Johannes B. "John" Betzner^{[1, 2, 3]}

1808 - 1854  (45 years)

• Name	Johannes B. "John" Betzner
  Born	13 Feb 1808	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	John B. Betzner
  Eby ID Number	00006-0926
  Died	6 Feb 1854	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 6, 7]
  Buried	Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I8622	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Betzner,   b. 7 May 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Nov 1852, Opposite Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	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, 8]
  Family ID	F2454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena Eby,   b. 12 Dec 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Apr 1886, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	30 Apr 1833  [2, 4]
  Children	1. David Betzner,   b. 14 Nov 1833, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   2. Noah Betzner,   b. 22 Mar 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   3. Moses E. Betzner,   b. 18 Feb 1838, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   4. Elizabeth Betzner,   b. 30 Oct 1839, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   5. Leah Betzner,   b. 18 Nov 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1847  (Age 1 years)   6. Mary Betzner,   b. 11 Feb 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Apr 1873, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F2522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Noah Betzner,   b. 22 Mar 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F35698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John B. Betzner "the second son of John D. and Mary (Bechtel) Betzner, was born February 13th, 1808. Early in spring of 1833 he was married to Magdalena, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Bechtel) Eby. She was born December 12th, 1813, and died April 2nd, 1886. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's and grandfather's old place opposite Doon where he died February 6th, 1854. Their family consisted of six 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.]. ___________________________- February 6, 1854 - John Betzner. Waterloo Township. 45 years Death Announcement - Deutsche Canadier, February 16, 1854 ______________________ A-1-32 John Betzner: Administration to the estate of John Betzner, late of the Township of Waterloo granted on Petition and issued in favor of his widow Magdalene the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, after her giving proof that the said deceased died intestate on or about the sixth day of February of same year, and on her giving Bond into the sum of Five Hundred Pounds, with David Sherick and Abraham Cressman, both of the said Township of Waterloo, Yeomen, as her sureties. Inventory amounting to Six Hundred and seventy four pounds, eighteen shillings and 5 1/2 pence. Granted and issued 8th March 1854 Inventory £674/18/51/2d Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

  
  

• 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..., 224. [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..., 540. [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..., 792. [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..., 243. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives the country or province of birth. [S2378] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Doon Pioneer Tower. John BETZNER/ Born/ Feb. 13, 1808/ Died/ Feb. 6, 1854 [This stone is now lying flat on the ground. When Brian Gilchrist visited the cemetery in 1973, it was erect and he recorded the other side as follows] Jophannes BETZNER/ geboren den/ 13th February 1808 starb 6th Feby. 1854/ Brachte sein Alter auf 45 Jahr 11 Mont und 24 Tag. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, February 16, 1854. February 6, 1854 - John Betzner. Waterloo Township. 45 years [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Feb 1808 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Feb 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth