Lydia Bechtel^[1]

1861 - 1937  (76 years)

• Name	Lydia Bechtel
  Born	1 May 1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259291552
  Name	Lydia Knechtel
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1895	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1911	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00007-0718
  Died	20 May 1937	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I13852	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Noah S. Bechtel,   b. 22 Sep 1818, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Veronica "Fannie" Christner,   b. 28 Sep 1820, Upper Alsace, Germany ,   d. 21 Apr 1907  (Age 86 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1841	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Solomon Knechtel,   b. 9 Aug 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1932, RR2, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1895	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6, 12]
  Children	1. William B. "Willie" Knechtel,   b. 9 Oct 1896, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Oct 1896, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Harold B. "Harry" Knechtel,   b. 5 Jun 1898, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1962  (Age 63 years)   3. Edward B. Knechtel,   b. Jul 1903, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1975  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F11485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Knechtel.- Sister Lydia, beloved wife of the late Solomon Knechtel and daughter of Noah Bechtel, was born May 1, 1861, and married to Solomon Knechtel Jan. 5, 1896. This union was blessed with 3 sons (Willie B., Harry B. and Edward B.). Willie died in infancy. Her husband died June 20, 1932. As a widow she lived with her son Edward and family for 5 years. She died May 20, 1937, and leaves 2 sons and 5 grandchildren; 2 brothers (Moses of Winnipeg, Noah of Waterloo); 2 sisters (Mrs. John Geiger, Pandora, Ohio; Mrs. Christian Snyder near Petersburg), and many friends and relatives. The funeral was held at the home of her son, Edward, Petersburg, Ont., and then to the Shantz Church for services conducted by Bro. Manassah Hallman and Orphen Wismer. She was a faithful member of the Shantz Church for many years and will be greatly missed in her home and in the Church. The last few months of her life she was a patient sufferer of complicated disease, but slipped peacefully away May 20 to her eternal rest. May God comfort the bereaved family, interment in the adjoining cemetery. "'Tis hard to part with Mother dear, No more to see, no more to hear; But yet we're glad if God thought best To end her troubles and give her rest." Gospel Herald, June 10, 1937 - Vol. XXX, No.11

  
  

• 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..., 392. [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..., 209. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-5 Page 2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 10, 1937 - Obituary of Lydia Bechtel. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 20. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Salomon Knechtel (farmer of North East Hope) b. Waterloo Township Age: 38 born abt 1857 father: Philip Knechtel mother: Barbara Knechtel married Lydia Bechtel (res. Wilmot) Age:: 33 born abt 1862 b. Wilmot Tp father: Noah Bechtel mother: Annie Bechtel married 8 Jan 1895 Marriage Place: Waterloo, New Hamburg [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Wilmot Twp. 1911 Div. 9 Page 15. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 29. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 20. [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. [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 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 14, 1932 - Obituary of Solomon Knechtel.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 May 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1895 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Jan 1895 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth