Dean-Hey Heritage


General Property Description


Last Will
of Christina Holtzman Bricker.

The above file contains all pages of Christina's will. The 5 images on this page are the most interesting. Christina's estate was valued at $3,620.14. She named sons William Henry of Mildmay and Gabriel of Zurich executors. Christina excepted daughter Margret from the division of property. She donated $25 to the Evangelical Mission of Canada. Her will demonstrates that she secured property for or loaned money to several of her children. Christina bequeathed $300 to each of 11 living children excepting Margret. One of these 10 heirs was our great grandfather Jacob, living at that time as noted, in Sherrard, Illinois.


Explanation of Christina's last name "Bricker." Christina's first husband, Henry Holtzman, died in 1881. She married Joseph Bricker in 1888.


Sons William Henry & Gabriel Named Executors
Daughter Margret Excepted from Will





$25 Donation to Evangelical Mission
Canada Conference

Particular Property Description



Division of $300 to Each Heir