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Frederick Bretzke Family
 



Fred, Lois, Verna, Reuben (1924)

Frederick August Bretzke
Born: Feb 16, 1890
Died: May 22, 1929
Traverse, MN

Occupation: Railroad Foreman

First Wife
Othelia Josephine Evenson,
Born: Feb 17, 1895
Fergus Falls, MN
Died: Jan 11, 1966

Children
Lois Margurit Bretzke
Verna Fay Bretzke
Carmen Allfred Bretzke
Reuben Bretzke

Second Wife
Christine

Children
Gerald Fredrick Bretzke
Alvin Bretzke

 


Othelia and sister, Lottie Evenson

 

Ancestors of Frederick August
 


Parents:
Wilhelm August Bretzke 1846
Matilda Schmidt 1851

Grandparents:
Ernst Friederick Bretzke 1822
Charlotte Miller 1825

Great Grandparents:
Johann Bretzke
Dorothea Louise Hellern

Great Great Grandparents:
Wilhelm Bretzke 1761
Henrietta Ladewich

   
 

 

 

 

Children of Fred and Othelia

Lois Margurit Bretzke
 



Born: Sept. 14, 1915
Died: July 22, 1934
(drowning)

 

 

Reuben Pat Bretzke



Born: Apr. 28, 1913
Died: July 21, 1960 (railway accident)
Worked on Railroad

Wife
Arlene Maher
Appleton, MN

Children
Patricia Bretzke
1 daughter

Ruby Bretzke
Souix City, Iowa

 

 


 

Verna Fay Bretzke
 



Born: Dec. 9, 1918

Husband 1934
Alvin C Olson
Sisseton, S. Dakota

Children
Lois Phyllis Olson
1935
Graceville, MN
Husband: Janke

Grandchildren
Keith David Janke
1955
Breckenridge, MN
Wife: Susan Esther Janke
1958

G. Grandchildren
Janeen Esther Janke
Born: 1987
Wheaton, MN

Jason David Janke
Born: 1989
Wheaton, MN

 

 

Carmen Allfred Bretzke



Born: Nov. 23, 1932
Browns Valley, MN
Died: May 13, 1988
Limestone, MN

Wife
Shirley Dean

Children
Cynthia Ann Bretzke
1957
Oahu, Hawaii
Married Carlos Segura

Granddaughter:
Ashley Segura

Rudy Bretzke
Oahu, Hawaii

Grandson; Evan Bretzke

 

 

Children of Fred Christine Moran


 


 

Gerald Frederick Bretzke


Born: Feb 4, 1945
Browns Valley, MN

Died: July 18, 2009
Minneapolis, MN

 

 


 

Alvin William Bretzke


Born: Nov 27, 1946
Died: Oct 1963

 

 


 

Blazen of Arms

Argent; three stars gules, placed two and one.

Argent (white or silver) signifies Peace and Sincerity. Gules (red denotes Military Fortitude and Magnanimity. It is also the "martyr's colour". Stars represent Constancy in Service to the King.

 

Crest

Three ostrich plumes argent. Ostrich plumes denote Nobility.

 

Origin

Germany