Ida Wilhelmina Breithack

Great-great-grandparent – 1 of 16 in this generation

(1872-1963)

Although Ida was my great-grandmother, I do not have German ancestry according to Ancestry DNA. This is a mystery that I will pursue. Updates to follow.

Ida and her two older siblings were born in Barmen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany to Johann Friedrich Gustav Breithack and Henriette Christiane Susanne Friedgen. Ida immigrated in 1872 as a babe in arms with her mother and two sisters to Philadelphia, PA. Several months later, a brother was born. When that baby brother was 8 months old, he died of cholera in Philadelphia. The family moved shortly after that to Paterson, NJ, and then to Yonkers, NY. In the 1900 census, Ida’s mother indicated that she had given birth to 10 children (I know of 8), but 7 were living.

At the age of 22, on 16 June 1894, Ida married Frederick Osbon Dutton in Yonkers and they had three children:

1. Frederick
2. Percy
3. Ada Mae, b. 19 May 1899 in Yonkers, d. 17 Jun 1987 in New London, New London, Connecticut. In Rhode Island, Ada was employed as a court stenographer. She married Charles Leonard Manchester, the postmaster general of Rhode Island, and they resided together in Warwick, RI until his death on 19 Feb 1951 at 62. Ada continued living in the same home until she became too frail to live alone. In 1987, she moved to Ledyard, Connecticut to reside with her nephew, Ken, and his family and she passed away soon thereafter. Ada was buried alongside her husband in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Ida and Ada

Ida and Ada on the right. Henriette – center back.

  Ida with grandchildren Richard and Marion

Ida died on 19 January 1963 in Warwick, Rhode Island, and was buried in Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, RI.

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