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Gottlieb BRENIMAN

( - 13 Dec 1940)

Gottlieb, as a child of about six, came to America with his parents in 1852, settling on some lad in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The family, in 1855, came to Poweshiek County and remained here.
On a farm in Warren Township, about four miles southeast of Brooklyn, Iowa, Gottlieb spent the period between the years 1855 and 1863, and during the Civil war, he made his home with his parents in Lincoln Township, until his marriage. He then started out independently and for almost thirty years was engaged in farming. His efforts along agricultural lines were usually successful and it was not long before he became recognized as one of the most progressive and prosperous farmers of his district. His success made it possible for him in 1899 to see the comforts of city life. Accordingly, he sold his farm, which consisted of four hundred acres and retired to Brooklyn where he owned an attractive residence. He also possessed three other dwellings in that city and also three-quarters of a section of land in the Panhandle of Texas.
The religious faith of Mr. Breniman was that of the Methodist Church of which he was a member, and fraternally he belonged to the Knights of Pythias. In politics he supported the Democratic party and on that ticket he was elected to the office of assessor of Lincoln Township, in which he served for five years.
He had traveled considerably in the Old World. He visited Switzerland in 1900 and also attended the Paris Exposition. Two letters he wrote back home while on the ship and in Switzerland were published in The Brooklyn Chronicle. Upon his return, this article also appeared ..." Gotlieb Breniman returned Friday evening from his European trip after an absence of eleven weeks, and he has been greeting friends during the week who gladly welcome him back. During his stay in Switzerland he visited Zuric, Luzerne, Geneva and Bern. Leaving the latter place Aug. 17th he came by way of Paris to Hevre, thence to Southhampton, England and to New York. Stopping there two days he came on to Ohio where his wife met him and they visited a sister there. He talks very interestingly of his trip in every part of the journey. His friend, Fred Eischer of Guernsey accompanied him all the way and on the homeward journey to Pittsburg where he stopped to visit relatives." I have a hand written copy of the ships (The New York) record of his return to the U. S. from Southampton, England.
One winter he resided in California.

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Immigration	1852
Residence	1855	Warren Twp, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Residence	1863	Lincoln Twp, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Marriage	1 Dec 1870	Thornburg, Keokuck, Iowa, USA - Barbara STRASSER
Residence	1899	Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Death	13 Dec 1940	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
Death	13 Dec 1940	Des Moines, Polk Co., IA
Burial	Aft 13 Dec 1940	Brooklyn I.O.O.F. Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Burial	Aft 13 Dec 1940	IOOF Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA
Reference No		1072
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Spouse	Barbara STRASSER (1850 - 1917)
Child	George Francis BRENIMAN (1871 - 1928)
Child	Florence Elmira BRENIMAN (1873 - 1962)
Child	Alice Angeline BRENIMAN (1874 - 1890)
Child	Clara Louisa BRENIMAN (1875 - 1983)
Child	Ernest Eugene BRENIMAN (1879 - 1960)
Child	Mabel Iola BRENIMAN (1889 - 1891)
Child	Ethel Maude BRENIMAN (1890 - 1983)

Father	Christian "Breniman" BROENNIMANN (BRENIMAN) (1812 - )
Mother	Barbara DURIG (DUERIG) (1815 - 1897)
Sibling	Christian Durig BRENIMAN ( - 1924)
Sibling	Freidrich "Frederick" BRENIMAN ( - 1909)
Sibling	Anna Elizabeth BROENNIMANN ( - )
Sibling	Rosina BRENIMAN ( - 1905)
Sibling	Margaritha "Margaret" BRENIMAN ( - 1926)
Sibling	Rudolph "Reuben" BRENIMAN ( - 1933)
Sibling	Marianna BROENNIMANN (1845 - 1845)
Sibling	Marianne "Mary Ann" BRENIMAN ( - 1917)
Sibling	Anna Elizabetha "Eliza" or "Lide" BRENIMAN ( - 1941)
Sibling	Arnold BRENIMAN ( - 1936)
Sibling	Johann "John" Franklin BRENIMAN ( - 1943)

Father	Christian BROENNIMANN (1812 - 1874)
Mother	Barbara DURIG (DUERIG) (1815 - 1897)
Sibling	Christian Durig BRENIMAN ( - 1924)
Sibling	Freidrich "Frederick" BRENIMAN ( - 1909)
Sibling	Anna Elizabeth BROENNIMANN ( - )
Sibling	Rosina BRENIMAN ( - 1905)
Sibling	Margaritha "Margaret" BRENIMAN ( - 1926)
Sibling	Rudolph "Reuben" BRENIMAN ( - 1933)
Sibling	Marianna BROENNIMANN ( - )
Sibling	Marianne "Mary Ann" BRENIMAN ( - 1917)
Sibling	Anna Elizabetha "Eliza" or "Lide" BRENIMAN ( - 1941)
Sibling	Arnold BRENIMAN ( - 1936)
Sibling	Johann "John" Franklin BRENIMAN ( - 1943)
Sibling	Living

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Gottlieb BRENIMAN

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