Elizabeth Knechtel^[1]

1823 - 1863  (40 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Knechtel
  Born	1823	Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Bechtel
  Name	Elizabeth Knapp
  Residence	1843	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1853	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00007-0781.3
  Died	1863
  Person ID	I35687	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Valentine "Valentine" Knechtel,   b. 22 Jan 1776, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 15 Sep 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Maria Eva Klink,   b. 1783, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 2 Mar 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	9 Apr 1799	Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  		Marriage of Johann Knechtel and Maria Eva Klick from Ancestry.com 2010
  Family ID	F41935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Peter Knapp,   b. 19 May 1811, Kusel, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	29 Jun 1853	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Rebecca Knechtel,   b. 1858,   d. Bef 1961  (Age < 102 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F6261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John G. Bechtel,   b. 18 Sep 1806, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1848  (Age 41 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1843	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Ann Emeline Bechtel,   b. 5 Dec 1844, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John George Bechtel,   b. 21 Apr 1846, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Carl Wilson "Charles" Bechtel,   b. 14 Nov 1847, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1923, Greensboro, Caroline, Maryland, United States  (Age 75 years)   4. Wilhelm "William" Bechtel,   b. 25 Apr 1849, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F9432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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..., 219. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 14. Elizabeth was living as a widow in Preston with children Emeline and William in the Valentine Knechtel [tailor] and Anna home. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Preston report 30. John Bechtel, to Elisabetha Knechtel, both of Waterloo. 26 Nov. 1843. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Peter Knapp, farmer of Wilmot, married 29 Juan 1853 in Greenbush by banns to Elisabeth Bechtel (widow) maiden name Knechtel of Waterloo wit: C. L. Bindemann & Vernoica Winkler [S826] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Preston - Saint Peter's Lutheran - index.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1823 - Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Residence - 1843 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Nov 1843 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1853 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Jun 1853 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth