Gerhard Bretz^[1]

1829 - 1905  (75 years)

• Name	Gerhard Bretz
  Born	20 Apr 1829	Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1900	Prairie, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States   [2]
  Eby ID Number	00015-1207
  Died	19 Mar 1905  [3]
  Buried	Buena Vista Cemetery, , Canadian, Oklahoma, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I16293	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jacob Bretz,   b. 11 Jan 1800, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1879, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Nancy Weiler,   b. CALC 1 Jun 1809, , USA ,   d. 1 May 1894, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F4313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Jacobs,   b. Jan 1833, , Wayne Co., New York, USA ,   d. 2 Apr 1888, East Wawanosh Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Children	1. Annie Eleanor Bretz,   b. 8 Aug 1856, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1893, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F59973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gerhard Bretz, "is married and resides in one of the western states, place of residence unknown, neither is there anything known of their family." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 301. [S1835] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1900 12th Census, Census Place: Prairie, Canadian, Oklahoma; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1241335. Garrett Bretz 71, apr 1829 b. Canada widower William J. Bretz 30 b. Apr 1870 Canada mother b. New York Bessie 32 b. Jul 1867 Canada [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43327862/gerhard-bretz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1861 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth