Jean Fisher

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• Name: Earl Fisher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-85574
• Occupation: 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mechanic

Sydney married Gertrude Catherine Bechtel 18 Jan 1923, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Gertrude (daughter of Allan Bechtel and Julia Kaufman) was born 26 Nov 1896, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Church Membership: Zion United Church, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
• Name: Gertrude Catherine Fisher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-237536
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
• Residence: 1974, 250 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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FISHER, Mrs. Earl-At her residence, 250 Frederick St., Kitchener, on Monday, July 8, after a brief illness, Gertrude Catherine Bechtel, 77 years; beloved wife of the late Earl Fisher, member of Zion United Church; a lifelong resident of the Kitchener-Waterloo area; dear mother of Mrs. Percy (Helen) Krotz, of Kitchener and Mrs. Ernest (Jean) Kellberg of Pittsburgh, Pa.; dear sister of John of Kitchener Harvey and Walter, both of Oakland, Calif.; one granddaughter, Julia Kellberg also survives. Predeceased by her husband and her parents. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. Tuesday where funeral and committal service will be held in the chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. G. F. Barthel officiating. Interment Memory Gardens cemetery. Donations to the Ontario Heart Foundation may be made as expressions of sympathy.

\bKitchener-Waterloo Record 9 Jul 1974 pg 31

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-467807

George — Elizabeth Hammer. Elizabeth was born CA 1869; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-467808

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272432
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0709.3
• Business: 1905, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baden Hardware
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retail, Coal
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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ALLEN BECHTEL - Allen Bechtel, 72, died at his home, 72 Elgin Street, last night following a lengthy illness. He was born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Menno Bechtel. In 1896 he married the former Julia Kaufman of Wellesley.

Mr. Bechtel attended St. Mark's Lutheran Church. He was a past master and charter member of Waterloo Lodge A.F. and A.M. No. 539 and a member of the Wilmot Lodge Baden A.F. and A.M.

Surviving are his wife; three sons, Harvey and Walter of Oakland, Calif. and Leading Aircraftman John Bechtel of Fingal; one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Fisher of Kitchener; one brother, Ezra; three sisters, Miranda Bechtel of Kitchener, Mrs. Edward Fischer of Bridgeport and Mrs. Edward Bish of Kitchener and five grandchildren.

Remains will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Thursday at 2 p.m. when the funeral service will be held. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Allan married Julia Kaufman 1896. Julia (daughter of Henry Kaufman and Elizabeth Henkel) was born Dec 1869, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Julia Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-214927
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Business: Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wellesley Saw and Planing Mills
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272136
• 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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81587506
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-220840
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Henry — Elizabeth Henkel. Elizabeth was born 11 Sep 1830, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 28 Feb 1915, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mennonite Corner, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Kaufman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-220841
• Birth: CALC 12 Sep 1830
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Death: 1 Mar 1915, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada