Barbara Schmitt^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1933  (91 years)

• Name	Barbara Schmitt
  Born	28 Nov 1841	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79919738
  Name	Barbara Knechtel
  Name	Barbara Schmidt
  Residence	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6]
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Other Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-48204
  Died	30 Mar 1933	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	St. James Lutheran Cemetery, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I48204	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes R. "John Schmitt,   b. 1 Nov 1806, Mulhausen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 12 Mar 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Margaret Roth,   b. 3 Mar 1807, Bischholtz, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 7 Mar 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Nov 1831  [7]
  Family ID	F1641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philip Knechtel,   b. 1 Feb 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1914, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6, 8]
  Children	1. Solomon Knechtel,   b. 9 Aug 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1932, RR2, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   2. Johannes Knechtel,   b. 1 Jan 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaretha "Margaret" "Maggie" Knechtel,   b. 6 Feb 1869, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1909, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)   4. Henry S. Knechtel,   b. 6 Jan 1880, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jul 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F12477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. BARBARA KNECHTEL Barbara Knechtel, relict of the late Philip Knechtel, passed away last evening at her home, 679 Park atreet, in her 92nd year. Deceased was a daughter of John R. Schmidt and Margaret Roth, both deceased. German Immigrants to Canada. She was born at Wilmot township. Mrs. Knechtel was of the Lutheran faith. Two sons. Henry and Valentine. both of Kitchener, and one daughter. Mrs. George B. Schmidt, North Easthope, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren survive.. One brother, Jacob R. Schmide, Kitchener, also survives. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon with services at her late home Park street, at 130 o'clock and thence to St Jacob's Lutheran Church. Burial will he made in North Fasthope. Rev. Mr. Hamister will officiate. ______________ Mrs. Barbara Knechtel One of Kitchener's oldest residents in the person of Barbara Knechtel, relict of the late Philip Knechtel, passed away Wednesday. March 29th, at her home. 579 Park street, in her 92nd year. Deceased was a daughter of John R. Schmidt and Margaret Roth and was born in Wilmot township. Surviving are two sons, Henry and Valentine, both of Kitchener, and one daughter, Mrs. George B. Schmidt, North Easthope, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren also one brother, Jacob R. Schmidt, Kitchener. The funeral was held Monday afternoon with services at her late home to St. Jacobs Lutheran Church. Burial was made in North Easthope. Rev. Mr. Hamister conducted the service. Waterloo Chronicle, 6 Apr 1933, p. 5

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Margaret Knechtel Born: W Easthope Age: 25 Father: Philip Knechtel Mother: Barbara Smith Born: abt 1872 Spouse: George Kelterborn Age: 25 born: North Easthope Father: August Kelterborn Mother: Elizabeth Koch married 30 Mar 1897 married: Perth [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Salomon Knechtel (farmer of North East Hope) b. Waterloo Township Age: 38 born abt 1857 father: Philip Knechtel mother: Barbara Knechtel married Lydia Bechtel (res. Wilmot) Age:: 33 born abt 1862 b. Wilmot Tp father: Noah Bechtel mother: Annie Bechtel married 8 Jan 1895 Marriage Place: Waterloo, New Hamburg [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Philipp Knechtel, 25, res. Waterloo Twp., b. Waterloo Twp. s/o Philipp Knechtel & Eva Jung married 1 Apr 1861 to Barbara Schmitt, 19 b. Wilmot, res. wilmot. d/o John R. Schmitt & Margaret Roth. Wit: Michael Holz of Berlin [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Sect. 5 Page 197. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 98. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 4 Apr 1861. Apr. 1, 1861 Barbara Schnitt of Wilmot; Philipp Knechtel of Waterloo, by Rev. Bindemann [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 263. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Nov 1841 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Apr 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Mar 1933 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. James Lutheran Cemetery, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth