John Break^[1]

1792 - 1842  (50 years)

• Name	John Break
  Born	27 Jan 1792	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37196608
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 109, Waterloo County, Ontario   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00014-1170
  Died	14 Aug 1842	South Of Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I16140	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Brech,   b. Abt 1759, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Abt 1802, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Magdalene Schörg,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Betzner,   b. 26 Jan 1798, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	7 May 1815	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Break,   b. 31 Jan 1816, of, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1842  (Age 26 years)   2. Samuel Break,   b. 8 Sep 1817,   d. 16 Dec 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 24 years)   3. Adam Break,   b. 20 Apr 1819, of, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1825  (Age 5 years)   4. David Break,   b. 16 Aug 1820, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1892  (Age 71 years)   5. John Break,   b. 9 Sep 1822,   d. 23 Feb 1841  (Age 18 years)   6. Catharine Break,   b. 6 Sep 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Aug 1841  (Age 16 years)   7. Magdalena Break,   b. 4 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1842  (Age 15 years)   8. Gideon Break,   b. 23 Dec 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 20 years)   9. Joseph Break,   b. 20 Mar 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Nov 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 18 years)   10. Mary Break,   b. 16 Mar 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1889, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   11. Abraham B. Brake,   b. 2 Feb 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1897, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F2403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Break, "son of John and Catharine (Schõrg, now spelled Shirk and Sherk) Break, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 27th, 1792. In 1806 he came to Canada with his mother and settled in Waterloo County where he was married, May 7, 1815 to Catharine, daughter of Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Brech) Betzner. She was born January 26th 1798, and died June 7th, 1873. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by their grand-son, Gideon Break, a little south of Breslau, where he died August 14th, 1842. Their family consisted of eleven children" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 295. [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..., 241. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 15. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 58. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jan 1792 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Married - 7 May 1815 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth