Rebecca Jacobs: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Rebecca Jacobs was born Jan 1833, , Wayne Co., New York, USA; died 2 Apr 1888, East Wawanosh Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried , Brandon's Cemetery, Belgrave, Huron Co., Ontario.

Other Events:

Name: Rebecca Bretz
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152337
Residence: 1861, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

BRETZ, REBECCA (Nee Jacobs)

In East Wawanosh Township, on Monday, April 2, 1888, in her 56^{, h}( 55 years and 3 months) year. Wife of Gerhard Bretz. She suffered for several months with consumption and was reduced to a mere skeleton. Her body was interred in Brandon's Cemetery on Wednesday, the funeral being well attended, considering the roads. She leaves her husband and four children to mourn the loss of a loving wife and affectionate mother.

-Daughter of Robert Jacobs and Ann Bailey of Morriston.

-One of her children was Annie (Mrs. Hugh Ross), Two other children may have been Will and Bessie Bretz of Oklahoma.

-Information from Brandon Cemetery in Belgrave: Born in Wayne County, New York.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Rebecca — Gerhard Bretz. Gerhard (son of Rev. Jacob Bretz and Nancy Weiler) was born 20 Apr 1829, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1905; was buried , Buena Vista Cemetery, , Canadian, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Annie Eleanor Bretz was born 8 Aug 1856, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1893, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2