Hannah Bechtel^[1]

1799 - 1874  (74 years)

• Name	Hannah Bechtel
  Born	24 Oct 1799	, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Hannah Sherk
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lived with her son Abraham.
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00007-0753
  Died	25 Sep 1874  [2, 3]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I15160	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  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	Jacob Sherk,   b. 18 Aug 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1834, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. Abraham Sherk,   b. 7 Jul 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   2. James Shirk,   b. 9 May 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joseph Shirk,   b. 25 May 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Shirk,   b. 7 Oct 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1868, , Missouri, USA  (Age 46 years)   5. Elizabeth Shirk,   b. 26 Feb 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. David Sherk,   b. 2 Nov 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1834  (Age 9 years)   7. Catherine Sherk,   b. 1 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   8. Hannah Sherk,   b. 2 Feb 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Ezra Sherk,   b. 11 Feb 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Feb 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   10. Sarah Sherk,   b. 11 Aug 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Jacob Shirk,   b. 2 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hannah Bechtel "the fourth member of old Jacob Bechtel's family, was married to Jacob Sherk. They resided on the farm now the property of Noah Betzner, where he died of cholera, August 5th, 1834. She was born October 24th, 1799, and died September 25th, 1874. They had a family of ten 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

  [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..., 235. [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. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Hannah / wife of / Jacob Sherick / died Sept.25,1874 / aged / 74 y'rs 11 mo's 1 day [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 10. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 31. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 12 Page 83.

  
  

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  Born - 24 Oct 1799 - , Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth