| Birth |
24 May 1777 |
Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Near Pottstown [2] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00007-0686 |
| Person ID |
I2061 |
| Last Modified |
31 Jul 2004 |
| |
| Father |
George Bechtel, b. 1732, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Susannah Bidding |
| Group Sheet |
F806 |
| |
| Family 1 |
Esther Livergood |
| Married |
16 Nov 1806 |
[3] |
| Children |
|
| Group Sheet |
F809 |
| |
| Family 2 |
Maria Shoemaker, b. 1 Jan 1793, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
25 Nov 1817 |
[4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Noah S. Bechtel, b. 22 Sep 1818 |
| | 2. Rudolph Bechtel, b. 29 Oct 1819, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Abigail Bechtel, b. 8 Oct 1821, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania near Pottstown |
| | 4. Leah S. Bechtel, b. 23 Jun 1823 |
| | 5. Esther Bechtel, b. 4 Mar 1826 |
| | 6. Isabella Bechtel, b. 18 Feb 1829, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania near Pottstown |
|
| Group Sheet |
F810 |
| |
| Notes |
George B. Bechtel "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Pottstown, May 24th, 1777. On November 16th, he was married to Esther Livergood. They resided on his father's old place near Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where she died March 2nd, 1814, leaving a family of four children, namely: V Catharine, V Levi, V George L., and V Isaiah L.. After the decease of his first wife he was married to Maria, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Tyson) Shoemaker, November 25th, 1817. She was born January 21st, 1793, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, February 6th, 1840. They moved to Canada in 1829, and resided for two years on the farm now possessed by Joseph M. Brubacher, about two miles north of the town of Waterloo. From here they moved on the farm now possessed by Dilman S. Shantz. The second union was blessed with six children, namely: V Noah, V Rudolph, V Abigail, V Leah, V Esther, and V Isabella." |
| |
| Sources |
1. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 314 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 202 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 202 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 203 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
|
|
Region of Waterloo