Herbert Jacob M. Bechtel^[1]

1886 - 1972  (85 years)

• Name	Herbert Jacob M. Bechtel
  Born	16 Apr 1886	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42092451
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Sports Team Membership	1906	Waterloo Beavers Baseball Team, Waterloo, Ontario   [4]
  	In 1906 he pitched the winning baseball game for the Waterloo Beavers to the give the team their first Ontario Championship.
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Finisher, Furniture
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1972	64 Cedar St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00007-0700
  Died	30 Jan 1972	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I12928	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob S. Bechtel,   b. 12 Feb 1840, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jul 1914  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Salome "Sarah" Devitt,   b. 11 May 1844, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1921, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1865  [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F3542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Etta Boehmer,   b. 29 Oct 1885, Arthur, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1907  [8]
  Children	1. Almeda Bechtel   2. Evelyn Bechtel,   b. Mar 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Marjorie Bechtel,   b. Apr 1911, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mabel Marjorie "Mabe" Bechtel,   b. 25 Apr 1911, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1987  (Age 75 years)   5. Gerine Gladys Bechtel,   b. 1914,   d. 13 Jul 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)   6. Priscilla Bechtel,   b. 1918,   d. 11 Apr 2008, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   7. Clarence Bechtel,   b. 1922,   d. 26 Aug 2007, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F41932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Herbert Bechtel "the youngest in the family, is home and attending school." 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.]. _______________________________ BECHTEL, Herbert J. At the Freeport Hospital, Freeport, on Sunday, Jan. 30th 1972, following a lengthy illness, Herbert J. Bechtel, age 86 years, of 64 Cedar St., North, husband of the late Laura Boehmer, father of Clarence of Waterloo, Mrs. Mable (Mabe) Morrison of Bridgeport, Mrs. George (Gerine) Haubach of Paradise Lake, Mrs. Walter (Almeda) Reeve of Kitchener and Mrs. Priscilla Jones of Galt; 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; besides his wife, he was predeceased by his parents, one daughter Mrs. John (Evelyn) Noble and five sisters. Mr. Bechtel was involved in sports and in 1906 pitched the winning baseball game for the Waterloo Beavers to give the team the first Ontario Championship. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener, where funeral and committal service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Dr. Frank Morgan officiating. Burial in the First Mennonite Church Cemetery. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1 Feb 1972

  
  

• 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..., 206. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-3 Page 5. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 43 Pg. 10. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Herbert J. Bechtel - 1 Feb 1972. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 9. [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..., 205. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 29. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Laura Boehmer Bechtel - 11 May 1944.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Apr 1886 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Sports Team Membership - 1906 - Waterloo Beavers Baseball Team, Waterloo, Ontario Occupation - Finisher, Furniture - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1972 - 64 Cedar St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Jan 1972 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth