Peter BROENNIMANN ( Benedict 1) was born on in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland.ģ. Dorothea BROENNIMANN was born on in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland.Ģ. BROENNIMANN was born on in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland. Benedict BROENNIMANN was born on in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland. Peter BROENNIMANN was born on in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland. Adelheid was born in 1527 in Belp, Canton Bern, Switzerland. The original building still stands and was constructed in 1724.īenedict married Adelheid Hüsler on in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland. It was in my family's possession until 1968. My own family intermarried with them in the late 1600's and we had a farm on that spot called Oberbrönni (upper Brönni). The Brönnimann surname is closely tied to this hamlet. The people that would have pursued this particular trade were called BRÖNNIMANN. The first record of the place dates to year 1270. The fact of the matter is that 'Brönni' is a hamlet of the village of Obermuhlern, which in turn is part of the village of Zimmerwald and it refers to an an ancient occupation of making charcoal (= Brönner) roof tiles and chalk. Hence since the last 100 years, community influences have brought about various ways of signing the name and the writer of this history, desiring to conform to the peculiar wishes of each family, is following the -choice of the head of each tribe in this volume.īelp has not become Zimmerwald and the terms 'Brönni' does not refer to a place 'cleared by fire'. Brenneman shows the 'E' instead of the 'A').įrom authentic documents we learn that the first set of children all signed their names 'Branaman' while of the second set of children, Henry, Christian, John, Jacob, and David later in life signed their names 'Brenneman.' Melchior, the oldest son from the first set of children, on May 15, 1813, signed a legal document, as shown above, 'Branaman' a copy of which is still in the possession of the writer of this history, he being a great-grandson of Melchior. Wenger of Harrisonburg, Va., a great-grandson of Abraham Breneman, the progenitor of the descendants shown in this history, found by examining the records of deeds for Rockingham County for the years 18 that his name was written 'Abram Branaman' (while the inscription on his stone which was replaced by a new one in 1914 by his grandson David C. 21, 1786, Melchior Breniman, Jr., youngest son of Melchior the Pioneer subscribed to his will thus 'Melchior Brenneman.' By referring to the public records of Rockingham and Augusta counties in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, we find that the name was almost unanimously signed 'Branaman' between the years 17.Īfter this time the sentiment was to choose other ways of spelling the name, but all are variations of the original name. In 1737, as shown by the record of wills in the courts of Lancaster County, Pa., we find that Melchior, Jr., the Pioneer, endorsed his will as here shown, 'Breniman.' In the records of the saine court we find that his brother Christian signed his will in 1757 'Branaman.' His sons Melchior, Jr., and Christian, after coming to America, chose to use an abbreviated form of the different forms of spelling the name in their native land (Brendimann and Bronnimann). The place BRENDI is now called BRONNI.įrom the records at Bern, we learn that our forefather, Melchior BRONNIMANN, the exile born in 1631, subscribed his name as here shown. Turler stated that it took its name from the hamlet of BRENDI, near Bern, Switzerland, where as early as 1479 there were numerous families found by the name of BRENDIMANN (later changed to BRONNIMANN) to designate the inhabitants of the place.

Holdeman of Marietta, Pa., who was a descendant of Melchior Breniman, the pioneer.ĭr. Turler, at one time archivist at Bern, Switzerland, to the late Senator Horace L. (4) Possibly the most likely origin was given by Dr. (3) Some say it originated from the burning of a man at the stake during the Reformation. (1) One of the likely theories is the word 'Brenneman' means 'the man from the BRENNER,' a pass on the Tyrolean Alps, between Austria and Italy. Benedict BROENNIMANN was born about 1524 in Zimerwald-Belp, Bern, Switzerland.Ībout the origin of the name, there are various theories. Descendants of Benedict Broennimann Descendants of Benedict Broennimannġ.

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