Magdalena "Mattie" Break^[1]

1870 - 1955  (85 years)

• Name	Magdalena "Mattie" Break
  Born	7 May 1870	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206330082
  Name	Magdalena "Mattie" Hallman
  Name	Mattie Break  [2]
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1921	12 Clarence Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1955	151 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00138-8387.2
  Died	27 Sep 1955	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I1325	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Gideon B. Break,   b. 14 Oct 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1926, Vineland, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Zeller,   b. 19 Jan 1850, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	21 May 1872	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josiah G. "Joe" Hallman,   b. 22 Apr 1873, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1903	Didsbury, Alberta, Canada
  Children	1. Maynard Hallman,   b. 1907, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 1980  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F1221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Hallman-Josiah-MagdalenaBreak-001-AncestryPublicMemberTree.JPG Josiah Hallman - Magdalena Break and son Maynard - Angela Gorni originally shared this on 18 Aug 2017 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Josiah Hallman, 85, of 151 Lancaster St. East. died Tuesday at K.V Hospital after an illness of three months. She was the former Magdalene Break born at Breslau, April 21, 1870. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Break On Dec. 9. 1903, she was married at Didsbury, Alta. Her husband survives. She was a member of Bethany United Missionary Church and of the Women's Missionary Society of the church. Also surviving are one son. Maynard of Richmond Hill, Ont.: four brothers, Elton and Jerry of Kitchener. Noah of Woodlake, Calif., and Wesley of Tampa, Fla. and a grandson. She was predeceased by a sister. Mrs. Emma Baker and a brother. Jacob. The body will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral. Home: until Friday at 11 a.m., when removal will be made to the Bethany Church for service at 2:30 p.m. Rev. H. S. Hallman will officiate. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, Sep 28, 1955 Page 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 692. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 3. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 28 Page 7. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 19. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Gideon BRECH, 20, b. Waterloo Twp, of same, Farmer, s/o David & Mary BRECH, married Elizabeth ZELLER, 22, b. Waterloo Twp, of same, d/o Jacob & Catharine ZELLER, witnesses: John C. ALBERT of Waterloo Twp & H. SEIP of Preston, on 21 May 1872 in Preston, (Mennonist) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 May 1872. Married 21 May 1872 Gideon Brech was married to Elisabeth Zeller, both of Waterloo Township.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 May 1870 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Dec 1903 - Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Sep 1955 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth