Breniser Generation No. 4

8 Veronica BRENISER (Johann Michael) b 1770; d 22 Sep 1840, Jackson Cty, IN ; m Christian BERKEY b 1769 [Ref 3]

14 Jacob BERKEY b 19 Jan 1792
15 Barbara BERKEY b 10 Jul 1793
16 Christian BERKEY b 23 Oct 1794
17 John BERKEY b 10 Aug 1796
18 Elizabeth BERKEY b 24 Apr 1798
19 Nancy BERKEY b 10 Mar 1800
20 Henry BERKEY b 9 Apr 1802
21 Michael BERKEY b 7 Feb 1804
22 Samuel L. BERKEY b 5 Mar 1806
23 Jonas Brenheiser BERKEY b 20 Jan 1808; d Oct 1886

Source: Joan Berkey

"According to the Berkey Book, Christian and his wife and family moved in the spring of 1808 to Clarke Co. IN, in 1814 to Jackson Co., about 15 miles north of Salem. Most of their 13 children were born in Somerset Co. PA

Names and dates for children are found in vertical file, Berkey family, at the Somerset Co. (PA) Historical Society. That file states that these children were listed in 1873 by their son Jonas Breniser Berkey.

Reichley, Ruth Berkey, "Berkey Book", 1997 (660 pages) Page: 291

9 Jacob BRENISER (Johann Michael) b May 1773; d 2 Jun 1853 Somerset Cty, PA; m Elizabeth LIVENGOOD b 8 Jul 1775; d 9 Oct 1870

27 John 1822 to 1897

10 Barbara BRENISER (Johann Michael) b 1774-1784; m John BOGER

28 John BRENISER b 1808

12 Henry BRENISER (Johann Michael) b abt 1788; m Nancy WALLICK 20 Oct 1814 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH; Nancy was born 8 Dec 1790 Maryland; d 8 Sep 1859 in Tuscarawas Cty, OH [Joan]

+29 Jacob BRENISER b 9 Sep 1815, OH; d 11 May 1887, Tuscarawas Cty, OH
+30 John BRENISER b 1 Mar 1817; d 28 Sep 1859, Tuscarawas Cty, OH
31 Mary BRENISER b abt 1820; m ____ PERSHING
+32 Elizabeth BRENISER b 7 Jul 1822, OH, [Joan says per 1860 census; d 19 Sep 1885, Tuscarawas Cty, OH]
33 Sarah BRENISER b abt 1823; m Jacob RASLER 29 1843, Tuscarawas Cty, OH
+34 Susanna BRENISER b 31 Jan 1824 Dover Twp, Tuscarawas Cty, OH; d 4 Nov 1860

13 Peter BRENISER Sr (Johann Michael) b 8 Sep 1790; d 31 Jul 1869. He m Elizabeth MYERS. Elizabeth b 31 Oct 1794 near Bervin, PA [3 Joan]; d 23 Jan 1840; dau of Christian MOYER and Barbara BEEGHLY (or Beachley). [3 Joan] "They lived their entire lives on a farm in Derry Township, Westmoreland Cty, PA. Lutheran."[2 Brenizer Then and Now]

35 Catherine BRENISER b 4 Jun 1814; m Joseph KIMMEL
+36 Barbara BRENISER [IGI: BRENIZER] b 6 Feb 1816 Westmoreland Cty, PA [IGI: Harrisburg, Dauphin Cty, PA]; d 26 Jun 1891
37 John BRENISER b 3 Mar 1818; d 1843
+38 Jacob BRENISER b 4 Dec 1819 Derry Twnshp, Westmoreland Cty, PA; d 16 Jul 1891
+39 Peter BRENISER b 8 Jul 1821; d May 1875
40 Matilda BRENISER b 4 Mar 1823; 24 Jan 1866; m _______ RHODES
+41 Abram Myers BRENISER b 11 May 1825 New Derry, Westmoreland Cty, PA, d 25 Jul 1892
42 Henry BRENISER b 30 Dec 1826; d 10 Apr 1906; m Amelia AKERS b 1834; d 1923 [Joan]
43 Elizabeth BRENISER b 27 Nov 1828; d 13 Apr 1833
44 Nancy BRENISER b 8 Jun 1830; d 21 Nov 1862; m Johnston SHRUM [IGI]
45 Christian BRENISER 1 May 1832; d Oct 18___; "merchant at Hillside, PA" [1]
46 Susan BRENISER b 19 Oct 1834, Derry Twnshp, Westmoreland Cty, PA; d 15 Jan 1895 [3 Joan]; m Cyrus CAVEN

The 1830 U.S. Census Pennsylvania/Westmoreland Cty/Derry Township/page 170 lists Peter Breniser Family. No names, but I have inserted my calculations: 1 male under 5 (Henry); 2 males 5-9 (Abram, Peter); 2 males 10-14 (Jacob, John); 1 male 40-49 (Peter); 2 females under 5 (Nancy, Elizabeth); 1 female 5-9 (Matilda); 1 female 10-14 (Barbara); 1 female 15-19 (Catherine); 1 female 30-39 (Elizabeth).

The 1860 U.S. Census Pennsylvania/Westmoreland Cty/Derry Township lists Peter Breniser 60 (farmer) Esther 51, Henry 26, Christian 18, Susan 16.

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