Rev. George B. Detweiler^{[1, 2]}

1846 - 1931  (85 years)

• Name	George B. Detweiler
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	6 Jan 1846	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123328967
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	School Teacher
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Factory Hand
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Dunker
  Eby ID Number	00029-2306
  Died	2 Aug 1931	Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States   [8]
  Buried	Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States   [8]
  Person ID	I22896	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Enoch R. Detwiler,   b. 7 Mar 1818, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Sep 1874, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Abigail Bechtel,   b. 8 Oct 1821, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Jul 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F3486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harriet W. Tyson,   b. 2 Nov 1844, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Mar 1908  (Age 63 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1870	Freeland, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States   [3, 11]
  Children	1. Emma Tyson Detweiler,   b. 12 Oct 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1926, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 54 years)   2. Tyson Detweiler,   b. 6 Jun 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Henrietta "Etta" Detweiler,   b. 14 May 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1922  (Age 46 years)   4. Irvine Detweiler,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Irene Detweiler,   b. 12 Aug 1878,   d. 18 Oct 1882  (Age 4 years)   6. Anna Abigail "Abby" Detweiler,   b. 17 Mar 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Sep 1976, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 94 years)   7. George Leslie Detweiler,   b. 28 Apr 1885, Humberstone Township, Welland Co., Ontario ,   d. 29 Jul 1964  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F5500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Leah Hallman,   b. 30 Aug 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1929  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1909  [12]
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rev. George B. Detweiler," was born January 6th, 1846. His boyhood days were spent on his father's farm near Roseville, Ontario. When about eighteen years of age he commenced to teach school in S. S. No. 6, Waterloo County, where he taught for some time, from here he went to Roseville where he was engaged in farming. On November 27th, 1870, he was married to Harriet, daughter of Isaac B. and Anna (Wismer) Tyson. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 2nd, 1844. At present they reside near Sherkston, Welland County, Ontario, where he is the owner of a beautiful farm. They belong to the River Brethren Denomination of which body he has been ordained a minister some years ago. Up to present he has proved to be very successful in his ministerial calling. He is a good worker in the Lord's vineyard and seems to be gifted with a natural power of making many friends. His sermons are never long but always very pointed and convincing. During the time of his ministry the congregation has, on his field of labor, increased in membership. His family consists 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.]. ______________________ Detwiler, George Bechtel (1847-1931). George Bechtel Detwiler was born near Roseville in Waterloo Co., ON. A Mennonite, he married Harriet Tyson, a Brethren in Christ from Pennsylvania, in 1870. Four years later he joined her denomination. After teaching school for several years, he moved in 1885 with his family to a farm near Fort Erie, where he became a minister in the Bertie congregation and helped organize the first Sunday school in at least two Ontario Brethren in Christ congregations. In 1899 the Detwilers moved to Abilene, KS where he became first associate editor and a few months later editor of his denomination's paper, Evangelical Visitor. In 1902 the editorial offices and the Detwilers moved to Harrisburg, PA. Although he did not accept the doctrine of sanctification that was being increasingly favored in the Brethren in Christ Church, he endeavored in his editing to maintain a balance between opposing positions on the doctrine. This editorial policy, however, led in 1918 to his replacement as editor by Vernon Stump, a strong holiness advocate. Thereafter, under Stump, Evangelical Visitor became a holiness paper. From 1917 to 1925 he taught Bible at Messiah Bible College (later Messiah College). Throughout his life he was a respected Bible commentator and Bible conference speaker. Sider, E. Morris. "Detwiler, George Bechtel." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1990. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 Nov 2005 <https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/D489ME.html>

  
  

• 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..., 211. [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 524. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 86. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 7. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 46. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 65. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123328967. [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..., 522. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Church, , At Green Bush, Waterloo Township, 31 Aug. 1841 To 31 Aug. 1842 Enoch Dettwiler, Yeom. , Of Dumfries, To Abigail Bechtel, Of Wilmot. Wit. George Bechtel, Of Wilmot And John Dettwiler, Of Dumfries, Both Farmers [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 14 DEc 1870. Tyson, Harriett W. married 27 Nov 1870 to George Detwiler At Freeland, by Rev. J.H. Hendricks. Groom, of N. Dumfries; bride, youngest daughter of Isaac B. Tyson, Upper Providence, Montgomery Co., Pa. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Joseph Bingeman / born Nov. 9, 1847, died Apr. 1, 1907 / Leah Hallman / his beloved wife / born Aug. 30, 1851, died Feb. 6, 1929 / married to George Detwiler 1909 - Blessed are the pure in heart / for they shall see God. Matt. 5,8 / Bingeman

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jan 1846 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Nov 1870 - Freeland, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Occupation - School Teacher - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Factory Hand - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunker - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Aug 1931 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States Buried - - Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth