Ninth Generation (Continued)
Ninth Generation (Continued)
Family of John George Bruhm (215) & Mary Catherine Zwicker
540. John Frederick Bruhm (John George8, Anna Dorothea Fiener7, Johannes (John) Feener6, Anna Barbara Meisner5, Casper Meissner4, Johann Daniel Meysner3, Casper Meißner2, Thomas1). Born on 1 May 1832 in Oakland, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.7 John Frederick was baptized in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 11 Jun 1832.7 John Frederick died in Oakland, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 11 Feb 1903; he was 70.

Louisa and John Frederick Broom with ten children resided in the Mahone Bay census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1871 Canadian federal census. Louisa and Mary Ellen Broom were Presbyterians, whereas John Frederick Broom and the other children were Lutherans. He was a seaman. John, Louisa and Mary Ellen Broom were literate, and the five eldest sons were in school. John Broom owned 15 improved acres of land of which five were in pasture. Additionally he owned two houses, two barns, two waggons/sleds, two common boats, two ploughs, two working oxen, two milch cows, 10 sheep, two swine and 32 shares for 18 tons of a sailing vessel. In terms of agricultural production, the farm produced 25 bushels of barley, one bushel of beans, 30 bushels of potatoes, 10 bushels of turnips, 20 bushels of mangelwurzel (beets), six tons of hay from six acres, 15 pounds of flax/hemp, 50 bushels of apples, one bushel of pears/plums, 120 pounds of butter, 20 pounds of wool, 27 yards of cloth, and 23 yards of linen. Three sheep and one swine were slaughtered or sold for slaughter. Three barrels of gaspereaux were caught in the fishery. (RG 31-C-1, 1871, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 195-H1, Mahone Bay, p. 55, no. 18 [house 173, family 207])

The 1881 Canadian federal census states that John and Louisa Bruhm with eight children resided in the Blockhouse census district, Lunenburg county, Nova Scotia. Their son and daughter-in-law John and Annie Bruhm lived in the household. John and John [Jr.] Bruhm were fishermen. The family was Lutherans. (RG 31-C-1, 1881, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 11-C1, Blockhouse, pp. 10-11 [house 41, families 50-51])

According to the 1891 Canadian federal census, John and Anna Broom with five adult children resided in the Blockhouse census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. John and Albert Broom were farmers. Frederick, Henry and Seaforth Broom were fishermen. Maggie Broom was a dessmaker. The family were Lutherans. (RG 31-C-1, 1891, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 38-B1, Oakland, p. 29)

The 1901 Canadian federal census states that John and Louisa Bruhm with two adult children resided in the Oakland census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. John, Freddie and Albert Bruhm were farmers. John Bruhm was a Lutheran. Louisa, Freddie and Albert Bruhm were Presbyterians. (RG 31-C-1, 1901, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 37-B1, Oakland, p. 15)

The widowed Louisa Bruhm resided in Oakland, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1911 Canadian federal census. Her son Frederick Bruhm lived in the household. Her daughter and son-in-law Maggie and Stanley Joudry with two children lived in the household. Frederick Bruhm was a farmer. Stanley Joudrey was a salesman. Louisa Bruhm was a Presbyterian. Frederick Bruhm and the Joudrey family were Lutherans. (RG 31-C-1, 1911, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg co., ED 49-33, Oakland, p. 6)

On 23 Dec 1854 John Frederick married Louisa Heyson, daughter of John Heyson & Susannah Elizabeth Hiltz, in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.25 Born on 13 Sep 1833 in Oakland, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.8 Louisa died in Oakland, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 23 Jul 1920; she was 86.8 Buried on 25 Jul 1920 in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.8

They had the following children:
1221i.
Mary Ellen (1855-1951)
1222ii.
John Aaron (1857-1925)
1223iii.
1224iv.
1225v.
Reuben (1862-1913)
1226vi.
George A. (~1864-)
1227vii.
Henry Eton (1866-)
1228viii.
Robert (~1867-)
1229ix.
William Seaforth (1869-1937)
1230x.
Margaret M. (1870-)
1231xi.
Maud (1872-1873)
1232xii.
Albert Wentworth (1874-1949)
541. Aaron Bruhm (John George8, Anna Dorothea Fiener7, Johannes (John) Feener6, Anna Barbara Meisner5, Casper Meissner4, Johann Daniel Meysner3, Casper Meißner2, Thomas1). Born on 11 Aug 1838 in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.3 Aaron was baptized in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 19 Aug 1838.3

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