Joseph Bretz^[1]

1850 - 1938  (87 years)

• Name	Joseph Bretz
  Born	5 Nov 1850	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Dunkard
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Tunker
  Occupation	1874	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	carpenter
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Preacher
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Carpenter
  Eby ID Number	00015-1195
  Died	4 Aug 1938	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 9]
  	Cause: Cause: Carcinoma of Stomach
  Buried	6 Aug 1938	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I352277	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Bretz,   b. 24 Apr 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Susannah Fischer,   b. 15 Feb 1823, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario ,   d. 12 Mar 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1843	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Family ID	F4311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Gable,   b. 10 Sep 1852, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jun 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	6 May 1874	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 11]
  Children	1. Ellenore Bretz,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ellmore Bretz,   b. 20 Sep 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Adah Bretz,   b. 11 Oct 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Milton Bretz,   b. 14 Mar 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ida Bretz,   b. 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F252060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Bretz, "was born November 5th, 1850. He is married to Mary Gabel. They reside in the town of Galt, Ontario." 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..., 299. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-6 page 13. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Joseph Bretz/ 1850-1938/ 25. Mary Gable/ his wife/ 1852-1938/ [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 17. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 110. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 65. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Joseph Bretz Born: Canada Age: 23 Father: Jacob Bretz Mother: Susannah Bretz Born: abt 1851 Spouse: Maria Goebel Age: 21 born: Canada Father: Cornelius Goebel Mother: Lydia Goebel married 6 May 1874 [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Joseph Bretz Gender:Male Birth Year:abt 1851 Birth Place:Ontario Age at Death:87 Death Date:4 Aug 1938 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Jacob Bretz Mother:Jishen [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Preston report 30. Jacob Bretz, to Susanna Fisher, both of Wateloo. 24 Oct. 1843 [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Joseph Bretz Age:23 Birth Date:abt 1851 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:6 May 1874 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Jacob Bretz Mother:Susannah Bretz Spouse:Maria Goebel Spouse's Age:21 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1853 Spouse Birth Place:Canada Spouse Father:Cornelius Goebel Spouse Mother:Lydia Goebel

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Nov 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1874 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 May 1874 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Preacher - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1901 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Carcinoma of Stomach - 4 Aug 1938 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 6 Aug 1938 - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth