William Otto Knechtel

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187734514
• Name: W. O. Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179158P
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Button Maker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Elected Office: 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Button Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangrlical Ass.
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Superintendant, Button Factory
• Residence: 1921, 33 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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William O. Knechtel

A Kitchener native, William Otto Knechtel, 76, of Rosemere, Que., died at his home yesterday after a brief illness.

He was a member of Zion Evangelical Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Lillian) McFarlane of Rosemere, Que., and Mrs. Whitney (Margaret) Sebolt of Wells, B.C.; four brothers, Charles, Harry and Jonas of Kitchener and Edward of Toronto; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Snyder and Mrs. Gus W. Donner of Kitchener and Mrs. Charles Mulholland of Elmira. His wife, the former Ada Moyer, predeceased him three years ago.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Elected Office:
Years Served: 1912-14, 1923-24

William — Anna Margaret Ada "Ada" Moyer. Anna (daughter of Rev. Samuel Nash Moyer and Mary Ann Lingelbach) was born 2 Aug 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 May 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226106931
• Name: Lillian Mabel "Lilyan" Macfarlane
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-372005
• Residence: 1914, 22 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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children:

William Peter Macfarlane born March 21, 1939 in Montreal. Lived in Port Huron, MI in 2023.
Margaret Joan Macfarlane born March 21, 1939 in Montreal. Died June 2017 in Ottawa.
Arthur Clyde Macfarlane born October 2, 1941 in Montreal. Lived in Kingston, ON in 2023.
Catherine Ann Macfarlane born and died in 1945 in Belleville, ON.
Linda Ruth Macfarlane born January 15, 1952 in Montreal. Lived in Port Moody B.C. in 2023.
Robert Bruce Macfarlane born and died in 1955 in Belleville, ON.

Lillian married Arthur Clyde Thomas Macfarlane 28 Dec 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Arthur was born 1910, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1959; was buried , Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Margaret — Whitney Sebolt. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179160
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical Ass.
• Residence: 1921, 33 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Gerald W. Knechtel - Gerald W. Knechtel, 44, formerly of 33 Ahrens St. West, died at London yesterday following a lengthy illness. Born in Kitchener, he was a son of William O. Knechtel and the late Ada Moyer. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Whitney L. (Margaret) Sebolt of Wells, B.C., and Mrs. Arthur C. (Lilyan) Macfarlane of Rosemere, Que. The body is resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Friday at 2 pm. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery with Rev. E.E. Hallman, pastor of Zion Evangelical Church, officiating.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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• Name: Anna Margaret "Margaret" Sebolt
• Name: Margaret Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-323792
• Residence: 1921, 33 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Mrs. Whitney L. Sebolt

Funeral service for Mrs. Whitney L. Sebolt, 52, of Buchell Lake, Ont., formerly of Kitchener, who died Wednesday at Fort William, will be conducted Saturday, at 2 p.m. at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, by Rev. F. M. Faist of Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Sebolt was the former Margaret Knechtel and was born July 9, 1911, in Kitchener, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William 0. Knechtel. She was formerly an employee of the Robert Simpson Company of Toronto, for a number of years. She is survived by her husband, Whitney L. Sebolt, whom she married in Kitchener in 1947 and a sister, Mrs. Arthur C. (Lillian) Macfarlane of Belleville. She was predeceased by a brother, Gerald, in May, 1950.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Nov 1963 pg 25

Anna married Whitney L. Sebolt 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Whitney died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lillian McFarlane
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-323793
• Residence: 1921, 33 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Lillian — Arthur McFarlane. [Group Sheet]