Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


PIONEER BRETSCH FAMILY



1. ADAM BRETSCH was born on 4 Oct 1776 in Egelsbach, Hesse, GERMANY. He died on 28 Jan 1853 in Omar, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County and was buried in Tanners Corners Cemetery, Town of Alexandria.

He married on 27 Nov 1804 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany
VICTORIA WORKMAN, who was born on 18 Jan 1781 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. She died on 30 Mar 1852 in Omar, and was also buried in Tanners Corners Cemetery, Town of Alexandria.

Children, BRETSCH:

2 i JOHN PHILIP BRETSCH

3 ii LORENZ BRETSCH

4 iii PHILIP BRETSCH

5 iv KATHARINE BRETSCH

6 v HENRY BRETSCH

7 vi MARY BRETSCH




3. LORENZ BRETSCH (son of ADAM and VICTORIA (WORKMAN) BRETSCH)was born on 15 May 1810 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. He died on 22 May 1895 in Omar, Town of Orleans and was buried in Omar Cemetery.

He married on 5 Jan 1835
VICTORIA SCHRODT who was born on 5 Sep 1809 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. She died on 24 Jan 1897 in Omar and was buried in Omar Cemetery.

Children, BRETSCH:

8 i ADAM J. BRETSCH

9 ii PHILIP R. BRETSCH

10 iii MARY BRETSCH

11 iv HENRY W. BRETSCH

12 v MARGARET BRETSCH

13 vi JACOB W. BRETSCH

4. PHILIP BRETSCH (son of ADAM and VICTORIA (WORKMAN) BRETSCH) was born on 24 Dec 1814 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. He died on 24 May 1894 in Plessis, Town of Alexandria, and was buried in Omar.

He married on 10 Jan 1843 in New York State
MARIE MARGARETH PAFF who was born on 2 Jun 1819 in Gros Bieberau, Hesse, Germany. She died on 19 Aug 1898 in Plessis and was buried in Omar.

Children, BRETSCH:

14 i KATHERINE BRETSCH

15 ii MARY BRETSCH

16 iii FRED W. BRETSCH

17 iv MARGARET BRETSCH

18 v DAVID BRETSCH

19 vi PETER B. BRETSCH

20 vii FRANKLIN S./D. [?] BRETSCH

6. HENRY BRETSCH (son of ADAM and VICTORIA (WORKMAN) BRETSCH) was born on 23 Feb 1822 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. He died on 9 Jun 1907 and was buried in Omar Cemetery.

He married on 12 Mar 1850
MARY WORKMAN who was born on 6 Dec 1826 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. She died on 17 Apr 1906.

Children, BRETSCH:

21 i ELIZABETH "LIBBY" BRETSCH

22 ii GEORGE W. BRETSCH

23 iii CHARLES BRETSCH

24 iv EDWARD S. BRETSCH

25 v SARAH M. BRETSCH

26 vi ALICE BRETSCH

27 vii BRAYTON S. BRETSCH

7. MARY BRETSCH (daughter of ADAM and VICTORIA (WORKMAN) BRETSCH) was born on 5 May 1825 in Egelsbach, Hesse, Germany. She died on 19 Oct 1895 and was buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Town of Clayton

She married on 19 Jan 1851
PETER DORR who was born on 9 Mar 1829 in Obeiterheim, Germany. He died on 18 Apr 1885 and was buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Town of Clayton.

Children, DORR:

28 i SARAH DORR

29 ii ABRAHAM DORR

30 iii ADAM DORR

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