–husband of Theresa Schreiner [married in 1855]
–son of Frank Breu and Augustine
–born Neukirchen, Bavaria
–farmer in Town of Eaton
–on Dec. 4, 1857, in partnership with George Holzer, purchased the 160 acres of the NE1/4 and the 40 acres of the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 33, Town of Eaton –on Sept. 12, 1859, Joseph Breu and George Holzer split this land into two 100 acre farms, with Joseph taking mainly the northern half
–a farmstead was then created at 21304 Schnell Road in Section 33
–from Sept. 12, 1865 to Feb. 8, 1873 owned the 80 acre farm in the E1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 29, Town of Eaton
–on July 8, 1872 purchased the 40 acres of swampland in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 28, Town of Eaton from Manitowoc County on a foreclosure sale –on March 15, 1878 purchased the 80 acres of the E1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 33, Town of Eaton, which was adjacent west of his home farm
–this increased the Breu farm to 200 acres –on Nov. 23, 1886 sold this 200 acre farm centered at 21304 Schnell Road to his son Michael Breu
–on Sept. 12, 1865 purchased the 80 acre Bartholomea McGuire Farm, which today is part of a much larger property of 325 acres at 22110 Steinthal Road
–owned this farm until selling on Feb. 8, 1873
–on Dec. 31, 1881 purchased 160 acres of woodland in the SW1/4 of Section 27, Town of Eaton from the Roman Catholic Religious Association of St. Nazianz
–on Dec. 30, 1889 sold these 160 acres to his son Michael Breu and his wife Frances Zipperer
–on Nov. 19, 1885 purchased the house at 111 South Third Avenue in St. Nazianz
–lived in this house until his death in 1902
–his widow Theresia then moved to Wood County to live with one of her daughters
–died from “cancer of the stomach, several years”) –buried at St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery in St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton [buried in Section 1, Row 17, Lot 11] [death record Manitowoc 7-70]
–husband of Theresa Schreiner [married in 1855]
–son of Frank Breu and Augustine
–born Neukirchen, Bavaria
–farmer in Town of Eaton
–on Dec. 4, 1857, in partnership with George Holzer, purchased the 160 acres of the NE1/4 and the 40 acres of the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 33, Town of Eaton –on Sept. 12, 1859, Joseph Breu and George Holzer split this land into two 100 acre farms, with Joseph taking mainly the northern half
–a farmstead was then created at 21304 Schnell Road in Section 33
–from Sept. 12, 1865 to Feb. 8, 1873 owned the 80 acre farm in the E1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 29, Town of Eaton
–on July 8, 1872 purchased the 40 acres of swampland in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 28, Town of Eaton from Manitowoc County on a foreclosure sale –on March 15, 1878 purchased the 80 acres of the E1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 33, Town of Eaton, which was adjacent west of his home farm
–this increased the Breu farm to 200 acres –on Nov. 23, 1886 sold this 200 acre farm centered at 21304 Schnell Road to his son Michael Breu
–on Sept. 12, 1865 purchased the 80 acre Bartholomea McGuire Farm, which today is part of a much larger property of 325 acres at 22110 Steinthal Road
–owned this farm until selling on Feb. 8, 1873
–on Dec. 31, 1881 purchased 160 acres of woodland in the SW1/4 of Section 27, Town of Eaton from the Roman Catholic Religious Association of St. Nazianz
–on Dec. 30, 1889 sold these 160 acres to his son Michael Breu and his wife Frances Zipperer
–on Nov. 19, 1885 purchased the house at 111 South Third Avenue in St. Nazianz
–lived in this house until his death in 1902
–his widow Theresia then moved to Wood County to live with one of her daughters
–died from “cancer of the stomach, several years”) –buried at St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery in St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton [buried in Section 1, Row 17, Lot 11] [death record Manitowoc 7-70]
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