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Chester Robertus Brandenburg

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Chester Robertus Brandenburg

Birth
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
18 Mar 1938 (aged 67)
Smithsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Smithsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Born on June 7, 1870 on his father's farm in Catoctin District of Frederick County, Maryland. He learned carpentry but at his father's death, took over management of the family farm for the next three years. He then bought a ninety-acre farm in Hauver's District in 1902, on which he built a three-story home containing ten rooms, a bank barn, and other farm buildings. He was married May 19, 1896 at Thurmont, Maryland, to Susan Dorothy Harbaugh, born February 27, 1874, daughter of Hamilton Harbaugh and Cornelia Ann Elizabeth Pryor, among the earliest and most prominent families in Harbaugh Valley."
Source "Our Maryland Heritage, Book Eight, The Brandenburg Families" by William N. Hurley, Jr.
Courtesy of Gary L. Evans 46882919

Children:
(1.) Ruth M. Brandenburg, died in infancy.
(2.) Roscoe Hamilton Brandenburg, married Evelyn Hayes.
(3.) Eva Catherine Brandenburg; married Leroy C. Dwyer.
(4.) Mildred Evangeline Brandenburg, never married.
(5.) Samuel Rue Brandenburg, married Helen J. Wolfe.
(6.) Kenneth Chester Brandenburg, never married.
Born on June 7, 1870 on his father's farm in Catoctin District of Frederick County, Maryland. He learned carpentry but at his father's death, took over management of the family farm for the next three years. He then bought a ninety-acre farm in Hauver's District in 1902, on which he built a three-story home containing ten rooms, a bank barn, and other farm buildings. He was married May 19, 1896 at Thurmont, Maryland, to Susan Dorothy Harbaugh, born February 27, 1874, daughter of Hamilton Harbaugh and Cornelia Ann Elizabeth Pryor, among the earliest and most prominent families in Harbaugh Valley."
Source "Our Maryland Heritage, Book Eight, The Brandenburg Families" by William N. Hurley, Jr.
Courtesy of Gary L. Evans 46882919

Children:
(1.) Ruth M. Brandenburg, died in infancy.
(2.) Roscoe Hamilton Brandenburg, married Evelyn Hayes.
(3.) Eva Catherine Brandenburg; married Leroy C. Dwyer.
(4.) Mildred Evangeline Brandenburg, never married.
(5.) Samuel Rue Brandenburg, married Helen J. Wolfe.
(6.) Kenneth Chester Brandenburg, never married.


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