Joseph Irwin Bechtel^[1]

1878 - 1954  (75 years)

• Name	Joseph Irwin Bechtel
  Born	18 Aug 1878	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/279621534
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Occupation	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Laborer, Brick Yard
  Residence	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1954	369 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00007-0652.2
  Died	14 May 1954	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I144735	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Amos M. Bechtel,   b. 14 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1903, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary Hannah Dedels,   b. 21 May 1842, Wagendorf , Meckleburg Schwerin, Germany ,   d. 4 Feb 1919, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F3078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Bechtel-JosephJ-and-sister-Mandy-001-AncestryPubllicMemberTree.JPG Cemantha Bechtel with Brother Joseph Bechtel - Angela Gorni originally shared this on 19 Aug 2017 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Bechtel Joseph Bechtel 74, of 369 Frederick St., died there yesterday. Born in Breslau, he was son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bechtel. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Harry (Cemantha) White of Calgary. A brother, Wesley, predeceased him. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral service will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m.. Rev. Oscar Burkholder, pastor of Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, will oficiate. Interment will be in Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Sat, May 15, 1954 Page 5

  
  

• 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..., 196. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 9. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 44. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 18. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 11. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9400-75. 9400-75 Amos BECHTEL, 26, merchant, Canada, Breslau, s/o Joseph & Sarah, married Mary Ann DEDELS, 33, Germany, Breslau, d/o Christian & Maria, witn: Mrs. F. W. & Ida TUESK(?) of Berlin, 15 Sept 1875 at Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Sep 1875. 15 Sep 1875 By Pastor F.W. Tuerk in Berlin, Amos Bechtel was married to Maria Anna Dedels, both of Breslau. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Name: Amos Bechtel Age: 26 res: Breslau Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Joseph Bechtel & Sarah Muller Bride: Name: Mary Anne Dedels Age: 33 res: Breslau Place of Birth: Wackendorf Mecklenburg Names of Parents: Christian Dedels & Maris Schroder Witness(S): Name: Mrs. G. W. Turk res: Berlin Name: Miss Ida Turk res: Berlin Date of Marriage: Sept. 15, 1875

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Aug 1878 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Brick Yard - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1954 - 369 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 May 1954 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth