Breniser Generation No. 5
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29 Jacob BRENISER (Henry) b 9 Sep 1815, OH; d 11 May 1887, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; m Elizabeth KRETZER 12 Oct 1837 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH. Elizabeth b 17 Nov 1809 in PA; d 3 May 1900 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH; bur with Jacob in Crooked Run Cem.; dau of Henry KRETZER and Katherine KLEIN.[3 Joan]
47 Sarah BRENISER b abt 1840
48 Catharine BRENISER abt 1841
49 John BRENISER b Sep 1842, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; d 13 Nov 1934, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; bur in Crooked Run Cem.
30 John BRENISER (Henry) b 1 Mar 1817; d 28 Sep 1859, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; m Sarah HOOPINGARNEER 25 Sep 1841 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH. Sarah b 21 Feb 1821; d 30 Oct 1859 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH.
50 Eliza BRENISER b 13 Mar 1843; d 1 Dec 1859, Tuscarawas Cty, OH
51 Mary BRENISER b 27 Jan 1845; m A. J. BAKER
52 Rachel BRENISER b 11 Mar 1847
53 David BRENISER b 1 Aug 1849
54 Daniel Webster BRENISER b 16 Jan 1852; d 4 Mar 1905; b in Canton, OH
55 William BRENISER b 1 Jun 1854; d North Dakota or Montana
56 Martha BRENISER b 15 Oct 1857; d 24 Mar 1886, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; bur Baltic West Lawn Cem; m William D. KELSEY 18 Dec 1879
"Both John and his wife died in the scarlet fever epidemic of the 1850's. According to family notes, "the guardianship of David and William was in the Amish community and they raised the 2 boys by the name Breniser which spelling is maintained to this day by their children."
Both John and Sarah are buried in Rasler Meeting House, Albright United Brethren Church Cemetery, about 4 miles from Sugarcreek, Tuscarawas Co. OH." Joan's website
32 Elizabeth BRENISER (Henry) b 7 Jul 1822, OH, [3 Per 1860 census; d 19 Sep 1885, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; m George PERSHING
57 David PERSHING
58 Susan PERSHING
59 Anna PERSHING
60 Mary PERSHING
61 Wesley PERSHING
62 Esther PERSHING
63 John W. PERSHING
64 Emma PERSHING
65 Clara PERSHING
34 Susanna BRENISER (Henry) b 31 Jan 1824 Dover Twp, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; d 4 Nov 1860; m Gotthilf WELSCH 4 Oct 1857 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH. Gotthilf b 5 Oct 1819 in Wurtenberg, Germany; d 15 Oct 1908 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH; bur Grandview Cem, Franklin Twp. [Joan]
66 Mary Elizabeth WELCH b 12 Jun 1858, Barr's Mills, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; d 18 Aug 1944, Mill Twp, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; bur Union Cem. Uhrichsville, OH; m Noah Elias KEITH, 11 Sep 1879, Tuscarawas Cty, OH.
36 Barbara BRENISER (Peter) b 16 Feb 1816 Westmoreland Cty, PA; d 26 Jun 1891; bur Kimmel Cemetery, New Derry, PA. She m Tobias KIMMEL 8 Jan 1834, Dauphin. Tobias d 26 Mar 1893.
67 Lewis KIMMEL b 1836
68 Peter KIMMEL b 1839
69 Jacob Brenizer KIMMEL b 19 Mar 1842
70 Samuel KIMMEL b 1845
71 Sarah Ann KIMMEL b 1848
72 Susanna KIMMEL b 1853
73 Christopher KIMMEL b 1855
74 John Goodman KIMMEL b 1858; m Anna MEYERS 10 Apr 1883 in Vandergrift, Westmoreland Cty, PA.
38 Jacob BRENISER (Peter) b 4 Dec 1819 Derry Twnshp, Westmoreland Cty, PA; d 16 Jul 1891; m Sarah HARGNETT 29 Oct 1846. Sarah b Jan 1824 in Somerset, PA, dau Fredrick HARGNET and Catherine TOSH or TASCH [LDS]
75 Peter BRENISER b 12 Apr 1851
76 Albert BRENISER
77 John BRENISER
78 Catherine BRENISER; m J.Q.A. [Joan] BLAIR
79 Susan J. BRENISER; m John [Joan] JOHNSON
80 Nettie BRENISER; m William THOMAS
81 Sarah BRENISER; m G.S. DISE [Joan "S.S. DISE"] [not in IGI]
82 Ida BRENISER; m Charles BASSART [or BASSERT][not in IGI]
I got really mixed up here-can anyone help me out?
39 Peter B. BRENISER (Peter) b 12 Apr 1851. He m Hulda J. RAMSEY in 1876. In 1900 he operated the Breniser Hotel in Ligonier, PA.
+83 Harry R. BRENISER b 1879
84 May M. BRENISER
85 Hargnett BRENISER
1900 census for U.S./Pennsylvania/Westmoreland Cty lists Peter B Breniser [with "s"], Hulda I, Harry R, May M, Hargnett in that order.
1910 census U.S./Pennsylvania/Westmoreland Cty/Ligonier Borough/ED 0153/visit 174 lists the following:
"Harry R Breniser 30; wife Mary 27; son Harry; father Peter B 59; mother Hulda 56; brother Hargnett 14; mother-in-law Delialah Gover 69. Also listed "boarders: Randall Kelly 30, Jean Kelly 30, Gladys Kelly 9; C__ Douglas 52; Edward F___ 38; Albert Bowers 31; Paul S___ 30"; and "servants: Mary B____ 18; Susan Fry 72; Julia Woofe 50 (black); V__ Nickens 21 (black)"
41 Abram Myers BRENISER (Peter) b 11 May 1825, New Derry, Westmoreland County, PA. Abram d 25 Jul 1892, Blairsville, PA. Farmer. Abram m abt 1849 Elizabeth KEEFER. Elizabeth was b 1 Jan 1828, Ligonier, PA; d 11/13 Sep 1908, Blairsville, PA [or Scottsdale]. Elizabeth's grandfather, Jacob KEEFER immigrated to Baltimore from Berlin, Germany, with 19 other families in 1770. [2 Keefer Family, John Keffer, 1919 in Van Nuys, California.]
86 Matilda Emma BRENISER b 12 Jun 1850, Brenizer, PA; d 12 Aug 1882; m Jesse COLLINS
87 Susan Cordelia BRENISER b 10 Aug 1851, Brenizer, PA; m Thomas H. STEEL
+88 Peter BRENISER b 5 May 1853, d 15 Oct 1942
89 Jacob Keefer BRENISER b 1 Jun 1855, Brenizer, PA, d 12 Jun 1865
90 Christian Glasner [or Glessner] BRENIZER b 15 March 1857, Brenizer, PA; d 11 Oct 1927
91 John BRENISER b 27 Feb 1859, Brenizer, PA
92 Gersham Cicero BRENISER b 13 Jun 1861, Brenizer, PA, d 1 Jan 1865
93 Mary Elizabeth BRENISER b 9 Aug 1863, Brenizer, PA
94 Abram Jesse BRENISER b 24 Aug 1865, Brenizer, PA
95 Gertrude BRENISER b 4 Dec 1866, Brenizer, PA
The 1860 census [Pennsylvania/Westmoreland County/Derry Township/page 168], enumerated on June 20, 1860, lists Abram Breniser [with "s"] "farmer" (35), Elizabeth (26), Matilda (11), Susan (9), Peter (7), Keefer (5), Christopher (3), John [1] and Jacob Kusie [sp?] (30) "laborer") all born in Pennsylvania.
References
1 Burgert, Annette Kunselman, Eighteen Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America, Volume I: The Northern Kraichgau. Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania German Society, 1983 p 21
2 Breniser, Then and Now (1730-1988), published by the Brenizer Historical Society (Breniser Family and Brenizer town history) History of Brenizer, Pennsylvania
3 Correspondence from Joan Berkey
4 Ancestral File ver 4.13 [AF]/LDS Family History Center, Santa Monica, California
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