Samuel C. Bechtel^[1]

1853 - 1879  (26 years)

• Name	Samuel C. Bechtel
  Born	16 May 1853	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	suicide
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Misfortune	1879	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	suicide
  Eby ID Number	00007-0665
  Died	4 Dec 1879	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6, 7]
  	Cause: suicide
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 8]
  Person ID	I11474	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Solomon Bechtel,   b. 29 Jun 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jun 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	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  [4, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F3227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hespeler - A most melancholy suicide occurred near here early on Thursday morning. The victim is a young, man, named Samuel Bechtel, aged about twenty-seven. The deed was a most determined one, as he not only cut his throat entirely across, but also inflicted several horrible gashes on his forehead with an axe. When found a few minutes after committing the act he could no longer speak, and soon after breathed his last. On Wednesday morning he was caught in an attempt at hanging. After that he was closely watched, but managed to escape notice long enough to do away with himself. Montreal Daily Witness 5 Dec 1879

  
  

• 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..., 199. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. Samuel/ Son of/ Solomon & Hester/ BECHTEL/ Died Dec. 4, 1879/ Aged 26 yrs. 6 mo. 18 days/ verse [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 71. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 7. [S2286] News - Quebec, Montreal - Montreal Daily Witness, 5 Dec 1879. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 014665 (1879). Name:Samuel Bechtel Gender:Male Age:26 Birth Date:abt 1853 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Death Date:4 Dec 1879 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly 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..., 198. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 30.

  
  

• 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 Misfortune - suicide - 1879 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: suicide - 4 Dec 1879 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth