Magdalena Bechthold

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-4800

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• Name: Bechold Henry
• Eby ID Number: 00042-3334.1
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Residence: 1866, , Michigan, USA
• Occupation: 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

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Bechthold.-On March 25, 1907, at his residence about three miles north of Baden, Ont., of gangrene of the foot, Bro. Henry Bechthold, aged 75 Y., 5 M. Deceased was twice married, his first wife, Elizabeth Grody, with whom he had four children, and of whom three survive, died about ten years ago. About three years ago he was married to Elizabeth Strickler who survives him. Funeral services on the 27th at the Shantz M. H., Upper Street were very largely attended. Bro. Bechthold was widely known and highly esteemed as a faithful Christian and respected neighbor

Herald of Truth Vol. XLIV Number 15, 11 Apr 1907

Henry married Elizabeth Grody 3 Nov 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Grody and Elizabeth Shoemaker) was born 18 Sep 1828, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 29 Nov 1896, Odessa, Ionia, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Bechthold
• Eby ID Number: 00042-3331
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Elizabeth Grody, "is married to Henry Bechhold, a farmer. They reside at West Chippewa, Iona County, Michigan. To them is born a family of four children, two sons and two daughters, names were not received"


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-120032

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• Eby ID Number: 00042-3325
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Jacob Grody, "the original settler of this family, was a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 24th, 1785. He was married to Elizabeth Shoemaker who was born May 18th, 1789. In 1830 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. After their arrival in this county they settled temporarily a little north of Waterloo, on the farm now possessed by Franklin Shuh. From here they moved to Wilmot Township, near the Schmidt Mennonite Meeting House where he was engaged in farming. He died July 21st, 1867, and she died November 24th, 1879. To them were born nine 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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On the 21st of July, 1867, in Wilmot, Waterloo Co., Ont., Jacob Grody, aged 82 years and 27 days. He was buried at Shantz's Meeting-house, upon which occasion the brethren Moses Bowman, Enoch Detweiler, and G. R. Smith preached appropriate discourses from Job 16: 22 and 17: 1, which were selected by the deceased himself. He was a member of the Mennonite Church.

Herald of Truth, February, 1868, page 31

Jacob — Elizabeth Shoemaker. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Mary Tyson) was born 18 May 1789, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Nov 1879. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Grody
• Eby ID Number: 00042-3325.1
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48101987
• Historic Building: 38 Shirk Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00112-7004

Notes:

Jacob Shoemaker, "the seventh child of Jacob Shoemaker, was born in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 27th, 1754. He was married to Mary Tyson who was born April 7th, 1752, and died July 12th, 1803. In the year 1775 they moved to Frederick Township, Montgomery County, where he was engaged in farming and milling. His old mill, erected in 1737 on Swamp Creek, is still known as "'S Schuhmacher's Muehl" (Shoemaker's Mills). They had a family of five children, namely:...After the decease of old Jacob's wife he was again married to Magdalena Longenecker, widow of Isaac Urmy. Dates of her birth and death could not be ascertained. There was no issue of this marriage. After the decease of his second wife he made his home with his son, John, who resided on the old homestead. A year after the decease of his son John who died in January, 1828, he, in company with his son John's wife and three youngest children, and also his daughter, Mary, and her husband, George Bechtel, and family, moved to Canada. They first came to Waterloo to his grandson, Jacob S. Shoemaker. For some time old Jacob had his home with his son John's widow and his daughter, Mary, but after Jacob S. Shoemaker, his grandson, had his house built in Bridgeport, he made his home with him where he died November 19th, 1847, aged 93 years, 3 months, and 22 days. He was buried at the Mennonite burial ground, east end of the town of Berlin. He was a member of the Mennonite body."

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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At Glasgow, Waterloo Township, on the 19th ult., Jacob Shoemaker, grandfather of Jacob S. Shoemaker, of Glasgow Mills, at the advanced age of over 93 years. The deceased was born in the State of Pennsylvania, and had resided in Waterloo for 30 years. His descendants, at his death, amounted to the goodly number of 220, among whom are seven great-great-grandchildren all living in Waterloo

The Guelph Advertiser 7 Jan 1848

Historic Building:
The Shoemaker House is a good representation of Georgian style houses with Classical Greek revival influences. The symmetrical six bay facade features triple brick laid in Flemish bond which is covered lightly by a red stucco wash and carefully lined to emphasize the brickwork. The first storey windows are double hung with 12 over 12 paned windows and the second storey windows are 8 over 12 paned. The two original Georgian doors have six panels and classical pilasters with pediments. Two of the three original chimneys remain in working order.

Jacob — Mary Tyson. Mary (daughter of William Sellen Tyson and Alice Elise Godshalk Nash) was born 7 Apr 1752, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Jul 1803, Swamp Creek, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; was buried , Mennonite Church Cemetery, Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51645718
• Name: Mary Shoemaker
• Eby ID Number: 00123-7540

Notes:

Mary Tyson, "was born in 1752 and died in 1803. She was married to Jacob Shoemaker."


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.].