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Caroline Ruth "Carrie" Bechtel

Caroline Ruth "Carrie" Bechtel

Female 1874 - 1961  (87 years)

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  • Name Caroline Ruth "Carrie" Bechtel 
    Born 6 Jul 1874  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
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    Name Caroline Ruth "Carrie" Ratz 
    Name Carrie Bechtel 
    Name Carrie Ruth Bechtel 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Christadelphian 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Christadelphian 
    Residence 1926  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Eby ID Number 00007-0794 
    Died 9 Dec 1961  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I15259  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 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 Dr. Major John Henry Ratz,   b. 7 Sep 1869, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1918, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ella May Ratz,   b. 23 Jul 1898, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1954, Ventura, Ventura, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. Margaret Anna "Betty" Ratz,   b. 13 May 1907, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1997, Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F6748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Ella May Bechtel and Caroline Ruth Bechtel
    Ella May Bechtel and Caroline Ruth Bechtel
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  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Caroline Ruth Ratz, 87 a resident of Toronto for the past 40 years, died Saturday in Toronto. She was a wife of the late Dr. John Henry Ratz, who died in 1918.

      Mrs. Ratz was born July 6 1874 in Waterloo, daughter of the late Isaac Bechtel and his wife, Jane Tilt.

      Surviving is one daughter Mrs. J. C. (Betty) Hearn of Toronto.

      The body, will be at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home after 11:30 a.m. Tuesday with the funeral conducted at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. O. P. Hossie minister of Trinity United Church, Burial will follow in Elmira Cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Dec 11, 1961 Page 7

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      Carrie Ruth Bechtel "was born July 6th, 1874. She is engaged as teacher in the Waterloo Central School."

      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 
    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. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 6.

    3. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
      Caroline R./ Bechtel/ Wife Of/ John H. Ratz/ 1874 - 1961.

    4. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B Page 6.

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

    6. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 40.

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Jul 1874 - 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 MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1926 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Dec 1961 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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