Johann Valentine "Valentine" Knechtel^[1]

1776 - 1856  (80 years)

• Name	Johann Valentine "Valentine" Knechtel
  Born	22 Jan 1776	Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Christened	25 Jan 1776
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248978182
  Name	Valentine Knechtel
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-133626
  Died	15 Sep 1856	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I133626	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Maria Eva Klink,   b. 1783, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 2 Mar 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	9 Apr 1799	Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  		Marriage of Johann Knechtel and Maria Eva Klick from Ancestry.com 2010
  Children	1. Johann Philip "Philip" Knechtel,   b. 26 Dec 1800, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 17 May 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   2. Johann Jacob Jacques Knechtel,   b. 22 Nov 1802, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1855, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   3. Catherina Anna "Catherine" Knechtel,   b. 3 May 1806, Hutchenhousen, Bayern, Germany ,   d. 11 Nov 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   4. Peter Knechtel,   b. CALC 20 Mar 1808, , Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 5 Oct 1875, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 67 years)   5. Anna Eve Knechtel,   b. 13 Nov 1815, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 16 Feb 1878, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA  (Age 62 years)   6. Johann Valentin "Valentine" Knechtel,   b. 23 Jul 1817, , Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 23 Apr 1896, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years)   7. George Daniel "Daniel" Knechtel,   b. 1819, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1897, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   8. Elizabeth Knechtel,   b. 1823, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1863  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F41935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Extract from the Christening Files of the Ref. Parish Spesbach Year 1776 Church record No. 1 There was christened Name and first name Knechtel. Johann Valentin born on 22 January 1776 in Hütschenhausen christened 25 January 1776 in Hütschenhausen Parents Johann Jacob Knechtel of Hütschenhausen and wife Elisabeth Magdalena Godparents Valentin Dietz, legitimate son of Martin Dietzen Hütschenhausen Lutheran religion, Johann Peter legitimate son of Georg Knechtel of Katzenbach and Maria Margaretha surviving daughter of Nikel Strachen of Hütschenhausen. Residence at the time of the birth: Hütschenhausen A genuine abstract Speyer 10 July 1975 Protestant Episcopal Church Archive of the Palatinate ( Dr. Eger ) Archive Director

  
  

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  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Mar 1873. Died 2 Mar 1873 By Breslau, Maria Eva, nee Klink, born in Hidschenhausen, Rhinebavaria, died. She was married for 54 years to Valentin Knechtel who died 14 years ago. She gave birth to 16 children of which 8 are still living; 5 sons, 3 daughters. She lived for the births

  
  

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  Born - 22 Jan 1776 - Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Married - 9 Apr 1799 - Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Died - 15 Sep 1856 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth