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

Family: John Steen / Catharine Bretz (F4314)

m. 1 May 1828


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  • Father | Male
    John Steen

    Born  28 Jul 1802  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Jan 1888  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1 May 1828  [1]   
    Father  George Steen | F4326 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret Steen | F4326 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Catharine Bretz

    Born  7 Nov 1805  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jan 1888  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Bretz | F4309 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maria Strickler | F4309 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Polly Steen

    Born  Abt 1830  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Female
    Margaret Steen

    Born  29 Dec 1831  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Feb 1920  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John Bear | F2852 
    Married  28 Oct 1856  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Nancy Steen

    Born  1834  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Apr 1841   
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Catherine Steen

    Born  14 Apr 1836  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Jun 1919  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Enoch Fischer | F4327 
    Married     

    Child 5 | Female
    Lydia Steen

    Born  27 Apr 1838  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Nov 1914  Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cook's United Cemetery, Carradoc Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  James C. Coleman | F4328 
    Married  31 Dec 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Female
    Elizabeth Steen

    Born  Abt 1840  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Mar   
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    Mary Steen

    Born  20 Aug 1840  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Apr 1915   
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Isaac Reist | F164 
    Married  13 Jun 1867   

    Child 8 | Male
    Amos Steen

    Born  29 Oct 1843  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary Cochlan | F4329 
    Married     

    Child 9 | Male
    John Steen

    Born  6 Jul 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Feb 1854   
    Buried    Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Male
    Isaac Britz Steen

    Born  17 Feb 1848  Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Jan 1943  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  23 Jan 1943  Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Isabella Hachborn | F7674 
    Married  16 Feb 1876  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 11 | Male
    George Steen

    Born  14 Nov 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Mar 1940   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Maria "Mary" Stroh | F4331 
    Married  22 Mar 1875  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 302.