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124. John Nikolaus BREUER307,308 was born on 6 Dec 1794 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.307,471 Family notes by Phillip Jares cousin says born in Malmedy Germany.
He died on 22 Nov 1859 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.471 Other tid-bits from Barbara Deuhs: (Cathy Girgen)

Apparently one of the Breuer descendants here in America, was a famous painter and spelled his surname as "Brewer". Barbara noted in one of her letters: "My mother could be considered a contemporary of Nicholas Brewer, the portrait painter, son of Peter Brewer, cousin to grandfather. (mother was 9 years younger). She would call him when she came into the city, and he appeared to be glad to see her. They would discuss the family book. He did locate it in Belgium and brought it back, mother saw it a few times but not for any length of time. He did agree that probably it should be in mother's family because of the spelling. However, he died in 1949. I did talk to his son after my mother's death, but did not bring up the book. I am sure the book would show relationship to others outside the Breuer family." Now I am uncertain, WHAT this BOOK is other than it could be a genealogy book of some kind . . . "

"Nicolas Breuer and Catherine Faymonville of Colgne Diocese (Germany)." parent information on Johann Breuer's marriage record to Sybilla Langer.

John Nikolaus BREUER and Anna Katharina FAYMONVILLE were married on 10 Aug 1824 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.308 Family notes from Phillip Jares cousin says he was married to Salome Faymoiville, from Belgium (100% French).

125. Anna Katharina FAYMONVILLE153,307 was born on 30 Jul 1793 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.471 She died on 7 Jan 1835 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.471 Salome is the first name given to me by Phillip Jares:
John Nicholas Breuer m: Salome Faymoville
Child: John Baptist Breuer m: Sybella Langer
child: Katherine Ann Breuer m: John Baptist Breher
b: 1861 b: 1854


There is a village of Faymonville, in the the area of Waimes, Butgenbach, and Liege, Belgium.
How is your French? Here is a write up about Faymonville:

Faymonville, duc. Luxembourg; dep. Ourthe: Prusse, Rheinproviz
(Regierungsbezirk Aix-La-Chapelle, Kreis Malmedy) (1814); prov. Liege, ar.
Verviers (1925); v. Waimes; par. Butgenbach, archidioc. Cologne, dioc.
Liege (1803), Aix-la-Chapelle (1818), Cologne (1821), Eupen-Malmedy (1921);
par. en 1921, Liege (1925).

La site fut deja frequente dans les derniers siecles de la prhistoire; i se
trouvai, en effet, a la limite ouest d'une region aurifere longue d'une
trentaine de kilometres. Ces terrains auriferes ont ete exploites a une
epoque anterieure a la conquete romaine.

Sous l"Ancien Regime, le village de Faymonville faisait partie de la
mayeurie de Butgenbach, dans le duche de Luxembourg, a la frontiere
separant le cuche de la principaute de Stavelot-Malmedy; un petit hameau (4
maisons en 1756) en lieu-dit Bodarwe, se trouvait dans le ban de Waimes.
Le nom de Faymonville apparait au XV s. L'abbaye de Malmedy y possedait
des revenus. En 1601, les manants de Faymonville etaient astreints a faner
un pre du chateau de Butgenbach pour le compte du seigneur de ce lieu.

Les habitants recurent le surnom de "Turcs" peut-etre aux XVI et XVII s.,
parce que, relevant du duche de Luxembourg, ils n'etaient pas assujettis a
l'impot que la guerre ottomane en Europe cnetrale donnait pretexte aux
abbes de Stavelot-Malmedy de lever sur leurs sujets pour la lutte contre
les infideles.

Sous les regimes francais et prussien, Faymonville contiua de faire partie
de la miaried de Butgenbach. Vers la fin du XIX s., le village, a ses
propres frais, installa la distribution d'eau courante et construisit des
routes.

Apres la guerre de 1914-1918, Butgenbach passa sous l'administration du
haut-commissariat d'Eupen-Malmedy. A la date du 1 janvier 1922,
faymonville fut constituee en commune, elisant 7 conseillers. La nouvelle
commune, dont la population etait preque exclusivement agricole, possedait
sur son territoire, mais aussi a Elsenborn, Nidrum, et sourbrodt, un riche
domaine foretier que suffisait a equilibrer le budget communal et qui se
cpmposit comme suit: 17 ha a Their (Faymonville), 2 ha 3/4 a Held
(Nidrum), 132 ha 1/4 aHardt (Elsenborn). Les 15 ha du bois de la Hasse, a
Faymonville appartenaient a l'Etat. En 1924, l'ecole nouvellement
construite comprenait 150 eleves, chiffre du a une forte natalite, chaque
famille comptant en moyenne 6 ou 7 enfants.

Faymonville fut annnexe a la Belgiuqe par la lloi du 6 mars 1925. Lors de
l'invasion de 1940, Faymonville fut incorpore a l'Allemagne par les decrets
des 18 et 23 mai 1940, et rattachee administrativement a la commune de
Waimes, du 1 septembre 1940 a la mi-septembre 1944. Le village fut ravage
par l'offenisve ven Rundstedt en decembre 1944.

En 1970, plus de 28,1% de la population active etait occupee dans le
secteur primaire, 38,9% dans le secondaire et e1,2% dans le tertiaire.

Le village faisait parite de la paroisse de Butgenbach (archidiocese de
Cologne, archidiacone de Bonn, district del'Oesling). L'eloignement de
l'eglise de Butgenbach, le mauvais etat des chemins et la difference de
langue amenerent les autorites ecclesiatiques a permettre la construcion
des chapelles de Faymonivlle et de Sourbrodt. Celle de faymonville fut
elevee en 1701. (Cathy Girgen)

Children were:

i.

Maria Salome BREUER was born on 10 Dec 1825 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.471 She died after 1867.471

ii.

Anna Katherine BREUER was born on 7 Mar 1827 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.471

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iii.

Johann Baptist BREUER.

iv.

Magdalene BREUER was born on 1 Jan 1831 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.472 She died after 1868.472

v.

Anna Gertrud BREUER was born on 5 Apr 1832 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.473 She died after 1871.472

vi.

Anna Maria BREUER was born on 24 Nov 1833 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.472 She died on 8 Feb 1838 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.472