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

Maria "Mary" Bechtel[1]

Female 1846 - 1894  (48 years)


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  • Name Maria "Mary" Bechtel 
    Born 19 May 1846  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19480462 
    Name Maria "Mary" Hunsperger 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Other Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0711 
    Died 13 Aug 1894  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8, 9
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8
    Person ID I13435  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 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  [1, 10, 11
    Family ID F3479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. Aaron H. Hunsperger,   b. 17 Sep 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1925, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 23 Oct 1866  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Louis Hunsperger,   b. 1867, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Noah B. Hunsperger,   b. 27 Jun 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1946, Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Fannie Hunsperger,   b. 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Amos Hunsperger,   b. Abt 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lydia Hunsperger,   b. 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Isaac Bechtel Hunsperger,   b. 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1956, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     7. William Hunsperger,   b. 10 Dec 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Jesse Hunsperger,   b. 1 Jan 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Nancy Hunsperger,   b. 8 Nov 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Mary Ann Hunsperger,   b. CA 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F3686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Maria Bechtel "was born May 19th, 1846. She was married to Aaron Honsberger and resided in Hespeler where she died August 13th, 1894"


      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 
    1. [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.

    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..., 208.

    3. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Aaron/ Hunsperger/ born Sep 17, 1842/ died Dec 8, 1925/ Mary Bechtel/ his wife/ born May 18 1845/ died Aug 13, 1894

    4. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Aaron Hunsperger Born: Wilmot Res: Wilmot Age: 24 Father: William Hunsperger Mother: Fanny Hollman Born: 1842 Spouse: Maria Bechtel Age: 20 born: Wilmot Res: Wilmot Born: 1846 Father: Noah Bechtel Mother: Veronica Christner married 23 Oct 1866

    5. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 17.

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

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

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19480462.

    9. [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..., 812-13.

    10. [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.

    11. [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 - 19 May 1846 - Wilmot 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 MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Oct 1866 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Aug 1894 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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