Esther Clemens^[1]

1830 - 1905  (74 years)

• Name	Esther Clemens
  Born	15 Apr 1830	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Esther Bechtel
  Name	Hester Clemens
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00023-1674
  Died	9 Jan 1905	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  	Cause: Apoplexy (a few hours)
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I11778	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jesse M. Clemens,   b. 13 Jun 1791, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Jan 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Margaret Miller,   b. 1789, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 18 Oct 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1813  [11, 12]
  Family ID	F735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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)
  Married	3 Nov 1850  [3, 6, 8]
  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	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hester Clemens, "the youngest daughter of Jesse and Margaret (Miller) Clemens, was born April 15th, 1830. She is married to Solomon Bechtel. They reside near Hespeler where a family of six children was born unto them" 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.]. In 1901 Esther lived with her son Jesse in Waterloo Township, Waterloo, Ontario.

  
  

• 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. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-4 Page 12. [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. In memory of/ Hester CLEMENS/ wife of Solomon BECHTEL/ Died Jan. 9, 1905/ Aged/ 74 yrs. 8 mos. 25 dys./ Rest Mother rest in quiet sleep/ While friends in sorrow o'er thee weep/ [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 028636 (1905). Name:Hester Bechtel Gender:Female Age:0 Birth Date:abt 1905 Birth Place:Ontario Death Date:9 Jan 1905 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [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..., 94. [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..., 397.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Apr 1830 - 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 - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Apoplexy (a few hours) - 9 Jan 1905 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth