Person:Lewis Bresler (1)

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m. 1845
  1. Lewis Jacobus Johannes Bresler1866 - 1947
m. 4 Nov 1890
  1. Ryno Machiel Eksteen Bresler1896 - 1977
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Name Lewis Jacobus Johannes Bresler
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Apr 1866 Farm ' Kalkkrans ', Vrede District, Orange Free State, South Africa
Marriage 4 Nov 1890 Vrede, Orange Free Stateto Susanna Maria Johanna Eksteen
Death? 5 May 1947 His Home in in Botha Street,, Vrede, Orange Free State, South Africa

Immediate Family: Son of Pieter Bresler and Christina Koen. Husband of Susanna Eksteen. Father of Pieter Benjamin Bresler; Louis ( Lewis ) Bresler and Ryno Bresler. Brother of Dina Elizabeth Bresler; Casparus Bresler; Isabella Bresler; Gerhardus Bresler; Elizabeth Bresler and 8 others. http://www.geni.com/people/Louis-Lewis-Bresler/6000000013852548580?through=6000000017935726939 About history: At the time of his Marriage, Louis was aged 24 years and a ' Veeboer ' Cattle Farmer from ' Bavaria ' Vrede District of the Orange Free State. Louis and Susanna Maria Eksteen ( she was aged 22 years and also, from ' Bavaria ' ) were Married at the NG Kerk, Vrede on 4 November 1890 by Presiding Minister Ds J.H. Enslin. Marriage Witnesses : M.P.de Jager / ? de Jager _____________________________________________________________________________ On the 1889/ 1900 Orange Free State Voters List, Louis was recorded as a ' Veeboer ' ( Cattle Farmer ) from the Farm ' Kroonfontein ' _____________________________________________________________________________ Anglo Boer War Record : Prisoner of War No : 16 519 Captured on 3 September 1900 at the Farm ' Kroonfontein ' Aged given as 34 years and from the farm ' Kroonfontein ' Vrede District of the Orange Free State.

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