Esther M. Bechtel^{[1, 2]}

1853 - 1923  (69 years)

• Name	Esther M. Bechtel
  Born	16 May 1853	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Esther M. Witmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1877	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	00007-0655
  Died	6 Mar 1923	Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA   [7]
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan   [7]
  Person ID	I10906	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph B. Bechtel,   b. 8 Jun 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1895  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah Miller,   b. 28 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1907, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1848	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob S. Witmer,   b. 10 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1927, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1877	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Norman Witmer   2. Alvin Witmer,   b. 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 77 years)   3. Joseph B. Witmer,   b. 9 Nov 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Feb 1954, , Lapeer Co., Michigan  (Age 74 years)   4. Minerva Witmer,   b. 7 Sep 1881, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1960  (Age 78 years)   5. John Witmer,   b. 13 Jun 1885,   d. 25 Mar 1945  (Age 59 years)   6. Anson Witmer,   b. 1888,   d. 1953  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F1180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Esther M. Bechtel "was born May 16th, 1853. She is married to Jacob S. Witmer. They reside at Brown City, Michigan, where he is engaged in farming. .." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 680. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Sep 1877. 09 Sep 1877 By Pastor Baumann in Freeport, Jakob Witmer was married to Esther Bechtel, both of Waterloo Township. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 197. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10996-77. 10996-77 - Jacob WITMER, 23, farmer, Waterloo Twp., same, s/o Joseph & Catharine WILMER, married Esther BECHTEL, 24, Waterloo Twp., same, d/o Joseph & Sarah BECHTEL, witn: Nelson BOWMAN & Elizabeth BOWMAN both of Waterloo, 9 Sept 1877, Waterloo Twp. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Maple Valley, Sanilac, Michigan Film 1254605 Page Number 161A. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 16. [S3231] Find A Grave, Esther Bechtel Witmer (1853 - 1923) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 15 July 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89565184. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 64. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 96. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 196. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner report 120. Joseph Bechtel, married to Sarah Muller. 18 Apr. 1848 [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 36.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 May 1853 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1877 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Sep 1877 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Mar 1923 - Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth