Sixth Generation

253. Benjamin W. Brossman was born on 2 September 1844 in Heidelberg Township, Berks Co., PA.²⁴ He died on 23 April 1918 at the age of 73.²⁴ He was buried in Schwartzwald Cemetery, Jacksonwald, Berks Co., PA.²⁴

Notes for Benjamin Brossman:
The 1880 census list Benjamin's birth year as 1841 and living in Reading, PA and his occupation as a Clerk in Dry Goods.
End of notes.

Benjamin W. Brossman and Clara Masser(Moser) were married on 29 September 1868 in Trinity Luth. Ch., Reading, PA.²⁴ Clara Masser(Moser) was born on 14 February 1849.²⁴ She died on 1 June 1936 at the age of 87.²⁴ She was buried in Schwartzwald Cemetery, Jacksonwald, Berks Co., PA.²⁴

Benjamin W. Brossman-537 and Clara Masser(Moser)-538 had the following children:

+540	i.	Mary Margaret Brossman-539.
541	ii.	Elizabeth Edith Brossman was born on 2 November 1872. She died on 13 September 1962 at the age of 89.24 She was buried in Schwartzwald Cemetery, Jacksonwald, Berks Co., PA.24 Never married.
542	iii.	Harry Brewster (Bruce) Brossman was born on 10 July 1876.24 He was baptized on 2 January 1877 in Trinity Luth. Ch., Reading, PA.2 He died on 30 January 1962 at the age of 85.24 Harry was buried in Charles Evans Cemetary, Reading, PA.24 He served in the military in WWI. Never married. According to the 1930 Harrisburg, PA city directory, Harry B. Brossman was an agent for New York Life and lived in Camp Hill PA.
543	iv.	Edward Brossman was born about 1878.2 He was christened on 6 October 1878 in Trinity Luth. Ch., Reading, PA.2
+544	v.	Olive May Brossman-542.
+545	vi.	George Leroy Brossman-543.