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

Ida Bechtel

Female 1895 - 1969  (74 years)


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  • Name Ida Bechtel 
    Born 6 Apr 1895  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20165141 
    Name Ida Shantz 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-72262 
    Died 9 Sep 1969  Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I72262  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Noah C. Bechtel,   b. 20 Nov 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Snyder,   b. 9 Feb 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1932, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 7 Mar 1882  [4
    Noah Bechtel Family from Mennonite Heritage Profiles
    Noah Bechtel Family from Mennonite Heritage Profiles
    L to R): Mary Ann (Snyder) Bechtel; Ida (Bechtel) Shantz; Noah C. Bechtel; Lucinda (Bechtel) Dettweiler
    Family ID F3752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Henry Shantz,   b. 18 Oct 1894, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anna Mae "Mae" Shantz,   b. 16 Oct 1925, Guernsey, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Jean "Jean" Shantz,   b. 29 Nov 1927, Guernsey, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1989, Scarborough, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Alice Grace Shantz
     4. John Lowell "Lowell" Shantz
     5. Norma Jun Shantz
     6. Helen Doris Shantz
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F40421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. John H. Shantz

      Mrs. John H. Shantz of Breslau died on Tuesday of last week in hospital at Boise, Idaho, while on vacation in Western Canada and the United States. She was 75.

      Mrs. Shantz was the former Ida Bechtel, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bechtel. She was born in Waterloo Township and lived in Breslau for the past 30 years. She was a member of the Breslau Mennonite Church and the women's missionary service auxiliary..

      Surviving are her husband; one son, Lowell of Breslau; five daughters, Mrs. Morgan (Mae) Baer of RR 2, Baden, Jean Shantz of Scarborough, Mrs. Norman (Ella) Gascho of Breslau, Norma Shantz of Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisburg, Va., and Mrs. Arnold (Helen) MacDonald of North Augusta, Ont. and one brother, Eden Bechtel of RR2, Kitchener.

      Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Alvin (Edna) Lugibihl of Pandora, Ohio, Mrs. Roy (Nettie) Snyder of Milverton and Mrs. Sarah Knarr of Preston, and 16 grandchildren.

      She was predeceased by two brothers and two sisters.

      New Hamburg Independent, September 17, 1969

  • Sources 
    1. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 13.

    2. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 1.

    3. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Shantz/ Father/ John H./ Shantz/ 1894-1980/ Mother/ Ida/ Bechtel/ 1895-1969

    4. [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..., 302.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Apr 1895 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Dec 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Sep 1969 - Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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