Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Walter Edwin Knechtel[1]

Male 1906 - 1975  (68 years)


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  • Name Walter Edwin Knechtel 
    Born 24 Jun 1906  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1921  65 Irvin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-173754 
    Died 14 Jun 1975  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried 17 Jun 1975  Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I173754  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father William Henry Knechtel,   b. 29 Feb 1876, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Sarah Seegmiller,   b. 12 Oct 1875, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 6 Jan 1897  [6
    Family ID F19956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathleen Margaret Schlosser,   b. 24 Jan 1908, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Kenneth Knechtel
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F35812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KNECHTEL, Walter Edwin - At St Mary's Hospital on Saturday, June 14, 1975 after a brief illness, Walter Edwin Knechtel, aged 48 years, of 84 Pandora Ave; N., Kitchener; a lifelong resident of the Twin Cities. He had been employed with the Post Office for 30 years until his retirement in 1971. Husband of Kathleen Schlosser; father of Kenneth of Kitchener; brother of George of Baltimore, Frederick of Brantford, Mrs. Harold (Alice) Hook of Alliston, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; three grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, where funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, with Rev. Fred Roberts of Zion United Church officiating. Interment will be made In Memory Gardens cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of William H. Knechtel.

    2. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div.. 21 Page 18.

    3. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 16.

    4. [S2337] A History and Genealogy of the Brohman Family and now we are many, Pg 74.

    5. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Walter Edwin Knechtel.

    6. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. William Knechtel - 2 Mar 1953.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Jun 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jun 1975 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 17 Jun 1975 - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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