Abraham Bechtel

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• Name: Abram Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0740
• Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1863, , Elkhart Co., Indiana

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Abraham Bechtel "the eldest son of Jacob Bechtel, was married to Elizabeth Wanner. They resided in North Dumfries Township where they died. Their family consisted of sixteen children, of whom four died before they were a month old. The others are all living yet"


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Abraham — Elizabeth Wanner. Elizabeth (daughter of John M. Wanner and Elizabeth Wecklin) was born 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Daniel Bechtel was born , North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. William Bechtel was born Abt 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1904; was buried , Bay Port Union Cemetery, Bay Port, Huron, Michigan, USA.
3. Mary Bechtel was born 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Sep 1897; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.
4. Anna Bechtel was born 16 Sep 1822, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Dec 1895; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
5. Abraham Bechtel was born 12 Sep 1824, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. John Bechtel was born 1827, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Jacob Bechtel was born 1828, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Magdalena Bechtel was born 24 Dec 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1902; was buried , Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario.
9. Noah Bechtel was born 1835, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
10. Rev. Amos Bechtel was born 28 Sep 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
11. Lydia Bechtel was born 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
12. Isaac Bechtel was born 1843, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
13. David Bechtel was born 1846, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: 00007-0737
• Residence: Abt 1817, 1490 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Beside the many hardships, labors and sufferings in getting here and making themselves homes, quite a few settlers along where Blair is now situated were visited by a fire this spring of 1806.

On the 6th of May fire was set to a Job [a tract of land with timber slashed down ready to be burned so that the land could be farmed later] of 10 or 15 acres, soon after which a great wind arose, and swept through the new clearings and destroyed fences, houses and barns.

Abraham Stauffer had his barn burnt.
Abraham Bechtel had his house and barn burnt.
Jacob Bechtel's house was saved but his barn and everything else were consumed.
Nathaniel Dodge who was the last of the settlers along the river, had two barns with all their contents burnt.

The fire went on making the most fearful destruction of all kinds of valuable timber. Thus those settlers who were probably the most advanced with their new homes were suddenly left without house, food or clothing, and were obliged to go below Dundas through mud, water, swamp and forest for provisions and other necessaries, which were not obtainable from their neighbors.

MENNONITE IMMIGRATION TO WATERLOO COUNTY - THE MOYER JOURNAL

Attributed to Samuel S. Moyer 1849 - 1941

Jacob — Elizabeth Gabel. Elizabeth was born CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00037-3022.3

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Unwilling participants in the War of 1812
About 20 Mennonite men were conscripted to haul supplies for an 1813 engagement

...No one was exempt from non-combatant duties, although some resisted at times. Some were fined heavily in court. Cornelius Pannebecker removed the wheels from his wagon to save it, although his horse and son were still conscripted. Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel was threatened at sword-point by an officer who knew she was hiding oxen, which he sought for a massive-scale transport operation to the Detroit River.

Waterloo Region Region 23 Jun 2012 Jonathan Seiling

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67850623
• Residence: 55 Fallbrook Lane, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0736
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Abraham Bechtel "son of III Abraham who was first-cousin to III Rev. Martin Bechtel, was born March 7th, 1739. He was married to Mary Hoch who was born February 22nd, 1745, and died July 18th, 1841. In 1800 he with his wife and family moved to Canada and settled near Blair where they both died. He died October 2nd, 1825. Their family consisted of one son and four daughters"

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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Beside the many hardships, labors and sufferings in getting here and making themselves homes, quite a few settlers along where Blair is now situated were visited by a fire this spring of 1806.

On the 6th of May fire was set to a Job [a tract of land with timber slashed down ready to be burned so that the land could be farmed later] of 10 or 15 acres, soon after which a great wind arose, and swept through the new clearings and destroyed fences, houses and barns.

Abraham Stauffer had his barn burnt.
Abraham Bechtel had his house and barn burnt.
Jacob Bechtel's house was saved but his barn and everything else were consumed.
Nathaniel Dodge who was the last of the settlers along the river, had two barns with all their contents burnt.

The fire went on making the most fearful destruction of all kinds of valuable timber. Thus those settlers who were probably the most advanced with their new homes were suddenly left without house, food or clothing, and were obliged to go below Dundas through mud, water, swamp and forest for provisions and other necessaries, which were not obtainable from their neighbors.

MENNONITE IMMIGRATION TO WATERLOO COUNTY - THE MOYER JOURNAL

Attributed to Samuel S. Moyer 1849 - 1941

Abraham — Mary Hoch. Mary was born 22 Feb 1745, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 18 Jul 1831, Near Blair, 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/67851091
• Name: Mary Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0736.2

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67851300
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0736.1