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BREES William M Jr - Vietnam Wall section 41W - our honor and thanks to those who put their lives on the line for us

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2010-10-16 17:48:02Z

BREES William M Jr - Vietnam Wall section 41W - our honor and thanks to those who put their lives on the line for us

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 217,209 photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

BREES Jennie 1849-1931

t42MountOlivet — 2010-08-05 14:22:04Z

BREES Jennie 1849-1931

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,204 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

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John Brees (1713-1803)

kevinkallini — 2009-09-28 04:05:47Z

Searching European lineage of John Brees (1713-1803); settled in Basking Ridge, Somerset, NJ from Wales, England in 1735. His sons were Revolutionary War veterans.

Regards

Re: Timothy Brees yDNA

kdull — 2009-02-18 14:32:54Z

Sadly no Chris. My Brees ancestor was Timothy's daughter, Sarah, who married Michael Stophlet and John Sutton (I descend from both of her husbands). Please keep me updated on what you find though.

Keith

Re: Timothy Brees yDNA

brookskcmo — 2009-02-18 14:14:40Z

Keith

There are a lot of possibilities here but the first step is to locate other male descendants of Timothy Brees from other sons and have them tested to see if the single yDNA test is conclusive or simply, as you note, possibly an adopted child. Do you know any Brees male descendants in your line that can be tested? If you I can put you in touch with Alice Clark who is the administrator of the Brees Surname yDNA Project at Family Tree DNA.

Chris

Re: Timothy Brees yDNA

kdull — 2009-02-18 13:40:42Z

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the very interesting information. It certainly raises a lot of questions. Since Timothy Brees' wife was a descendent of Samuel Doty, there is always the possibility they adopted a male child from her side of the family, and the break happened in Jesse's generation. Confirming that the yDNA of Jesse's line matches that of his male siblings will be a crucial step.

Thanks for your hard work on this.

Keith

Timothy Brees yDNA

brookskcmo — 2009-02-17 15:57:31Z

For all of those researching the ancestry of Timothy Brees, Revolutionary soldier from New Jersey, but have hit a brick wall in locating his parents, there is knew information from yDNA testing that may help change the course of research. Recently I had a male descendant of Timothy Brees though his son Jesse Brees tested for yDNA markers. Since this test looks at the male Y chromosome, it looks at DNA passed down from father to son over generations. The results of this test showed that the 67 markers tested did not match closely with any of the Brees males currently tested including descendants of Moses and John Brees of Morris County, NJ and Ohio who were thought to be close relatives of Timothy’s. In fact Timothy’s yDNA did not match at all. In comparing to other surname groups, I was able to determine there was a match to the Doty family and not just to any Doty family but because of a marker specific to one line, it showed that Timothy’s male ancestry came from the Samuel Doty line of Piscataway, New Jersey.

So what does this mean? There are a few possibilities with the first being that there was an illegitimate birth in the Brees line prior to Timothy or even the fact that Timothy himself was born out of wedlock, his mother probably being a Brees woman and his father a Doty. Other possibilities are naturally adoption, along with a scenario that a woman married a Doty who whom she had a child, Timothy. This Doty died and the woman married second to a Brees male who may have adopted Timothy legally, or at least his surname just changed from Doty to Brees. So in our research now, we don’t want to look solely at the Brees family in central New Jersey, but also have to keep our eyes out for which Doty male could possibly be the father of Timothy. This can be done by monitoring the Doty surname group at Family Tree DNA for descendants of Samuel Doty who could fit into Timothy’s ancestry. I would also encourage other male descendants of Timothy Doty, especially those not descended from Tim’s son Jesse, to have their yDNA tested in the Brees surname project so we can verify just was the yDNA markers were for Timothy’s descendants.

I hope to hear comments from other Brees researchers.

Chris

Chris Brooks
Kansas City, Missouri
816-363-1831

Obit: LaVene (Brees) Dick of Kansas (1938-2008)

wilsonje19 — 2008-12-21 20:50:27Z

LaVene Dick, 70, Hays, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born June 19, 1938, at Weskan to Oliver and Trilby Brees.
She married William "Bill" Dick in May 1987 in Brush, Colo.
She was a homemaker and a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Hays.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; three daughters, Becky Searight, Kansas City, Mo., and Billie Younger and DaWana Jennings, both of Hays; two stepsons, Marty Dick, DeSoto, and Dave Dick, Sterling, Colo.; a stepdaughter, Julie Zoller, Paola; two sisters, Melba Shelton, Dodge City, and Florence Brees, Phoenix; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 20th and Pine.
Memorials are suggested to Messiah Lutheran Church, 2000 Main, Hays, KS 67601.

Re: Mary Jane Brees,5 December 1823, Indiana

crybolte — 2008-12-21 19:29:01Z

Donna
I was looking in my things on my family and I found a John Jr. He was born in 1795 in PA. I have him marriage to a Laurine Romaine. Dont know when or were. I dont have any kids for them. His parents are Jonh Breese and Sarah. Hope this help you some. MY email is crybaby179@hotmail.com
crystal

Re: Mary Jane Brees,5 December 1823, Indiana

DPfitzner — 2008-10-24 19:53:55Z

Hi,
My grandmother was Mildred Brees. In her line there is a John Brees born abt 1765 in NJ. He married Sarah? They had a son John Jr born about 1795. My 3rd gr grandfather was John Jr's brother Samuel who married Jane Prickett. I don't know who John Jr married or his children but I do know the family lived in Randolph County IN. Let me know if you want more info on my Brees family. Thanks Donna

Re: BREES Jennie _1849-1931.JPG

abrees_1 — 2008-09-08 18:37:51Z

Thanks

Re: BREES Jennie _1849-1931.JPG

abrees_1 — 2008-09-08 18:36:32Z

Thanks for your response. We are at a dead end. Jennie raised my grandfather (Mack Brees) in and around New Orleans. She gave him her last name and nothing has ever been mentioned of the birth mother Jennie's mother. I have been to the grave site and saw the records indicating that Mack Brees paid for the interment. However, she is in a family plot of people we do not know. The man next her was a Purvis????? Let me know if you have any other leads. The Davis family from Ark. has an extensive site that includes my grandmother and Mack...

Re: BREES Jennie _1849-1931.JPG

robree111 — 2008-09-07 21:35:14Z

Re Jennie Brees. She is not in my genealogy base at least back to 1794 when Ephraim Brees was born.

Re: BREES Jennie _1849-1931.JPG

gail_finn — 2008-09-06 05:15:41Z

I have a Jennie Vosburgh Brees married to Willard Brees. I think they had children pearl and Charles. They lived in several places including New York, Colorado and Iowa.

Do any of these names come up in your information?

Re: albert brees

pattiliz200 — 2008-01-20 20:22:33Z

Hi, I have gotten quite a bit more on the brees family. If you send me your personal e-mail I will invite you to see the britell tree. I am also on public tree. thanks patti

Re: albert brees

pattiliz200 — 2008-01-20 20:22:22Z

Hi, I have gotten quite a bit more on the brees family. If you send me your personal e-mail I will invite you to see the britell tree. I am also on public tree. thanks patti

Re: albert brees

K_Evertse — 2008-01-20 04:56:41Z

Hi Patti; I emailed your personal email as well about another post you had on here about Ethel Brees. I have not been on in a while for my Brees branch and I forgot that I have found more info on Albert Brees. The info that I found did say that he was born in 1857 and died in 1947. I am not sure where he died, but he was born in Indiana. This is all other's research, so without looking into census records and other validators I cannot be for sure. I did find his parents and his parent's parents. Also, I have 8 children listed for Albert and Elizabeth. I have a few generations for Elizabeth Kesselring as well. It has been YEARS since I have looked at that branch, so I would have to review it. I would be happy to share anything I have with you. Just let me know what you have, and maybe you can fill in some pages for me as well! God bless, Kim

Re: Mary Jane Brees,5 December 1823, Indiana

pattiliz200 — 2007-11-13 21:16:21Z

mary jane, My grandparents were ethel lydia brees and harry clyde greening. My grandmothers parents were albert m brees and elizabeth kesslering. I would be interested in any info that you have on the albert brees side of the family. my mother was florence greening(britell)patti britell-ruonavar

Re: Ethel Lydia Brees/Burlington KS in 1907

pattiliz200 — 2007-11-06 20:46:47Z

Hi, your great- great aunt was my grandmother ethel lydia brees(greening), I would love to correspond with you. E-mail me @ pattiliz200@yahoo.com . patti

Re: Ethel Lydia Brees/Burlington KS in 1907

pattiliz200 — 2007-11-06 20:43:22Z

hi. ethel lydia brees was my grandmother. I would love to see that picture. She used to wear hats all the time. her favorite was a pink hat which she used to wear with pink gloves ,purse and shoes to match. We kids used to get a big kick out of the fact that she had to have everything match. Her daughter florence greening(britell) was my mother. If you would like to get in touch with me you can reach me @ pattiliz200@yahoo.com. thanks patti

Re: Mary Jane Brees,5 December 1823, Indiana

pattiliz200 — 2007-11-06 20:30:57Z

hi Kim, iam the grand-daughter of ethel brees. I have a different bithdate for albert brees. My grandmother married harry clyde greening. They had two children, Florence who was my mother and james albert greening. I did not have Jesse but i do remember that there was one. thanks. If you would like to get in touch with me you can e-mail me at pattiliz200@yahoo.com patti

albert brees

pattiliz200 — 2007-11-06 20:16:38Z

hi, I have an albert m. brees in my line and I have been unable to find out much about this side of the family. He was born in Westfalia, anderson, kansas in 1842 and he died in 1942. He was married to Elizabeth Kesslering born in washington ohio in about 1860. Does this look familiar to any one? You can contact me at this e-mail pattiliz200@yahoo.com

Re: brees

JacquiMcCurdy — 2007-02-28 05:11:45Z

yes this is my line.

Re: BREES Jennie _1849-1931.JPG

2006-10-27 21:49:22Z

I found her grave recently and my grandfater Mack Brees paid for her funeral. This is where our research stops...She was my great grandmother and she is buried with people we never heard of in a pre-bought group......Maybe you have more info than I....

Brees/Rorick

tbearsgirl1 — 2006-02-04 22:05:27Z

In looking for my Rorick info I saw a listing for Phebe Ann Brees married to William Rorick. Phebe's parents were those you listed. Search world tree for these names and see if this is the info. If you are the one who posted that info, I apologize. Good luck.

D.F.BREES-1818-NEW YORK

jh2037 — 2006-02-02 16:20:27Z

he signs hame as, d.f.brees, also frank brees, some records say, doctor brees
born 1818 new york, dk county or full birthdate
parents daniel brees/ abigail love
in delaware co.ohio by late 1820s
then frank was in jasper co ill. by 1860, benton co mo by 1870, died there 1880
he is my 2ndgreat, need help on him
jeanniehardie@aol.com

Solomon E. Brees

KNorthup8848 — 2006-01-11 13:21:43Z

I am descended from Solomon also - my grandfather was Percy Brees, youngest son of Solomon Sarah Jane Thorn Brees. Which line are you from Jack??

My webpage email

KNorthup8848 — 2006-01-11 13:21:43Z

I have a webpage (my first, and haven't had it long) on FTM. It is at:

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/n/o/r/Kari-M-Northup/in...

It will give you an idea of some of what I have on the Brees(e), Bennett, Thorn(e) line, etc. Also my email is KNorthup@home.com if you would like to contact me there.

WATSON CLARK BREES

breese823 — 2005-11-28 18:50:26Z

This is my husbands gg grandfather. Would love to chat with others researching this line of Brees(e).
http://breesegenealogy.blogspot.com/
I have a ton of Brees info to add!

Re: BREES Jennie _1849-1931.JPG

2005-11-23 15:38:45Z

I am Juanita Caywood Dear daughter of Orville and Neta Caywood. My Dad's mother was Jennie Abigail Alyea Caywood. Her mother was Mary A. Brees Alyea.

I am wondering if Jennie Brees is part of this family.
I am just starting in my family tree search. I am taking a genealogy class at Lamar State College in Port Arthur, TX.

If you have any information you could share with me, I would be happy to share what I have with you.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Juanita
+†+

Re: Sarah Brees

Toni_Tran — 2005-05-17 03:42:22Z

I would love to get more info from any of you. I have been working on the Brees for only a short time.

Re: Solomon E. Brees