Solomon Bechtel^[1]

1828 - 1897  (69 years)

• Name	Solomon Bechtel
  Born	29 Jun 1828	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	--
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00007-0664
  Died	29 Jun 1897	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  	Cause: Heart Disease
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I11438	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Bechtel,   b. 24 Jan 1791, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Feb 1861  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Barbara Bauman,   b. 17 Jan 1799, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Jun 1871  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F2020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Clemens,   b. 15 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1850  [2, 5, 7]
  Children	1. Bechtel   2. Samuel C. Bechtel,   b. 16 May 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1879, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   3. Jesse C. Bechtel,   b. 25 Jun 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   4. Cyrus C. Bechtel,   b. 8 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 1888, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)   5. Lovina Bechtel,   b. 1 Dec 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1932, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   6. Elizabeth Bechtel,   b. 29 Jan 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 May 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   7. Noah C. Bechtel,   b. 7 Sep 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Apr 1942, High River, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F3227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Solomon Bechtel "was born on the farm on which he now resides, June 29th, 1828. On November 3rd, 1850, he was married to Esther, daughter of Jesse and Margaret (Miller) Clemens. She was born April 15th, 1830. They reside at Hespeler on the old "Bechtel" farm. Their family consists of six 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 404. [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..., 198. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 7. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 22. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 30. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. Nearer my God to thee/ In memory of/ Solomon BECHTEL/ Born June 29, 1828/ Died June 29, 1897/ Aged 69 years/ [verse]/ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 71. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 025481 (1897). Name:Solomon Bechtel Gender:Male Age:69 Birth Date:abt 1828 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Death Date:29 Jun 1897 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jun 1828 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - -- - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Heart Disease - 29 Jun 1897 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth