Milton Tilt Bechtel

1865 - 1926  (61 years)

• Name	Milton Tilt Bechtel
  Born	10 Apr 1865	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	W. G.
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Christadelphian
  Occupation	1901	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Veterinarian
  Occupation	1905	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 8]
  	Vet. Surgeon
  Residence	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00007-0791
  Died	18 May 1926	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 7]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 7]
  Person ID	I15256	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline Girvin Whyard,   b. 25 Apr 1868, Lucknow, Kinloss Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1909, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1898	Dungannon, Huron Co., Ontario   [9]
  Children	1. Grace Marion Bechtel,   b. 12 Feb 1905, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Magdalena Diebel,   b. 7 Mar 1876, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1910  [5]
  Children	1. Edith Bechtel   2. Marian Bechtel,   b. Feb 1905, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Henry Bechtel,   b. 1912,   d. 1995  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F41251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Milton Tilt Bechtel 1903 M. T. Bechtel Veterinary Surgeon Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto

  
  

• Notes

  Milton S. Bechtel "was born April 10th, 1865. He is a veterinary surgeon and has his office in the town of Waterloo. He is not married." 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.]. ______________________________ Milton T. Bechtel The death occurred on Tuesday, May 18, following an operation of Milton Tilt Bechtel V. S., aged 61 years, a well-known and prominent citizen of Elmira. The late Dr. Bechtel was born at Blair on April 11, 1865 and was educated at the Waterloo schools. Graduating from the Ontario School of Veterinary Science in 1889, he first practised at Heidelberg, Hanover and Dungannon before locating at Elmira in 1902 where he practised for 24 years. He was married in 1898 to Carrie Whyard of Dungannon who died in 1909. He is survived by his wife Mary Diebel to whom he was married in 1910; three children, Marion at Waterloo, John and Edith at home; five sisters and two brothers, namely, Mrs. Alexander Bates of Burlington, Mrs. William McBain of Mountain View, Cal., Miss Eloine Bechtel of Waterloo, Mrs. R. O. Dobbin, Waterloo, Mrs. Carrie R. Ratz of Toronto, Byron E., Waterloo, and Wilson B. Kitchener. The funeral was held on Thursday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. C. Cole, pastor of the United Church. Elmira Signet 20 May 1926 ___________________________ MILTON T. BECHTEL The farmers and others having the care of cattle and horses in this section are fortunate in being so near a practical and experienced veterinary surgeon when his services are urgently required. Mr. Bechtel is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, from which he graduated with honors in March, 1889. He is also an honorary member of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Society. Being an unusually observings student of the diseases to which the brute creation is subject he is generally fitted to prescribe the proper remedies. He has acquired a wide practice since he opened his office here about three years ago, and has had more than average success in dealing with obstinate cases. He has made dehorning a specialty and has already proved himself an expert in that line. Mr. Bechtel was born at Blair in 1865, and outside of that which he acquired in college studying for his profession, received most of his education in Waterloo. He is a son of the late Isaac Bechtel, who for many years was a prominent citizen of Blair and latterly of Waterloo. The subject of this sketch was recently married. Waterloo County Chronicle, 20 Oct 1898, p. 3

  
  

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  [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. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 12. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 9. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 18. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Milton T. Bechtel - 20 May 1926. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 3. [S2166] Funeral Card - Ancestry Public Member Trees. Died At Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital Tuesday, May 18, 1926 Milton T. Bechtel, V. S. Aged 61 Years, 1 Month And 7 Days. The Funeral Will Take Place From His Late Residence Arthur Street South, Elmira, On Thursday, May 20, At 2 O'clock P. M. Service Will Be Held At The House. Interment In Elmira Union Cemetery. Friends And Acquaintances Will Please Accept This Intimation [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Grace Marion Bechtel Event Type: Birth Event Date: 12 Feb 1905 Event Place: , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Female Father's Name: M F Bechtel Mother's Name: Caroline S Whyard [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 007452-98. 007452-98 (Huron), Milton BECHTEL, 33, Veterinary Surgeon, Canada, Heidelberg, s/o Isau or Isaac & Jane BECHTEL, to Caroline Girvin WHYARD, Canada, Dungamnon, d/o James WHYARD & Jame GIRVIN, wit: Nat. WHYARD & Eliza WHYARD of DUNGAMNON, 3 October 1898, Dungamnon

  
  

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  Born - 10 Apr 1865 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - W. G. - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christadelphian - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Oct 1898 - Dungannon, Huron Co., Ontario Occupation - Veterinarian - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Vet. Surgeon - 1905 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 May 1926 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth