| Birth |
Abt 1759 |
, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania [2] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00014-1166 |
| Died |
Abt 1802 |
, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania [3] |
| Person ID |
I3183 |
| Last Modified |
05 Nov 2003 |
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| Father |
Hannes Brech, b. Abt 1725, , , Switzerland |
| Group Sheet |
F1157 |
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| Family 1 |
Catharine Sherk (Schäorg) |
| Children |
| | 1. Adam Break, b. Abt 1787 |
| | 2. Elizabeth Break, b. 13 Aug 1789, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Magdalena Break, b. 3 Apr 1796, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 4. John Break, b. 27 Jan 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
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| Group Sheet |
F1158 |
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| Notes |
John Brech, "was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1759, and was married to Catharine Schäorg. They resided in Dauphine County, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming until his death which took place about the year 1802.(Mrs. Samuel Eby related to the writer that she was about 13 years of age when her father died.) In 1806 the widow with her family of four children moved, with others, to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, at the present village of Blair, where she resided for some time. Later the family settled on the farm now owned by Gideon Break, a mile south of Breslau. To John and Catharine (Schäorg) Brech were born four children, namely:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 294 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 294 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] 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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 294 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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Region of Waterloo