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Ernst Friederich Bretzke Family
 


Ernst Friederich Bretzke
aka Fredric Britzke
Born: September 22, 1820
(Marriage License)
Karlsthal, Pomerania, Prussia
Alt Storkow, Pomerania, (now Poland)
Died: May 5, 1900
Kimball Cemetery, Kimball, Stearns County Minnesota

Occupation: Farmer
Maine Prairie Town, Stearns County, MN

Married May 12, 1843
(Marriage License from Prussia)
Maria Charlotte Amelia Müller
Born: February 22, 1824
Patznick, Pomerania
Died: June 16, 1894
Kimball Cemetery, Stearns County, Minnesota
Father of Charlotte:
Schmidtmeister Fredrich Müller zu Patznick

Immigrated on the ship Smidt (Schmidt) departed from Bremen, docked New York on December 2, 1868, from Pommerania.

Children
Amelia
Wilhelm August
Johanna
Herman Paul
Julius
Mary

I have noticed there are inconsistencies with the records for this family and welcome any information to clarify this family history.

 

Ancestors of Ernst Friederich
 


Father:
Johann Bretzke

Mother:
Dorothea Louise Hellern

   
 

Grandfather:
Wilhelm Bretzke
Born: 1761
Died: Nov, 21 1831
Alt Storkow, Pomerania

Grandmother:
Henrietta Ladewich

 

 

Children of Friederick

Amelia (Bretzke) Mielke
 


Born: October 27, 1844
Karlsthal, Pomerania
Died: May 22, 1929
Kimball, MN
Husband: Ferdinand Mielke

9 children

 


 
Wilhelm August Bretzke
 


Born: December 28, 1849
Died: May 22, 1929

Wife
Matilda Schmidt
Born: March 12, 1851
Died: July 28, 1940
Immigrated: 1863

Children
Frederick Bretzke
Liddy Bretzke
William Bretzke
Herman Albert Bretzke
Anne Bretzke
Gus Bretzke


 
Johanna (Bretzke) Weber
 


Born: July 20, 1849
Died: May 22, 1929
Johanna (Bretzke) Weber born 1849
Husband: Julius Weber

Children:
Minnie Weber
Born: 1877
William Weber
Born: 1883

 


 

Herman Bretzke


Born: June 7, 1855
Kimbal, MN
Died: 1926
Fairbault County, MN

 

 

 


 

Julius Bretzke
 


Born: 1857
Prussia

Lived in Dixonville, Oregon

 

Mary Bretzke


Born: 1862
Prussia
Husband
Friedrich (Fred) Milz
Born: Dec 18, 1863

Lived in Detroit, Michigan

Children
Minnie Milz
Born: Apr 3, 1887
Died: Sept 1973

 

 



 


I would like to build a Bretzke Family tree and encourage all Bretzkes around the world to please send information that would add to our family history.


 
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