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

Magdalena Bechtel[1, 2, 3]

Female 1830 - 1902  (71 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Bechtel 
    Born 24 Dec 1830  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Magdalena Gingrich 
    Name Magdalena Kinsley 
    Name Mattie Bechtel  [6
    Residence 1848  Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Dunkard 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0749 
    Died 22 Feb 1902  [5
    Buried Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I15154  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

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

    Family 1 Tobias Wanner Gingrich,   b. CALC 11 Jul 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1883, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1848  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Children 
     1. Mary Gingrich,   b. 13 Sep 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     2. Elizabeth Gingrich,   b. 27 Sep 1850, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1902, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     3. Amos Bechtel Gingrich,   b. 17 Dec 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1932, Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Nancy Gingrich,   b. 27 Sep 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1916, Machar Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     5. Hannah Charlotte Gingrich,   b. 1855, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Sophia Gingrich,   b. Jan 1855, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1928, Clarion, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     7. Rebecca B. Gingrich,   b. 9 Apr 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1945, Grant Township, Huron Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     8. James C. Gingrich,   b. 18 Jul 1861, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1862, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Margaret "Maggie" Gingrich,   b. 13 Feb 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1868, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     10. Abraham Tobias Gingrich,   b. 13 Aug 1874, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1966  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry Kinsley,   b. CA 1830,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F57248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Bechtel "is married to Tobias Gingerich. They reside near Wingham, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming."


      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..., 215.

    2. [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..., 680.

    3. [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.

    4. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 72.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., County, H., & Cemetery, W. (1830). Magdaline Bechtel Kinsley (1830-1902) - Find A.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71764405/magdaline-kinsley.

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 4240-77.
      Jeremiah REGAN, 25, farmer, England, Hay twp., s/o Francis & Rose, married Sophia GINGRICH, 22, Hay twp., same, d/o Tobias & Mattie, witn: William HOLTZMAN & Lydia BAUER, both of Zurich, 27 March 1877 at Zurich

    7. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Strang Presbyterian, Waterloo, Dumfries, Blenheim (pg. 117 - 119).
      Tobias Genrich, of Waterloo, married Madeline Bechtel, of Dumfries. 4 Apr 1848, by banns, Witnesses: Abraham Bechtel and Michael Gingrich.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Dec 1830 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Apr 1848 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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