Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

John Bretz[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male Abt 1800 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name John Bretz 
    Born Abt 1800  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00015-1191 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I16218  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Bretz,   b. 1 Nov 1766, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Maria Strickler,   b. 4 Sep 1766, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F4309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Reist,   b. 12 Feb 1803, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1876  (Age 73 years) 
    Children 
     1. Maria Bretz,   b. 5 Feb 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1899, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Susannah Bretz,   b. 7 Apr 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1879, Snyder Co. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Christina Detweiler,   b. Abt 1800, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Bretz,   b. 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Jacob Bretz,   b. 24 Apr 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Bretz, "was first married to Christina Detweiler and had a family of two children, III Jacob and III Nancy. After the decease of first wife, he was married to Elizabeth Reist who was born February 12th, 1803. Of the second marriage there were two children, III Maria and III Susannah. This family resided on the township line between Waterloo and Guelph Townships."


      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 
    1. [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..., 298.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    3. [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..., 248.

    4. [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..., 515.

    5. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 170.

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