Edward Adam Knechtel^[1]

1903 - 1972  (69 years)

• Name	Edward Adam Knechtel
  Born	27 Aug 1903	Amulree, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Military	WW2
  Occupation	1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Shoe Worker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-370205
  Died	5 Nov 1972	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	8 Nov 1972	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I370205	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Henry Knechtel,   b. 13 Nov 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1952, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Anna Elizabeth Eidt,   b. 16 Sep 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jan 1962  (Age 83 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1898	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F47376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thelma Jean Candler,   b. 1916, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 9 Dec 1999, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F256280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes Kundigunda Schmidt,   b. 4 Nov 1893, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Nov 1961, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	27 May 1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F256281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Knechtel, Edward A. - Of 160 Melrose St., Preston, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Sunday, Nov. 5, 1972, Edward A. Knechtel, beloved husband of Thelma Matthews; brother of Harold of St. Thomas, Norman of Nobel, Russell of Brandon, Fla.; Albert of Stratford, and Betty (Mrs. Wally Hammer) of Hamilton; in his70th year; predeceased by his first wife, Agnes Schmidt in 1961. Born in Amulree, came to Preston from Waterloo in 1961; employed with Carling Breweries for many years; member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener; veteran of World War II and member of Kitchener and Waterloo Royal Canadian Legions. Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Preston, where funeral and committal service will be conducted on Wednesday at 2 pm. Interment will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046000-26. Edward Adam Knechtel, 22, occ. Shoe Worker, b. Wilmot Twp, res. 11 Theresa St. Kitchener, son of William H. Knechtel (B. Canada) and Elizabeth Eydt married Agnes Kunigunda Schmidt, 32, occ. Shoe Worker, b. North Easthope Twp, res. 176 Waterloo St. Kitchener, Spinster, daughter of Jacob D. Schmidt (B. Canada) and Catherine Gerth, Witnessed by: Richard and Viola Hunt Both of 9 Foreman Place Kitchener, 27 May 1926 in Kitchener. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edward A. Knechtel - 1972. [S626] News - ON, Perth, Stratford - Stratford Beaon Herald, Obituary of William H. Knecthel - 10 Mar 1952.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Aug 1903 - Amulree, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Birth - - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoe Worker - 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 May 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Nov 1972 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 8 Nov 1972 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth