Abraham Bechtel^{[1, 2, 3]}

1796 - 1884  (87 years)

• Name	Abraham Bechtel
  Born	19 Oct 1796	, Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Abram Bechtel
  Occupation	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1863	, Elkhart Co., Indiana   [6]
  Eby ID Number	00007-0740
  Died	1884	Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I14911	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon Jacob Bechtel,   b. 14 Apr 1769, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 May 1838, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gabel,   b. CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wanner,   b. 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Daniel Bechtel,   b. North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Bechtel,   b. Abt 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1904  (Age ~ 84 years)   3. Mary Bechtel,   b. 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1897  (Age 77 years)   4. Anna Bechtel,   b. 16 Sep 1822, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 1895  (Age 73 years)   5. Abraham Bechtel,   b. 12 Sep 1824, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. John Bechtel,   b. 1827, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Jacob Bechtel,   b. 1828, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Magdalena Bechtel,   b. 24 Dec 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1902  (Age 71 years)   9. Noah Bechtel,   b. 1835, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Rev. Amos Bechtel,   b. 28 Sep 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Lydia Bechtel,   b. 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Isaac Bechtel,   b. 1843, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. David Bechtel,   b. 1846, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F3902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Bechtel "the eldest son of Jacob Bechtel, was married to Elizabeth Wanner. They resided in North Dumfries Township where they died. Their family consisted of sixteen children, of whom four died before they were a month old. The others are all living yet" 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

  [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..., 213. [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. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 558. [S173] Ancestry.com. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 18. [S1131] Book - Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana, Biography of Amos Bechtel.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Oct 1796 - , Pennsylvania, USA Occupation - Farmer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1863 - , Elkhart Co., Indiana Died - 1884 - Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth