Bernard "Barney" Brown

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• Occupation: Carlisle (Blair), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; hotel keeper
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-461942
• Occupation: 1883, Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker

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BROWN, BARNEY

Original German spelling - BRAUN.

Of Aberfoyle, on the morning of Tuesday, 1^st April 1913. In his demise, the travelling public loses one of the old time hotel keepers, who made it a point to look after their needs in the good old fashioned way. Mr. Brown was one of the best known hotel keepers in the county and every traveller, who had occasion to stop at his house, had a good word to say for him. For many years, he kept the tavern at Carlyle, later moving to Aberfoyle, where he ran the hotel until his death. He had a host of friends who will regret to hear of his death. Survived by his aged mother, sisters and brothers and his devoted wife. A number of Hespeler friends attended the funeral at Aberfoyle.

-Born Jan. 26, 1862, a twin son with George, of Bernard Braun and Margaret Boyer.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Bernard married Mary McGinnis 1 Jan 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Joseph McGinnis and Fanny) was born 14 Jun 1860, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Aug 1937, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Michael's Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-461966

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BROWN, BERNARD Originally, in German, BRAUN.

Bernard Brown was born Feb. 20, 1820 in Baiersbronn, Oberamt, Freudenstadt, Wurttemberg, Germany. In 1848, he immigrated to America with one brother and one sister and located in Morriston in Puslinch Township. He was converted to God the following year at a meeting in Berlin, ON, which was conducted by Brothers Lehn and Schneider and was received into the Evangelical Association soon after. In 1850, he was married to Margaretha Beier, which union was blessed with fourteen children, three of whom died in infancy and two in their teens. Father Brown was a faithful teacher in the Sunday school for many years, until infirmity prevented his usual activity. On Friday morning, November 26, 1897, he quietly succumbed to infirmities of age, after suffering for several weeks. His last words were: "Come, Lord Jesus, come. " He leaves a sorrowing wife, five sons and four daughters, two sisters, one brother, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law and many friends to mourn over his departure. His time of probation was 77 years, 9 months, 6 days. He died at Morriston on the 26^th November 1897. May God grant all his loved ones wisdom unto eternal salvation through Jesus Christ. Rev. M. L. Wing of Berlin preached the funeral sermon on November 28^th to a large concourse of people in the Evangelical Church at Morriston, nearly 100 conveyances following his body to the grave. The following trustees of the German Evangelical Church were pallbearers: Christian Morlock Sr. , Valentine Bach, George Barth, George Elfner, Frederick Schultz Sr. and Charles Calfas. Among those from distant places who attended were Messrs. Doran, Schmuck, Reinhardt and Lot Singular from Guelph; Bernard Brown and wife from Carlisle; Mr. and Mrs. William ?ey of London; Miss Annie and Willie Weeks of Hespeler; Mr. and Mrs. Locke of Hamilton; and Mrs. Gayer of Crediton.

-Information from the death certificate: Occupation - shoemaker.

-One of thirteen children of Johann Braun and Regina Gaiser of Baiersbronn, Wurtemberg, Germany, five of whom emigrated to North America. His siblings, George and Margaretha came in 1847. He, his brother, Johannes and sister, Magdalena embarked from Hamburg in 1848. The ship took 48 days to make the crossing to New York. They went up the Hudson River to Albany, on the Erie canal to Buffalo, crossed the Niagara River and journeyed to Campden and on to Puslinch. The other four members of the family went to Crediton in 1850-51. Bernard first lived with the Morlock family. In 1850, he married Margaret Boyer (1831 -1918), who was born in Alsace-Lorraine. Children were Catherine "Kate" (1851 -1937, Mrs. John Provan); Elizabeth (1853-1865); Louisa (1854-1937, Mrs. George McLean); Solomon (1856-1921) of Morriston; Magdalena (1858-1938, Mrs. William Riley) of Toronto; Matilda (1860-1957, Mrs. George T. Weekes) of Morriston, later Hamilton; John and William (twins b. 1861, John died in 1871; William of Morriston in 1940); George of San Francisco and Bernard (twins b. 1862), George died in 1944, Bernard in 1913; Charles (1867-1942) of Morriston; Margaret (1868-1871); Anna (1870-1871); and Lydia (1873-1877)

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Bernard married Margaret Boyer 1850, , Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born 1 Jan 1831, , Sachsen, Germany; died 9 Apr 1918, Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Brown
• Name: Margaretha Beier
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-461967