Allan Bechtel^{[1, 2]}

1870 - 1942  (72 years)

• Name	Allan Bechtel
  Born	8 Mar 1870	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Business	1905	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Baden Hardware
  		New Hamburg Independent 24 Mar 1905
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272432
  Occupation	1911	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Retail, Coal
  Residence	1911	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00007-0709.3
  Buried	1942	Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Died	26 Jul 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I13219	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Menno Bechtel,   b. 29 Jul 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1902, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Isabella Scherch,   b. 21 Sep 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1919, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1867	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F3637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Kaufman,   b. Dec 1869, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1949  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	1896  [6]
  Children	1. Gertrude Catherine Bechtel,   b. 26 Nov 1896, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   2. Lance Corporal Harvey Henry Bechtel,   b. 11 Mar 1898, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Wilfred Bechtel,   b. 21 Oct 1904, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1986  (Age 81 years)   4. Walter Bechtel,   b. Mar 1908, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F191380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ALLEN BECHTEL - Allen Bechtel, 72, died at his home, 72 Elgin Street, last night following a lengthy illness. He was born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Menno Bechtel. In 1896 he married the former Julia Kaufman of Wellesley. Mr. Bechtel attended St. Mark's Lutheran Church. He was a past master and charter member of Waterloo Lodge A.F. and A.M. No. 539 and a member of the Wilmot Lodge Baden A.F. and A.M. Surviving are his wife; three sons, Harvey and Walter of Oakland, Calif. and Leading Aircraftman John Bechtel of Fingal; one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Fisher of Kitchener; one brother, Ezra; three sisters, Miranda Bechtel of Kitchener, Mrs. Edward Fischer of Bridgeport and Mrs. Edward Bish of Kitchener and five grandchildren. Remains will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Thursday at 2 p.m. when the funeral service will be held. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• 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..., 207. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Dec 1896. 26 Nov 1896 The wife of Allan Bechtel, in Baden, a daughter. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 36. [S1507] Census - ON, Waterloo, Baden - 1911, Baden Div. 13 Page 19. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 8. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Allan Bechtel. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272432. [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) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Jan 1867. Jan. 8, 1867 Isabella Scherch and Menno Bechtel, both of Wilmot

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Mar 1870 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Baden Hardware - 1905 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Retail, Coal - 1911 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 1942 - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Jul 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth