Esther Bechtel^{[1, 2]}

1766 - 1833  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Esther Bechtel
  Born	Jul 1766	Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Esther Bliehm
  Name	Esther Cressman
  Eby ID Number	00007-0809
  Died	20 Jan 1833	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I15325	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham Bechtel,   b. 7 Mar 1739, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Oct 1825, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Hoch,   b. 22 Feb 1745, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Jul 1831, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F3488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Philip Bliehm,   b. 1780, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1804  [4]
  Children	1. John Bliehm,   b. 19 May 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Christian Bliehm,   b. 20 Sep 1806, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1877  (Age 71 years)   3. Esther B. Bliehm,   b. 16 Mar 1808, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   4. Jacob Bleam,   b. 20 Jan 1810, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jan 1836, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F4126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Daniel Cressman,   b. 25 Oct 1762, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Mar 1795, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 32 years)
  Married	1787  [4]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Cressman,   b. 16 Oct 1788, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jun 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   2. Abraham Cressman,   b. 13 Dec 1789, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Dec 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   3. Mary Cressman,   b. 17 Aug 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jul 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F4127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Esther Bechtel "daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel, was born in July, 1766. She was married to Daniel Cressman and had a family of three children, namely: VI Elizabeth, VI Abraham, and VI Mary. After the decease of her first husband she was married to Philip Bleam, with whom she had four 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..., 277. [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..., 657. [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..., 223. [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..., 485. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In / memory / of / Ester Blaem (sic) wife of Philip Bleam / who died the 20th of / January 1833 aged 66 / years and 6 months / as you pass by remember me / what you are now I use to be / what I am now you soon will be / prepare for death and follow me [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 20 Jan 1833 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth