Catharine Bretz^[1]

1805 - 1888  (82 years)

• Name	Catharine Bretz
  Born	7 Nov 1805	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catharine Steen
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	C. Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00015-1216
  Died	26 Jan 1888	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I16223	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Bretz,   b. 1 Nov 1766, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 11 Jul 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Maria Strickler,   b. 4 Sep 1766, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 19 Jul 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F4309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Steen,   b. 28 Jul 1802, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1 May 1828  [1]
  Children	1. Polly Steen,   b. Abt 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret Steen,   b. 29 Dec 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Feb 1920, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   3. Nancy Steen,   b. 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Apr 1841  (Age 7 years)   4. Catherine Steen,   b. 14 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jun 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   5. Lydia Steen,   b. 27 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Nov 1914, Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario  (Age 76 years)   6. Elizabeth Steen,   b. Abt 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar   7. Mary Steen,   b. 20 Aug 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1915  (Age 74 years)   8. Amos Steen,   b. 29 Oct 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. John Steen,   b. 6 Jul 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1854  (Age 8 years)   10. Isaac Britz Steen,   b. 17 Feb 1848, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   11. George Steen,   b. 14 Nov 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1940  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Bretz, "youngest daughter of Jacob and Maria (Strickler) Bretz, was born November 7th, 1805. She was married to John, son of George and Margaret Steen, May 1st, 1828. He was born July 28th, 1802, and died January 27th, 1888. She died January 26th, 1888, a few hours before her husband. They resided a little south of Tuck's Hill, in the township of Waterloo. Their family consisted of eleven children, of whom the two eldest and two youngest died in infancy. Their names, but no dates were received" 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..., 302. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 47. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 4. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 4. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). [stone broken & eroded] In/ memory of/ John STEEN/ born in Pennsylvania./ July 28, 1802/ Died Jan. 27, 1888/ aged 85 y'rs 5 m/ & 29 D./ In memory of Catherine BR(ETZ)/ Wife of/ John STEEN/ Born in Pennsylvania/ Nov. (7) 18(05)/ Died (Jan.6)/ 188(8)/ Aged 82 yrs. (2 mo.)/ & 19 d./ In labour and in love allied/ In death they here sleep side by side/ Resting in peace and the aged twain/ The Christ shall raise them up again./ [flat on ground 2016]

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Nov 1805 - , Pennsylvania, USA Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Jan 1888 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth