Margaretha Catharine Meckler^[1]

1818 - 1868  (50 years)

• Name	Margaretha Catharine Meckler
  Born	1818	, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Margaretha Catharine Blesch
  Name	Margaretha Catharine Meckel
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-154158
  Died	25 Feb 1868	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I154158	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John Meckler,   b. Abt 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Barbara,   b. Abt 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F44779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Adam Meckel,   b. CALC 24 Feb 1823, , Germany ,   d. 9 Jul 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Married	13 May 1851  [4]
  Children	1. Margaretha Meckel,   b. 12 Mar 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 20 years)   2. Mary Ann Meckel,   b. 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Regina S. Meckel,   b. 28 Oct 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1899, , Minnesota, USA  (Age 40 years)   4. Katharina Meckel,   b. 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F38559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Michael Blesch,   b. 1814, , Germany ,   d. 6 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Children	1. George Blesch,   b. 20 Nov 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1923, Gilmore Twp., Isabella Co., Michigan  (Age 76 years)   2. Joseph Blesch,   b. 8 Mar 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Nov 1890, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F44777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Rezina Meckel (resident of Berlin) b. Canada Age: 17 born abt 1858 father: Adam Meckel mother: Margaretha Meckel married Louis Stoeszer (innkeeper of Berlin) Age:: 23 born abt 1852 b. Canada father: John Stoeszer mother: Catharine Stoeszer married 6 Apr 1875 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Berlin [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 33. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Feb 1868. Margaretha Meckel died 25 Feb 1868 in Berlin, 48 yrs. [S91] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Maryhill - St. Boniface Roman Catholic [found cited on various sources on the internet and family histories], Rev. Joseph Ritter. Adam Beckel s/o Franz & Gertraud Gocher (from Larnheim in Pfalz) married 13 May 1850 to Margartha Meckler d/o John & Barbara. Margaretha Meckler widow from Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1818 - , Germany Occupation - Labourer - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Feb 1868 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth