Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Esther Bowman

Female - IN INFANCY


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Esther Bowman was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Samuel W. Bowman and Anna Biehn); died IN INFANCY.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00002-377

    Notes:

    Esther Bowman, "the second daughter of Samuel W. Bowman, died in infancy."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel W. Bowman was born 4 Nov 1804, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Bauman and Magdalena Weber); died 6 Sep 1866, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Samuel W. Bauman
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-58
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Samuel W. Baumann. "was born November 4th, 1804, and died September 6th, 1866. He was married to Anna Biehn. Resided at Waterloo."

    Samuel W. Baumann, "(No. 58), the fifth son of Christian and Magdalena (Weber) Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, November 4th, 1804. He was married to Annie, daughter of John and Anna (Bechtel) Biehn. They resided on the farm now possessed by Joseph E. Seagram, a little to the north-east of Waterloo and within the corporation. They had a family of thirteen 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Samuel — Anna Biehn. Anna (daughter of Johannes "John" Biehn and Anna "Nancy" Bechtel) was born 6 Nov 1816, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Anna BiehnAnna Biehn was born 6 Nov 1816, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johannes "John" Biehn and Anna "Nancy" Bechtel); died 13 Oct 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Anna Bowman
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1026
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lady

    Notes:

    Anna Biehn, "the sixth member in the family, was born November 6th, 1816. She was married to Samuel W. Bowman who was born November 4th, 1804, and died September 6th, 1866. They had a family of thirteen 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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    DEATH OF MRS. BOWMAN.

    The funeral of the late Mrs. S. W. Bowman, relict of the late Samuel W. Bowman, took place Monday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. J. S. Bowman, 32 Scott street,, to the East End Mennonite cemetery. The deceased passed away on Friday and had she lived until the 6th of November, she would have attained the ripe old age of 89 years. She had for almost twenty years had her home in Berlin, the last eight years with her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Bowman. Up till April she had enjoyed unusually good health for a person so advanced in years. But since then she suffered from heart trouble and dropsy and grew gradually weaker until she passed away. She was born in Doon and had lived in this county nearly all her lifetime.

    She is survived by the following sons and daughters, all of whom, with the exception of one, were here in September in a body to see her: John J., Hamilton; Rev. Menno, Berlin; Allan, Blair; Simon P., Chicago: Mrs. Aaron Moyer, Mildmay, Samuel St. Paul; Mrs. J. S. Bowman, Berlin; Mrs. H. A. Brubacher, Berlin, and Noah, Winnipeg.

    Among those who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. S. W. Bowman Monday afternoon were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bean, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bean, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bean, Haysville; Mrs. Henry Bean, New Hamburg. and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shantz, Preston.

    The Chronicle Telegraph 19 Oct 1905, p. 4

    Children:
    1. 1. Esther Bowman was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died IN INFANCY.
    2. John J. Bowman was born 14 Jun 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1912; was buried , Marx Binkley Cemetery., Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co, Ontario.
    3. Rev. Menno B. Bowman was born 20 May 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Magdalena B. Bauman was born 27 Apr 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 May 1875, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Allan Bowman was born 11 Mar 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1928; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Simon Peter Bowman was born 20 Jul 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1925, , San Diego Co., California.
    7. Harry Bowman was born 1845, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Veronica "Fronica" Bowman was born 21 Aug 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1931, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Moses B. Bowman was born 13 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Dr. Samuel B. Bowman was born 4 Jun 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Abraham B. Bauman was born 12 May 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Annie B. Bowman was born 19 Dec 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Sep 1935, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Noah B. Bowman was born 12 Aug 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. Louisa Bowman was born 25 Feb 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1947, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Christian Bauman was born 20 Jun 1766, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania (son of Peter Bauman and Susannah Baer); died 20 Jun 1824; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00002-49
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 005, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Christian Baumann, "eldest son of Peter Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, June 20th, 1766, and died June 20th, 1824. Was married to Magdalena Weber who was born March 21st, 1774, and died March 15th 1834. They moved to Canada in 1807, and settled a little east of the town of Waterloo, in the County of Waterloo, Ontario. Had a family of sixteen 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.].

    Christian — Magdalena Weber. Magdalena was born 21 Mar 1774, Of, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Mar 1834; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Magdalena Weber was born 21 Mar 1774, Of, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Mar 1834; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Magdalena Bauman
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-49.1

    Children:
    1. Benjamin W. Bauman was born 9 Feb 1793, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Jul 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary W. Bauman was born 25 May 1794, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Mar 1826, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Anna Bauman was born 19 Mar 1797, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 18 Apr 1863, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Magdalena W. Bauman was born 20 Apr 1798, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 18 Nov 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Wendel W. Bauman was born 28 Jul 1799, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Aug 1799, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania.
    6. Jonathan W. Bauman was born 8 Aug 1800, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 25 Oct 1879, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Marx Binkley Cemetery., Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co, Ontario.
    7. John W. Bauman was born 28 Nov 1801, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 16 Oct 1864, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Catharine W. Bauman was born Jul 1802, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 1843, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. 2. Samuel W. Bowman was born 4 Nov 1804, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Sep 1866, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Christian W. Bauman was born 26 Sep 1806, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 Jan 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Judith W. Bauman was born 31 Mar 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Nov 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Joseph W. Bauman was born 1 Oct 1809, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jul 1884, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, USA.
    13. Jacob W. Bauman was born 10 Feb 1811, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Dec 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Mar 1891, Greenwich, Kent Co., Michigan.
    14. Leah W. Bauman was born 4 Dec 1813, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    15. Henry William Bowman was born 25 Feb 1815, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1883, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    16. Gabriel W. Bauman was born Between 1 Mar 1818 and 1819, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Dec 1848, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 1883, , Kent Co., Michigan.

  3. 6.  Johannes "John" Biehn was born 1776, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of John Biehn and Barbara Fried); died 19 Dec 1823, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41603273
    • Name: John Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-976
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    John Biehn, " the eldest son of John and Barbara (Fried)Biehn, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1776. In 1799 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel. In 1800 they with his parents and family, and others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where now is the village of Doon. Here they resided until their deaths. Their family consisted of seven 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.].

    Johannes married Anna "Nancy" Bechtel 1799. Anna (daughter of Abraham Bechtel and Mary Hoch) was born CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died , Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna "Nancy" Bechtel was born CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Abraham Bechtel and Mary Hoch); died , Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67850383
    • Name: Anna "Nancy" Biehn
    • Name: Nancy Bechtel
    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0810

    Notes:

    Anna Bechtel "daughter of IV Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel, was married to John Biehn. They resided at Doon, Ontario, where they had a family of seven 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.].

    Children:
    1. Sarah Biehn was born 26 Feb 1799, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Aug 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Mary Biehn was born 24 Apr 1800, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 1889, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Abraham Biehn was born 28 Feb 1804, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1858, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blandford Mennonite Cemetery, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Barbara Biehn was born 6 Jan 1806, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1888; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Jacob Biehn was born 10 Mar 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Dec 1881; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Biehn was born Abt 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Biehn was born 12 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1898, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 3. Anna Biehn was born 6 Nov 1816, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peter Bauman was born Sep 1726, Of, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania (son of Wendel Bauman and Annie); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00002-48

    Notes:

    Peter Baumann, "second son of old Wendel Baumann, was born September 1726, He was married three times. His second wife was Anna Sprigel. His third wife Elizabeth, known as "Die Alt Betty," came to Canada in 1818. He resided in the Alleghany Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, about one mile east of his brother Christian's place. He had a family of ten 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.].

    Peter — Susannah Baer. Susannah was born Abt 1730, Of, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Susannah Baer was born Abt 1730, Of, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Susannah Bauman
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-48.1

    Children:
    1. 4. Christian Bauman was born 20 Jun 1766, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 20 Jun 1824; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Peter Bauman was born Abt 1770, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died , , New York State, USA.
    3. John Bauman was born Abt 1772, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 12.  John Biehn was born 1737, , Switzerland; died 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40614623
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-970
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Unnumbered Lots Doon, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    John Biehn " was a native of Switzerland where he was born in 1737. In 1742 his parents moved to America and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. He was married to Barbara Fried who was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1744. In 1800 they with their family of grown children moved to Canada and settled one mile west of Doon, Ontario, on the farm now in possession of Aaron S. Biehn, their great-grand-son. Here the old progenitor purchased a large tract of land still known as "Biehn's Tract." She died in 1807, aged 63 years, and he died in 1811, aged 74 years. .."


    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 — Barbara Fried. Barbara was born 1744, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Barbara Fried was born 1744, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143438279
    • Name: Barbara Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-970.1

    Children:
    1. Mary Biehn was born 1766, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Barbara Biehn was born 28 Jun 1772, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Dec 1854, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
    3. Anna Biehn was born 1774; died , , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
    4. Elizabeth Biehn was born 1775, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 6. Johannes "John" Biehn was born 1776, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Dec 1823, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
    6. Abraham Biehn was born 7 Feb 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 Nov 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Catharine Biehn was born 1785, , USA; died 1869.

  5. 14.  Abraham Bechtel was born 7 Mar 1739, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Abraham Bechtel); died 2 Oct 1825, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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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]


  6. 15.  Mary Hoch 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.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67851091
    • Name: Mary Bechtel
    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0736.2

    Children:
    1. Esther Bechtel was born Jul 1766, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 20 Jan 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Deacon Jacob Bechtel was born 14 Apr 1769, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 May 1838, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Anna "Nancy" Bechtel was born CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died , Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Magdalena Bechtel was born Abt 1780, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Barbara Bechtel was born Abt 1782, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.