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62. Johann Baptist Breuer1,161,349 was born on 21 August 1828 in Prussia, Liege, Rocherath.76,349,350 From the baptismal records of Rocherath, Germany (Rochelt, near Malmedy) --now present day, Belgium--is his record: he was born on the 21 August 1828, and is indeed the son of Nikolas Breuer (spelled in this record as Breeuer) and Anna Catharina Faymonville. Baptismal sponsors were Johann Faymonville from Rocherath, and Margarethe (Hanf) Loefgen from Honningen. (Cathy Girgen)
21 Aug 1826 is the birthdate recorded on his tombstone according to the Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Eleven Co. (An Ancestry.com Database) He immigrated on 25 August 1856.161,351 From Germans to America -
Ship: Alice Tainter
From: Antwerp
To: New York
Arrived: 25 August 1856
Brauer, Johann 28 M Farmer PR 000 USA
Langer, Sybilla 26 F Farmer PR 000 USA
The CD version of Germans to America -
Johann Brauer, 28 yrs M Farmer
Last Residence - Prussia
Arrival - Aug 25 1856
Purpose of Travel - Staying in the USA
Alice Tainter
Captain's Name: Fredk Spencer
Manifest ID# 0000-8707
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Mode of Travel: Steerage
Johan Baptist Breuer and Sybille Langer did not meet aboard the ship when immigrating to the US. They knew each other in the "old country". Both Sybille Langer and John Breuer entered the US at NY from Antwerp, 25 Aug 1856 on the Bark Alice Tainter, under Captain Frederick Spencer. John came in steerage and Sybelle as a cabin passenger. A notation in the margin (of John's birth record), written in Latin and somewhat difficult to read is as follows: "Americam emigravit 1856". Emigrated to America in 1856. (Girgen)
He appeared in the census in 1860 in USA, Minnesota Territory, Ramsey Co., St. Paul. No "Breuer" listed. Various spelllings still have not located Johann and Sybilla. Johann died on 24 November 1905 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion.76,349,352 An Obituary for John Breuer was published both in the Dakota County Tribune Friday, Dec. 1, 1905, and in the Hastings Gazette Sat. Dec 2, 1905
Death of John Breuer.
Mr. John Breuer, one of the old and most prominent farmers of Vermillion, died suddenly Friday evening, aged seventy-eight years. He seemed in usual good health and spirits at supper, and was found dead in bed about ten o'clock. Coroner F. W. Kramer and Dr E W Hammes were summoned, the cause being found to be apoplexy. No inquest was held. He was a native of Germany, and leaves a wife, three sons and five daughters. He was well and favorably known in this city and vicinity, and a large circle of friends regret to learn of his death. The funeral was held from St. John's Church, in Vermillion Monday at half past nine a.m.
He signed a will in 1906 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co..353 John Breuer
Will year: 1906
Record place: Dakota, MN
Volume: Will records Volume 3 1900-1918
first page:428
last page: 429
He was buried in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion Township, St. John's Cemetery.76,352 Surname Given Name Section Birth Date Death Date Cemetery Township County Notes
BREUER JOHANN N 21/AUG/1826 24/NOV/1905 St. John's Vermillion Dakota
SP. SYBILLA
BREUER SYBILLA N 13/SEP/1829 30/AUG/1909 St. John's Vermillion Dakota
SP. JOHANN
LANGENFELD AARON N 20/JUN/1977 21/JUN/1977 St. John's Vermillion Dakota
WITH JOHANN & SYBILLA BREUER
Cemetery Record Detail for John Sr. Breuer, (Johann Breuer
Birth Date 08-21-1826
Death Date 11-24-1905
Cemetery St. John's
Town Vermillion
John Breuer 21 August 1826 - 24 November 1905
BREUER SYBILLA 13/SEP/1829 30/AUG/1909 136 VN 22 ST JOHN'S VERMILLION N SP. JOHANN
BREUER EDWARD H 1899 1954 258 BE 28 BURNSIDE-SALEM B SP. ELIZABETH
Johann and Sibilla immigrated in August of 1856 and married in St. Paul in April of 1857. Their first winter in Minnesota became known as the "winter of the deep snow" and must have made them wonder what they had gotten themselves into. The 1856-57 winter was one of the most severe in Minnesota history, with over 100 inches of snowfall in many areas, including the Twin Cities, and massive spring flooding on many Minnesota watersheds. It started on December 2, 1856 with a surprise three-day blizzard that was followed by below zero temperatures that was followed by rain which froze and made a very heavy crust, at times having three inches of thick ice on top. This Plains Storm covered from Kansas and Nebraska to Iowa and southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and to the western Great Lakes. It appears that there were long stretches of below zero weather that lasted into February, with much additional snowfall. The book "So Cold a Sky" by Karl Bohnak mentions that near New Ulm, Minnesota a total of 4.38 Precipitation (Melted snow) fell during December which was probably the sleet/ice.
The following is taken from Barbara Deuhs' account of her grandparents as reprinted in the Girgen Family History and correspondence with Cathy Girgen. Her articles can also found in the Pioneer Chronicles, a publication of the Minnesota Territorial Association.
"Johann Breuer was en route to St. Paul and Sibylle Langer was planning on going to Mankato to make her home with a cousin when they immigrated. They had chosen this area because the Minnesota Territory was highly advertised in the provinces of Germany.
Johann has been a teamster in the Rhineland Province and had hauled freight from one province to another. When he arrived in St. Paul, he promptly got work, but as a laborer. He also immediately applied for citizenship. During the Civil War years, he hauled supplies for Governor Ramsey; many times he traveled the Military Road bringing down supplies from Duluth to Fort Ripley.
After their marriage, the Breuers set up a home in a log cabin on Seventh Street, St. Paul. Johann made many pieces of their furniture and we still have one chest which he made. They opened their humble home to friends and relatives many times and among the visitors was a cousin, Nicholas Brewer, who stayed with them off and on for about two years. They took in a motherless boy of six, who lived with them as their own son into his 15th year.
On their small income, they saved enough to make a down payment on a small farm located in the vicinity of Cannon Falls, and with the help of friends, grandfather erected a log cabin on it. One evening in early spring, 1861, in preparation for moving to the new home, he drove over to the area. Leaving his team in town, he walked the short distance from town to the cabin, only to find it occupied by a man sitting near a table with a lantern on it, and a gun at his side. Johann walked around the cabin a few times, but decided not to go in; he had a family of two children at that time. Apparently, he was unaware that he could have resorted to the courts. Undaunted, they saved again, and the next time, they bought land in the vicinity of Vermillion (Dakota Co). They moved in April 1863, and remained there for the remainder of their lives.
Like many pioneer families, they suffered illness and had disappointments. They waited fourteen months for their first child, Mathias, and little Mathias died four months later. One other of their ten children died in infancy. They lived during the Black Smallpox epidemic and all eight children came down with it. They all survived, but were left with permanent scars.
Both Johann and Sybille were active in community and church affairs. Johann was the leader in securing a parish for the village of Vermillion. A small church was erected in the beginning and later a new one was built and named Saint John the Baptist. Johann taught himself the English language, and was on the school board in Dakota County in the late eighties. They brought with them their culture and traditions, which were reflected in the community, and instilled it in their children."
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The Breuers were good friends of the Brehers and were neighbors in Victoria. (Phillip Jares)
New Trier church record that says: John and Maria (Schuetz) Fromm had Maria baptised on 6-1-1868. She was born 5-27-1868. Sponsors were John and Sibilla Breuer.
(Amanda Fromm, amanda56085@hotmail.com )
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Notes for future research -
Search Terms: BREUER (13)
Database: Minnesota Naturalization Records Index
Location Surname Given Name Reel Code Volume Page
DAKOTA BREUER JOHN 4 11 3 364
RAMSEY BREUER JOHN 5 7 E 515
RAMSEY BREUER HEINRICH (HENRY) 42 121 12 271
Sibilla Langer and Johann Baptist Breuer were married on 12 April 1857 in USA, Minnesota Territory, Ramsey Co., St. Paul.161,354 They were married in the old Assumption Church in St. Paul on 12 Apr 1857. The ceremony was at 8 o'clock in the morning conducted by the Reverend George Keller. Witnesses were Nicholas Kerst and Joseph Hardi. Mr. Griebler played the organ for the ceremony.
Marriage records show where the first priest here ( a mission priest from the Assumption Church in St. Paul where records were kept before this parish was officially established in 1856):
April 12, 1857 Johannes Breuer, son of Nicolas Breuer and Catherine Faymonville of Colgne Diocese (Germany) married Sibilla Langer, daughter of Christian Langer and Anna Maria Groten (St. Mary's, New Trier)
They161,354 appeared in the census on 17 June 1870 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion.355,356 Census index for 1870 through a Interlibrary loan request - No "Breuer" listed. Need to check various spelllings. Checked the 1870 Dakota Co. census and could NOT find any Breuer's, or any other spellling, that seemed this family. Will have to keep researching...
4/2005 This is probably them! Bruin instead of Breuer, and Sarah instead of Celia. Plus Ellen for Lena....Could be phonetic errors and ?....Note wife couldn't speak English.
87, 85 Brier (Breuer?) John, 43, MW, Farmer, 2000, 1000, Prussia
Sarah, 42, FW, Keeping house, Prussia, can't read or write English
Ellen, 10, FW, MN, Attended School
Kate, 9, FW, MN, Attended School
Maggie, 8, FW, MN, Attended School
Rosa, 6, FW, MN
Mary, 4, FW, MN
Nicholas, 1, MW, MN
Tomas, William, 22, MW, Farm laborer, Prussia, can't read or write English
They355,356 appeared in the census on 1 May 1875 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion.357 76, John Brier, 48 M, Prussia, Prussia Prussia
Sibella , 47 F, Prussia, Prussia Prussia
Magdalena, 15 F, MN
Kath, 14 F, MN
Marg, 13 F, MN
Rosa, 10 F, MN
Mary, 8 F, MN
Nick 6 M, MN
John 4 M, MN
Joseph 2 M, MN
Herbert Berenbauer, 38 M, Luxemberg Lux Lux
Merch " , 20 M, Lux Lux Lux Sibilla and Johann357 appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion.148,358 Brewer, John Vol.3, E.D. 1? 98, sheet 40, line 32
White Male, 51 yrs. birthplace - Prussia
Dakota Co., Vermilliion M.C.D.
Brewer, Celia Wife 50 Prussia
Rosa Daughter 16 Minnesota
Mary Daughter 13 Minnesota
Nicholas Son 12 Minnesota
John Son 10 Minnesota
Joseph Son 8 Minnesota
John BREWER Self M Male W 51 PRUSSIA Farmer PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Celia BREWER Wife M Female W 50 PRUSSIA Keeping House PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Rosa BREWER Dau S Female W 16 MN At Home PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Mary BREWER Dau S Female W 13 MN At School PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Nicholas BREWER Son S Male W 12 MN At School PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
John BREWER Son S Male W 10 MN At School PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Joseph BREWER Son S Male W 8 MN At School PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
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Source Information:
Census Place Vermillion, Dakota, Minnesota
Family History Library Film 1254618
NA Film Number T9-0618
Page Number 219A
They148,358 appeared in the census in 1900 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion Township.359,360 John and Sybilla were living with their son John L. and his wife Elizabeth, plus their youngest son, Joseph.
S.D. 3, E.D. 32, Sheet 8, line 19
121, 122 Breuer, John L. Head Nov. 1870 29 Minnesota married 4 yrs.
Elizabeth Wife Sept 1869 30 Minnesota married 4 yrs, 0, 0
John Father Aug 1828 71 Germany married 43 yrs.
Sybilla Mother Sept 1829 70 Germany married 43 yrs.10, 8
Joseph Brother Feb 1873 27 Minnesota, single
All parents born in Germany, everyone can read, write, speak English.
John L. is listed as a Farmer, renting farm, schedule 101
John Sr. - landlord.
John and Sybilla both immigrated in 1856, been in US 44 yrs., John NA
63. Sibilla Langer1,349 was born on 13 September 1829 in Prussia, Liege, Krinkelt.349,361,362 Family notes by Phillip Jares cousin has her birthplace as Malmedy Germany 1829 She immigrated in 1856 to USA, New York.161,351 From Germans to America -
Ship: Alice Tainter
From: Antwerp
To: New York
Arrived: 25 August 1856
Brauer, Johann 28 M Farmer PR 000 USA
Langer, Sybilla 26 F Farmer PR 000 USA
The CD version of Germans to America -
Sybilla Langer, 26 yrs F Farmer
Last Residence - Prussia
Arrival - Aug 25 1856
Purpose of Travel - Staying in the USA
Alice Tainter
Captain's Name: Fredk Spencer
Manifest ID# 0000-8707
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Mode of Travel: Cabin She died on 30 August 1909 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion.76,352,362,363 BREUER, SILIELA
CertID# 1909-MN-002868
County of Death: 08/30/1909
DAKOTA
An obituary for Sibilla Breuer was published in the Hastings Gazette Sat. Sept 4,
1909
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Mrs. Sibilla Breuer, an early and highly esteemed resident of Vermillion, died at her home on Monday evening, after a protracted illness, at the advanced age of eighty years. She was a native of Germany, coming to American at an early age, and the widow of John Breuer, who died Nov. 24th, 1905. Mrs. Breuer leaves five sons and three daughters. The funeral was held from St. John's Church, Vermillion, on Wednesday, at ten a.m., the Rev. Pius Schmid officiating. Interment at the church cemetery.
(note- it should have read three sons and five daughters)
Sibilla was buried in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion Township, St. John's Cemetery.76,352 A "Aaron Langenfeld" who lived one day 20, 21 June 1977 is buried in her plot. ?
Cemetery Record Detail for Sybilla Breuer
Breuer, Sybilla
Birth Date 09-13-1829
Death Date 08-30-1909
Cemetery St. John's
Town Vermillion
Note Wife of John Breuer Sr,
Sybilla Breuer 13 September 1829 - 30 August 1909 This might be a relative? The mothers maiden of Langer, and Minnesota birthplace make this person a possible relative.
Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
LAUERMAN ROSE CATHERINE 03/22/1884 LANGER -- F MINNESOTA RIVERSIDE 01/22/1981 562-14-8883 96 years
Children were:
i. | Mathias Breuer was born on 10 August 1858 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.161 He died on 1 January 1859 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.161 | |
ii. |  Magdalena Breuer was born on 22 October 1859 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.161 She died on 18 May 1918 in USA, Minnesota.161,364 She was buried in USA, Minnesota, Dakota County, All Saints Cemetery.365 Breher Francis P. 09-30-1910 All Saints Wife Breher Mrs. Francis 05-18-1918 All Saints Daugh.Mrs.Wm.VonLevern | |
iii. |  Katharina Ann "Katherine" Breuer160,349,366 was born on 10 January 1861 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.161 She appeared in the census on 9 April 1930 in USA, Minnesota, Wadena Co., Wadena.367 622, 312, 345, Breher, Katherine, Head, Own 5000, radio, FW, 69, Wd, MN, Germany Germany, noneMarie, Daughter, FW, 30, single, MN MN MN, Stenographer office work Magdalene, Daughter, FW, 25, single, MN MN MN, none Peterson, ?oston, Roomer, MW, 21, single, IL IL, Norway, cashier bank - , Marion, Roomer, MW, 23, single, IL IL, Norway, bookkeeper bank Nelson?, Herman, Roomer, MW, 19, single, MN Germany Germany, bookkeeper, lumberyard She died on 8 January 1953 in USA, Minnesota, Wadena Co., Wadena.349,363,365 BREHER, KATHRYN ANN Wadena County Deaths 1880 - 1994 Breher, Kathryn Ann 8 JAN 1953 F 183 3 | |
31 | iv. | Margaretha Ann Breuer. |
v. | Maria Breuer was born on 2 October 1863 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.161 She died on 2 October 1863 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.161 | |
vi. |  Maria Rosa "Rose" Breuer22 was baptized in 1864 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier, St. Mary's Catholic Church.369 Breuer (Braeuer) Maria Rosa 1864 St. Mary's New Trier She was born on 22 September 1864 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier.161,370 She appeared in the census on 8 April 1930 in USA, California, Kern Co., Bakersfield.76 H Street 2427, 129, 131Milan, Rose, Head, Own $5000, FW 65, Widowed, Married at 25, Minnesota, Belgium, Germany, None Norris, Pearl, Roomer, rent $35, FW 35, Married at 24, UT UT UT " , Velma E, Roomer/Daughter FW 9, single, CA CA UT Rose died.4 Possible match? MILAN, ROSE CertID# 1931-MN-025458 Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Mother Maiden Name: n/a n/a n/a Date of Death: County of Death: 12/04/1931 RAMSEY
Irene Weber stayed with Aunt Rose while she taught in Bakersfield, early 1900's.. | |
vii. |  Maria Katherine "Mary" Breuer1,171,371 was born on 22 November 1866 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier.371,372 She died on 19 January 1957 in USA, Minnesota, Todd Co..363 DEUHS, MARY CATHERINECertID# 1957-MN-018471 Date of Birth: 11/22/1866 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Mother Maiden Name: LANGER Date of Death: 01/19/1957 County of Death: TODD Both Sybille and John spoke German, and only John learned the English language, which he learned on his own. Barbara's mother, Maria Katherine Breuer Deuhs, was brought up in a German speaking home. She wrote and read the German script, which she said her father (John Breuer) had taught to all the children. Barbara and her older brother, Gerhard Deuhs, spoke German as children, but when they went to school, they quit speaking German at home. The Deuhs family also heard Dutch at home as Johann Joseph Franz Deuhs/Deuss was from the Netherlands. He learned the German language after he came to Long Prairie, as many of the people in the community spoke only German. He had a hardware store with harness, plumbing, etc. Long Prairie was a small dairy community of about 1800 souls in the early 1900's, but is now much larger than that. The Deuhs business was sold in late 1936. Barbara's mother said that her family had a coat of arms, and that each child of the older generation received a silver spoon with a crest on it as an heirloom item. The Faymonville name does have a coat of arms, but I never did establish the link with Barbara's family. There is a village of Faymonville, in the the area of Waimes, Butgenbach, and Liege, Belgium. (Girgen) | |
viii. | Nicolas C. "Nick" Breuer was baptized in 1868 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier, St. Mary's Catholic Church.369 He was born on 14 October 1868 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier.161 He appeared in the census on 13 June 1900 in USA, Minnesota, Otter Tail Co., Oak Valley Township.373 Possible match, but the birthdate isn't the same as in the Girgen Family History. Working as a farm laborer for Chester Jacobs Brewer, Nick C, Servant, WM, Mar 1864, 36, single, MN GER GER, Farm laborer Nick died on 18 April 1934 in USA, Minnesota, Otter Tail Co., Bluffton Township.363,374 From http://people.mnhs.org/ Minnesota Historical Society's death Index This date matches what Dick & Verlie sent. BREUER, NICK C. CertID# 1934-MN-011113 County of Death: 04/18/1934 OTTER TAIL Obituaries : Nicholas Breuer Dies At Bluffton He was buried in USA, MInnesota, St. John's Catholic.375 BREUER NICK C. 14/OCT/1868 18/APR/1934 787 BN 33 ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC | |
ix. |  John L. Breuer was baptized in 1870 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier, St. Mary's Catholic Church.369 He was born on 16 November 1870 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., New Trier.161 He appeared in the soundex in 1900 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion Township360 Breuer, John L. Vol. 16, E.D. 32, Sheet 8, line 19W Nov. 1870 29 Minnesota Dakota Co., Vermillion Twp Breuer, Elizabeth W Sept 1869 30 Minnesota J.L. Breuer, Former Vermillion Man Died In St. Paul The remains of John L. Breuer of St. Paul, were brought down Monday and interred in the family lot in St. John's cemetery at Vermillion. John L. Breuer Rites, Vermillion Funeral services for the late John L. Breuer a former Vermillion resident, who passed away October 1 in St. Paul, were held Monday morning at nine o'clock in the St. Agnes catholic church in St. Paul, and the remains brought to the family plot in St. John's cemetery at Vermillion for burial. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Deuhs of Long Prairie, Minn., and Mrs. Margaret Weber who resides in California. BREUER, JOHN L He was buried in October 1953 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Vermillion Township, St. John's Cemetery.352 Cemetery Record Detail for John L. Breuer John L. Breuer 1870 - 1953 | |
x. |  Joseph Breuer365 was born on 16 February 1873 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Hastings.161 He died before 1953. Possible burial record?BREUER MARY M. 1886 08/APR/1968 1713 WA 7 ST ANN'S - CALVARY SP. JOSEPH P. BREUER JOSEPH PETER 1873 27/JUL/1945 1713 WA 7 ST ANN'S - CALVARY SP. MARY M. |