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1775 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
Elizabeth Gabel |
Born |
CA 1775 |
Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Female |
Name |
Elizabeth Bechtel |
Eby ID Number |
00037-3022.3 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
Buried |
Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5] |
Person ID |
I5957 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
9 Sep 2024 |
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Notes |
- Unwilling participants in the War of 1812
About 20 Mennonite men were conscripted to haul supplies for an 1813 engagement
...No one was exempt from non-combatant duties, although some resisted at times. Some were fined heavily in court. Cornelius Pannebecker removed the wheels from his wagon to save it, although his horse and son were still conscripted. Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel was threatened at sword-point by an officer who knew she was hiding oxen, which he sought for a massive-scale transport operation to the Detroit River.
Waterloo Region Region 23 Jun 2012 Jonathan Seiling
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- [S3] 670.
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- [S10] 257.
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Her cemetery stone in Old Blair Cemetery reads:
eroded In memory
von
Elizabeth Bechtel
Weib von Jacob Bechtel
gestorben (den) ten/ ? (1855)
(im Alt. 58 Jahr ? Monat
2 worhen und 1 Tage)
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| Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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