 1827 - 1897 (70 years)
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| Name |
Margaret Ann Patton |
| Birth |
12 Apr 1827 |
Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
18 Nov 1897 |
Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
| Notes |
- MARGARET ANN Patton
mother – Eve Weimer (her mother – Catherine Magdalena)
(her father – Martin Weimer)
father - Thomas Patton (parents unknown)
born: 12 April 1827 in Elk Lick Twp, PA
christened: 18 Dec 1848 in Meyersdale, Somerset, PA
married: 25 Dec 1844 in Harmon’s Bottom, PA
died: 18 Nov 1897 in Meyersdale, Somerset, PA
Source: Doris Nadon
MARGARET ANN Patton
Margaret Ann Patton was the second child and oldest daughter of Thomas Patton and Eve Weimer.
There is no record of her birth. She was baptized as an adult in 1848 “Margaritha Patton daughter of Thomas and Eve Weimer baptized conditionally on 12/18/1848 gp: Christian Staub” at Saints. Philip and James in Meyersdale.
MARRIAGE
Margaret Ann Patton m.. Ambrose Breig, December 25, 1844 at Harman's Bottom, now called New Baltimore. A Benedictine Father married them. “dictated by Mrs. Mary A. (Breig) Stacer, age 75, (1922) to her granddaughter Miss Emma M. Grabenstein.
The first Catholic Church in Somerset County was that of new Baltimore, which dates back to 1824, and is known as St. John's. In that year Rev. TH Hayden visited and continued to supply the congregation several years. There was no resident priest until 1850, when Rev. Joseph Therezia Gezowsky became stated pastor.
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES; HON. WM. H.
.KOONTZ Lewis PUBLISHING CO. 1906
Early LIFE
Ambrose and Margaret Patton Breig where the parents of 12 children:
Helena Breig (October 10, 1846 - October 11, 1846)
Mary Ann Breig (August 27, 1847- August 28, 1939)
Esther Sophia Breig (October 25, 1849- April 26, 1911)
Elizabeth Rose Breig ( January 1, 1852- October 4, 1931)
Joseph Breig (February 20 1853- December 27, 1853)
Martha E.Breig (February 17, 1856-April 24, 1944)
Albert Breig (June 7, 1857- unknown)
Peter Paul Breig (February 11, 1859- November 22, 1929)
Alphonsus Joseph Breig (October 30, 1860-August 16, 1916)
Sarah Louise Breig (February 24, 1860-August 17, 1916)
George Francis Breig (October 8, 1865-March 21, 1944)
Eva Cecilia Breig (February 5, 1868-June 11, 1934)
Helena, Joseph, Albert and Rachel Ann died in infancy.
“After father (Ambrose) served his three years of apprenticeship, they came to Salisbury, PA, then called Brush Town. Here the three brothers (Ambrose, Ferdinand, and Daniel) formed a partnership which later dissolved. They built a commodious shop which they feel with all kinds of furniture in the winter months and left it for mother and I to sell during the summer, they going to build houses.” They lived in Salisbury until their home was destroyed by fire in September, 1867
(http://www.Salisburypa.com/tragedies.html: 1868)-
George Francis Breig 1865 – 1944, often referred to the fact that the family had escaped from the burning house with nothing but their night clothes. George was a baby and his sister Esther carried him out of the burning building... after the fire the family moved to Greenville, then to St. Paul... when they lived in Salisbury, they walked to Meyersdale (a distance of 10 miles) to Mass. Sometimes one carried a baby. Mrs. Mary Olinger Cook told Esther Breig (a granddaughter of Ambrose and Margaret) that Grandmother Breig would start knitting a sock when they left their house, which she would have finished by the time they arrived in Meyersdale. On the return trip, she finished knitting the second sock. What industry and what skill!
THE BREIG HISTORY(1834 -1979)
BY SISTER. REGINA CLARE BREIG (1899-1984)
DEATH AND BURIAL
After Ambrose's death in 1885, Peter P., the eldest son, Louisa S., George F. and Eve C, where unmarried and lived with their bereaved mother.
Peter married in 1888, Louisa and Eve in 1887. George remained to support his mother until her death in 1897.
In Loving Remembrance of Margaret A. Breig, died November 18, 1897, age 70 years, 7 months, 6 days.
One less at home!
The charmed circle broken -- a dear face,
Missed day by day, from its usual place,
But cleansed, saved, perfected by grace,
One more in heaven!
One less at home!
It's pain, its sorrow and its toil to share.
One less the Pilgrim's daily cross to bear.
One more the crown of the blessed to wear
At home in heaven!
Margaret was buried beside her husband in the old cemetery of SS Philip and James. Their bodies were moved to the new cemetery some years after they died.
Sister. Regina Clare Breig had a copy of the deed to a cemetery lot in SS Philip and James cemetery which reads:” This is to certify that in consideration of the sum of nine dollars in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Mrs. Ambrose Breig is entitled to No. 2 lot 10 x 15' in the graveyard of SS Philip and James RC Church, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA. That said lot shall be held by Mrs. Ambrose Breig and her heirs for ever. There is no date on the document.
MARGARET BREIG
Margaret Ann Breig, nee Patton, was born in elk Lick Township, April 12, 1827, died November 18, 1897. She was the daughter of Thomas and Eva Patton, two brothers, Alexander of Illinois and Elijah of Falls City, Nebraska, survive her, one sister died in her infancy, and John died at her home in Salisbury at the age of 22, her brother Cyrus who was the lieutenant at the late War fell on the last day of the battle of Gettysburg. She was married while quite young at Salisbury to Ambrose Breig who preceded her to the spirit world 12 years ago.
They burned out at Salisbury in the year 1867 and then they removed to Greenville but any year 1869 they moved to what was then called Wilhelm Church which her husband built and which occupied the time of two years. From there they moved to Meyersdale where they since resided. Since the death of her husband, she made her home at the old homestead in Meyersdale with her children. Their union was a happy one and was blessed with 12 children as follows according to their ages: Helena died in her infancy, Mary A, Stcer of town, Esther S. McKenzie of Oklahoma, Elizabeth R Weimer of Greenville, Martha E. Harley of town, Joseph, died in his infancy, Peter P. Breig of town, Alfred J. of Lonaconing, M.D, Louisa S. Hahn, of Salisbury, George F. Breig of Vandergrift, and Eva C. Kemp of town. She was the grandmother of 50 grandchildren, eight of whom are gone before her and six great-grandchildren.
She was a loving, kind, and faithful wife, as well as a kind and affectionate mother and a true friend to all. She was a convert to the Catholic faith in which she reared all of her children the faith of which she was a devout and practical member, only sickness prevented her from going to the house of God. She died as she lived peaceful in the hope of the blessed immortality. The funeral took place from the residence On North Street, November 21, 1897, six grandchildren acting as pallbearers, viz, Ambrose, Francis, and Joseph Stacer, Edward, Samuel, and Alfred Weimer. Services at the RC Church by Rev. Father Kaylor, her pastor. Interment in the RC cemetery. The great esteem in which she was shown by the vast assemblage of relatives and friends from far and near who came to show and pay their last sad tribute of respect to one whom they loved. May she rest in peace.
This star by star declines
Till all are passed away
As morning high and higher shines
To pure and perfect day.
Nor sink those stars in empty night
They hide in heaven's own light.
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| Person ID |
I06858 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Family |
Ambrosius Breig, b. 15 Dec 1815, Baden/Bactern, Germany d. 15 Jun 1885, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Dec 1844 |
Harman's Bottom, Pennsylvania |
| Children |
| | 1. Helena Breig, b. 10 Oct 1846 d. 11 Oct 1846 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Mary Ann Breig, b. 27 Aug 1847 d. 28 Aug 1939 (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Esther Sophia Breig, b. 25 Oct 1849, Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania d. 26 Apr 1911, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Elizabeth Rose Breig, b. 1 Jan 1852, Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania d. 4 Oct 1931, Greenville Twp., Somerset, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Joseph Breig, b. 20 Feb 1853 d. 27 Dec 1853 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Martha E. Breig, b. 17 Feb 1856 d. 24 Apr 1944 (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Albert Breig, b. 7 Jun 1857 d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Peter Paul Breig, b. 11 Feb 1859 d. 22 Nov 1929 (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. Sarah Louise Breig, b. 24 Feb 1860 d. 17 Aug 1916 (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 10. Alphonsus Joseph Breig, b. 30 Oct 1860 d. 16 Aug 1916 (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 11. George Francis Breig, b. 8 Oct 1865, Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania d. 21 Mar 1944, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 12. Eva Cecelia Breig, b. 5 Feb 1868 d. 11 Jun 1934 (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F01174 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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