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
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
1789–1870 Male
1793–1837 Female
Children (12)
1813–1840 Female
1815–1902 Female
1816–1892 Female
1818–1904 Male
1820–1843 Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1763–1843 Male
1767–1824 Female
Siblings (14)
1785–1816 Male
1787–1863 Male
1788–1845 Female
1789–1846 Male
1791–1850 Female
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 7
1808
Age 15
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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