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Wilhelm August Bretzke Family
 



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Wilhelm August (Albert?) Bretzke
Born: December 28, 1846
Died: May 22, 1929

Wife
Matilda Schmidt
Born: March 12, 1851
Died: July 28, 1940
(see obituary)
Immigrated: 1863

Children
Liddy Bretzke
Gustave Bretzke
William Bretzke
Anna Bretzke
Herman Albert Bretzke
Frederick Bretzke


Bretzke Family Photo taken around 1940
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Ancestors of Wilhelm
 


Parents:
Ernst Friederick Bretzke 1822
Charlotte Miller 1825

Grandparents:
Johann Bretzke
Dorothea Louise Hellern

Great Grandparents:
Wilhelm Bretzke 1761
Henrietta Ladewich

   
 

Children of Wilhelm

Lydia "Liddy" Bretzke
 


First Husband:
Henry Minder

Children:
Lola Nicohs
William Minder
Almer Minder
Bertrum Minder

Second Husband:
Peter Grandohl

Children:
Milton Grandohl

 

 

Gustave "Gus" Bretzke


Born: Sep 10, 1874
Kimball, MN
Died: Feb 15, 1911
Kimball. MN

Wife:
Lillian Grace Smith
Born: Aug 27, 1880
Alden, MN
Died: Jan 13, 1968
Dell Rapids, SD
buried in Wilmot, SD.

Children
Hazel (Bretzke) Roth
Fannie Mae (Bretzke) Ehrmann
Lucille (Bretzke) Aasalnd
Ralph Gustave Bretzke

Grandchildren:
Thomas Ralph Roth
Shirley Christianson
Barbara McNellis
Delton Aasland
Charlotte Warwar

Great grandchildren;  
Rebecca Christianson
Cynthia Christianson
David Christianson
Rick Christianson
Jill McNellis
Stacey McNellis
Eric Aasland
Joseph D. Aasland
Nadia Miller
Nadim Warwar

 

 


William Bretzke


Married on Aug 23, 1911

Wife:
Hattie Bansemer
Born: June 5, 1889
Stasfurt, Sachsen, Germany
Died: Oct 28, 1912
(see obituary)
Imigrated with parents on Mar 26, 1904

Son: Milton Bretzke

Second Wife: Gusta Broik

 

 


Anna Bretzke
 


Born: July 29, 1872
Died: Oct. 8, 1966
(see obituary)
Married: Oct 18, 1894

Husband:
Julius Remund

Children:
Lydia (Bretzke) Remund
George Remund
Elmer Remund
Harvey Remund
Reuben Remund
Milbank Remund

 

 

Herman Albert Bretzke


Born: September 22, 1877
Kingston, Meeker, Minnesota
Died: July 27, 1962
Hamilton, Montana
(see obituary)

Married: March 28, 1904
Mary Elizabeth Looman
Born: Feb 16, 1881
Died: Feb 22, 1963

Children
Melvin William Bretzke
Born: September 24, 1907
Wilmot, Roberts, S. Dakota
Died: February 28, 1975
St. Maries, Idaho
(see obituary)
Married: 1931 Bowbells N. Dakota
Irene Rose Kopriva
Born: October 15, 1903
Died January 14, 1995
San Jose, California

Grandchildren
Duane Richard Bretzke

Great grandchildren;  
Maribeth
Rosanne
Melvin
Richard
Steven
Donna

 

 


 

Frederick August Bretzke
 


Born: Feb 16, 1890
Died: Aug 14, 1976
Traverse, MN
(see obituary)

First Wife
Othelia "Tilly" Josephine Evenson
Born: Feb 17, 1895

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

Second Wife
Christine

Children
Gerald Fredrick Bretzke
Alvin William Bretzke

 

 


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