Matilda Becker^[1]

1860 - 1937  (77 years)

• Name	Matilda Becker
  Born	31 May 1860	Rosebank, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mathilde
  Name	Matilda Knipfel
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Tunker
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00089-5145.2
  Died	25 Oct 1937	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I8801	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	John F. Becker,   b. 22 May 1835, Niedersfall, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 9 Jan 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Barbara Reichart,   b. 2 Jun 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1905, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	9 May 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Family ID	F2571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	August Knipfel,   b. 1 Feb 1862, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1941, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1883	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Johann Heinrich "Harry" Knipfel,   b. 13 Feb 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 66 years)   2. Albin Knipfel,   b. CALC 4 Sep 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Mar 1896  (Age ~ 10 years)   3. William Knipfel,   b. 31 Oct 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1985  (Age 97 years)   4. Charles Knipfel,   b. 26 Oct 1889, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   5. Rosena "Rosa" Knipfel,   b. 16 Feb 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Herbert Knipfel,   b. 28 May 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1905  (Age 11 years)   7. John B. "Jack" Knipfel,   b. 21 Jul 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)   8. Allice H. Knipfel,   b. CALC 5 Oct 1902,   d. 28 Feb 1903  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F6438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Matilda Knipfel There passed away at her home in Petersburg on October 25th, in her 78th year, Mrs. Matilda Knipfel. Deceased was born in Rosebank in 1860 and in 1883 married August Knipfel of Kitchener. She is survived by her husband, four sons, Harry, William, and Charles of Petersburg, Jack of Toronto, and one daughter, Mrs. Alfred Seip, Petersburg. Two sons and one daughter predeceased her. Five brothers, Simon, Superior, Wisc., Allan, Atland, Oregon, Steve, Kitchener, Isaac and Titus, of Saskatchewan, two sisters, Mrs. Frank Fisher, Clarence, N.Y., Miss A. Becker, of Toronto, 17 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren also survive. The remains will be at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home until Tuesday 10 a.m. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday with private service at the house at 2 p.m., followed by public service at the Lutheran Church at Petersburg at 2.30. Interment in Petersburg cemetery. Waterloo Chronicle, 26 Oct 1937, p. 6

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 160. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12184-83. August KNUEPPEL, 21, farmer, Canada, Petersburg, s/o John Adam & Marie, married Matilda BECKER, 23, Canada, Wilmot, d/o John & Barbara, witn: Stephen & Justine BECKER of Wilmot, 24 July 1883 at Berlin [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 14. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 4. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 24. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 10. [S183] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Emmanuel Evangelical Petersburg CC#4556 Internet Link. KNIPFEL/ August KNIPFEL/ 1862-1941/ Matilda BECKER/ his beloved wife/ 1860-1937/ In silence we remember [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 38. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register, Return 6 - by Joseph Hoelsche. John BECKER, 23, b. Niedersfall Hessen, of Waterloo twp., s/o Andreas BECKER & Catherine FISHER, married Barbara REICHERT, 22, Wilmot, same, d/o Daniel REICHERT & Elizabeth GROH, witn: John Henry BAKER? & John SWARTZ, both of Waterloo, 9 May 1858

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Jul 1883 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth