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Catharine Bretz[1]

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Birth  7 Nov 1805    [2
Sex  Female 
Eby ID  00015-1216 
Died  26 Jan 1888    [3
Person ID  I3265 
Last Modified  26 Jun 2004 
 
Father  Jacob Bretz, b. 1 Nov 1766, Pennsylvania 
Mother  Maria Strickler, b. 4 Sep 1766 
Group Sheet  F1176 
 
Family 1  John Steen, b. 28 Jul 1802 
Married  1 May 1828    [4
Children 
 1. Elizabeth Steen
 2. Polly Steen
 3. Margaret Steen, b. 29 Dec 1831
 4. Catharine Steen, b. 14 Apr 1836
 5. Lydia Steen, b. 27 Apr 1838
 6. Mary Steen, b. 20 Aug 1841
 7. Amos Steen, b. 29 Oct 1843
 8. Isaac Steen, b. 17 Feb 1848
 9. George Steen, b. 14 Nov 1850
 10. Nancy Steen
 11. John Steen
Group Sheet  F1182 
 
Notes  Catharine Bretz, "youngest daughter of Jacob and Maria (Strickler) Bretz, was born November 7th, 1805. She was married to John, son of George and Margaret Steen, May 1st, 1828. He was born July 28th, 1802, and died January 27th, 1888. She died January 26th, 1888, a few hours before her husband. They resided a little south of Tuck's Hill, in the township of Waterloo. Their family consisted of eleven children, of whom the two eldest and two youngest died in infancy. Their names, but no dates were received, .."
 
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), 302   [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), 302   [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), 302   [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), 302   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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