Abraham Bretz^[1]

1848 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Abraham Bretz
  Born	1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Abram Bretz
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1876	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	accountant
  Eby ID Number	00015-1213
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I16300	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  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	Alice Davidson Hobson,   b. 1850, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Dec 1876	Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F35913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Bretz, "is married but place of residence unknown." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 8160 (1876), Abram Bretz-Alice Davidson Hobson. Abram Bretz, accountant of Blenheim, Birth Place: Waterloo Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Father Name: Jacob Bretz Mother Name: Nancy Bretz Spouse Name: Alice Davidson Hobson , residence Bright, Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Spouse Birth Place: Belfast Ireland Spouse Father Name: Benjamin Hobson Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Hobson Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1876 Marriage Place: Oxford, Blandford [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 76.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - accountant - 1876 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Dec 1876 - Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth