John Bechtold
(Abt 1811-)
Frances "Fanny" Woomer
(1811-)
John Henry Bechtold
(1848-1939)
Harriet Amelia Blantz
(1848-1929)
Ida Viola Bechtold
(1869-1929)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elias Holtzman

2. Pierce Peter "Rok" Embich
3. Charles E. Johnson

Ida Viola Bechtold 4

  • Born: 14 May 1869, Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Elias Holtzman
  • Marriage (2): Pierce Peter "Rok" Embich on 26 Nov 1892 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States 1 2
  • Marriage (3): Charles E. Johnson 3
  • Died: 12 Mar 1929, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT at age 59 4
  • Buried: Raymond Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States 4

   Another name for Ida was Ida Y. E. Bechtold.2

   FamilySearch ID: LB4Q-22M

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. 6 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.

2. Fact: Pierce Embich and his future wife Ida Bechtold lived near each other in the 1880 census in Jackson Township, Lebanon County. He is on page 24 and she on page 18., 1880, Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA.

3. Census in 1900 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. 7 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.


Ida married Elias Holtzman. (Elias Holtzman was born in , , Pennsylvania, USA.)


Ida next married Pierce Peter "Rok" Embich, son of Peter Embich and Malinda Sourwine, on 26 Nov 1892 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.1 2 (Pierce Peter "Rok" Embich was born on 10 Nov 1870 in Kutztown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 2 8 and died on 2 Mar 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA.)


Ida next married Charles E. Johnson.3 (Charles E. Johnson was born on 6 Dec 1859 in Connecticut, United States,9 died on 3 Feb 1938 in Darien, Fairfield, CT, United States 9 and was buried in Raymond Cemetery, Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA 9.)


Sources


1 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1854 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Ida Bechtle & Pierce Embich m. 26 nov 1892 Schaefferstown PA.

2 Lebanon County Courthouse (Lebanon, PA), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPX9-9JPM.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 Mar 2026), entry for Ida Y. E. Bechtold, person ID LB4Q-22M.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19841628.

5 FamilySearch.org, "Lancaster Delayed Birth Certificates (Lancaster Co. PA)," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3SR-D3J2-Q.

6 1880 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBJ-V8T.

7 1900 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/sources/viewedit/9TQW-H6Z.

8 FamilySearch.org, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K92-S1DW.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19841637.



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