Alfred Breech was the seventh child of Jacob and Rebecca Leiby Breech. After his father's death on the last day of the Civil War(Union soldier)he was placed in different Children's Homes. On November 21, 1866 he was placed in the Home For Friendless Children in Wilkes Barre, Pa. On September 1, 1869 he was transferred to the Mount Joy School. He was discharged on December 11, 1873 (his sixteenth birthday).
Little is known except that he was a farmer. He never married.
Alfred Breech was my maternal great, great, great-uncle
Added 7 Jul 2014
Pennsylvania Death Certificate:
Name: Alfred Bruch
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1857
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 18 May 1919
Death Place: Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
States Alfred died of "carcinoma of the left side of face" (skin cancer) & that he was a widower. Name of his spouse is unknown.
Additionally states he was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa, Pennsylvania
Little is known except that he was a farmer. He never married.
Alfred Breech was my maternal great, great, great-uncle
Added 7 Jul 2014
Pennsylvania Death Certificate:
Name: Alfred Bruch
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1857
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 18 May 1919
Death Place: Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
States Alfred died of "carcinoma of the left side of face" (skin cancer) & that he was a widower. Name of his spouse is unknown.
Additionally states he was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa, Pennsylvania
Alfred Breech was the seventh child of Jacob and Rebecca Leiby Breech. After his father's death on the last day of the Civil War(Union soldier)he was placed in different Children's Homes. On November 21, 1866 he was placed in the Home For Friendless Children in Wilkes Barre, Pa. On September 1, 1869 he was transferred to the Mount Joy School. He was discharged on December 11, 1873 (his sixteenth birthday).
Little is known except that he was a farmer. He never married.
Alfred Breech was my maternal great, great, great-uncle
Added 7 Jul 2014
Pennsylvania Death Certificate:
Name: Alfred Bruch
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1857
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 18 May 1919
Death Place: Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
States Alfred died of "carcinoma of the left side of face" (skin cancer) & that he was a widower. Name of his spouse is unknown.
Additionally states he was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa, Pennsylvania
Little is known except that he was a farmer. He never married.
Alfred Breech was my maternal great, great, great-uncle
Added 7 Jul 2014
Pennsylvania Death Certificate:
Name: Alfred Bruch
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1857
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 18 May 1919
Death Place: Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
States Alfred died of "carcinoma of the left side of face" (skin cancer) & that he was a widower. Name of his spouse is unknown.
Additionally states he was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa, Pennsylvania
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