| Birth |
27 Jan 1792 |
, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania [2,3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00014-1170 |
| Died |
14 Aug 1842 |
South Of Breslau, Waterloo Co., Ontario [4,5] |
| Person ID |
I3197 |
| Last Modified |
04 May 2005 |
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| Father |
John Brech, b. Abt 1759, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Catharine Sherk (Schäorg) |
| Group Sheet |
F1158 |
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| Family 1 |
Catharine Betzner, b. 26 Jan 1798 |
| Married |
7 May 1815 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario [6,7] |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Break, b. 31 Jan 1816 |
| | 2. Samuel Break, b. 8 Sep 1817 |
| | 3. Adam Break, b. 20 Apr 1819 |
| | 4. David Break, b. 10 Aug 1820 |
| | 5. John Break, b. 9 Sep 1822 |
| | 6. Catharine Break, b. 6 Sep 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 7. Magdalena Break, b. 4 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 8. Gideon Break, b. 23 Dec 1827 |
| | 9. Joseph Break, b. 20 Mar 1830 |
| | 10. Mary Break, b. 16 Mar 1832 |
| | 11. Abraham Break, b. 2 Feb 1838 |
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| Group Sheet |
F646 |
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| Notes |
John Break, "son of John and Catharine (Schäorg, now spelled Shirk and Sherk) Break, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 27th, 1792. In 1806 he came to Canada with his mother and settled in Waterloo County where he was married, May 7, 1815 to Catharine, daughter of Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Brech) Betzner. She was born January 26th 1798, and died June 7th, 1873. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by their grand-son, Gideon Break, a little south of Breslau, where he died August 14th, 1842. Their family consisted of eleven children, viz:" |
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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), 295 [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), 295 [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), 241 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [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), 295 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [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), 241 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [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), 295 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [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), 241 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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