Isaac Bechtel^[1]

1813 - 1828  (15 years)

• Name	Isaac Bechtel
  Born	1813	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/283599661
  Misfortune	1828	Grand River, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	drowned
  Eby ID Number	00007-0807
  Died	Jan 1828	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: drowned
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I15321	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon Jacob Bechtel,   b. 14 Apr 1769, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 May 1838, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gabel,   b. 1775, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1822, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F1826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac Bechtel "the tenth member of Jacob Bechtel's family, was accidentally drowned while crossing the Grand River at Blair. He was 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 222. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. Isaac Bechtel/ ist. va/ rdrunken den 6ten May den & gefunden/ der 9 begraben im/ Jahr 1828 und hat/ seyn Alter gebracht/ auf 15 Jahr 9 Monat/ und 18 Tag. (this is the original transcription. I think something got lost in the translation.)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1813 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: drowned - Jan 1828 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth