Surname Saturday : Bräun

The BRÄUN surname is in my paternal line.  The origins of the surname are German.

Stories and history :

Ahnentafel # 1401 : Anna Bräun (1674-1724).  Anna was born April 7, 1624 in Würrtemberg.  She married Christoph Stickel (1654-1771) on September 25, 1694 in Egenausen, Würrtemberg.  Christoph was baptized January 10, 1654 in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.  They had at least one son.  Christoph died November 14, 1771 in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.  Anna died January 18, 1724 in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.

Ahntentafel # 2802 : Johannes Bräun (1648-1693).  Johannes was born September 16, 1648 in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.  He married Jacobina Kirn (1626-    ) on June 23, 1646 in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.  Jacobina was born January 5, 1626 in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.  They had at least one daughter.  Johannes died July 18, 1693 in Würrtemberg.

Ahntentafel # 5604 : Michael Bräun.  Nothing further known.


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Cousin bait : Calmbach

A cousin bait posting on the Calmbach line brought me an email from cousin Linda, who descends from Jacob, brother of my Magdalena Calmbach (1640-1722).  Jacob and Magdalena were the children of Hans Calmbach and wife Christena.

Linda's line is : 


Jacob Calmbach (1640) and Maria Christina (1614)
Michael Kalmbach (1672) and Maria Braun (1672)
Jakobus Kalmbach (1699) and Katharina Seeger (1723)
Jacob Kalmbach (1750) and Eva Maria Kalmbach (1750)
Jacob Kalmbach (1790) and Dorothea Vogel (1794)
Christian Kalmbach (1815) and Anna Barbara Schlenker (1816)
Friedrich Kalmbach (1839) and Christine Keller (1844)
Matthias Kalmbach (1874) and Katharina Sauter (1880)
Emanuel Kalmbach (1902) and Katharina Ruff (1905)   

While my line is:

Magdalena Calmbach (1640) and Anton Schwartz (1637)
Magdalena Schwartz (1676) and Martin ________
Maria Schwartz (1713) and Jacob Stickel (1708)
Jacob Stickel (1742) and Anna Maria ________ (1742)
Mary Stickel (1768) and Abraham Byers (1771)
Barbara Byers (1798) and David Jacobs (1796)
Susan Jacobs (1825) and David Sherrick (1823)
Mary Jane Sherrick (1844) and George Washington Haley (1840)
Eli Weldon Haley (1866) and Cora Belle Metzner (1868)
Ruth Pauline Haley (1911) and Ord Wehrly LeMaster (1906)

This line is so far removed from me and I haven't done any original research, so I do not know how accurate it is.  The family was from the Egenhausen, Würrtemberg area.  Very little is sourced, so anyone with a connection or corrections, please respond.

On This Day : September 19

1627 - Rose CLARKE died in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.  Rose was the daughter of William KERRICH and Margery ________.  Rose was my 10x-great grandmother.

1640 - Peter WOODBURY born in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Peter was the son of John WOODBURY and Agnes NAPPER.  Peter was my 10x-great grandfather.

1648 - Johannes BRÄUN born in Egenhausen, Württemberg.  Johannes was the son of Michael BRÄUN.  Johannes was my 9x-great grandfather.

1694 - Johannes GROENENDYKE married Delia CUYLER in New York.  Johannes was the son of Pieter GROENENDYKE and Marritie de LA NOY.

1702 - Nathan HAINES born.  Nathan was the son of William HAINES and Sarah PAINE.

1718 - Mary HARROLD born.  Mary was the daughter of Richard HARROLD and Mary Ann BEALS.

1751 - Francis JEWETT died in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Francis was the son of Ezekiel JEWETT and Faith PARRAT.  Francis was my 8x-great grandfather.

1754 - Content MAXSON married George POTTER.  Content was the daughter of Joseph MAXSON and Bethiah MAXSON.

1758 - Joseph GARFIELD born.  Joseph was the son of Samuel GARFIELD and Abigail PIERCE.

1771 - Reuben MADISON born.  Reuben was the son of James MADISON and Eleanor Rose CONWAY.

1773 - Elizabeth BALDWIN died in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Elizabeth was my 8x-great grandmother.

1796 - Christopher WHITE died.  Christopher was the son of John WHITE and Rebecca HAINES.

1832 - Elizabeth HEATON born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph HEATON and Mary Ann EVANS.

1838 - William BOND died in LaPorte County, Indiana.  William was the son of Edward BOND and Elizabeth Ann MILLS.

1848 - Clinton COOK born.  Clinton was the son of James S. COOK and Eunice HUNT.

1851 - Agnes Charlotte HAMILTON died in Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.  Agnes was the daughter of George BROWN and Isabelle NEALE.

1856 - Rebecca SCISM born.  Rebecca was the daughter of William SCISM and Lucinda McPHEETERS.

1868 - Rachel KERSEY died.  Rachel was the daughter of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.

1884 - Leota CHEW born in Jay County, Indiana.  Leota was the daughter of Charles Alexander West CHEW and Rebecca F. SHUMAKER.

1913 - James Andrew SWAFFORD died in Marion County, Tennessee.  James was the son of John Daniel SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth KEARLEY.

1933 - Charles Dewitt SWAFFORD died in Rayville, Missouri.  Charles was the son of John Marlin SWAFFORD and Octavia Elmira HAYES.

On This Day : July 18

1693 - Johannes BRAÜN died in Würrtemberg.  Johannes was the son of Michael BRAÜN.  Johannes was my 9x-great grandfather.


1716 - Thomas SEWALL died.  Thomas was the son of John SEWALL and Hannah FESSENDEN.


1717 - Jacob BEALS born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Jacob was the son of Jacob BEALS and Mary BROOKSBY.


1744 - Vincentius ANTONIDES died.  Vincentius was my 8x-great grandfather.


1762 - Naaman BURDICK born.  Naaman was the son of Nathan BURDICK and Goodeth MAXSON.


1767 - Tacy MAXSON married Oliver BABCOCK.  Tacy was the daughter of Samuel MAXSON and Ruth ROGERS.


1771 - Johan Michael JACOBS married Maria Catherine CHERDRON in Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  Maria was the daughter of Hans Heinrich CHERDRON and Anna Maria HERBACH.  They were my 6x-great grandparents.


1792 - John NOSLER married Mary WYLE in Montgomery County, Virginia.  John was the son of Bostin NOSLER and Sophia ________.


1795 - John NOSLER married Martha SNAVELL in Montgomery County, Virginia. John was the son of Bostin NOSLER and Sophia ________.


1804 - Rachel HAINES married Japeth BISHOP in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Rachel was the daughter of Robert HAINES and Rachel VENICOMB.


1815 - Nathan MAXSON married Susanna DICKS in Harrison County, Ohio.  Nathan was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Mary MAGDILINE.


1821 - Nancy BYARS married Robert POWER in Bracken County, Kentucky.  Nancy was the daughter of John BYARS and Catherine HECK.


1827 - Amelia FISHER born.  Amelia was the daughter of Daniel FISHER and Susanna REEVES.


1828 - Montgomery GROENENDYKE born in Indiana.  Montgomery was the son of James GROENENDYKE and Barbara BUCK.


1833 - Hetta RINEHART born in Henry County, Indiana.  Hetta was the daughter of Jacob RINEHART and Mary ADNEY.


1842 - Lucinda MAXSON died in Indiana.  Lucinda was the daughter of Jonathan MAXSON and Christiana DAVIS.


1851 - Henry C. ALDERMAN married Susan M. BAITS in Bond County, Illinois.  Henry was the son of Henry ALDERMAN and Hannah J. GILBERT.


1860 - Mary Elvin MAXSON born in Kansas.  Mary was the daughter of Jonathan MAXSON and Alice SMITH.


1862 - Mary Jane CROCKETT married George William GUY.  Mary was the daughter of Jackson Conrad CROCKETT and Clarinda GRIFFITHS.


1864 - Mary Jane CROCKETT married John Thomas RICHARDS in Schuyler County, Illinois.  Mary was the daughter of Jackson Conrad CROCKETT and Clarinda GRIFFITHS.


1866 - Sarah Jane BARKER married Amos S. HINSHAW.  Sarah was the daughter of John BARKER and Amy COX.


1868 - Caroline Alvina DEUTSCH married Charles J. SCWEITZER in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Caroline was the daughter of Johann Jacob DEUTSCH and Doris Elisabeth SCHUTTE.


1875 - Thomas BEALS died in Hamilton County, Indiana.  Thomas was the son of John BEALS and Mary CARTER.


1890 - Albert ALDERMAN born.  Albert was the son of George W. ALDERMAN and Sarah JARRARD.


1904 - Solomon PETRY died in Jay County, Indiana.  Solomon was the son of Jacob PETRY and Magdalena MILLER.


1909 - Mary BEALS died in Cicero, Hamilton County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of John W. DAVIS and Mary BARKER.  Mary was my 4x-great grandmother.

On This Day : June 23

1646 - Joseph BRAÜN married Jacobina KIRN in Egenhausen, Württemberg.  Joseph was the son of Michael BRAÜN.  Jacobina was the daughter of Jacob KIRN and Barbara HAITZMAN.  They were my 9x-great grandparents.


1687 - Priscilla WOODBURY born in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Priscilla was the daughter of Peter WOODBURY and Sarah DODGE.


1729 - James TAYLOR died in Orange County, Virginia.  James was son of James TAYLOR and Frances ________.


1746 - William BROWN died in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  William was the son of Richard BROWN and Mary ________.


1763 - Joseph THORNBURGH married Welmet BEESON in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Joseph was the son of Thomas THORNBURGH and Abigail BROWN.


1836 - Joseph Glass McPHEETERS married Clara M. DUNN in Monroe County, Indiana.  Joseph was the son of Charles McPHEETERS and Martha GLASS.


1846 - Abraham JACOBS died in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  Abraham was the son of Johan Michel JACOBS and Maria Catherine CHERDRON.


1846 - Olive Jane SMITH born in Cass County, Michigan.  Olive was the daughter of William P. SMITH and Prudence MAXSON.  Olive was my 2x-great grandmother.


1869 - Clara L. CHEW born.  Clara was the daughter of Jesse Leonard CHEW and Susanna Tatem WOOD.


1879 - William J. JACOBS died in Brown County, Ohio.  William was the son of William JACOBS and Sibell LITTELL.


1891 - Elizabeth HIXENBAUGH born in Roscoe, Washington County, Pennsylvania.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Church HIXENBAUGH and Sarah A. MAXON.


1898 - Isaac B. BOYER died.  Isaac was the son of Martin BOYER and Anna BENNETT.


1907 - Helen BRIODY born.  Helen was the daughter of Sylvester Tilman BRIODY and Eva May CHIVLARE.


1910 - Susannah PETRY died in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  Susannah was the daughter of Johannes WEHRLY and Barbara PETRY.


1911 - Clessie LEWIS died in Dora, Wabash County, Indiana.  Clessie was the daughter of Lawrence Solomon LEWIS and Ruth Alice SILLS.


1926 - Hiram Powers AILES died in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio.  Hiram was the son of Alfred AILES and Melissa Jane YOUNG.

On This Day : April 7

1656 - Samuel PIERCE born in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  Samuel was the son of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth COLE.  Samuel was my 9x great-grandfather.


1674 - Anna BRÄUN born in Württemberg.  Anna was the daughter of Johannes BRÄUN and Jacobina KIRN.  Anna was my 8x great-grandmother.


1731 - Judith DAVIS born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Judith was the daughter of John DAVIS and Elizabeth MAXSON.


1754 - Amy STILLMAN born.  Amy was the daughter of Joseph STILLMAN and Mary MAXSON.


1757 - Samuel HUTCHINSON died in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  Samuel was the son of Ralph HUTCHINSON and Alice BENNETT.


1763 - Margaret BURDICK married Joshua COON.  Margaret was the daughter of Samuel Hubbard BURDICK and Avis MAXSON.


1763 - John WITTER married Miriam WORDEN.  John was the son of John WITTER and Ann DAVIS.


1774 - Henry RHOADES died in Ursina, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.  Henry was Eileen's 6x great-grandfather.


1784 - Janet WARDLAW born in Virginia.  Janet was the daughter of Robert WARDLAW and Janet DOWNEY.


1787 - Silas HIATT born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Silas was the son of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1806 - Jesse C. CHEW married Martha DRIVER.  Jesse was the son of Nathaniel CHEW and Sarah SPRINGER.


1806 - Eleanor HODGKINS born in Brown County, Ohio.  Eleanor was the daughter of James HODGKINS and Hannah ALFORD.


1809 - Zaccheus BURDICK died in Berlin, New York.  Zaccheus was the son of Thomas BURDICK and Dorothy MAXSON.


1824 - Matilda JACOBS born in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  Matilda was the daughter of David JACOBS and Barbara BYERS.


1825 - Mary CHEW married Joseph MOON.  Mary was the daughter of Andrew CHEW and Anna Marie BARTHUS.


1825 - James S. COOK married Eunice HUNT in Wayne County, Indiana.  James was the son of Thomas COOK and Mary SHELLEY.


1825 - Joseph STOUT born.  Joseph was the son of Jesse STOUT and Sarah MORRISON.


1827 - Johannah GROENENDYKE born in Indiana.  Johannah was the daughter of James GROENENDYKE and Barbara BUCK.


1831 - James McPheeters CAMPBELL married Betsey G. BROWN.  James was the son of William CAMPBELL and Elizabeth McPHEETERS.


1831 - Friedrich Wilhelm KAHRE born in Kummerginsen, Westphalia.  Friedrich was the son of Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE and Marie Caroline Wilhelmina KORFF.


1832 - Elijah PIERCE died.  Elijah was the son of Seth PIERCE and Bethiah FIELD.


1837 - Isaac LEMASTERS born in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.  Isaac was the son of Isaac LEMASTERS and Hannah Elizabeth COLEMAN.


1838 - Ashbell PEPPER born.  Ashbell was the son of William PEPPER and Eliza PIERCE.


1839 - Levi WARDLOW born in Ohio.  Levi was the son of Arana WARDLOW and Adelina D. DENNIS.


1856 - Oliver MAXSON died.  Oliver was the son of Jesse MAXSON and Elizabeth CLARKE.


1862 - Amos Elmer LEMASTERS born in Auglaize County, Ohio.  Amos was the son of Isaac LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HESTON.


1867 - Sarah HIGGINS died in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Sarah was the daughter of  Judiah H. HIGGINS and Mary HILL.


1872 - Noah YOUNG married Louisa BRAND.  Noah was the son of Charles YOUNG and Nancy SCOTHORN.


1872 - Marcus WELCH died.  Marcus was the son of Thomas WELCH and Lucinda PIERCE.


1894 - Georgia Elizabeth KING born.  Georgia was the daughter of Benjamin Zellen KING and Elizabeth Ann SCHELL.


1900 - John Preston METZNER died in Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana.  John was the son of Louis Napoleon METZNER and Henrietta WEAVER.

Family Milestones: November 23rd

My paternal 7th-great grandparents, Jacob STICKEL and Maria SCHWARTZ, were married on this date in 1734 in Egenhausen Wuerttemberg. Jacob was baptised August 9, 1708 in Egenhausen, the son of Christoph and Anna (BRAUN) STICKEL. Maria was born November 23, 1713 in Egenhausen, the illegitimate daughter of Martin ________ and Magdalena SCHWARTZ. They emigrated to York County, Pennsylvania where they lived in Warrington Township. Further research needs to be completed to obtain their dates of death and burial information.

My maternal 6th-great granduncle, Johannis ANTONIDES, married on this date in 1761 to Sarah VAN DORN. Johannis was baptised June 24, 1733, the son of Johannis and Johanna (KOUWENHOVEN) ANTONIDES. Sarah's parentage is unknown. They had a family of at least 5 children. Johannis died in 1797. Nothing further is known.

My paternal 4th-great granduncle, John SUTTON, married on this date in 1807 in Harrison County, Virginia to Rachel DAVIS. John was born October 20, 1785 in New Jersey, the son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (APPLEGATE) SUTTON. Rachel's parentage is unknown. They had at least one son. John died March 3, 1869 near Quincy, Logan County, Ohio. Nothing further is known.

My maternal 5th-great grandfather, Samuel WARDLAW, was born on this date in 1773 in Augusta County, Virginia. Samuel was the son of Robert and Janet (DOWNEY) WARDLAW. Samuel married before 1800 in Rockbridge County, Virginia to Elizabeth NESBIT. Elizabeth was born circa 1776 in Virginia, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (BERRY) NESBIT. They moved thier family into the Northwest Territory, settling in what was Clermont County, Ohio and later became Brown County, Ohio. Samuel died May 6, 1848 in Brown County, Ohio, and Elizabeth died after the 1850 census.

Jacobina Kirn (b. January 5, 1625/6)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 9th-great grandmother, Jacobina Kirn.

Jacobina was born January 5, 1625/6 in Egenhausen, Wuerttemberg, the daugther of Jacob and Barbara (Haitzman) Kirn. Jacobina married Johannes Braun, son of Michael Braun, on June 23, 1646 in Egenhausen, Wuerttemberg. Johannes was born September 19, 1648 in Egenhausen, Wuerttemberg and died July 18, 1693 in Wuerttemberg.

I descend from Johannes and Jacobina (Kirn) Braun through their daughter, Anna, as follows :
Jacobina Kirn and Johannes Braun
Anna Braun and Christoph Stickel
Jacob Stickel and Maria ________
Jacob Stickel and Anna Maria ________
Mary Stickel and Abraham Byers
Barbara Byers and David Jacobs
Susan Jacobs and David Sherrick
Mary Jane Sherrick and George Washington Haley
Eli Weldon Haley and Cora Belle Metzner (my great-grandparents)