Godfreid Brosius ¹

  General Notes:

Godfried Brosius, son of Peter, was a farmer all his life. He settled in Washington township, where Milton Drumheller now lives, and was a Lutheran member of the Himmel Church there, where he is buried. He was born Jan. 27, 1808, and died November 29, 1851; his wife CatharineKlock, born Nov. 24, 1805, died Dec. 1, 1876, and is also buried at the Himmel Church. We have the following record of their children: (1)Judith married David Ferster, and they lived near Urban, Pa. (2)Samuel obtained the homestead of his father when he was sold out and later moved north of the mountain into one of the Augusta townships.He married Kate Rebuck, and they had children, Wilhelmina, Emma,James, Washington, Zetic and Sivilla. (3) Lydia married Joseph Rebuckand they lived near the Himmel Church in Washington township. (4)Sarah, born in 1837, died in 1854, unmarried. (5) Peter married a MissChrist and they lived in Ashland, Pa. They had a family. (6) Josephhad a small tract of land in the neighborhood of the Himmel Church,and besides cultivating it followed his trade of carpenter. He married Henrietta Clark and they had Jane (Mrs. Morris Rothermel) and Laura(Mrs. Richard Hilbush).

Godfreid married Catherine Klock. (Catherine Klock was born on 24 Nov 1805, died on 1 Dec 1876 and was buried in Himmel Church Cemetery, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.)