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

Sarah Bechtel

Female 1835 - 1901  (66 years)


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  • Name Sarah Bechtel 
    Born 29 Mar 1835  Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Sarah Thompson 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0797 
    Died 10 Nov 1901  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I15270  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John G. Bechtel,   b. 18 Sep 1806, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1848  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Sarah Brower,   b. 21 Jan 1809, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1842, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Family ID F4106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Thompson,   b. 23 Jun 1831, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1885, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1853  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Agnes Thompson
     2. Mary Thompson,   b. 25 May 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1928, Waldo Twp, Lake, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Isabella C. "Bella" Thompson,   b. 3 Dec 1857, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1946, Two Harbors, Lake, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thompson,   b. 1861, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F4118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sarah Bechtel "was born March 29th, 1835. She is married to George Thompson, a notary public. They also reside at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and have four 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 
    1. [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..., 220.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, F., America, N., County, K., Rapids, G., & Cemetery, F. (1835). Sarah Bechtel Thompson (1835-1901) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 15 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113622554/sarah-thompson.

    3. [S2280] Michigan, Death Certicates, 1921-1952.
      Name:Sarah B Raymond
      [Sarah B Bechtel]
      Gender:Female
      Race:White
      Marital status:Married
      Death Age:66
      Birth Date:29 Mar 1835
      Birth Place:Canada
      Death Date:10 Nov 1901
      Death Place:Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
      Father:John Bechtel
      Mother:Sarah Bro

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Mar 1835 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Feb 1853 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Nov 1901 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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