Mary Bechtel^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1820 - 1897  (77 years)

• Name	Mary Bechtel
  Born	1820	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Witmer
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Eby ID Number	00007-0741
  Died	30 Sep 1897  [7]
  Buried	Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario   [7]
  Person ID	I14925	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham Bechtel,   b. 19 Oct 1796, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1884, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Wanner,   b. 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F3902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian Witmer,   b. 2 Nov 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1885, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. George Witmer,   b. Sep 1842,   d. 28 Aug 1921  (Age ~ 78 years)   2. Sarah Witmer,   b. 11 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1872  (Age 28 years)   3. Magadalene "Mattie" Witmer,   b. 28 Oct 1847, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Feb 1921, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, United States  (Age 73 years)   4. Elizabeth Witmer,   b. 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nancy Witmer,   b. Abt 1855,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Ann Witmer,   b. 22 Sep 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Oct 1943, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   7. Abraham Witmer,   b. 24 Apr 1865, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1948  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F1188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Bechtel "the eldest, is married to Christian Witmer, a contractor and builder. They reside in the township of Hay, Huron County." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 560. [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. [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..., 681. [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. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11354-80. Levi Bluck, 22, Occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, Res. same, son of Jacob and Catharine Bluck, married to Elizabeth Hilborne, 29, b. Waterloo Twp, Res. Wilmot Twp, Widow, daughter of Christian and Mary Witmer, Witn: Nelson Bowman, Waterloo Twp, 8 Aug 1880 at Waterloo Twp [S200] Census - ON, Huron, Hay Township - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 29 Household Number 128. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152935301/mary-witmer. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 11 Apr 1840:1. last Wed Rev. Bindemann m. Christian Wittmer to Spr --- Bechtel, both from Waterloo Tp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1820 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Apr 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth