Ellise Marguerite "Marguerite "Margy" Bechtel

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• Name: Ellise Marguerite "Marguerite "Margy" Eby
• Name: Margaret Bechtel
• Name: Marguerite Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52872
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1927, Tara, Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

EBY, Mrs. Glenn Earl (Marguerite Bechtel)

At St. Mary's Hospital, on Thursday, May 8, 1975, Marguerite Bechtel, age 78 years, formerly of Route 1, Waterloo; mother of Byron Eby of Toronto, David Eby of Kitchener and Janet (Mrs. Gordon Brooks) of Atlanta, Ga.; sister of Myrtle (Mrs. Clive Bean) of Kitchener, Edith (Mrs. Howard Reed) of Kitchener, Jane (Mrs. Hugh VanEvery) of Bloomingdale and Ruth (Mrs. Sanford Whiting) of Oliphant; seven grandchildren also survive; she was predeceased by her husband, Glenn Earl Eby, in 1962, one brother, Charles, one sister, Minnie and her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Byron Bechtel. She was a member of the Waterloo County Unitarian Fellowship. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. Funeral and committal service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, Saturday, at 2 p.m. Robert Whitton will officiate. Following cremation interment will be made in the Blair cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 9 May 1975 pg 35

Ellise married Glenn Earl Eby 15 Nov 1922, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Glenn (son of Menno M. Eby and Sarah Ann Eby) was born 22 Feb 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1962; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Sarah Janet "Janet" Eby was born 16 Aug 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Byron Eby was born 31 May 1925, Tara, Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
3. David Eby was born 3 Oct 1926, Tara, Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.

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• Business: Buckberrough and Bechtel Insurance
• Elected Office: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Waterloo City
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21594846
• Name: B. E. Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0788
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Residence: 1871, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Maker
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Occupation: 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; insurance inspector - Waterloo Mutual Insurance Company
• Residence: 1926, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1927, 59 Allen St. W., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Byron Erb Bechtel "was born September 30th, 1859. He resides in the town of Waterloo where he is engaged in the insurance business. He is married to Anna M. Taylor."

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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Bechtel, Byron. E., teacher. Was born at Blair, in this county, 1859.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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B.E. BECHTEL PASSES AWAY AT WATERLOO

Prominent and Widely Knows Citizen Died Suddenly

INSURANCE INSPECTOR AND MANUFACTURER

The sudden passing shortly after one o'clock on Tuesday morning of Mr. Byron E. Bechtel, Inspector of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and for years one of the best known brick manufacturers of the province, came as a distinct shock to his family and friends. As he was about to retire on Monday evening after a busy day he was seized with a heart attack to which he succumbed shortly after one o'clock in the morning. His death removes a leading and highly regarded citizen of the town of Waterloo where he had resided for a period of over fifty years.

Born in Blair, Sept. 30th, 1859, the son of Isaac and Jane Bechtel, he resided there with his parents until about 10 years of age when the family removed to Bridgeport. Following two years' residence in that village they moved to Waterloo where he had since resided. He received his education in the public school at Waterloo and at the K-W. High School, and after securing his teaching certificate he taught school in Haysville and Williamsburg for two years. He then became a member of the staff of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. A few years later he severed his connection with the company to enter into partnership with the late Mr. Buckberrough, forming the insurance agency of Buckberrough and Bechtel. In the year 1903, after fifteen years in agency work, the firm sold out to Mr. C. A. Boehm. Mr. Bechtel, who had been brought up a brick- maker, his father, the late Isaac Bechtel, having operated a brickyard for years, then became active in the business of brick manufacturing and also for a time carried on the manufacture of brick-making machinery, taking charge of the plant in 1892. He was of an inventive turn of mind and held valuable patents to brick-making machinery designed by him, which have been installed in brickyards in both Canada and the United States.

In 1915 he was appointed inspector of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a position he held until his death. He also continued to operate the brickyard north of Waterloo which he owned for many years.

The late Mr. Bechtel was recognized as one of the best informed brick men in the Dominion and in earlier years was active in the Canadian National Clay Products Association of Canada of which he enjoyed the distinction of being the first president.

He was also active in municipal circles for about ten years during which he was a valued member of the town council.

The late Mr. Bechtel was an Odd fellow, having been a member for many years of the local lodge.

His wife, Anna Margaret Taylor, daughter of the late C. M. Taylor, survives, together with a family of seven children, viz: Charles, of Edmonton, Alta.; Wilhelmina, Toronto; Myrtle (Mrs. C. S. Bean) of near Preston; Edith (Mrs. Howard Reed) Waterloo; Margie (Mrs. Glen Eby) Tara; Jane (Mrs. Hugh Van Every) Waterloo; and Ruth, (Mrs. Sanford Whiting), of Waterloo. He also leaves five sisters and one brother, viz: Mrs. A. C. Biggs, Burlington; Mrs. William McBain, Mountain View, Cal.; Eloine, Waterloo; Mrs. R. O. Dobbin, Waterloo; Mrs. Carrie R. Ratz, Toronto, and W. B. Bechtel, Kitchener. Three sisters and one brother predeceased him, viz: Mrs. Homer Watson, Doon; Mrs. Emily Martin, Waterloo; Ella May, Water- loo, and Milton, Elmira.
The funeral will take place from his late residence, 59 Allen St., Waterloo, on Thursday at two o'clock p.m., to the Blair cemetery for Interment.

Waterloo Chronicle 27 Oct 1927, p. 1

Byron married Anna Margaret Taylor 1 Jul 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Cyrus Miller Taylor and Wilhelmina Hacking) was born 7 Jan 1859, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1947, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21595009
• Name: Anna Margaret Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0788.1
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Maker
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21715950
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0783
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

Isaac Bechtel "was born October 8th, 1829. He resided in the town of Waterloo where he was engaged in the making of brick and tile, and died July 22nd, 1892. He was married to Jane Tilt and 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.].

Isaac — Jane Tilt. Jane (daughter of William Tilt and Jane Cosens) was born 19 Nov 1829, Capel, , Surrey, England; died 1 Feb 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21715977
• Name: Jane Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0783.1
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Chistadelphian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian Science

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• Employer: Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
• Invention: , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lamp boiler
• Name: C. M. Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150585
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Manager
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian

Notes:

Invention:
No. 131,712. Peter Harvey Sims, of Waterloo, Canada, assignor to Cyrus Miller Taylor, of the same place, for a " Lamp boiler."

Claim.'97"1, a lamp boiler, consisting of the metallic chimney B, base A, lamp C, inverted cones H, I, boiler F, and spiral rings Q, G, all constructed, arranged, and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth. 2, the inverted cone-reflector H, provided with air apertures e, and resting on the upper part of the burner, in combination with the inverted cone 1, resting on the lower rim or the burner, and metallic chimney B and boiler F, as and for the purpose set forth. 3, the spiral wire-rings G, G, hi combination with the metallic chimney Band boiler F, substantially as described."<sup>1a

1a</sup>Great Britian Paten Office, The Commissioners of Patent's Journal. 2 Jul 1872 pg 2431

Cyrus — Wilhelmina Hacking. Wilhelmina was born CALC 18 Feb 1839, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 May 1893, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Wilhelmina Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150596
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian

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• Eby ID Number: 00007-0781
• Land: 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Residence: 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John Bechtel "seventh child of Jacob and Elizabeth Bechtel, was born at Blair, September 18th, 1806, and died August 25th, 1848. He was first married to Sallie, daughter of Henry Brower. She was born January 21st, 1809, and died August 2nd, 1842. After her decease he was married to Elizabeth Knechtel. Mr. John Bechtel resided at Blair where he was engaged in the mercantile and tanning business. He also had a farm which he managed in connection with his business. His family consisted of twelve 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.].

John — Sarah Brower. Sarah (daughter of Henry Brower and Elizabeth Maris) was born 21 Jan 1809, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Aug 1842, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sallie Brower
• Name: Sarah Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00017-1350

Notes:

Sarah Brower,"was born January 21st, 1809. She married to John Bechtel, a merchant and tanner. They resided at Blair, Ontario, where she died August 2nd, 1842, leaving a family of eight children, namely: III Elizabeth, III Isaac, III Sarah,(Was born April 19th, 1832, and died May 6th, same year.) III Mary, III Sarah, III Rachel, III Daniel, and III Rebecca."


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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94993669
• Historic Building: 1688 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lambton House
• Interesting: pioneer, public service, story, business, education
• Public Service: North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; clerk of North Dumfries
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52710
• Residence: 1826, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, England
• Residence: 1839, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Public Service: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk - Waterloo Township
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; T. P. Clerk
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian

Notes:

DEATH OF MR. WM. TILT. - Our obituary column today contains the announcement of the death of this well-known gentleman. We do not now recollect how long be has been Clerk of the Township of Waterloo, but it is many, many years, and while for the last year or so superannuated, he has boon still largely engaged in Township matters. The deceased gentleman was universally respected, and in every position which he filled ho won the respect of all by his ability, probity and gentlemanly kindness. His funeral will take place today (Friday) at 2 o'clock, p. m., from his late residence in Blair.

Galt Reporter Mar 6 1883 pg 1

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The first meeting to examine teachers in this county was held at Freeport in December, 1843. The commissioners present were Dr. Fulsom, James Phin, William Tilt, Jacob Lutz and a Church of England clergyman from Guelph who presided. The candidates for certificates were Amos Adams, Benjamin Burkholder, Nelson Newcombe, Elias Eby and one Lazarus who was then teaching in Berlin. Mr. Lazarus, after glancing around the room and making an estimate of the calibre of the Board, walked out remarking quite audibly that he was not going to be examined by a "set of farmers." The other four received their certificates, the first issued in the county, but Mr. Lazarus received none and had to resign his position in Berlin. For subsequent examinations teachers were obliged to go to Guelph, the then county town of the united counties of Wellington, Waterloo and Grey.

....The most prominent teachers of those early days were Benjamin Eby (Bishop), James Deary or Derry, William Tilt, James Dickson, James Milroy, William Veitch, Noah Bechtel, William Telfer, Isaac Z. Hunsicker, Jonathan Good and John Bowman (father of the late I. E. Bowman, M. P.). ....

Waterloo Historical Society , First Annual Report, 1914, pg 33

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Death of Mr. William Tilt - This worthy gentleman, who had been ailing for some time from heart disease, passed quietly away in his rest on Wednesday evening, the 6th inst. There was not a getter known man in the township than the deceased, and he won the respect and admiration of all who came in contact with him, by his ? way and quiet, unassuming manner. By his family he was beloved; they clung to him, sought his counsels, and courted his approval to the last. Mr. Tilt was born in the town of Carpel, Surrey Co., England, on June 26, 1805. In 1832 he came to Canada. Before coming he taught school for some years in his native place. On his coming here he was engaged by Mr. Van Egmond, a Canada Land Co. agent, to accompany him to Huron Co., where he remained for three years, teaching Mr. Van Egmond's children and helping to lay out and survey the Huron road. - Leaving there in 1835 he came to Blair, where he taught for several years in a frame school that stood on the site of his late residence. Afterwards he was variously occupied til 1861 in running a tannery and in mercantile pursuits. In that year he was appointed clerk of the township of Waterloo, and held that post continuously till the 31st of March, 1883, when he resigned just four days before his death. The council, on accepting his resignation, donated him $500. He was twice married and his second wife survives him. He was the father of seventeen children, thirteen of whom are still living. At present there are fifty six of his grandchildren and fifteen of his great-grandchildren living.

The Dumfries Reformer Apr 12 1883 pg 2

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Death of Mr. Wm. Tilt - Our obituary column today contains the announcement of the death of this well-known gentleman. We do not now recollect how long he has been Clerk of the Township of Waterloo, but it is many, many years, and while for the last year or so superannuated, he has been still largely engaged in Township matters. The deceased gentleman was universally respected, and in every position which he filled he won the respect of all by his ability, probity and gentlemanly kindness. His funeral will take place today (Friday) at 2 o'clock, p. m., from his late residence in Blair.

Galt Reporter Mar 6 1883 pg 1

William married Jane Cosens 25 Dec 1826, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, England. Jane (daughter of Charles Cosens and Ann Goodall) was born 10 Aug 1805, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England; died 17 Oct 1832, Tuckersmith Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Turners Cemetery, Tuckersmith Twp., Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Tilt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28866
• Residence: 1826, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, England

Notes:

Jane died giving birth to her fourth child who was stillborn.