Johannes "John" Betzner

1783 - 1852  (69 years)

• Name	Johannes "John" Betzner
  Born	7 May 1783	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Historic Building	437 Pioneer Tower Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	The Betzner Farmstead, composed of a farmhouse, drive shed and cultural heritage landscape, is located at 437 Pioneer Tower Road, in the southeast end of the City of Kitchener. The two-storey farmhouse was designed in the Mennonite Georgian style by John Betzner, and the accessory drive shed was designed in the utilitarian and vernacular style typical of pioneer farmsteads. Both buildings were constructed in circa 1830.
  Land	1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Land	1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 12, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Name	John Betzner
  Eby ID Number	00006-0916
  Died	3 Nov 1852	Opposite Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 5]
  Buried	Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I8330	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Betzner,   b. 1738, Merspurg, Wurtenburg, Germany ,   d. 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Maria Detweiler,   b. 1744, Of, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1806, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Bechtel,   b. 11 Jul 1782 OR 22 Jul 1782, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	6 Jul 1804  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Samuel B. Betzner,   b. 11 Sep 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   2. Johannes B. "John" Betzner,   b. 13 Feb 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   3. Elizabeth B. Betzner,   b. 10 May 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1894, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   4. Anna "Nancy" Betzner,   b. 22 Dec 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Sep 1897  (Age 82 years)   5. Jacob B. Betzner,   b. 5 Sep 1818, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F2454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Betzner, "the third son of Samuel and Maria (Detweiler) Betzner, was born May 7th, 1783. In 1804he was married to Mary, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Morris) Bechtel. She was born July 11th, 1782 and died September 22nd, 1843. After their marriage they moved on his father's farm opposite Doon where he died November 3rd, 1852. To them were born five 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

  [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..., 242. [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..., 224. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives the country or province of birth. [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... [S2378] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Doon Pioneer Tower. Johannes (?) BETZNER/ 1852

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 May 1783 - , Pennsylvania, USA Historic Building - - 437 Pioneer Tower Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Nov 1852 - Opposite Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth