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

Family: Owen Snyder Bechtel / Melissa Knechtel (F5698)

m. 27 Nov 1912


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  • Father | Male
    Owen Snyder Bechtel

    Born  13 Apr 1889  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 May 1969  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  27 Nov 1912  [1]   
    Other Spouse  Margaret Gingrich | F42893 
    Married     
    Father  Noah C. Bechtel | F3752 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Ann Snyder | F3752 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Melissa Knechtel

    Born  14 Jun 1889  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Apr 1936  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Alfred Knechtel | F1931 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth "Betty" Hallman | F1931 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Ruby Viola Bechtel

    Born  28 Mar 1915   
    Died  25 Oct 1939  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Leonard Albert Bechtel

    Born  19 Aug 1916  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Mar 2009  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nora Brubacher | F45716 
    Married  21 Jun 1941  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Elsie Eileen Bechtel

    Born  29 Apr 1918   
    Died  1984  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  28 Apr 1984  Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Edwin Eby | F42830 
    Married     

    Child 4 | Male
    Clinton Roy Bechtel

    Born  1919  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Aug 2011  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Hilda Wagler | F45718 
    Married     

    Child 5 | Male
    Delfred Earl Bechtel

    Born  24 Mar 1921  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Apr 2003  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Pearl Snyder | F42009 
    Married  30 Nov 1940   

    Child 6 | Male
    Eldon Walter Bechtel

    Born  18 Apr 1923  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Jan 2010  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  28 Jan 2010  Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Alberta "Bertie" Grubb | F260234 
    Married     

    Child 7 | Male
    Lloyd Stanley Bechtel

    Born     
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Beatrice Lillian Seftel | F58964 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Melissa Knechtel - May 14, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.7 - page 158,159,160.