Benjamin Hallman Bechtel^{[1, 2]}

1834 - 1897  (63 years)

• Name	Benjamin Hallman Bechtel
  Born	26 Jul 1834	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15853000
  Eby ID Number	00007-0773
  Died	31 Oct 1897	Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Buried	Fairview Cem., Manton, Wexford Co, Michigan   [3]
  Person ID	I15219	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon Jacob G. Bechtel,   b. 26 Dec 1803, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 14 Mar 1875, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Maria "Polly" Hallman,   b. 10 Sep 1806, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Mar 1873  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F1893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Shupe,   b. 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1906, Manton, Wexford, Michigan, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Menno S. Bechtel,   b. 5 May 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 1927, Manton, Wexford, Michigan, United States  (Age 70 years)   2. Cyrus S. Bechtel,   b. 26 Dec 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1923, Manton, Wexford, Michigan, United States  (Age 63 years)   3. Magdalena S. "Lena" Bechtel,   b. May 1866, , Kent Co., Michigan ,   d. 24 May 1950, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F1708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Bechtel "is married to Mary Shupe. They reside in Michigan where he is farming. Their family consists of several 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 218. [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..., 480. [S3231] Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial# 15853000.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Jul 1834 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Oct 1897 - Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States Buried - - Fairview Cem., Manton, Wexford Co, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth