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

Menno Bechtel[1, 2, 3]

Male 1842 - 1902  (60 years)


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  • Name Menno Bechtel 
    Born 29 Jul 1842  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Business Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Wellesley Saw and Planing Mills 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272136 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Other Methodist 
    Residence 1867  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Carpenter 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Carpenter 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gent 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0709 
    Died 19 Sep 1902  Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 12, 15
    Cause: Cardiac Disease 
    Buried Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 12
    Person ID I13188  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Noah S. Bechtel,   b. 22 Sep 1818, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Veronica "Fannie" Christner,   b. 28 Sep 1820, Upper Alsace, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1907  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 13 Mar 1841  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 16
    Family ID F3479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella Scherch,   b. 21 Sep 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1919, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1867  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Children 
     1. Leah Bechtel,   b. 10 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1886, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     2. Allan Bechtel,   b. 8 Mar 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Sarah Bechtel,   b. 25 Dec 1871, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1894  (Age 22 years)
     4. Bechtel,   b. 28 Jan 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Miranda Bechtel,   b. 8 Nov 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     6. Ezra Simon Becktel,   b. 23 Feb 1879, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1961  (Age 81 years)
     7. Bechtel,   b. Abt 1885,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Eden Bechtel,   b. 26 Mar 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1886  (Age 1 years)
     9. Milton Bechtel,   b. 19 Apr 1887, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1933, Muskoka, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     10. Laura Anne Bechtel,   b. 4 Dec 1889, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952  (Age 62 years)
     11. Winnifred E. "Winnie" Bechtel,   b. 2 Dec 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1977  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mr. Menno Bechtel, for many years proprietor of the Wellesley saw and planning mills, and well known here, died suddenly in Hamilton last Friday. He had been living in Baden for some time past, and his health was quite poor all summer, his mine being affected. It finally became necessary to send him to Hamilton for treatment, but a day to two after arriving there became much worse and passed away. Quite a number from this neighborhood drove to Baden on Monday afternoon to attend the funeral, the remains being interred in the Upper Street Mennonite Cemetery.

      Wellesley Maple Leaf Sep 25 1902 pg 3

      Obituary is supplied by the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Click here to go to their website.

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      The Wellesley Saw and Planing Mills have been established six years, and employ four or five hands in the manufacture of lumber, heading, cheese boxes, butter tubs &c.

      "Waterloo County Gazetteer and Directory for 1884-1885"

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      Dissolution of Partnership.

      NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us,the undersigned Menno Bechtel and John Hill, as Sawmillers, Undertakers and Furniture Dealers, under the firm name of M. Bechtel & Co., has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will from this date be conducted by the said John Hill, to whom all debts due to the said partnership, are to be paid, and who will also assume the liabilities of the said partnership.

      Witness: Eckhart Reiner.

      MENNO BECHTEL & JOHN HILL

      Dated at the Village of Wellesley, this 6th day of February, A. D., 1896.

      Waterloo Chronicle, 27 Feb 1896, p. 8

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 242.

    2. [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..., 392.

    3. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Allan Bechtel.

    4. [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..., 207.

    5. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 7.

    6. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) a-7 Page 7.

    7. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      At rest/ Menno Bechtel/ died Sept. 19, 1902/ Aged 60 Yrs. 1 Mo./ 20 Dys./ At rest/ Isabella/ his wife/ Died/ Sep. 7, 1919/ Aged 71 Yrs. 11 Mos./ 17 Days/ Bechtel/

    8. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 36.

    9. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 4 Page 18.

    10. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 8.

    11. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 99.

    12. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272136.

    13. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Menno Bechtel aged 25, res Wilmot, born Wilmot son of Noah and Veronica (Christner) married 8 Jan 1867 to Isabella Schuch, aged 20, res. Wilmot, born Wilmot daughter of John and Magdalena (Grothe)

    14. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Jan 1867.
      Jan. 8, 1867 Isabella Scherch and Menno Bechtel, both of Wilmot

    15. [S2191] News - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - Wellesley Maple Leaf, Obituary of Menno Bechtel - Sep 25 1902 pg 3.

    16. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick, Minister of the German Evangelical Church at Greenbush, Waterloo Township #14.
      Noah Bechtel, To Veronica Christner, Both Of Wilmot. . Wit. Christian Christner, And John Lienhard, Both Farmers Of Wilmot

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jul 1842 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Wellesley Saw and Planing Mills - - Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1867 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Jan 1867 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gent - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Cardiac Disease - 19 Sep 1902 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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