Heinrich L. "Henry" Knechtel^[1]

1877 - 1966  (89 years)

• Name	Heinrich L. "Henry" Knechtel
  Born	1877	North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Henry L. Knechtel  [3]
  Occupation	1904	North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-372389
  Died	17 Feb 1966	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	19 Feb 1966	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I372389	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Valentine Knechtel,   b. 15 Dec 1833, , Germany ,   d. 7 Jan 1913, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Margaret Schmidt,   b. 14 Jul 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1875  (Age 39 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1859	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F19632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Valentine Knechtel,   b. 15 Dec 1833, , Germany ,   d. 7 Jan 1913, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Catherine Lantz,   b. 2 Oct 1851, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Oct 1940, Ratzburg, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F280107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Anna "Mary Ann" Otto,   b. 9 Aug 1879, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1954, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	19 Jul 1904	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Pearl Amelia Catherine Knechtel,   b. 16 May 1905, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Oct 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F265524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry L. Knechtel - By Record Staff Writer - Elmira - Henry L. Knechtel, 89, of 43 King St., Elmira, died Thursday at this home after a lengthy illness. Born in North Easthope, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Knechtel, and farmed in the North Easthope district until he retired in 1947. He then moved to Elmira. He was a member of St. James' Lutheran church. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Mary Ann Otto, in April, 1954. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Theodore (Pearl) Hammer of Elmira; and one brother, John of North Easthope. The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel until Saturday noon, when removal will be made at St. James' Lutheran Church for service at 3 pm, conducted by Rev. H.W. Baetz. Burial will be in St. James' Church Cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018810-04. Heinrich Knechtel, 27, Occ. Farmer, b. North Easthope, Res. North Easthope, son of Valentine Knechtel and Catherina Lantz married Maria Anna Otto, 24, b. North Easthope, Res. North Easthope, daughter of John W. Otto and Barbara Seegmiller, Witn: John Knechtel of Shakespeare and Henry Otto of Lisbon, 19 July 1904 in Philipsburg [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Henry L. Knechtel. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mary Ann Otto - Knechtel. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 22 Mar 1859. 6 Mar 1859 By the Rev'd F. W. Bindeman, at Berlin on 6th inst., Valentin Knechtel, of Waterloo to Wargareth Schmitt, of Wilmot. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Valentine Knechtel Born: Germany Res: Waterloo Age: 25 Father: Phillip Mother: Eva Jung Born: 1834 Spouse: Margarethe Schmitt Age: 24 born: Wilmot Township Res: Wilmot Township Born: 1835 Father: John R. Mother: Margth Roth married 1 Mar 1859 [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1877 - North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1904 - North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Jul 1904 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Feb 1966 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 19 Feb 1966 - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth