Rebecca Jacobs

1833 - 1888  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Rebecca Jacobs
  Born	Jan 1833	, Wayne Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Rebecca Bretz
  Residence	1861	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-152337
  Died	2 Apr 1888	East Wawanosh Twp., Huron Co., Ontario   [1]
  Buried	Brandon's Cemetery, Belgrave, Huron Co., Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I152337	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Gerhard Bretz,   b. 20 Apr 1829, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1905  (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Annie Eleanor Bretz,   b. 8 Aug 1856, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1893, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F59973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56390482/rebecca-bretz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Jan 1833 - , Wayne Co., New York, USA Residence - 1861 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Apr 1888 - East Wawanosh Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth