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Byron Erb Bechtel

Male 1859 - 1927  (68 years)


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  • Name Byron Erb Bechtel 
    Born 30 Sep 1859  Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Buckberrough and Bechtel Insurance 
    Elected Office Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor - Waterloo City 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21594846 
    Name B. E. Bechtel 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Free Thinker 
    Residence 1871  Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Teacher 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Christadelphian 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Insurance Agent 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Brick Maker 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Christadelphian 
    Occupation 1915  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    insurance inspector - Waterloo Mutual Insurance Company 
    Residence 1926  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1927  59 Allen St. W., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0788 
    Died 25 Oct 1927  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10, 12, 13] 
    Cause: coronary trombrosis 
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 13] 
    Person ID I15249  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Isaac Bechtel,   b. 8 Oct 1829, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Jane Tilt,   b. 19 Nov 1829, Capel, , Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F4110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Margaret Taylor,   b. 7 Jan 1859, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1947, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1 Jul 1881  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Herbert Bechtel,   b. 8 Jun 1882, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Wilhelmina Roxa "Minnie" Bechtel,   b. 20 Feb 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1960  (Age 76 years)
     3. Anna Myrtle "Myrtle" Bechtel,   b. 10 Sep 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Edith "Ida" Bechtel,   b. 20 Aug 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1990  (Age 100 years)
     5. Ellise Marguerite "Marguerite "Margy" Bechtel,   b. 20 Nov 1896, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Jane Hasking Bechtel,   b. 28 Jul 1898, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1981  (Age 82 years)
     7. Ruth Bechtel,   b. 19 Jul 1900, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1999  (Age 98 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Byron Erb Bechtel "was born September 30th, 1859. He resides in the town of Waterloo where he is engaged in the insurance business. He is married to Anna M. Taylor."

      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.].

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      Bechtel, Byron. E., teacher. Was born at Blair, in this county, 1859.

      Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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      B.E. BECHTEL PASSES AWAY AT WATERLOO

      Prominent and Widely Knows Citizen Died Suddenly

      INSURANCE INSPECTOR AND MANUFACTURER

      The sudden passing shortly after one o'clock on Tuesday morning of Mr. Byron E. Bechtel, Inspector of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and for years one of the best known brick manufacturers of the province, came as a distinct shock to his family and friends. As he was about to retire on Monday evening after a busy day he was seized with a heart attack to which he succumbed shortly after one o'clock in the morning. His death removes a leading and highly regarded citizen of the town of Waterloo where he had resided for a period of over fifty years.

      Born in Blair, Sept. 30th, 1859, the son of Isaac and Jane Bechtel, he resided there with his parents until about 10 years of age when the family removed to Bridgeport. Following two years' residence in that village they moved to Waterloo where he had since resided. He received his education in the public school at Waterloo and at the K-W. High School, and after securing his teaching certificate he taught school in Haysville and Williamsburg for two years. He then became a member of the staff of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. A few years later he severed his connection with the company to enter into partnership with the late Mr. Buckberrough, forming the insurance agency of Buckberrough and Bechtel. In the year 1903, after fifteen years in agency work, the firm sold out to Mr. C. A. Boehm. Mr. Bechtel, who had been brought up a brick- maker, his father, the late Isaac Bechtel, having operated a brickyard for years, then became active in the business of brick manufacturing and also for a time carried on the manufacture of brick-making machinery, taking charge of the plant in 1892. He was of an inventive turn of mind and held valuable patents to brick-making machinery designed by him, which have been installed in brickyards in both Canada and the United States.

      In 1915 he was appointed inspector of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a position he held until his death. He also continued to operate the brickyard north of Waterloo which he owned for many years.

      The late Mr. Bechtel was recognized as one of the best informed brick men in the Dominion and in earlier years was active in the Canadian National Clay Products Association of Canada of which he enjoyed the distinction of being the first president.

      He was also active in municipal circles for about ten years during which he was a valued member of the town council.

      The late Mr. Bechtel was an Odd fellow, having been a member for many years of the local lodge.

      His wife, Anna Margaret Taylor, daughter of the late C. M. Taylor, survives, together with a family of seven children, viz: Charles, of Edmonton, Alta.; Wilhelmina, Toronto; Myrtle (Mrs. C. S. Bean) of near Preston; Edith (Mrs. Howard Reed) Waterloo; Margie (Mrs. Glen Eby) Tara; Jane (Mrs. Hugh Van Every) Waterloo; and Ruth, (Mrs. Sanford Whiting), of Waterloo. He also leaves five sisters and one brother, viz: Mrs. A. C. Biggs, Burlington; Mrs. William McBain, Mountain View, Cal.; Eloine, Waterloo; Mrs. R. O. Dobbin, Waterloo; Mrs. Carrie R. Ratz, Toronto, and W. B. Bechtel, Kitchener. Three sisters and one brother predeceased him, viz: Mrs. Homer Watson, Doon; Mrs. Emily Martin, Waterloo; Ella May, Water- loo, and Milton, Elmira.
      The funeral will take place from his late residence, 59 Allen St., Waterloo, on Thursday at two o'clock p.m., to the Blair cemetery for Interment.

      Waterloo Chronicle 27 Oct 1927, p. 1

  • 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..., 220.

    2. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-6 Page 5.

    3. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.
      Byron E. Bechtel / born Sept 30, 1859 / died Oct 25, 1927 / Anna M. Taylor / beloved wife of / Byron E. Bechtel / born Jan. 7, 1859 / died May 31, 1947

    4. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Byron K Bechtel Death Date: 25 Oct 1927 Death Location: Waterloo Estimated born 30 Sep 1859 Birth Location: Blair,Ont

    5. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 9.

    6. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 45 Pg. 8.

    7. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 1 Page 2.

    8. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 3.

    9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 51.

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21594846.

    11. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Milton T. Bechtel - 20 May 1926.

    12. [S2166] Funeral Card - Ancestry Public Member Trees.
      PASSED AWAY At Waterloo, Ont., on Tuesday, October 25th, 1927 BYRON E. BECHTEL IN HIS SIXTY-NINTH YEAR THE FUNERAL will take place from his late residence, 59 Allen St. W. Waterloo, on THURSDAY. OCT. 27TH, 1927 at two o'clock, p.m. for service and thence to the Blair Cemetery for Interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation

    13. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Sep 1859 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor - Waterloo City - - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Free Thinker - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Teacher - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Jul 1881 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Insurance Agent - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Brick Maker - 1901 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - insurance inspector - Waterloo Mutual Insurance Company - 1915 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1926 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1927 - 59 Allen St. W., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: coronary trombrosis - 25 Oct 1927 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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