Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Family: Gordon Bretz / Rhea Mattie Shantz (F15266)

m. 6 Jun 1923


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  • Father | Male
    Gordon Bretz

    Born  1896  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Married  6 Jun 1923  [1]  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Bretz | F4320 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Martha Gabel | F4320 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Rhea Mattie Shantz

    Born  Nov 1896  , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Jun 1991  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Lincoln Shantz | F1879 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Emma Hallman | F1879 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Edith Lorene "Lorene" Bretz

    Born  18 Nov 1924  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Aug 2011  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Kenneth Hallman Shantz | F59824 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 021876-23.
      Gordon BRETZ, 26, farmer, Blenheim Twp, Blenheim Twp, s/o John BRETZ (b. Mosborough) & Martha GABER married Rhea SHANTZ, 26, housekeeper, State of Michigan U.S., Waterloo Twp, d/o Abram L. SHANTZ (b. New Dundee) & Emma HALLMAN, witn: Harold V. SHANTZ of New Hamburg & Mary A. SHANTZ of Kitchener, 6 June 1923 in Kitchener