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Origin of the Bremser Name
The name Bremser was originally Brömser. Sometime
in the middle ages, in a
story known to all family members, the elder son of
the family wanted to marry a women not of his upper class.
He was forbidden to use the Brömser name, and thus
changed its spelling to Bremser.  Reiner
Bremser has been able to establish four Bremsers emigrating
to the United States from whom all American Bremsers are
descended. According to Reiner, nearly all of these Bremsers
emigrated from a small village named  Niedertiefenbach,
which is south of and between Singhofen and Burgschwalbach.
Research on the church records shows many, many Bremsers
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The Four Bremser Brothers
The four Bremser brothers in Ohio: Philipp Heinrich Bremser
or Henry (center front); Wilhelm (left); Phillip (middle rear):
and Karl (right). A baby sister apparently died in infancy. Phillip
and Wilhelm came to Norwalk from Germany. Philip worked in the
masonry business and Wilhelm helped make cement blocks. Karl
followed his brothers Henry and Phillip to the United States
on April 12, 1910 but returned to Germany soon there after.
Photo courtesy Marge Barr |
This is the story of the Klein and
Bremser families
who came to live in Elyria and Norwalk, Ohio.
The ancestral home of the
Bremser family is the Brömserburg Castle.
"From the early 10th to the early 19th centuries it was the property
of the archbishops of Mainz. They converted the old fortress into
a residence
in the 12th century. Originally, it was right on the banks of the Rhine,
surrounded by water. Its more than two-meter-thick walls withstood
all
offensives. Only the southeastern portion destroyed by the Duke Of Longville.
A mine path to the keep bears witness to its invincibility. After
being
secularized in 1803, the castle had several owners until the town of
Ruesdeheim purchased it in 1941. Today, it is the home of the vast
collections
that comprise the Rheingau wine museum. Historic wine presses form several
centuries are displayed in the garden."
"On Oberstrasse, there is a row of beautiful old mansions from
various periods, including the Frankensteiner Hof, Ritter'scher Hof
and Bassenheimer
Hof. Howwever, the Broemserhof, constructed from 1542 onward, is doubtlessly
the most beautiful of all the noble manors on this street. This former
residence of Ruedesheriim's ancient Broemser dynasty has an impressive
Gothic chapel and an ancestral hall with splendid frescoes. Today, the
Broemserhof houses a museum."*
Also in Ruedesheim is St. Jakobus Church. The "Catholic parish
church on market square. The church dates form the 14th century and
is said to
have been built by the knight and Crusader Johann Broemser. The half
moon and star on the weather vane atop the chruch tower are a reminder
of the
days of the Crusades, The church was almost completely destroyed in 1944,
but was rebuilt of quarried brick typical of the Rhine area. Of special
note are the medieval tombsones with effigies of Ruedesheim's nobility,
situated in the northern aisle, as well as the Gothic tyjmpanium above
the western portal."*
The Bremser and Brömser families originated in the area of present-day
![[Opens external site in new window]](../../resources/Icons/ico_external_site.gif) Rüdesheim,
Germany. There is a detailed history describing
the family ancestry descending from the von Rüdesheim nobility,
and how the Bremser name became distinct from the Brömser family
name around 1590.
The Four Immigrants to America
This update includes the current family histories of the four known Bremser
families to immigrate to America:
- Philipp "Heinrich" Gottlieb Elias
Bremser. Henry and his wife Bina Bremser's entered
Ellis Island in New York Harbor with Elizabeth, age 4, and Lena,
age 2, on 12 May 1892, on board the Spree. The followed their
Klein cousins to Norwalk, Ohio. Henry is my great-grandfather. Grandfather
Henry's records were tough to find.
- Philip Karl Bremser III. Brother
to my great-grandfather, Philip came from Germany to help Henry with
the masonry business. Dale
Norwood of North Carolina added this information on his wife's family.
- Johann Heinrich Adam Bremser.
Johann left "Jammerthalsmühle bei Niedertiefenbach,"
Germany and settled in Kewaskum, Washington, Wisconsin.
Nancy
Verhelst of Wisconsin contributed this information.
- Johann Philip Bremser. Johann
emigrated from Nästatten, Nassau, Germany to St. Louis, Missouri.
Thanks to Keith
Bremser of Utah for this ancestry.
* From Rudesheim Assman Hausen
Am Rhein, June 2003.
Contributors
The greatest part of the history of the Bremsers,
from 1000 to 1858, is the notable work of my very generous 10th cousin
Reiner Bremser
of Oberursel, near Weisbaden, Germany. Nancy
Verhelst of Wisconsin also contributed the descendants of Johann Gerlach Bremser,
a brother to Reiner's ancestor Johann Konrad Bremser, and also a 10th cousin.
We extend thanks to Dale
Norwood of North Carolina for information on his wife's Ann Bremser's family,
descendants of Phillip Bremser. Ann is our third cousin. And from Utah, Keith
Bremser contributed the ancestry of his g-g-grandfather Johann Philip Bremser.
Keith is our eighth cousin once removed. One branch of the Bremsers moved to Michigan,
where they married the Scheid family, related to the Enderle family of Germany.
We thank Horst
Hemminger for his contribution of the Enderle family history.We are indebted to second cousin Ron
Miller of Michigan for contributing several hundred descendents of Hattie
Klein. We also thank our first cousin, once removed, Marge Miller More Barr
of Norwalk, Ohio, for her notes on the Bremser and Klein genealogies.
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