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

Nancy Weiler[1, 2]

Female Cal 1809 - 1894  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Nancy Weiler 
    Born CALC 1 Jun 1809  , USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Anne Weiler  [5
    Name Nancy Bretz 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00015-1206.1 
    Died 1 May 1894  Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I16292  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Gerhard Wieler,   b. CALC 18 May 1775, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1855  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Agnes Classen,   b. CALC 18 Jun 1780, , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1863  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Family ID F24486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. Jacob Bretz,   b. 11 Jan 1800, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1879, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Gerhard Bretz,   b. 20 Apr 1829, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1905  (Age 75 years)
     2. Mary Bretz,   b. 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Benjamin Bretz,   b. CALC 24 Feb 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
     4. John Bretz,   b. 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Samuel Bretz,   b. 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. James Bretz,   b. 1840, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Jacob Bretz,   b. 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Henry Bretz,   b. 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Abraham Bretz,   b. 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Aaron Bretz,   b. 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BRETZ.-On May 1st, 1894, at Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario, of the infirmities of age, sister Nancy (Wieler) Bretz, widow of the late Pre. Jacob Bretz, aged 84 yrs., 11 months. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite denomination for many years, and leaves, to mourn her loss, seven sons and one daughter. She survived her husband for 15 years. Buried in the Blenheim Mennonite cemetery on May 4th, where funeral services were conducted in German by Jos. Nahrgang, and in English by Pre. Kennedy, from Phil. 1: 21. During her last years she expressed herself as waiting for the summons.


      HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 11, June 1, 1894 - pp 174,175

  • 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..., 301.

    2. [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..., 404.

    3. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, June 1, 1894 - Obituary of Nancy Wieler.

    4. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 76.

    5. [S1737] Probate - Wills of Waterloo Register A 1853-1871, Will of Gerhard Weiler - 1855- A-1-79.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 1 Jun 1809 - , USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 May 1894 - Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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