Otto William Knechtel^[1]

1898 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Otto William Knechtel
  Born	27 Aug 1898	, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-176612
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I176612	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl "Charles" Knechtel,   b. 22 Nov 1869, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Oct 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Ernestine Schlegel,   b. 21 Jun 1872, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1958, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F10160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Just days after World War One was declared, three young Berlin men (Fred Bolton, Alan Smith and John Ferguson) toppled the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I from the Friedensfest Denkmal (Peace Memorial) in Victoria Park and dumped it into the lake. It was recovered the next morning by three teens (brothers Clayton and Gordon Maier & Otto Knechtel) and given to the Concordia Society for safekeeping in its closed meeting hall. Kitchener100.ca (2012)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Erenstine Schlegel - Knechtel. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 14. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 6.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Aug 1898 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth