Magdalena Bechtel^[1]

1789 - 1866  (77 years)

• Name	Magdalena Bechtel
  Born	19 Feb 1789	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Magdalena Kraft
  Eby ID Number	00007-0817
  Died	17 Nov 1866	Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I15360	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	George Bechtel,   b. 19 Feb 1746, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Sep 1828, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mary,   b. 5 May 1752, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F4132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Kraft,   b. 14 Feb 1771, Auspack, Prussia, Germany ,   d. 9 Apr 1844  (Age 73 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1808  [1, 2]
  Children	1. George B. Kraft,   b. 15 Feb 1809, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 1897, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 87 years)   2. Jacob Kraft,   b. 7 Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Nov 1813  (Age 0 years)   3. Moses Kraft,   b. 23 Jun 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1831  (Age 15 years)   4. John Kraft,   b. 8 May 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1886, , Marion Co., Kansas  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F3574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Magdalena Bechtel "the fourth daughter in the family, was born February 19th, 1789. On February 7th, 1808, she was married to John Kraft who was born February 14th, 1771, and died April 9th, 1844. they resided near Bridgeport, Ontario, where she died November 17th, 1866. They had a family of 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 862. [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..., 225. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of Magdalena Bechtel / wife of / John Kraft / native of Pennsylvania, U.S. / who died Nov.17, 1866 / aged 77 years 8 mos. 29 ds. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 100. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Nov 1866. Magdalena Kraft died 17 Nov 1866 near Bridgeport, widow of John, about 78 yrs. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 28 Nov 1866. Kraft, Magdalen [sic] died 17 Nov 1866 At Bridgeport, aged 78 years. Widow of John Kraft.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Feb 1789 - , Pennsylvania, USA Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth