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

Elton Break[1, 2, 3]

Male 1889 - 1975  (85 years)


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  • Name Elton Break 
    Born 15 Nov 1889  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215059111 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00014-1178.7 
    Died 1975 
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16183  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Gideon B. Break,   b. 14 Oct 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1926, Vineland, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Zeller,   b. 19 Jan 1850, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 21 May 1872  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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..., 296.

    2. [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.

    3. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), March 16, 1915.
      Obituary of Elizabeth Zeller

    4. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 3.

    5. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 4.

    6. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 19.

    7. [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)

    8. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Nov 1889 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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