Samuel Bretz^[1]

1839 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Samuel Bretz
  Born	1839	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1882	Forest, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	carriage painter
  Eby ID Number	00015-1212
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I16298	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 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	Sarah Laidlaw,   b. 1854, Durham, Durham, , Durham, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	30 Nov 1882	Forest, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F32760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Bretz, "is married and resides in Bosanquet, Lambton County." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 5792 (1882), Samuel Bretz-Sarah Laidlaw. Samuel Bretz, occupation carriage painter of Forest, Birth Place: Watertoo Ont Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840 Father Name: Jacob Bretz Mother Name: Nancy Bretz Spouse Name: Sarah Laidlaw, residence of Forest, Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Spouse Birth Place: Durham England Spouse Father Name: James Laidlaw Spouse Mother Name: Sarah Laidlaw Marriage Date: 30 Nov 1882 Marriage Place: Lambton, Forest

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carriage painter - 1882 - Forest, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Nov 1882 - Forest, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth