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

George Bechtel[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1746 - 1828  (82 years)


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  • Name George Bechtel 
    Born 19 Feb 1746  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19293365 
    Died 17 Sep 1828  Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Land Bef 1831  Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 09, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Eby ID Number 00007-0813 
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I15336  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham Bechtel,   b. 1715,   d. 19 Mar 1759, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F3949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Mary,   b. 5 May 1752, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mary Bechtel,   b. 11 Jul 1782 OR 22 Jul 1782, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Nancy Bechtel,   b. 5 Jan 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1863, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Esther Bechtel,   b. 2 Feb 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Magdalena Bechtel,   b. 19 Feb 1789, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1866, Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Susannah Bechtel,   b. 13 Jul 1790,   d. 3 Jun 1879  (Age 88 years)
     6. Elizabeth Bechtel,   b. 8 Aug 1792, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1885, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     7. Sarah "Sallie" Bechtel,   b. 24 Jan 1795, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1873, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • George Bechtel "son of III Abraham Bechtel, and younger brother to IV Abraham, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 19th, 1746. He was married to Elizabeth Morris. She was born May 5th, 1752, and died December 22nd, 1836. In 1800 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Blair, on the old "Eschelman Farm" where he died September 17th, 1828. their family consisted of seven daughters."

      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..., 660.

    2. [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..., 413.

    3. [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..., 413.

    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..., 862.

    5. [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..., 223.

    6. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 10.

    7. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Feb 1746 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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