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Abraham Jonas Bretz

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Birth	:	27 Jun 1833 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	6 Apr 1923 Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.0639000, -77.1091995
Description	:	Abraham Jonas Bretz was born in Dolphine county (sic), Pennsylvania, June 27, 1833, and at the age of three years he moved with his parents to Holmes county, Ohio. In 1853 he left Ohio moving to Iowa, where he lived ever since except two years in Kansas. He departed this life April 6, 1923, aged eighty-nine years, ten months and twenty days. He was married June 5, 1860, to Mary Ann Payton. Eleven children were born to this union - five sons and six daughters - Joseph V., Willard M., Frederick V., George A., and Samuel T., Cora... Read More	Abraham Jonas Bretz was born in Dolphine county (sic), Pennsylvania, June 27, 1833, and at the age of three years he moved with his parents to Holmes county, Ohio. In 1853 he left Ohio moving to Iowa, where he lived ever since except two years in Kansas. He departed this life April 6, 1923, aged eighty-nine years, ten months and twenty days. He was married June 5, 1860, to Mary Ann Payton. Eleven children were born to this union - five sons and six daughters - Joseph V., Willard M., Frederick V., George A., and Samuel T., Cora M., Millie Jessie, Elizabeth C. Bretz, Eva Chendon, San Francisco, Calif., Mary E. Duffey, Addie F. Hollingshead, Osgood, Colo. Mrs. Ashendon and Mrs. Hollingshead are the only children left to mourn his loss. He also leaves two sisters, Elizabeth A. Vorhies, of Cohocton, Ohio, and Esther Sarah Noland, of Chariton, Iowa. Mrs. Nolan has been with her brother all through his illness and was with him at the time of his death. Mr. Bretz was brought up in a christian home and under christian parents. His father was a minister of the church of God. Mr. Bretz himself accepted the faith and became a member of the Christian church of Tingley.

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Abraham Jonas Bretz's memorial is located at: Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, USA.
When did Abraham Jonas Bretz death?
Abraham Jonas Bretz death on 6 Apr 1923 in Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 39.0639000
Longitude: -77.1091995

Family Members:

Parent

Elizabeth Cassel Bretz

(1802 - 1879)

Spouse

Mary A Bretz

(1841 - 1881)

Lucinda W Boylan Bretz

(1850 - 1923)

Siblings

Esther Sarah Bretz Noland

(1838 - 1926)

Children

Jessie O Bretz

(1863 - 1882)

Willard N. Bretz

(1871 - 1889)

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