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

Elizabeth Gabel[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1775 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Elizabeth Gabel 
    Born CA 1775  Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Bechtel 
    Eby ID Number 00037-3022.3 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I5957  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2024 

  • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] 670.

    2. [S3] 212.

    3. [S10] 257.

    4. [S3] 105.

    5. [S34] .
      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)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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