Magdalena "Martha" "Mattie" Bechtel^[1]

1848 - 1923  (75 years)

• Name	Magdalena "Martha" "Mattie" Bechtel
  Born	18 Feb 1848	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
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  Name	Martha Bechtel
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Other Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Servant
  Residence	1923	69 Wilhelm St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	00007-0723
  Died	28 Mar 1923	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I14040	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rudolph S. Bechtel,   b. 29 Oct 1819, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Jul 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Jones,   b. 16 Aug 1821, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1843	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F3484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Magdalena Bechtel "is unmarried and resides in Berlin with Rev. Moses Erb." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________ Mattie Bechtel One of Kitchener's well known residents passed away today in the person Mattie Bechtel, aged 76 years, who died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Louis Dahmer, Wilhelm street. Deceased had been ill for three weeks with a severe attack of pneumonia. Miss Bechtel was born in St. Agatha, but has lived in this city for a large number of years, making her home for the past five years with her nephew, Mr. J. H. Doerr. One sister, Mrs. Hannah Kuntse Toronto and one brother Henry Bechtel Winnipeg, survive, besides a number nephews and nieces. They are Ralph Doerr, manager of the C. H. Doerr Co., Mrs, A. Bott, Ellen street west, Mrs. Louis Dahmer, Wilhelm street, Elmer Doerr, Louisa street, J. H. Doerr and Mrs. Louis Bowman of Conestogo. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon with private services at the mouse at two o'clock, and from thence the East End Menonite Church and cemetery for services and interment. The Daily Record Wed, Mar 28, 1923 Page 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..., 210. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-8 Page 9. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 5. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 4 Page 18. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 98. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Martha Bechtel, d. 69 Wilhelm St., Kitchener, b. Wilmot Tp. 1847 d/o John Bechtel & Magdalena Johns, informant: John Doerr 210 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener buried Mennonite Cemetery Kitchener [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick Rev. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush #32. Rudolf Bechtel, Farmer, to Magdalena Jones, both of Wilmot. Wit. Friederick W. Delion, Docktor of Medicin, of Waterloo and Daniel Hostadter, Farmer, of Wilmot.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Feb 1848 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Mar 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth