Bio: Bramm, Christian and Johanna (Blumenberg)

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Surnames: Bramm, Blumenberg, William, Dreger, Engebrecht, Tautrim, Krueger, Meier, Penno, Laub, Olson, Muenchow, Switlick, Krell, Framke, Scherz, Scherz, Lampert, Mais, Sriger, Kuehn, Paschke, Englebrecht, Thomas, Scherz

----Source: Rietbrock Centennial (1880 - 1980), Census Records, State Birth & Marriage Records

Christ and Anna Bramm

Christ and Anna Bramm (nee Blumenberg) came to the Town of Rietbrock about 1880 and lived on a forty-acre tract across from what is now the Marvin William's farm. (The cabin is there now. It shows the toll the elements have taken over the years). Mr. Bramm worked as a Millright in the Chesak Saw Mill. Transportation was by footpower and with horses. They sold this place and bought eighty acres which they developed into a farm. It was closer to work. Mrs. Bramm and the girls sawed trees down for bolts, as a supplemental source of income. The family was typical of the frontier. Lena (Mrs. Rudolf Dreger), Anna (Mrs. Gust Engebrecht), Caroline (Mrs. David Tautrim), Emma (Mrs. Henry Krueger), Renata (Mrs. George Meier), Minnie (Mrs. Fred Penno), Bertha (Mrs. Ed Laub), Laura (Mrs. Peter Olson), Emilia (Mrs. Alvin Muenchow), Herman and Sophia (nee Switlick), Charles and Margaret (nee Krell), Linda (Mrs. Charles Framke).

Fred Penno came to this country in 1904. He came from Rovno, Russia, Town of Cuttie Zalessie. He hauled logs, for the Rietbrock Company, on the old ice road. He also worked in the harvest fields in Minnesota, shocking and threshing grain. In 1915, he married Minnie Scherz (nee Bramm) and they farmed on forty acres in the Town of Rietbrock. In 1919, they sold this farm and went to California. While there he worked in the vineyards and fruit orchards. In 1923, they returned to this area and purchased the Bramm farm. They cleared and broke up the rest of the land. Members of the family are: Walter and Anna Scherz (nee Mathie) both deceased. Irvin Scherz, Dec., Ruth Scherz (nee Lampert), Lawrence Penno; Frederick Penno, Carl and Margaret Penno (nee Mueller) and Dorothy, Mrs. Ferd Mais.

Lawrence worked at the 3-M plants in Wausau and the Town of Maine for over twenty-eight years and is farming now. Frederick also farming on the home place. Carl, principal at the Edgar High School, served in the Armed Forces for more than three years. He was with the Fifth Army in the European Theatre, with an Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Dorothy worked as a sales person in Wausau Stores.

Family Notes

Christian Bramm was born 11 Jun 1853 and died 13 Oct 1921.  He married "Hannah", "Anna" Johanna Blumenberg 26 May 1877 in Saukvillle, Ozaukee, Wisconsin.  She was born 4 Oct 1861 in Port Washington, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin and died 13 Sep 1923 in Athens, Wisconsin.

Children of Christian and Johanna (Blumenberg) Bramm
Un-named Bramm
Un-named Bramm
Un-named Bramm
Lena Bramm b: 29 Oct 1877 - 4 Apr 1970
Anna Bramm b: 8 Aug 1879 - 29 Jan 1962
Caroline Bramm b: 28 Jan 1881 - 18 Sep 1946
Wilhemina ("Minnie") Bramm b: 7 Dec 1882 - 2 Aug 1954
Laura Bramm b: 12 Apr 1884 - 11 Aug 1971
Renata Bramm b: 20 Sep 1885 - 1914
Herman Bramm b: 6 Apr 1887 - ?
Emma Bramm b: 6 Nov 1888 - Nov 1962
Bertha Bramm b: 30 Aug 1890 - 21 Jul 1963
Charles Bramm b: 28 Aug 1893 - 1979
Emelia Bramm b: 29 Jun 1896 - 29 Jun 1896
Linda Bramm b: 2 May 1901 - 2 May 1901

Wisconsin Birth Records

Laura Wilhelmine Bramm
gender: Female
birth date: 12 Apr 1884
birthplace: Rietbrock, Marathon Co., Wisconsin
father's name: Christian Bramm
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Johanna Blumenberg
mother's birthplace: America

Bertha Augusta Wilhelmina Bramm
gender: Female
birth date: 31 Aug 1890
birthplace: Rietbrock, Marathon, Wisconsin
race: White
father's name: Christian Bramm
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Johanna Blumenberg
mother's birthplace: America

Christ Brahm
gender: Male
birth date: 12 Jul 1897
birthplace: Rietbrock, Marathon, Wisconsin
race: White
father's name: Christ Brahm
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Johanna Blumebug
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin

Fredrick Bramm
gender: Male
birth date: 15 May 1899
birthplace: Rietbrock, Marathon, Wisconsin
race: White
father's name: Christ Bramm
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Anna Blumenberg
mother's birthplace: Germany

Wisconsin Marriage Records

Rudolph A. Sriger
bride's name: Lena Bramm
marriage date: 26 May 1896
marriage place: Marathon, Wisconsin
groom's father's name: Leopold Sriger
groom's mother's name: Henrietta Kuehn
bride's father's name: Christian Bramm
bride's mother's name: Johanna Blumenburg

Gustave J. Englebrecht
bride's name: Anna Bramm
marriage date: 01 Sep 1897
marriage place: Marathon, Wisconsin
groom's father's name: Henry Englebrecht
groom's mother's name: Pauline Paschke
bride's father's name: Christian Bramm
bride's mother's name: Blumenberg

Johann F. Scherz
bride's name: Wilhelmine Bramm
marriage date: 21 Jun 1904
marriage place: Marathon, Wisconsin
groom's father's name: Karl Scherz
groom's mother's name: Gertrude Thomas
bride's father's name: Christian Bramm
bride's mother's name: Blumenberg