Magdalena Waechter

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58222

Other Events:

• Name: Etienne Waechter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57518
• Immigration: 1 Jul 1839, New York City, New York, USA.
• Land: 1854

Notes:

A-1-36 Stephen Waechter: Letters of Administration to the estate of Stephen Waechter, late of the Township of Wellesley. On petition for letters were granted the twelvth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, to his widow Dorothee, she having given proof that the said deceased died intestate, and also given bond into the sum of ____

[Last Will and Testament of Stephen Wa-chter, late of the Township of Wellesley, written in German and translated into England and translat5ion verified by C. Enslin, Notary.
Today, the 8^th May 1854 in the Township of Wellesley in Upper Canada, on the 1^st Lot in the 6^th Concession, in presence of the witnesses Lewis Hubert and Michael Schneider, both living in Wellesley, I Stephan Waechter, living on the said Lot and paragraph stroked out]


Last Will and Testament of Stephan Waechter, late of the Township of Wellesley, written in German and translated into English and translation verified by C. Enslin, Notary. Today the 8^th May 1854 in the Township of Wellesley in Upper Canada, on the 1^st Lot in the 6^th Concession, In presence of the witnesses Lewis Hubert and Michael Schneider, both living in Wellesley, I Stephan Waechter, living on the said Lot and in the said Concession, possessor of 100 acre land on the aforesaid place, at present yet of good sound understanding and reason do confess and confirm before my last departure, my last Will to execute, in order to avoid all disputes (or differences-translator) after my decease, in case it shall happen so - and have concluded as follows: 1^st: In case that I Stephan Waechter do depart life, I empower in virtue of this present will my wife, a born Dorothee Etch[?] all chattels and goods to sell and dispose of by Public Auction, and out of the proceeds thereof to pay debts. 2: The said wife shall have the right after my decease to lease away the said land for 6 years, or to keep herself. 3: The eldest sons shall have the privilege, when able and old enough, to assume and cultivate the land, but if he departs life also, then the second is to have the right, and so forth to the youngest, yet always with the consent of the mother. 4: After the demise of father and mother the land shall be divided in equal portions among the children left, and in case neither of them is able or willing the same to assume to sell it, and the proceeds thereof shall be divided amongst them in equal shares.

Witnessed by Michael Schneider and Louis Huber
Will Dated 8 May 1854
Proved and insinuated 12 June 1854
Inventory £144/1/10

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

Immigration:
Stephan and Dorothea arrived on ship "William and John".

Stephen married Dorothea Etsch 21 Nov 1836, Niedermodern, , Alsace, France. Dorothea (daughter of Sebastian Etsch and Catherine Butz) was born 27 Apr 1812, Neuder Modem, Alsace Lorraine, France; died 26 Sep 1895, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Dorothea Kraemer
• Name: Dorothea Waechter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-108755
• Residence: 1860, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57484

Sebastian — Catherine Butz. Catherine was born Abt 1790, of, Neuder Modem, Alsace Lorraine, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Catherine Etsch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57516