Rev. Enoch R. Detwiler^[1]

1818 - 1874  (56 years)

• Name	Enoch R. Detwiler
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	7 Mar 1818	Bucks Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177052622
  Website	photograph
  	Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection Description: Black and white, group, studio portrait of the children of Enoch Detwiler and Abigail Bechtel. Family members are identified as follows, from left to right: (back row) Noah, Hannah, Suzannah, Aaron; (middle row) George, Mary Anne, Jacob; (front row) Sarah, Dan. Inscriptions: Reverse: Family of Enoch Detwiler and Abigail Bechtel Left to right: Back row: Noah, Hannah, Suzannah, Aaron middle: George, Mary Anne, Jacob front: Sarah, Dan
  Name	Enoch R. Detweiler
  Occupation	Roseville Mennonite Church, North Dumfries Township, Ontario
  	minister
  Residence	1842	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Occupation	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00029-2303
  Died	18 Sep 1874	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 7, 9, 10]
  	Cause: Bright's Disease of the Kidneys 6 months
  Buried	Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I22877	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jacob Detweiler,   b. 25 Nov 1778, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Aug 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Susannah Rosenberger,   b. 15 Jan 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Sep 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1803  [11]
  Family ID	F5427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Bechtel,   b. 8 Oct 1821, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Jul 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 8]
  Children	1. Jacob Detwiler,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Ann Detweiler,   b. 29 Jun 1843, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1929, Red Deer, Alberta  (Age 85 years)   3. Rev. Jacob Bechtel Detweiler,   b. 6 Oct 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   4. Rev. George B. Detweiler,   b. 6 Jan 1846, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1931, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 85 years)   5. Susannah Detweiler,   b. 22 Mar 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   6. Leah Detweiler,   b. 28 Apr 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1854  (Age 3 years)   7. Aaron B. Detwiler,   b. 24 May 1853, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   8. Hannah Detweiler,   b. 17 Dec 1855, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1943  (Age 87 years)   9. Noah Bechtel Detwiler,   b. 3 Jun 1858, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   10. Daniel Bechtel Detweiler,   b. 10 Apr 1860, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)   11. Dr. Sara B. Detwiler,   b. 17 Jan 1866, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Detweiler,Enoch&family.jpg From Grace Smith Room of Local History Digital Collection

  
  

• Notes

  Enoch Detweiler," was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1818. In 1822 his parents moved to Canada and settled a little west of Roseville, Ontario, where he was raised. On January 18th, 1842, he was married to Abigail, daughter of George B. and Mary (Shoemaker) Bechtel. She was born near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 8th, 1821. After their marriage they moved on his father's old homestead where they resided until his death which took place September 18th, 1874. When a young man he was converted unto the Lord and soon thereafter joined himself with the Mennonite body. On June 5th, 1859, Mr Detweiler was ordained as a minister of the Gospel for the Detweiler field of labor. In all his sermons and exhortations he urged upon his followers holiness of life, and uprightness and godliness in all manner of conversation. What should it benefit one to be a full believer in the tenets of Simon Menno, if his actions did not conform thereto, and his walk be upright and pure. In a holy and consecrated life, therefore, as he taught, did all christian godliness consist. But in the midst of his days the arrow of death bore our beloved minister, brother and friend from the scenes of his life's activity, and from the companionship of his beloved wife and family besides that of his faithful circle of followers, and his freed spirit winged its course beyond the skies where we are promised rest from all our labors. His widow has her home with her son, Aaron, who resides on the old homestead. She is quite active yet for a person of her age. Their family consisted of ten 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.]. __________________________________ Roseville Mennonite Church (Detweiler Meeting House) Services began in homes in the area with the arrival of the first settlers around 1822. A first meeting house was built about 1830 approximately a half-mile west of Roseville, on the south side of the road. One acre of land on the northeast corner of Lot 37, Concession 11, North Dumfries Township, was transferred from Samuel C. Snyder. The deed for the property was dated 1830, but it was not registered until August 1842. A stone meeting house was built in 1855 just slightly east of the old log meeting house; the church was dedicated on November 25, 1855 by the congregation's first minister, Jacob F. Detweiler. Henry Shantz, Enoch Detweiler and Solomon Gehman were the ministers who followed Jacob F. Detweiler. Sunday School began in 1924 and in 1933 Young People's Bible Meetings were organized. The latter meetings were held in conjunction with those of the Blenheim Mennonite Church. A Sunday School classroom was added to the Detweiler church in 1956. Moses Bowman, a layman from First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, was ordained minister to Detweiler Mennonite Church in 1938 where he continued to serve until the time of his death in 1964. The small congregation was served by visiting ministers until it disbanded in January 1966. Some of the remaining families are reported to have joined with Blenheim Mennonite Church at that time. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  
  

• Sources

  [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 522. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link. Rev. Enoch R, Detwiler/ March 7,1818/ September 18,1874/ Abigail Bechtel/ his beloved wife/ October 8,1821/ July 23,1913/ "Asleep in Jesus, Peaceful rest/ whose waking supremely blest" [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 7. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 46. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 65. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 39. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Church, , At Green Bush, Waterloo Township, 31 Aug. 1841 To 31 Aug. 1842 Enoch Dettwiler, Yeom. , Of Dumfries, To Abigail Bechtel, Of Wilmot. Wit. George Bechtel, Of Wilmot And John Dettwiler, Of Dumfries, Both Farmers [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..., 211. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 24 Sep 1874. Died 18 Sep 1874 By Roseville, Enoch Dettweiler, minister for Mennonite Community, died at 57 years of age. [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..., 516.

  
  

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  Born - 7 Mar 1818 - Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Occupation - minister - - Roseville Mennonite Church, North Dumfries Township, Ontario Married - 1841 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1842 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Bright's Disease of the Kidneys 6 months - 18 Sep 1874 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth