Esther Breneman

Female23 December 1793–9 August 1837

Brief Life History of Esther

When Esther Breneman was born on 23 December 1793, in Manor Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Bowman Brenneman, was 30 and her mother, Elizabetha Bossler, was 26. She married Jacob Warfel about 1812, in Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 9 August 1837, in Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Warfel
1789–1870
Esther Breneman
1793–1837
Marriage: about 1812
Anna Warfel
1813–1840
Elizabeth Warfel
1815–1902
Leah Brenneman Warfel
1816–1892
Benjamin Warfel
1818–1904
Abraham B. Warfel
1820–1843
John Brenneman Warfel
1822–1869
George Brenneman Warfel
1824–1902
Valentine Warfel
1825–1908
Martin B. Warfel
1829–1868
Rachel Warfel
1831–
Esther B. Warfel
1834–1884
Barbara E Warfel
1836–1859

Sources (9)

  • Esther Warfel in entry for Louis A Geiger and Rachel Warfel, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Esther Warfel or Brenneman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
  • Warfel, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1812Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 7

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1808

    Age 15

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of German (ultimately mostly Swiss German) Brennemann (see Brenneman ).

    Jewish: variant of Brenner .

    History: This (see 1 above) is a variant of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Brönnimann (see Brenneman ).

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

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