scherch, and a cousin to Rev. David Sherk was born in Welland County, Ontario, March 5th, 1818. He was married to Magdalena Grody who was born October 15th, 1819. After their marriage they resided in Wilmot Township for some years, thence they moved to Michigan where they resided sixteen years, thence moved back to Ontario and resided in Wellesley for six years. Later in life they had their home with Mr. Abraham Honsperger, their son-in-law, where he died May 23rd, 1891. She is still living and is enjoying good health. To them were born five children, namely:...This family spell their name Scherch."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

John — Magdalena Grody. Magdalena (daughter of Jacob Grody and Elizabeth Shoemaker) was born 15 Oct 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Scherch
• Eby ID Number: 00042-3332

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Magdalena Grody, "was born October 15th, 1819. She was married to John Scherch who died May 23rd, 1891. She resides with her daughter Elizabeth. Her family consisted of five children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].