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Nicholas Brick

1833 - 1910  (77 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Brick 
    Born 1833  Sotzweiler, Saarland, DE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Unknown 
    Died 1910 
    Person ID I23891  Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2016 

    Father Michael Brick,   b. ca 1 Jan 1801, Sotzweiler, Saarland, DE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1885, Rainham Twp., Haldimand Col., ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Margarethe Schuh,   b. 1809 
    Family ID F9222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Müller,   b. 1873 
    Children 
     1. William Brick,   b. 1861
     2. Peter Brick,   b. 1864
     3. George Brick,   b. 1869, Rainham Township, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Catherine Brick,   b. 1870
     5. Albert Brick,   b. 1873
     6. Mary Anne Brick,   b. 1876
     7. Julia Brick,   b. 1878
     8. John Edward Brick,   b. 1881
     9. Netti Christina Brick,   b. 1873
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F9229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    The Nicholas Brick Farm in Rainham Township, Ontario
    The Nicholas Brick Farm in Rainham Township, Ontario
    This 1870 map of Rainham Township appears sideways, west at the top, with the Nicholas Brick farm (marked with a red dot) between Fisherville and Nelle's Corners. You may notice that the Brick family owned a double farm, with 200 acres.

  • Notes 
    • 1851 Rainham Township Census

      In 1851, Nicholas Brick was working as a farm hand and living at the home of his sister Elisabeth and her husband, Deacon Jacob Hoover, at Hoover's Point.
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    • DATE 1891 PLAC Lot 4 Con 6 Fisherville, Rainham, Haldimand Co., Ontario,
      Canada

      From the 1851 to the 1906 Nicholas Brick appears in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario.

      A "My Tree" record states: "PLAC Lot 4 Con 6 Fisherville, Rainham, Haldimand Co., Ontario, CanadaIn the 1851 Census, Nicholas is living with the Jacob Hoover family. Elizabeth Hoover was the daughter of Peter Brick and Nicholas was the son of Michael Brick brother to Peter. So Elizabeth and Nicholas were first cousins.
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    • From My Heritage

      Nicolas BRICK, 1833 - 1910

      Nicolas BRICK was born in 1833, to Michael BRICK and Margareta BRICK. Nicolas married Catharine, born MUELLAR, circa 1860, when she was 26 years old. Catharine was born on December 10 1838, in Alsace-Lorraine Province, France.
      They had 9 children: William, Peter, George Henry, Catherine, Albert, Mary Anne, Julia, John and Netti Christina. Nicolas died 21 September 1910, at age 77 at death place.
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    • Haldimand Advocate Thur. Sept 22, 1910

      At his late residence in Rainham, on Wednesday, September 21, 1910, Nicholas Brick, aged 77 years, 4 months and 28 days. Funeral on Saturday, September 24th at 8:30 a.m. to St. Stephen's Church and cemetery, Cayuga.

      On Saturday the remains of an old citizen, Nicholas Brick, were conveyed to Cayuga, where they were interred [in the] Catholic cemetery. Mr Brick was much respected and a generous man with all who knew him. He had been an invalid for about two years. He came to this country [at the age] of two years with his par[ents] while this locality was a wilderness. He moved after his marriage to Waterloo County but, after a few years he came back to Rainham Township to marry Catherine Miller ___ years ago. He is survived by [his wife] four sons, three daughters, and seventeen
      grandchildren. He reached the age of 77 years, 4 months, and [28] days."
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