Lydia Gehman^[1]

1829 - 1906  (76 years)

• Name	Lydia Gehman
  Born	14 Apr 1829	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lydia Gabel
  Eby ID Number	00037-3023
  Died	9 Mar 1906  [4]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I2673	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Solomon Gehman,   b. 2 Oct 1800, Herford Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Aug 1872, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Katharine "Catherine" Bechtel,   b. 21 Dec 1810, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1845, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F4125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cornelius Gabel,   b. 1814, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1899, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Lovina Gabel,   b. Abt 1850, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Nancy Gabel,   b. 28 Feb 1850, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Mar 1850, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. Catharine Gabel,   b. CA 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1929, Saltcoats, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)   4. Mary Gable,   b. 10 Sep 1852, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jun 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   5. Samuel Gabel,   b. 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Solomon Gabel,   b. 15 Nov 1856, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1932, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   7. Lydia Gabel,   b. Abt 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. John Gabel,   b. Abt 1859, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Cornelius Gabel,   b. 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. David Gabel,   b. 3 Nov 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1919, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)   11. Hannah Gabel,   b. Jul 1863, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Mar 1957  (Age ~ 93 years)   12. Martha Gabel,   b. 17 Dec 1869, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lydia Gehman, "is married to Cornelius Gabel, a farmer. They reside in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, near Washington" 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 670. [S149] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1881, Blenheim, Oxford North, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375904 District 166 Sub-district G Division 3 Page Number 50 Household Number 246. [S147] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1901, Blenheim c-7 Page 7. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Lydia Gable/ died / May 10, 1906/ aged 77 years/ 24 days/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Apr 1829 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth