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

Hannah D. Bechtel[1, 2]

Female 1861 - 1951  (90 years)


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  • Name Hannah D. Bechtel 
    Born 10 Apr 1861  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145353945 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2227.5 
    Died 16 Nov 1951  Ashland, Alpena, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Colfax Cemetery, Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I22552  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Moses K. Bechtel,   b. 17 Nov 1831, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1918, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Detweiler,   b. 14 Feb 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1910, Lake City, Missaukee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1852  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F5431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. W. J. Rogers

      Elkton, Nov. 17-Mrs. Hannah Rogers, 90, widow of W. J. Rogers and mother of Moses Rogers. Elkton rural letter carrier, died Friday in the home of her daughter,
      Mrs. Mabel McWilliams, in Ashland, O. Mrs. Rogers, the former Hannah Bechtel, was born April 10, 1861, in Blair, Ont. She came with her parents in April. 1876. to Michigan. She was the last of her father's family.

      Mrs. Rogers is survived by seven daughters. Mrs. Hattie Schoenhals, Brown City; Mrs. Ellen Schultz and Miss Ruth Rogers, both of Clawson, Mich.; Mrs. Susie Pannebecker, Okemos, Mich.: Mrs. Florence Skiffington. Woodland. Mách.; Mrs. Grace Glenn, Jeromesville, O., and Mrs. McWilliams, and three sons, J. McWilliam Raymond and L. Herbert Rogers, both of Grand Rapids, and Moses Rogers.

      Remains will be removed today to the Moses Rogers home.

      Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday in St. Paul's Evangelical-United Brethren church. Rev. O. P. Eastman. Yale United Missionary church pastor, formerly of Elkton, will officiate. Burial will be in Colfax Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    2. [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..., 510.

    3. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 17.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145353945/hannah-d.-rogers.

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      Moses Bechtel, Of Waterloo, To Elizabeth Dettweiller. Of N. Dumfries. 23 Nov. 1852, Galt. Rev. Strang minister of the Associate Presbyerian Church Galt. Wit. Abel Detweiler And Daniel Staufer.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Apr 1861 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Nov 1951 - Ashland, Alpena, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Colfax Cemetery, Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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