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Daniel Brautigam, a native of Philadelphia, where he was born March 30, 1788, was in business for some years, individually or in Partnership with others, at a stone building on the northeast side of Queen street between Water and Front, now occupied by Straub's feed store. He was appointed prothonotary of Northumberland county, January 29, 1836 and filled that position until February 5, 1939. He died March 10, 1863.
In his will of 1859, he mentions a sister Rebecca B Gaston Stewart (deceased), also sister Anna M. Brautigam, brother J. H. Brautigam (deceased), Maria B Gaston (widow of James Gaston).
May 9, 2004 Issue of "The Daily Item", under the headline of "History comes alive in Northumberland" The Hook and Ladder Company and Northumberland Fire Company No. 1 set up a tent containing antique fire pieces. Former chief Jeff Bingaman said the oldest was a bucket bearing the name of Dan Brautigam from the late 1700s. Each firefighter had two buckets he took to fires. If they forgot them, it cost them a fine of 10 cents, he said."
"The History of Northumberland" by Will Lesher, Presented Before the Society March 12, 1935" pages 121-122: "On August 4, 1821, there was organized in Northumberland, an Artillery Corps, with officers as follows: Joseph R. Priestley, captain; William Forsyth, (born 1797) first lieutenant; John H. Brautigam, second lieutenant. These officers were commissioned for seven years by Joseph Heister, then Governor of Pennsylvania. The corps was attached to the Northumberland and Columbia Battallion of Volunteers, commanded by Major Robert Coleman Hall. The names of those composing the corps are, Joseph R. Priestley, captain; William Forsyth, first lieutenant; John H. Brautigam, second lieutenant; Thomas T. Bonham, Q. M. Sergeant; Daniel Brautigam, first Sergeant..."
The 1820 Census lists 1 male 26-44, 2 females 26-44, for a total of 3 free whites older than 25. This census also listed an H. John Brautiigam, with1 male and 1 female 10 or under, 1 male 26-45 and one female 26 or under.
Mentioned in his father's will, and co-executor of his father's will.
"In Northumberland, on the 10th instant, DANIEL BRAUTIGAM, Esq., in the 75th year of his age."--14 Mar 1863, The Sunbury (PA) Gazette and Northumberland County (PA) Republican.
"NOTICE. Estate of Daniel Brautigam, late of Northumberland, North'd County, dec. NOTICE is hereby given, that Letters Testamentary have been granted to the Subscribers on the Estate of Daniel Brautigam, dec., late of the Burough of Northumberland, Pa. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment, and t hose having claims will present them, properly attested, for payment. D.M. BRAUTIGAM, J.C. BRAUTIGAM Executors. March 21, 1863."--25 Apr 1863, The Sudbury (PA) Gazette
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Listed together with J. Castor Brautigam in a list of people who rented safe deposit boxes for the Safe Deposit Company of New York. Frederick was described as being of age 26, medium complexion, 5'9" tall, dark brown hari, hazel eyes, wt 155, small moustache; small side whiskers, small scar on right eyebrow, mole corner left eyebrow.
There is an article titled "Civil War Diary of Friedrich August Braeutigam (Brautigam Brantigam) published in Palatine Immigrant Journal - Volume: 14, Issue: 4 Winter 1989. I have not obtained a copy of it yet.
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Name appears in a list of people who rented a safe-deposit box at the SAfe Deposit Company of New York. Described as being 5' 10 1/2" tall, light complexion, grey hair, brown, grey mixed whiskers and moustache, a little bald; wt. 190, scar center of right cheek.
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of Northumberland, Pa
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Anna came to America in 1892 with her brother and his family, and her sisters Emma and Elsie. They first settled in Wisner, NE where they had relatives and later Anna and Elise both went to Los Angeles, CA to work. Met her future husband in CA. He returned to WA or Portland, OR as that is where letters he wrote to her were post marked. Letters and cards were postmarked in the fall of 1905 and summer of 1906. They were married in Spokane, WA in 1908. Ted, the older son stated that his gather was very abusive to Anna and the children, especially when he had been drinking. Anna once left for Kansas and did not want to go back but the family persuaded her to return for the children's sake. later as a result of all the abuse and stress she had to be committed to a mental hospital.
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BREITKREUTZ
The first known ancestor (as told down through the years) fled from Salzburg, Austria about the time of the 30 years war which was from 1618 to 1648. This was the time when there was fighting between the Protestants and Catholics. This ancestor was Lutheran and had to flee for his life, leaving all possessions behind. Where he settled is unknown but descendants here in America with the name Breitkreutz, can be traced back to Germany, Poland, German Settlements in Russia, and even to Scandinavian countries. Most spelled their name the same, in others there is a slight variation, Breitkreuz or Breitkreitz. One man stated that their name had been spelled Breitkreuz in the old country but was changed either by the immigration people or it was changed when his father took his first job to Breitkreitz.
I (Dorothy Breitkreutz Reed) corresponded with one Breitkreutz Family living in Minn., whose ancestors came from the same area of Germany, Province of Brandenburg) that ours did and the older generation seems to be about the same age as my grandfather so they could have been cousins. No positive links can be made as none of us can go back any earlier than the early 1800's.
Another Breitkreutz that I corresponded with ( a Doctor in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) stated that his family came from Poland. Our ancestor lived very close to the Polish border so some of the family could have easily lived in Poland.
Johann Ferdinand Breitkreutz is the ancestor of the people in this family history. He had 6 brothers and 1 sister. Two brothers and the sister died when they were small. The names of the other brothers were: August, Ferdinand, Julius, and Herman.
Since writing the original record, I received some information from relatives in Germany concerning the parents of Johann. They are now included within the history.
Secondary Notes: from Rene' E. Breitkreutz
I received this family history from my Aunt Dorothy in late March or early April, 1994. It has been a fascinating journey to record the information onto my computer. With the information networks available these days, I am in hopes of extending the family further back, and to fill in blanks that I can. I am aware, through the computer network COMPUSERVE, that a relative in Washington is looking for information on the Breitkreutz family history, and his family notes are not completely documented herein. In a stroke of luck, or poor planning, I was looking at immigration lists in the local library and came across a Julian Breitkreutz, who at the age of 29 arrived in New York via Hamburg aboard the ship Triton on 18 July 1853. (I wonder, could this be Julius?) His occupation was listed as "smith", and Aunt Dorothy indicates he (Julius) was a wagon maker.