Person:Henry Bechtel (1)

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Henry Bechtel
b.9 Oct 1829 Ontario, Canada
d.7 Aug 1892 Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1825
  1. Leah Bechtel1826 - 1892
  2. Noah Bechtel1828 -
  3. Henry Bechtel1829 - 1892
  4. Moses Bechtel1831 - 1918
  5. Aaron Bechtel1833 - 1902
  6. Dilman Bechtel1836 - 1893
  7. Barbara Bechtel1838 - 1873
  8. Elizabeth Bechtel1840 - 1914
  9. Joseph Bechtel1842 - 1903
  10. Susannah Bechtel1844 - 1905
  11. Abraham Bechtel1846 - 1926
  12. Isaac K. Bechtel1848 - 1890
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Jul 1855
  1. Jesse Bechtel1856 - 1922
  2. Angeline Bechtel1857 -
  3. Elizabeth Bechtel1862 - 1890
  4. Magdalena Bechtel1863 - 1969
  5. Merrit Bechtel1865 - 1926
  6. Hannah Melissa Bechtel1867 - 1944
  7. John H. Bechtel1870 - 1943
  8. Ora Etta Bechtel1872 -
  9. Otis Bechtel1875 - 1875
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Facts and Events
Name Henry Bechtel
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Oct 1829 Ontario, Canada
Marriage 29 Jul 1855 to Catharine Histand
Death? 7 Aug 1892 Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States

They moved from Preston, Canada to Michigan in the summer of 1862, and settled in Boston Township, Ionia County. In the year 1868 they moved and settled on a farm in Gaines Township, Kent County. From there they went to Northern Lower Michigan in 1875 and settled in what was Little Traverse then, now Harbor Springs, when there were only five white families living there. The rest of the population were native americans. From Harbor Springs they settled on a homestead fourteen miles north when the country at that time was still a wilderness. From their homestead they moved to Brutus, Michigan in 1888 and went into the millin business.

Buried in Parmalee Cemetery, Parmalee, Michigan.

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