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

Susannah Otto[1, 2]

Female 1852 - 1926  (74 years)


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  • Name Susannah Otto 
    Born 29 Jan 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51932693 
    Name Susannah Knechtel 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Methodist 
    Residence 1868  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1921  91 Locust St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 00122-7516.3 
    Died 4 Jun 1926  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Buried 7 Jun 1926  Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Person ID I11200  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Otto,   b. 19 Oct 1819, , , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1886  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Leah Tohman,   b. 18 Apr 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1902  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1849  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 13
    Family ID F3188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonas Knechtel,   b. 14 Jan 1842, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1868  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9
    Children 
     1. Knechtel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Carl "Charles" Knechtel,   b. 22 Nov 1869, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Daniel Knechtel,   b. 19 Dec 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Knechtel,   b. 24 Sep 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. William Otto Knechtel,   b. 5 Nov 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1950, Rosemere, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Catherine Knechtel,   b. 1875, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Edward Knechtel,   b. 13 May 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1959, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     8. Caroline Knechtel,   b. 9 Apr 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     9. Florence Knechtel,   b. 15 Jul 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1925  (Age 47 years)
     10. Amelia Knechtel,   b. 29 Mar 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Mary Knechtel,   b. 1880, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Henry Otto "Harry" Knechtel,   b. 3 Jul 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     13. Jonas O. Knechtel,   b. 6 Aug 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     14. Ida Maude Knechtel,   b. 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     15. Frederick Otto Knechtel,   b. 25 Sep 1887, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     16. Maude Knechtel,   b. 25 Sep 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     17. Susannah May Knechtel,   b. 25 Jan 1894, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F7678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Susannah Knechtel

      Mrs. Susannah Knechtel passed away last evening at her home, 64 Lancaster St. East, after a lingering illness. Deceased was in her 75th year. She was born in Wilmot Center. Her husband the late Jonas Knechtel predeceased her thirty years ago. She leaves to mourn her loss, five sons, and five daughters. They are: Charles, Wm. O., Harry O., Jonas of this city, Edward of Toronto, Mrs. Wm. Fischer, Saskatoon, Sask., Mrs. Gus Donner, Mrs. Wm. McCarley, Mrs. F.W. Snyder and Miss Mayme all of this city. One son, Fred O. and one daughter, Florence, predeceased her. Four brothers, three sisters, and thirty-six grandchildren also survive her. The late Mrs. Knechtel was a life member of Zion evangelical church. The funeral will be held on Monday at 2: 00 o'clock from her late residence where short service will be held to the Zion Evangelical Church, where Rev. S. E. Schraeder will conduct the services. Interment will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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      Mrs. Susannah Knechtel

      Many sorrowing friends and rela tives attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Susannah Knechtel, who passed away at her home in Kitchener on Friday, June 4th. The services were conducted by the Revs. S. E. Schrader, J. P. Hauch and O. G. Hallman.

      Among the people who attended the funeral from out-of-town were Mrs. Mary Haller, Mrs. Elmina Doll and Mrs. Moses Otto, of Erie, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. Amos Otto and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Otto of Wilmot Centre, Mrs. Wm. Otto, Elmira, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schmidt, Elmira, Mrs. John Otto, New Hamburg, Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Krupp, New Hamburg.

      Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 17 Jun 1926, p. 5

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 538.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Jonas Knechtel.

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, A-1 pg 11.

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 51.

    5. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Jonas Knechtel Born: Spessbach Bairen Wilmot Township Age: 26 Father: Jacob Knechtel Mother: Philippina Sauer Spouse: Susanne Otto Age: 16 born: Wilmot Township Res: Wilmot Township Father: John Otto Mother: Leah Thoman married 29 Dec 1868 married: Preston

    6. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 29, Pg 6.

    7. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 36.

    8. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 7.

    9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 48.

    10. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 2 Page 10.

    11. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Susannah Otto - Knechtel.

    12. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51932693.

    13. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials By Rev’d Willhelm Schmidt, Wilmot #145.
      Johannes Otto, 28, to Lea Dohmann, 19. 6 Nov. 1849. Rev. Schmidt. Wit. Valentin Otto and James Marle.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jan 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1868 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Dec 1868 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Jun 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 Jun 1926 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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