Notes:

Dorothy is the daughter of Mary Teetzel, born Canada & Joseph Bell, born England.

. Death Records: Dorothy Collins [Dorothy Bell] 
born 3 Sep 1860, Canada
Died 9 Oct 1945, 266 Brunson, Berrien Centre, Berrien, Michigan
Burial Date: 12 Oct 1945
Burial Place: Benton Harbor, Mich. Crystal Springs
Occupation: Milliner, Marital Status: Divorced. - - -

Died:
266 Brunson, divorced. Aged 81y.

Buried:
Benton Harbor.

Notes:

. 1843 Apr 21 - Take-up by the subscriber on the 7th Feb, last, one Bay Horse Poney, blind of his right eye, about 10 or 12 years of age. Union April 4,1843, Joseph Bell.
Ref: Coldwater Sentinel Newspaper.

. Joseph Bell. 1814-1887. Blacksmith, Town Councillor,
- Photo c 1880, a three-quarter length portrait of elderly thin man with long grey beard wearing three-piece suit with long jacket & large cuffs & buttoned waistcoat, of good heavy quality.
Ref: Halton Co. Halinet.on.ca. (2011)

. Joseph Bell was married to Mary Green Teetzel (1822-1895).
They had 2 sons & 3daughters - John E. Bell (1840-1901), Jane (Jennie) Bell (1845-), George M. Bell (1848-1910), Mary E. Bell (1855-1942), Dorothy Bell (1860-1945) This photograph was taken from "Milton Semi-Centennial 1857-1907".

. 1850 Apr 24 - Trafalgar Twp., Meeting at the Oakville Temperance Hall, ONTARIO
bylaw 18 called for the repairing of bridges.
7th Line Joseph Bell, Pathmaster.

* XRef: 1852 June 30, Toronto Globe & Mail - please see Mathias Teeztel, for the testimony the transfer of stock by his brother-in-law M.Teetzel to Mr. Lyons.

. Ontario Land Registry Abstract Book, Plan 9, Block 1, pg 476
Lot 3, Con 2NST, Halton Co.
. 1848 Jun 27, B&S, Reg. 1851.9.18, H Huffman, to Joseph Bell, Pt Lt 13, C2.
. 1851 Sep 1, B&S, Jospeh Bell & wife, to Mathias Teetzel, Part of a parcel of land owned by Joseph Bell.

. Ontario Land Registry Abstract Book, Plan 9, Block 1, pg 476
Lot 3, Con 2NST, Halton Co.
. 1852 Jul 12, Mortgage, Charles Teetzel & wife, to MT & wife, to John White, Lot 13, Con 2NST. Six B&S B?
. 1855 Jan 29, B&S, Chas F Teetzel & wife, to Mathias Teetzel, L3,C2NST.
Lot 2, Con 2:
1853 Sep 3, Chas F T Teetzel & wife, to Arch. McNab, 83.75 Acres,

. 1867 Michigan State Gazette - Benton Harbor, Joseph Bell, Blacksmith.

. 1887 Jun 18, St. Joseph Herald
Joseph Bell, father of Drs. John & Geo. Bell, Mrs. Wm. Ricby, Jr. of Montague, & Mrs. Phil. Collins of St. Joseph, died at his home in Benton Harbor on Sunday last. Aged 78 years. He was one of the earliest settlers of Benton Harbor. His wife's maiden name was Mary G. Teetzel. - - -

Buried:
Benton Harbor, MI. Sturdy grey granite pillar, with urn.

Joseph married Mary Green TEETZEL, .I. Mary (daughter of Charles Frederick TEETZEL, Sr. and Mary TUFFORD) was born in 1822 in Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died in 1895 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Verify the identity of Henry & Mary G Teetzel:
Walker Cemetery, ATHENS TOWNSHIP, CALHOUN COUNTY, MI
Teetzel, Henry, 1856 - 1940, s/w Mary G. Teetzel,
Teetzel, Mary G., 1861 - 1930, s/w Henry M. Teetzel. - - -

Died:
Alt Date: 1896 Ref: Biography of son Geo. M Bell.

Buried:
Benton Harbor, MI.

Notes:

. War of 1812
Muster roll & pay list of a Detachment under command of Maj. Rich. Hatt:
Charles Teetzel, 25 Apr - June 2, 18183 inclusive, 39 days
Note of interest1: relatives & future relatives are serving together in this unit, Lewis Felker, various Green men, Adam Mingle, (on Command) & Nathaniel Rosezel. - PJA 2010.

. Charles signed his legal documents with an "X"..
Lot 30 Con. 1, South of Dundas Street, Palermo in Trafalgar Twp., Halton, County.

. UCLPetition 12, To Lt. Gov. Maitland, Petition of Charles Teetzel & John Teetzel, both of Twp. Trafalgar, Gore District. That your petitioners have lived in this Province for the last 20 years in Trafalgar [1799].
Charles Teetzel has a family of a wife 4 children. - during the late war he was employed for 2 & half years carrying his Magestys dispatches between Burlington & York, as by the acc. gen. order of Gen. Drummond. Therefore you petitions pray to grant them a portion of Crown waste land.
Signed, Trafalgar, March 8, 1818. Charles Teetze, John Teetzel.
Ref: UCLP T Bundle 12, Petition 12, Film C2834.

. 1816 Census, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co.:
Chas Teetzel, 90 acres. [Log Cabin.] 65 uncultivated & 25 cultivated acres.
Note2: Simons & Teetzel are in-laws. Log cabins were not taxed so not listed.

. 1824 Census, Trafalagar Twp., Halton co.
Chas Teetzel, Lot 30, Con 1 SDS, 40 uncultivated & 50 cultivated acres.

. 1818 Chas. F. Teetzel gave NE corner of his farm for a Methodist church, school & cemetery.

. 1833 - UCLPetition 18, To Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lt. Gov. of UC, Petition of Charles Teetzel, Lawrence Hagar, Jacob Shouk, all Twp. Trafalgar & Jacob Markle, Twp. Toronto. We have been in this Province upwards of 20 years. During the late American war, the Petitioners served as militia men in 2nd Gore Reg. & done duty on the lines for 2 years & 6 months. Capt. Hepburn of their Regt. appointed to convey dispatches with zeal & fidelity for about 2 years & half, much to the satisfaction of their officers. That Petitioners having devoted so much of their time to the serviced of their King & County, were in consequence during that period, unable to provide for themselves & families. Charles Tetzeel having a wife & 5 children: L Hager, wife & 6 children, J Markle, wife & & 3 children. They therefore, pray for a grant of Land.
Signed, 1821 Oct 8, 1821, Trafalgar.
. UCLBoard Petition T18, 1821 Nov 14. Charles Teetzel, Lawrence Hagar, Jacob Shouk, prying for a grant of land for their Service in the Militia & also Jacob marble. These men cannot be granted without the Adjutant General Certificate. Markle to produce the Adjutant General Certificate before he can be recommended.

. 1833 Jan 11, 3rd Session, 11th Parliament of William IV: Agreeably to the order of the day, the Petitions of T B Walkefied & 311 others …& Charles F Teetzel & 22 others, Elders & Brethren of the "Christian" church in this Province, praying for the authority to hold by Deed their Meeting Houses & Grave Yards, to purchase & hold farms & to be enabled to receive & convey for the use of their Society any Lands or Tenements devised to them by Will.

. 1838 March, Upper Canada Sundries, Index C9824, Image xxx & Page 105939-40, p723, C6898.
Petition of Eli Irwin, Twp. Whitchurch, for Pardon. Petitioner is a married man having a wife & child. He was unfortunately taken a part in the recent troubles, used by desperate & unprincipled persons by shoe he was unhappily seduced from allegiances. Signed, Eli Irwin, March 1830, Jail of the Home District (Toronto).
Petition of Inhabitants of West Flamborough to Sir Geo Arthur on behalf of prisoners under sentence of high treason. Hundreds of signatures, including Richard Johnston [Sr.], Joseph Simons, Lorenzo & Mathias Teetzel, Charles Jr. & Sr., Teetzel. Read in Council 20 May 1838 & pardoned upon giving into Bail for good for 3 years.

. Ontario Land Registry Abstract Book, Plan 9, Block 1, pg 476
Lot 3, Con 2NST, Halton Co.
. 1852 Jul 12, Mortgage, Charles Teetzel & wife, to MT & wife, to John White, Lot 13, Con 2NST. Six B&S B?
. 1855 Jan 29, B&S, Chas F Teetzel & wife, to Mathias Teetzel, L3, C2 NST.

Lot 30, Con 1SDS, Trafalgar, Trafalgar Book 24, pg 189-90.
. 1828 Apr 3, B&S, Chas. Teetzel, James Hopper & others,£2.10sh., 1/2 Lot & 20, HWSale? Burying ground. Quarter
. 1844 Jun 3, B&S, Charles Teetzel & Wife, to Janet Keill, widow, 1/4 A.Pt Lot 30.

. Palermo Cemetery on Dundas Concession 1 SDS, Lot 30:
He sold the NE corner of his farm to be used for a cemetery & churchyard in 1818 to serve the community. He received £2 10 shillings as payment. The agreement said the land was "forever for the proper use of a place to bury the dead for them & as many of the inhabitants of Trafalgar Township lying between 12 & 16 mile Creeks as many think proper to join them & also for a meeting house & a School House should the same at any time be required." The cemetery plots were to be16 feet square & one of these lots were assigned to each family. For Charles Frederick Teetzel & his heirs there was to be a tract of land one square rod in size for a burial plot to be protected forever.

A log church was built on the front of the cemetery in 1812 to serve the Episcopal Methodist congregation of Laurence Hager. In 1851 a frame church was built beside the log church & it became the home of the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation. In 1867, a new modern church was built across the road for the Episcopal Methodists, but many still chose to worship at the old building. The log church was eventually used as a stable for some years. This was 17 years before the many Methodists united to become the United Church of Canada.

After his wife, Mary Tufford, died of consumption in 1856, Charles Frederick Teetzel stayed on his farm for 6 months. Ill health caused him to move to Milton for medical care. He died shortly after. His son, Mathias Hager, purchased land in St. Joseph's, Michigan & moved there about this time.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Lot 30 Con 1, SDS.

Buried:
Tall white recumbent pillar is shared with wife Mary.

Charles married Mary TUFFORD on 29 Jul 1810 in Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario. Mary was born on 4 Aug 1788 in Morris Co., New Jersey; died on 26 Mar 1856 in Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; was buried in Palermo United Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of George Tufford.

. TUFFORD -
The Canadian branch of this family spell their name Tufford. The New Jersey family spell it Dufford & it has also been recorded as Du Ford * Tofort, which was its original spelling. Philip Tofort Sr. & Philip Jr. arrived at Philadelphia on the ship 'Robert and Oliver', 11 September, 1738. They settled in what was then called the Long Valley (German Valley), New Jersey. In his will dated 16 February, 1767, Philip Tofort, Sr., names his wife, Catherine, sons Adam & George, daughter Mary Magdalena & grandson George Stephen, son of Jacob Tofort. The NJ family history states that Jacob was disinherited because he married an Indian maiden.
George Tufford served in the War of 1812 with the 4th Lincoln Regiment.
Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol 9, 1958.

. Mary Tufford Teetzel died 1856 of consumption.

Her ten children are:
1. Mathias Teetzel, b: 1810 in Palermo, Halton County, ON, Canada - 1865 Michigan
2. Elizabeth Teetzel, b: 12 MAR 1812 - 1786
3. Julia Ann Teetzel, b: 12 SEP 1814 - 1753
4. John Teetzel, b: 15 APR 1815 - 1894
5. Mary Green Teetzel, b: 1822 - 1895
6. George Teetzel, b: 13 JUN 1825 - 1826
7. Caroline Teetzel, b: 1826 - 1888
8. Charles Teetzel, b: 1828 -
9. William Teetzel, b: 1830 - 1888
10. Harriet Maria Teetzel, b: 1831 in Palermo, Halton County, ON, CA - 1888. - - -

Died:
COD: Consumption.

Buried:
Aged 67 y 7m 22 days. Tall white pillar monument.

Notes:

Married:
Verify date. Too early?

Notes:

Lived - Upper Saxony & Kirchensittenbach, Germany 1762 - 1780
German Valley & Sussex County (Hardwick Township), New Jersey 1780 - 1800
Grimsby, Upper Canada 1800 - 1820.
Palermo, Upper Canada 1820 - 1836.

. 1825 Trafalgar Twp. Assessment, Halton Co. Gore District Lot29 NDS Con 2.
Number in family 9, John S Teetsell, 40 cultivated & 60 uncultivated acres.

. John Solomon Teetzel was born in the city of Cobourg, Upper Saxony, Germany, 27 February, 1762. The record in his Bible, tran­scribed from the German by Francis Teetzel, Milwaukee, Wis., in1868, gives 1780 as the year he came to America. …The beautifully carved & lettered sand­ stones which mark the graves in early burying grounds & churchyards
in this district are part of his work. Many of them, standing the test of time & marked by there letter T, may be seen in St. Andrew's churchyard, Grimsby.
John Solomon was also active in the life of the community. He served on the Grimsby township council as one of 2 Assessors in 1803, as Assessor in 1805, as Collector in 1807, as Town Warden in 1810, as Assessor in 1811, 1812 & 1813, as Collector in 1814-15 & lastly as ASSESSOR in 1818. At about this time he sold his property in Grimsby & moved to Palermo, Halton County where he died in 1836.
Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol 9, 1958.

John Solomon Teetzel was born in Saxe Cobourg Gotha, Upper Saxony, Germany on February 27, 1762. While attending college, being educated for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he ran away to America. Apparently for this action he was disinherited, as the family was later declared extinct. The family had long been associated with the Catholic Church. When he left Germany, he had 2 sisters still living at home & he was the youngest son of the family.

The trip to America was very rough & the ship was wrecked off the east coast. He eventually landed in New Jersey in 1780. He married Rachael Von Till on November 5, 1786, & they settled in German Valley, New Jersey. German Valley no longer exists, but was a village in Washington Township, Morris County on the south branch of the Raritan River & High Bridge Branch of the New Jersey Central Railway. It is near Vethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Rachael died in Grimsby on March 20, 1813 & is probably buried in the Grimsby cemetery, along with an infant daughter who died in 1805. At this time the family moved to Palermo, Ontario & John Solomon married Mary Campbell, widow of James Campbell. They had 6 children, but only 3 lived to see adulthood. John Solomon was 63 years of age when his last daughter was born & her Monument was hand carved by her father. It is still standing in the Palermo cemetery today in 1994.

When the Scottish merchant Hon. Robt. Hamilton died at the port of Queenston, a fascinating inventory was immediately taken of his goods & debts owning to him at Queenston, Ontario as at his death on March 14, 1809: John Sol. Teetzel owned £31. 7 shillings 3 pence.

. The detailed inventory includes seven pages of all the goods available for the rugged life on the Niagara frontier. Or perhaps the pioneer stopped by for a wee drop from the 37 barrels of whiskey & other spirits on hand. About 850 people from the Niagara area are listed in a clear hand as borrowing a grand total of £62,729 from Robt. Hamilton. - P J Ahlberg 2009.
Ref: Estate file of Late Hon. Robert Hamilton, Queenston MS 639. R 50.

. 1794 Feb 24 Kunkele /Cougle & Cunkle, John Jr. of Hardwick Sussex, New Jersey. Admr. Philip Kunke signs Philip Cougle.
Fellow bondsman Adam Kunke; both of the said place. Lib 35, p 181
1794 Feb 20 Inventory £69 made by Conrad Arwine & John S Teetzel
Ref: NJ File 589S.

. War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses
John S. Teetzell, Grimsby, Claim 443 & 1242. Arms taken by the Enemy £6.5s. Attendance on two wounded American Officers £6.5s. Amount claimed £12 10s. Remarks: The claimant has dehorsd? to this claim. Refection not of a nature to affect Claim. [No amount recommended.]
. Claim 1242. Claimed £12 10s. Paid £3.
. Voucher 35-1393, 15s Halifax currency, signed, John S Teetzel by this attorney, James Middleburg.

Statement of Loses during the War with the USA, remaining paid: dated at 1842 Sept 30 - John Teetzel, Grimsby, £1.19s. - - -
Ref: Journals of Legislative Assembly of Canada

GRAVE NOTES
Note1: 1827 Oct 28, John S Teetzel*, Wm. Kennedy, John T. Westfall, Stephen Clink were witnesses to the WILL of John McCutcheon, Lot 7, Con 5, Erin Twp., Wellington County.

*Note2: In 1827 John S Teetzel was living at Palemro, Halton County, which was quite a distance from John McCutcheon's home in Erin Township. The Will was signed, at Erin Township; two witnesses are also from Erin Twp., & Westall [of Elmira, Waterloo Co] was closer to Teetzel. Rev. Stephen Clink These 3 men were German.
The Irish men, Kennedy [of Lot 11, Con. 5, Erin Twp.] & McCutcheon were in-laws.
Was Teetzel also commissioned at the same time to make the monument for McCutcheon? If John McCutcheon's gravestone is ever located, it should be possible to determine John S Teetzel distinctive chisel markings. - PJ Ahlberg, 2017.

There is a book written on him:
John Solomon Teetzel & the Anglo-German Gravestone carving Tradition of Eighteen-Century Northwestern New Jersey. Markers. Written by Richard Veit in 2000.
Suggestion of the possibility of Teetzel's handwork: Charles Roszel, b 1740 died 1817, red sandstone monument most certainly imported from New Jersey.
. Monument of Charles Roszel, 1742-1817 Gainsborough, Ontario, buried St. Ann's Presbyterian Church cemetery. Notes on the monument: Typical style of a New Jersey monuments. The monument could have been chisel in New Jersey. The Monument is by stone carver John Solomon Teetzel, marked with his signature "T" on the bottom. Teetzel was a fellow German who left New Jersey for Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg 2013. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Village of Kirchensittenbach.

Died:
[ Palermo is near Milton, Ontario. ]

Buried:

John married Rachel VANTILL on 5 Nov 1786 in New Jersey. Rachel was born on 5 Nov 1786 in Washington Twp., Morris Co., New Jersey; died on 20 Mar 1813 in Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried in Upper Thirty Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children of John Teetzel & Rachel Van Till are:

1. Charles Frederick Teetzel, b. 10 Sep 1787, Sussex County, New Jersey , U.S.A.; d. 18 Oct 1856, or 19th, Milton, Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Canada West, Mary Tufford, 19 July, 1810.
2. Susannah Teetzel, b. 05 Aug 1789, Sussex Co., NJ, d. 29 Dec 1858, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, married Lawrence Hagar in 1808 at Grimsby.

3. Elizabeth Teetzel, b. 13 Jun 1791, Sussex Co., NJ, d. 01 Sep 1864, Grimsby, Ont., m. Mathias Book, 2 Dec., 1808, at Grimsby.

4. Julia AnnTeetzel, b. 11 Mar 1793, Sussex Co., NJ, d. 02 Feb 1864, Orford Township, Palmyra, Kent Co., Ontario. married Jacob Street, 30 October, 1815.

5. Johnathan Johnston Teetzel, b. 22 Aug 1795, Sussex Co., NJ, d. 17 Jan 1873, Fingal, Southwold Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario, in. Mary Lawrence, 1 January, 1817 at Grimsby. They settled at Southwold, Col. Talbot's settlement.

6. John Solomon Teetzel, b. 01 Sep 1797, Sussex Co., NJ, d. Abt. 1848, Orford Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, married Hannah Havens at Grimsby, 6 July, 1820. He lived near Palermo, Halton County.
7. Annie Christine Teetzel, b. 12 Sep 1799; d. 1870, Morpeth, Howard Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, m. John Adair, 25 Sept., 1816. They lived in Clinton township.
8. David William Teetzel, b. 26 Jul 1802, Grimsby, Lincoln County, Upper Canada; d. 02 Jun 1877, East Zora Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. They settled a few miles north of Woodstock, Ont. Descendants live in Los Angeles, California.

9. Rachel Teetzel, b.8 Dec 1804, Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario; d. 09 Jan 1805, Town of Grimsby, Lincoln Co. Ontario. Burial: St. Andrews Anglican Church Cemetery, Grimsby.

10. Mary Teetzel, b. 21 Feb 1806, Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario; d. 09 Mar 1835, Palermo, Halton Co., Ontario, married Joseph Simons, 5 Feb 1823, d. Mar 1835, buried at Palermo
11. Margaret Teetzel, b. 05 Nov 1808, Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario; d. 23 Apr 1850, Palmyra, Orford Twp., Canada West, married Joseph Everley.
12. Joseph Teetzel, b. 12 Jun 1812, Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario; d. 15 Jun 1856, age 44 yrs, 3 days, Palmyra, Orford Twp., Kent County, Canada West. TWIN TO:
13. Sarah Teetzel, b. 12 Jun 1812, Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Ontario; d. 03 Jan 1861, age 48 yrs, 6 months, 21 days, Palymra, Orford Twp., Kent Co. Ontario.

. 1887 Aug 26 - J V Teeter, lawyer & David Dexter Mag. director of the Central Life Insurance co., both of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, arrived here today. These gentleman have just returned from a trip to Winnipeg where they spent several weeks. In conversation with Mr. Teetzel gave some interesting facts in relations to the feeling in Manitoba over the efforts of the dominion government to prevent the people of the province from building a railroad that all be a competitor of the Canadian Pacific.
While the people there are determined to build the new road if they have to protect their work with bayonets, they propose to insist first on their rights in a civil manner. It is the opinion of many of the best lawyers that Manitoba was incorporated as a prince prior to the granting of the Cdn. Pacific subsidy by the Gov. Manitoba's never lost the power to control the granting of railway franchises within its own boundaries. … Mr. Teetzel says Manitoba is a fine country and will have a great future before it when the transportation question is settled. He says the crops are very late this year, grain promising 30 to 35 bushels per acre. One farmer near Portage La Prairie, 60 miles west of Winnipeg, whom he say, said that he would get an average of 35 bushels per acre from his 800 acre farm.
Ref: Daily Inter Ocean Newspaper, Chicago, Illinois.

INHERITANCE HUNTING:

. 1888 Feb 4 - Want column:
$100 Reward will be paid for discovery of original record of marriage of John Solomon Teetzel to Rachel Van Sill (or Van Tile) in 1786, in New Jersey; locality not known, but supposed to be "Log Jail." Address J. V. Teetzel, Hamilton, Canada.
Ref: Trenton Evening Times Newspaper, New Jersey.
Note: Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario is near the general area of the Teetzel original settlement in (Tarfalgar Twp.) Canada.

. 1888 Feb 12 -The heirs of the Teetzel estate of several millions of dollars have formed themselves into a regular organization at Benton Harbors to secure their rights. Their agent is now in Germany to claim the estate for them.
Ref: Sault Ste. Marie News, Michigan

. 1899 Jan 3, Toronto, Ont. Jan 2. Municipal elections were held throughout Ontario today. Mayors elected: Hamilton, J V Teetzel.
Ref: Duluth News Tribune, Minnesota.

. 1903 May 12 Their Good FortuneSix heirs of $50,00 left by the late Geo G todd, who recently died in Hamilton Canada, Deceased was a half brother of their father, the late Parley Hunge. Mr. Hung has just returned from hamilton & Illinois were deceased was buried. He was ably assisted in establishing the claim by J V Teetzel, K.C. of the firm of Teetzel, Harris & Lewis barrister of Hamilton.
Ref. Cornell Evening Tribune, New York. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Rachel Von Till.

Buried:
Grimsby, Ontario.