Harriet Amelia Blantz ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LB4Q-283

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. ³ The 1870 census recorded John Bechtold, laborer, 22, living with wife Harriet, 21, and daughter Ida V., 2 months old when the census was recorded on 26 Jul 1870. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Mysertown & Avon, PA. John didn't have any land value so he wasn't the land owner. His personal estate was valued at $100.

2. Census in 1880 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded J. H. Bechtel, farmer, 32, living with wife Harriet, 30, and daughter Ida V., 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 331 West Norwalk Road: Charles Johnson, carpenter, 39, born Mar 1861, living with wife Ida V. Johnson, 30, May 1970, married for 12 years; son Earnest W., 4, Feb 1896; son William A., 2, Mar 1898, and stepson George B. Holtzman, 11, May 1889. Also in the home is mother-in-law Harriett Bechtl, 49, Aug 1850; father-in-law John H. Bechtel, teamster, 50, Jan 1850, who were married for 31 years. Charles and his parents were born in Connecticut. Ida and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Earnest and William, and their father were born in Connecticut and mother in Pennsylvania. George and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Harriett and John and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Obituary: Stamford Advocate on 24 Jan 1929 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT, United States. ⁶ Mrs. Harriet Bechtold, who was a resident of this place for some time, passed away at the home of her grandson, George Holzman of Norwalk on Sunday. Mrs. Bechtold was a member of the Women's Relief Corpos of New Canaan.

Harriet married John Henry Bechtold, son of John Bechtold and Frances "Fanny" Woomer, in 1869 in Pennsylvania, United States.¹ (John Henry Bechtold was born on 12 Feb 1848 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA,⁷ died on 24 Dec 1939 in Rowayton, Fairfield, CT, United States and was buried on 27 Dec 1939 in Raymond Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States ⁸.)