Mayor Jacob Bettschen^[1]

1808 - 1869  (61 years)

• Name	Jacob Bettschen
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	8 May 1808	, Switzerland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	1850	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Reeve/Mayor
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169208382
  Occupation	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Protestant (CE)
  Died	24 Jul 1869	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Interesting	politics, law, crime, murder, story
  Name	Jacob Bettschen
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-25194P
  Buried	Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I25194	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	David Bettschen,   b. Sep 1782, Avers, Reichenbach, Frutingen, Canon Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 13 Sep 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Bruegger,   b. 7 Apr 1771, , Switzerland ,   d. 24 Apr 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F23653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Jacob Bettschen

  
  

• Notes

  The first frame house in Wilmot Township was built by this native of Reuebruegg, Switzerland who arrived in 1830. He was a tax collector, a constable and a magistrate. He served for eight years as a Wilmot Township councillor in Wellington District and was the first reeve of Wilmot Township in 1850. He was a charter member of the Wilmot Agricultural Society in 1853 and he was appointed a captain in the Wilmot Township Militia. Bettschen is remembered as the promoter of library services for the Township in 1853. In 1859 this developed into a travelling library which placed 150 books in each of the five wards and the books were exchanged every four months. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame _________________ According to family lore, Jacob Bettschen was the first constable. He had the distinction of making the first arrest for the first murder in Wilmot Township. A man had murdered a child and concealed the body under a culvert. He was later arrested in Haysville and Bettschen delivered him on foot to Hamilton. Baden Outlook 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] . Frederick BETTSCHEN, 27, farmer, Wilmot Twp, Roseville, s/o Jacob & Elizabeth married Hannah CLEMENS, 23, Roseville, Roseville, d/o Jacob & Eve, witn: Jacob & Isabella BECKER of Baden, 24 May 1874 in Baden. [S190] Div 2 pg 6. [S134] Div 2 Pg 6. Jacob BETTSCHEN Farmer Switzerland Calvinist? 44 Elizabeth BETTSCHEN Switzerland Calvinist? 42 Jacob BETTSCHEN Canada Calvinist? 21 Susanna BETTSCHEN Canada Calvinist? 15 Gotleib BETTSCHEN Canada Calvinist? 11 Judith BETSCHEN Canada Calvinist? 8 Frederick BETTSCHEN Canada Calvinist? 6 Hercules BETTSCHEN Canada Calvinist? 4 [S213] . In memory of / Jacob Bettschen / 1808-1869 / Elizabeth Klopfenstein / his wife / 1810-1888 / David and Elizabeth / twins / 1850-1850 / Bettschen / [S7] 29 Jul 1869. Jakob, Esq. Bettschen died 24 Jul 1869 near New Dundee, Wilmot, 61 yrs. [S844] Sect. 7 Page 42. [S134] Div 2 Pg 6. [S220] .

  
  

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  Born - 8 May 1808 - , Switzerland Elected Office - councillor - Reeve/Mayor - 1850 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant (CE) - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Jul 1869 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth