Joseph Bassler Brenneman

Brief Life History of Joseph Bassler

When Joseph Bassler Brenneman was born on 20 October 1807, in Manor Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Bowman Brenneman, was 44 and his mother, Elizabetha Bossler, was 39. He married Barbara Hess Kreider on 2 September 1828, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 7 August 1872, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Safe Harbor, Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Joseph Bassler Brenneman
1807–1872
Barbara Hess Kreider
1808–1895
Marriage: 2 September 1828
Benjamin Kreider Breneman
1831–1906
Michael K. Brenneman
1833–1882
Elizabeth Breneman
1835–1903
John K. Brenneman
1838–1901
Barbara Breneman
1840–1844
Anna Breneman
1842–1845
Joseph Kreider Breneman
1845–1922
Jacob K Brenneman
1848–1931
Adam K. Breneman
1851–1927
Susan Breneman
1855–1861

Sources (8)

  • Joseph Breneman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joseph Brenneman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Joseph Brenneman, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Brönnimann, via its German altered form Brennemann (see below).

Americanized form of German Brennemann: probably a variant of Brenner . Compare Branaman and Breneman .

History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Brönnimann. The name was first brought to the Palatinate, Germany, in the 17th century by Melchior Brönnimann, a refugee who fled from the canton of Bern, Switzerland, because of religious persecution. In the Palatinate the name was changed to German form Brennemann and then, with the arrival of the Mennonite immigrant Melchior Brenneman(n) in Lancaster County, PA, in the beginning of the 18th century, to Brenneman. Among the Mennonites and Amish in the US the name is also established in the form Breneman.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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