Rev. Jacob Bechtel Detweiler^{[1, 2, 3]}

1844 - 1938  (94 years)

• Name	Jacob Bechtel Detweiler
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	6 Oct 1844	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1866	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Minister
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Minister
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1938	71 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00029-2305
  Died	22 Oct 1938	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 11]
  Buried	Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada   [6, 11]
  Person ID	I22892	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Enoch R. Detwiler,   b. 7 Mar 1818, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Sep 1874, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	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   [12, 13]
  Family ID	F3486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet B. Shantz,   b. 31 Aug 1844, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1908, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	18 Mar 1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 7, 14, 15]
  Children	1. Louisa Miller,   b. 22 Aug 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1943, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 75 years)   2. Mary Detweiler,   b. 1879, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F3905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rev. Jacob B. Detweiler," was born October 6th, 1844. When first married he followed farming and resided first on one of his father's farms near Roseville, then he moved on the farm now owned by Louis Schweitzer, near Bridgeport, Ontario. From here he moved to Berlin where he was engaged in the button works. Some years ago he entered the ministry of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ for which body he has been an active worker ever since and has through his labors proved to be the means of bringing souls unto Christ. In May, 1894, he moved to Didsbury, Alberta, N. W. T., Canada, where he is engaged in mission work. May the Lord crown his labors among those North West people with a glorious success in bringing souls unto Christ. On March 18th, 1866, he was married to Harriet, daughter of Jacob Y. and Barbara (Biehn) Shantz. She was born August 31st, 1844. They have no family." 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 __________________ "Retired Cleric Passes at 95 - Rev. J. B. Detweiler Went West at Age of 50 Rev. J. B. Detweiler, prominent Kitchener Mennonite Brethren pastor, who aided in hewing a home for a group of Waterloo county Mennonite settlers in the wilderness of Western Canada as their spiritual adviser, died at his home, 71 Ahrens Street, today. He was 95 years of age. A brother of D. B. Detweiler of Hydro fame, the deceased entered the ministry of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ in 1879, holding pastorates in Nottawasaga, Kitchener, Blair, Elmwood, and New Dundee. At the age of 50, when many people were entertaining thoughts of retirement, Rev. Mr.Detweiler accompanied a party of Mennonite pioneers to Didsbury, Alta. His duties of pastor there included those of postmaster, letter carrier, land guide and grocer. Born in North Dumfries township on Oct. 6, 1844, near Roseville, Mr.Detwiller was a s/o Rev. Enoch R. Detweiler and Abigail Bechtel. He was first married to Miss Harriet Shantz of Roseville and following her death at Didsbury in 1909 he married Margaret Williams of Winnipeg in 1911. Surviving are his widow, two adopted daughters, Mrs. Louisa Shantz of Calgary, and Mrs. Mary Traub of Vancouver, B.C., and one sister, Mrs. D. S. Huber of Kitchener...." KW Record obit. (including photo) of Sat., Oct. 22, 1938

  
  

• 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..., 211. [S173] Ancestry.com. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 407. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. [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..., 524. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link. In memory of/ Rev. Jacob B./ Detwiler/ born 1844, died 1938/ Gone Home [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Bridegroom Name: Jacob Detwiler Age: 22 Res: North Dumfries Place of Birth: North Dumfries Names of Parents: Enoch & Maria Detwiler Bride: Name: Harriet Shantz Age: 21 Res: Berlin Place of Birth: Berlin Names of Parents: Jacob Y. & Barbara Shantz Witness(S): Name: Andrew Weber Res: Waterloo Tp. Name: Veronica Weber Res: Waterloo Tp. Date of Marriage: March 18, 1866 [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 71. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 46. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 37. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177052483/jacob-bechtel-detwiler. [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. [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 [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob Detweiler aged 22 res North Dumfries born North Dumfries son of Enoch and Maria married 18 Mar 1866 to Harriet Schantz aged 21 res Berlin born Berlin daughter of Jacob and Barb. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Mar 1866. 18 Mar 1866 By Rev. Tuerk, Jakob Dettweiler of North Dumfries was married to Henriette Schantz of Berlin.

  
  

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  Born - 6 Oct 1844 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Mar 1866 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Minister - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Minister - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1938 - 71 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Oct 1938 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth