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

Nancy Bretz[1, 2, 3]

Female 1822 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Nancy Bretz 
    Born 1822  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1844  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Emmigrated 1851  , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Name Nancy Seegrist 
    Residence 1870  Railroad Township, Starke Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Eby ID Number 00015-1203 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I16224  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Bretz,   b. Abt 1800, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Christina Detweiler,   b. Abt 1800, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F4310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Seegrist,   b. 1822, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 8 Nov 1844  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Henry Seegrist,   b. 16 Sep 1849, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Susan Seegrist,   b. 12 Jan 1852, , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1929, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Elizabeth Seegrist,   b. 1853, , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Rebecca Seegrist,   b. 1856, , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John W. Seegrist,   b. 1864, , Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy Bretz, "daughter of John and Christina (Detweiler) Bretz, is married to John Sechrist. They reside in Stark County, Indiana, and have a numerous family, but no information received in regard to names, etc."


      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 
    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..., 299.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    3. [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..., 515.

    4. [S585] Census - Indiana - 1870, Railroad Township, Starke Co., pg 9.

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39.
      John Siegrist, to Nancy Bretz, both of Puslinch. 8 Nov. 1844.

    6. [S2186] Pictorial and biographical record of La Porte, Porter, Lake and Starke Counties, Indiana : containing biographical and genealogical records of leading men, women and prominent families of the counties named, and other portions of the state., biography of Henry Seegrist pg 418-419.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1822 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1844 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Nov 1844 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmmigrated - 1851 - , Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Railroad Township, Starke Co., Indiana Link to Google Earth
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