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

1831 - 1918  (86 years)

• Name	Moses Bechtel
  Born	17 Nov 1831	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	General Agent
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00007-0757
  Died	9 Oct 1918	Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [8]
  Buried	Parmalee Cemetery, Middleville, Barry Co., Michigan   [8]
  Person ID	I15176	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Bechtel,   b. 5 Jan 1802, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 1866, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Barbara Kinzie,   b. 15 Sep 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1881, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Detweiler,   b. 14 Feb 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1910  (Age 77 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1852	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. Abigail Bechtel,   b. 15 Oct 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1877, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)   2. Rev. Emanuel D. "Manuel" Bechtel,   b. 10 Aug 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1928, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA  (Age 72 years)   3. Samuel Bechtel,   b. 20 Mar 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Aug 1946, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States  (Age 88 years)   4. Hannah D. Bechtel,   b. 10 Apr 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1951, , Michigan, USA  (Age 90 years)   5. Ellen Bechtel,   b. 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Nancy Bechtel,   b. 1865, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lizzie Bechtel,   b. 9 Apr 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Oct 1867  (Age 0 years)   8. Susannah Bechtel,   b. 20 Nov 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1922  (Age 52 years)   9. Anthony Bechtel,   b. 22 Oct 1872, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1932  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Moses Bechtel "resides at Caledonia, Kenty County, Michigan, where he is engaged in farming. He is married to Eliz Detweiler." 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.]. ---------------------------------------- Buried in the Old Blair Cemetery is the following: Dughters (sic) of Moses & Elizabeth Bechtel Amanda born 19 Sept. 1851 died 11 Oct. 1856 Jane born 23 July 185(3) died 18 August 1859 These are probably daughters, but as yet unproven.

  
  

• 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..., 216. [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..., 510. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010938-76. David Groh, 24, occ. Carpenter, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Isaac & Mary Married Abigal Bechtel, 22, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Moses & Elizabeth, Witn Daniel Groh & Hannah Connell Both of Waterloo Twp, 25 January 1876 in Waterloo Twp. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 pg 252. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Thornapple, Barry, Michigan Film 1254570 Page 65D. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 17. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 81. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, P., America, N., County, B., & Cemetery, P. (1831). Moses Bechtel (1831-1918) - Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 9 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30675182/moses-bechtel. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Moses Bechtel, Of Waterloo, To Elizabeth Dettweiller. Of N. Dumfries. 23 Nov. 1852, Galt. Rev. Strang minister of the Associate Presbyerian Church Galt. Wit. Abel Detweiler And Daniel Staufer.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Nov 1831 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Nov 1852 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - General Agent - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Oct 1918 - Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Buried - - Parmalee Cemetery, Middleville, Barry Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth