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

Elizabeth Bechtel

Female 1834 - 1922  (88 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Bechtel 
    Born 11 Sep 1834  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Bolduc 
    Residence 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lived with Eli Shantz
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0679 
    Died 11 Nov 1922  [8
    Buried St. Marys Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I12159  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Joseph Bechtel,   b. 5 Nov 1805, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Köler,   b. 14 Mar 1804, , Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1892  (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F3361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Bolduc,   b. 17 Feb 1833, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1907, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edward Bolduc,   b. 1853, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Maude Bolduc,   b. 8 Dec 1855, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1941, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Magdalena Bolduc,   b. 1856, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolduc,   b. 2 Jan 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1952  (Age 91 years)
     5. Annie Teresa Bolduc,   b. 17 Mar 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1944, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     6. George Bolduc,   b. 1864, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. William Alfred Bolduc,   b. 9 Sep 1868, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     8. Flora A. Bolduc,   b. 2 May 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Melinda Teresa "Linda" Bolduc,   b. 20 Sep 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     10. Violet Margaret Bolduc,   b. 1872, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1936  (Age 64 years)
     11. Ida Bolduc,   b. 21 Oct 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Adelaide Julia Bolduc,   b. 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     13. Ellen "Ella" Bolduc,   b. 5 Feb 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     14. Charles Bolduc,   b. 25 Jun 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     15. Irene M. Bolduc,   b. 9 Apr 1893, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Bechtel "was born September 11th, 1834. She is married to Edward Boldec. They reside in Hespeler where he is engaged in the woollen mills. Their family consists of fourteen 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 
    1. [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..., 201.

    2. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 15.

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 27.
      Elisabetha BECHTEL Birthplace: Canada Age 18 Mennonite b. September

    4. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 8.

    5. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 9.

    6. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 4.

    7. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 31.

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1834). Elizabeth “Bechtel” Bolduc (1834-1922) - Find A... Retrieved 12 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68882648/elizabeth-bolduc.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Sep 1834 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Marys Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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