Katherine Schmitt

1832 - 1898  (65 years)

• Name	Katherine Schmitt
  Born	8 Nov 1832	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Christened	17 Mar 1833	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95890663
  Name	Katherine Bentler
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00104-5800
  Died	1898  [5]
  Buried	Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I5228	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Dr. George R. Schmitt,   b. 23 Nov 1809, Muhlhausen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 12 Sep 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Salome "Sally" Becker,   b. 28 Feb 1811, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 21 Nov 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1831	Welland Co., Ontario   [1]
  Family ID	F1637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian Herman "Herman" Bentler,   b. 5 Dec 1821, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 1905  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Mary Bentler,   b. 1854, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sarah Bentler,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Leah Bentler,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F1642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Schmidt, "was born November 8th, 1832. She is married to Herman Bendler and resides on a farm in Kent County, Michigan. They have a family of eight children." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S211] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church Register of H. W. Peterson 1833-1835. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Pg. 102. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 16 Page 102. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95890663.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Nov 1832 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 17 Mar 1833 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth