Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Elsie M. Bechtel[1]

Female 1866 - 1942  (75 years)


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  • Name Elsie M. Bechtel 
    Born 16 Sep 1866  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
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    Name Elsamima Bechtel 
    Name Elsie M. Schill 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0693 
    Died 28 Mar 1942  Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Mount Olivet Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I427852  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Jacob S. Bechtel,   b. 12 Feb 1840, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1914  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Salome "Sarah" Devitt,   b. 11 May 1844, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1921, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 28 Feb 1865  [1, 4, 5
    Family ID F3542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Schill,   b. 3 Mar 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1939, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F3553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elsie Bechtel "is married to John Schill, a moulder. They reside at Battle Creek, Michigan."

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 205.

    2. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 41.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., County, C., Creek, B., & Cemetery, M. (2017). Elsie E. Schill (1866-1942) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11010417/SCHI.

    4. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 29.

    5. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 9.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Sep 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Mar 1942 - Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Olivet Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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