John Break

1792 - 1842  (50 years)

• Name	John Break
  Birth	27 Jan 1792	Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 1842	South Of Breslau, Waterloo Co., Ontario
  Burial	Old Blair Cemetery, Blair, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I04514	All
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2006

  
  

  Father	John Brech,   b. Abt 1759, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania d. Abt 1802, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Catharine Schäorg
  Family ID	F1025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Betzner,   b. 26 Jan 1798
  Marriage	7 May 1815	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
  Children	1. David Break,   b. 10 Aug 1820, Canada d. 19 Jan 1892, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Source Ezra E. Eby 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.