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Matilda Martha “Tillie” <I>Marks</I> Breight

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Matilda Martha “Tillie” Marks Breight

Birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
8 Mar 1988 (aged 83)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
O'Leary Sec, Lot 166-E
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Tillie and her twin brother were the 11th and 12th children of Ferdinand and Katherine Marks. Unfortunately, her twin brother died at birth.

Tillie's parents had both immigrated from a German Catholic colony in Pfeifer, Russia, in 1876 and 1880. Her father supported the family as a machinist helper in Kansas, as a farmer in Colorado, and again in Kansas as a cobbler who also repaired leather harness in his "Electrical Shoe Shop" in Lakin Kansas.

On February 22, 1922 she married Michael George Breight, who was also born in the German colonies of Pfeifer, Russia. Michael was working for the Santa Fe Railroad at the time. They lived in Topeka, where she kept house and raise her 8 children. They celebrated their 50th anniversary on February 22, 1972, with all of their children in attendance.


Their 8 children were:

***Edward Michael Breight (1922-2008)
***Lucille Breight (c.1924-?)
***Sylvester V. Breight (1925-2006)
***Helen L. Breight Lewis (c.1927-?)
***Dorothy M. Breight Briggs (1928-2011)
***Matilda Martha Breight Keener (1931-1997)
***Michael G. Breight Jr. (c.1938-?)
***Katherine Breight Fitzpatrick (b. after 1940-?)
Tillie and her twin brother were the 11th and 12th children of Ferdinand and Katherine Marks. Unfortunately, her twin brother died at birth.

Tillie's parents had both immigrated from a German Catholic colony in Pfeifer, Russia, in 1876 and 1880. Her father supported the family as a machinist helper in Kansas, as a farmer in Colorado, and again in Kansas as a cobbler who also repaired leather harness in his "Electrical Shoe Shop" in Lakin Kansas.

On February 22, 1922 she married Michael George Breight, who was also born in the German colonies of Pfeifer, Russia. Michael was working for the Santa Fe Railroad at the time. They lived in Topeka, where she kept house and raise her 8 children. They celebrated their 50th anniversary on February 22, 1972, with all of their children in attendance.


Their 8 children were:

***Edward Michael Breight (1922-2008)
***Lucille Breight (c.1924-?)
***Sylvester V. Breight (1925-2006)
***Helen L. Breight Lewis (c.1927-?)
***Dorothy M. Breight Briggs (1928-2011)
***Matilda Martha Breight Keener (1931-1997)
***Michael G. Breight Jr. (c.1938-?)
***Katherine Breight Fitzpatrick (b. after 1940-?)

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MARRIED FEB 22,1922

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W/O Michael

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