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

Henry J. Bechtel[1]

Male 1860 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Henry J. Bechtel 
    Born 12 Jul 1860  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Other Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Joiner 
    Occupation 1882  Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    cabinet maker 
    Residence 1914  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Bechtel,HenryJ.-US.ConsularRegistrationCertificate.jpg
    Bechtel,HenryJ.-US.ConsularRegistrationCertificate.jpg
    Eby ID Number 00007-0730 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I14276  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

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

    Family Margaret Hannah "Maggie" Williams,   b. 1863, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1942  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 24 May 1882  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Sylvan Vernon Bechtel,   b. 12 Apr 1883, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ruedella Jeanette "Della" Bechtel,   b. 13 Feb 1894, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1986, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Marley Eldon Bechtel,   b. 17 May 1899, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Henry Bechtel "resides in Hamilton, Ontario, where he is engaged in the organ factory. He is married to Maggie Williams. They have a family of three children".


      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..., 210.

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

    3. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8789 (1882), Henry Bechtel-Maggie Williams.
      Henry Bechtel (cabinet maker of Plattsville) Birth Place: Canada Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Father Name: Rodenlph Bechtel Mother Name: Magdalena Bechtel Spouse Name: Maggie Williams Spouse's Age: 18 (resident of Blenheim) Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Spouse Birth Place: Canada Spouse Father Name: Robert Williams Spouse Mother Name: Ellen Williams Marriage Date: 24 May 1882 Marriage Place: Oxford, Blenheim

    4. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 98.

    5. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Jul 1860 - 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 MapsOccupation - Joiner - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - cabinet maker - 1882 - Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 May 1882 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1914 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
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