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

Sarah Bechtel

Female 1871 - 1894  (22 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Sarah Bechtel 
    Born 25 Dec 1871  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47276425 
    Name Sarah Borman 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0709.4 
    Died 5 Feb 1894  [4, 5
    Buried Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I13230  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Menno Bechtel,   b. 29 Jul 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1902, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother 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  [6, 7
    Family ID F3637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Borman,   b. 4 Aug 1869, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1930, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1892  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Ellen Borman,   b. 24 Jan 1894,   d. 27 Jan 1894  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F1441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • This morning the wife of Mr. Peter Bornman passed away quietly. The bereaved husband has the sympathy of the surrounding community. Funeral on Wednesday afternoon.

      Waterloo County Chronicle 8 Feb 1894, p. 8

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012331-92.
      012331-92 (Waterloo Co.) Peter BOOMANN (Baumann?), 24, laborer, Erbsville, Wellesley, s/o Joseph BOOMANN & Caroline FRICKE married Sarah BECHTEL, 21, Baden, Wellesley, d/o Menno BECHTEL & Isabella SCHERG, witn Ellen BECHTEL, Julia KAUFMANN, Wm DINGWALL & Mina MEYER all of Wellesley, 16 November 1892 in Wellesley.

    2. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Sarah Bechtel/ Beloved wife of/ Peter Bormann/ Died Feb. 5, 1894/ Aged 22 Yrs./ 1 Mo. & 11 Dys./ Their daughter/ Ellen/ Died Jan. 27, 1894/ Aged 3 Dys./ Bormann/ A light from our household gone/ A voice we loved is stilled/ A place is vacant at our hearth/ Which never

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

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47276425.

    5. [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.

    6. [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)

    7. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Dec 1871 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Nov 1892 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth