Rudolph S. Bechtel^[1]

1819 - 1862  (42 years)

• Name	Rudolph S. Bechtel
  Born	29 Oct 1819	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44981700
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Yeoman
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Other Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00007-0720
  Died	2 Jul 1862	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I12554	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	George B. Bechtel,   b. 24 May 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Nov 1851  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Shoemaker,   b. 21 Jan 1793, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Feb 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1817  [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F3465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Jones,   b. 16 Aug 1821, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1843	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. Samuel Bechtel,   b. 27 Jun 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1922, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   2. Barbary "Barbara" Bechtel,   b. 21 Oct 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Sep 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. Noah J. Bechtel,   b. 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. , Indiana   4. Magdalena "Martha" "Mattie" Bechtel,   b. 18 Feb 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   5. Amos Bechtel,   b. 6 Oct 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1875, Sebewaing, Huron, Michigan, United States  (Age 23 years)   6. Amanda Bechtel,   b. CALC 1 Jun 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 2 years)   7. John Bechtel,   b. CALC 28 Feb 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Lovina Bechtel,   b. 23 Aug 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   9. Hannah Bechtel,   b. 24 Jun 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1945, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   10. Henry J. Bechtel,   b. 12 Jul 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Nancy Bechtel,   b. 10 Oct 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1913, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rudolph Bechtel "second son of George B. and Mary (Shoemaker) Bechtel, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 29th, 1819. He was married to Magdalena, daughter of John and Martha (Saltzburger) Jones. She was born August 16th, 1821, and had her home with her daughter Lovina (Mrs. Adam Doerr) in Wilmot Township, where she died June 5th, 1886. Soon after their marriage they moved on their farm, being composed of lot No. 9, block B, Wilmot Township, about two and one-half miles north-west of St. Agatha. Here they resided until his death which took place July 2nd, 1862. They had a family of eleven 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..., 837. [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..., 209. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link. Rudolph Bechtel/ born/ Oct. 29, 1819/ Died July 2, 1862/ Aged 42 Yrs. 8 Mo./ 4 Days/ of Pennsylvania/ [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 4 Page 18. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 98. [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..., 203. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 15 Feb 1840:46. In Wilmot, Mrs. Maria Bechtel, nee Schumacher, wife of the teacher Georg B. Bechtel, died at the age of 47y 2w 2d. She was married for 22y 2m 11d, and she gave birth to 2 sons and 4 daughters, all of which are still living. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link. George B. Bechtel/ born May 24,1777/ died Nov.15,1851/ aged 74 yrs 5 mos 22 dys/ Mary Schumacher/ born Jan.21,1793/ died Feb.6,1840/ aged 47 yrs.13 yrs/ Married Nov.25,1817/ [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick Rev. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush #32. Rudolf Bechtel, Farmer, to Magdalena Jones, both of Wilmot. Wit. Friederick W. Delion, Docktor of Medicin, of Waterloo and Daniel Hostadter, Farmer, of Wilmot.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Oct 1819 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Married - 1843 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Yeoman - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Jul 1862 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth