John Bretz^[1]

1836 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Bretz
  Born	1836	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00015-1209
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I16295	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  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

  
  

• Notes

  John Bretz, "is unmarried." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. gives age and country of birth [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 76.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1836 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth