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John Bremond

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: June 12, 1918 (77)
Home, Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States
Place of Burial: Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Henry Bremond and Elizabeth Bremond
Husband of Harriet Rittenhouse Bremond and Lulu Julia Ann Bremond
Brother of Eugene Bremond; Clarissa Mary Bremond; Maria Louise Haynie; Josephine Crosby; Katherine Bremond and 8 others

Occupation: Pioneer merchant and banker, worked as clerk in Bremond & Co Wholesale Grocers in Houston, TX
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About John Bremond

From the Lazy J Family Register for the Bremond Family:

http://lazyjltd.com/genealogy/documents/bremond%20register.pdf

John Bremond, Jr.,

  • b. 1 May 1841 in Philadelphia, PA,[692],[693],[694]
  • resided 1845 in came to Texas with his father,[695]
  • occupation 1847 with his father, established the first wholesale grocery and dry goods house in this part of Texas, occupation Owner of John Bremond & Co., wholesalers of dry goods and coffee,[696],[697]
  • d. 12 Jun 1918 in Houston, Harris County, TX,[698],[699] buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, funeral 13 Jun 1918 private, from Bremond Residence,
  • occupation 1861 worked as clerk in Bremond & Co Wholesale Grocers in Houston, TX.[700]
  • He married (1) Harriet Rittenhouse "Hallie" Robertson, married 19 Dec 1861 in Austin, Travis County, Texas,[701],[702]
    • b. 7 Jun 1843 in Gordonsville, Orange County, VA,
    • d. 14 Nov 1887 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas #555, cause of death carcinoma.
  • He married (2) Lulu Julia Ann Swart, married 9 Apr 1890 in Manhattan, New York, NY,[703],[704],[705]
    • b. 12 Apr 1860 in Saugerties, NY,[706],[707] (daughter of Alexander Cockburn Swart and Julia Ann Wickes),
    • d. 20 Jan 1941 in Hotel Gramatan, Bronxville, NY,[708] buried in Ferncliff Mausoleum, NY,[709] funeral 22 Jan 1941 in McGrath & Son Funeral Home, 20 Cedar St., Bornxville, NY,[710]
    • resided Jun 1920 in 400 W. 7th Street Austin TX,[711]
    • height 5 feet 7.5 inches,[712] eye color dark brown,[713] hair color dark brown,[714] description small mouth, round chin, medium forehead, medium nose, oval face, dark complexion with wart on right side of chin.[715]

Children:

  • 59. i. Randolph Robertson Bremond
    • b. 22 May 1865.
  • 60. ii. Anna Estelle Bremond
    • b. 20 Aug 1863.
  • iii. John Bremond, III,
    • b. 17 Jan 1868 in Austin, Travis County, Texas,[716],[717]
    • baptized 28 Mar 1869 in St. David's Episcopal Church, Austin, Travis County, Texas,[718]
    • d. 2 May 1928 in Austin, Travis County, Texas,[719] buried 4 May 1928 in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tx.[720]
  • 61. iv. Hallie Robertson Bremond
    • b. 29 Sep 1885.
  • 62. v. Howard Swart Bremond
    • b. 10 Mar 1892.

Footnotes:

  • 692 US Federal 1900 Census Austin, Travis County Texas (www.ancestry.com), 1900 Census Travis County.
  • 693 (Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas).
  • 694 Obituary.
  • 695 Obituary.
  • 696 Family Records.
  • 697 Austin City Directory 1887-1892 (www.ancestry.com), Austin Directory.
  • 698 McGill, John, The Beverley Family of Virginia (Bryan Co., Columbia SC 1956), Beverley Family.
  • 699 Paul W. Smith, Oakwood Cemetery Database (USGenWeb Archives).
  • 700 Houston City Directory 1861.
  • 701 Austin Genealogical Society Quarterly (May 1961).
  • 702 McGill, John, The Beverley Family of Virginia (Bryan Co., Columbia SC 1956), Beverley Family, page 610.
  • 703 US Federal 1900 Census Austin, Travis County Texas (www.ancestry.com), 1900 Census Travis County.
  • 704 Vikus, Frederick, ed., Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co.), 274.
  • 705 IGI Public Record (www.familysearch.org), Spouse is: Julia Anna Swart Trippe. M004677.
  • 706 US Federal 1900 Census Austin, Travis County Texas (www.ancestry.com), 1900 Census Travis County, Pct. 86.
  • 707 Vikus, Frederick, ed., Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co.), Vol 2, p 274.
  • 708 (New York Times 22 Jan 1941).
  • 709 (New York Times 22 Jan 1941).
  • 710 (New York Times 22 Jan 1941).
  • 711 US Passport Application 1795-1925.
  • 712 US Passport Application 1795-1925.
  • 713 US Passport Application 1795-1925.
  • 714 US Passport Application 1795-1925.
  • 715 US Passport Application 1795-1925.
  • 716 McGill, John, The Beverley Family of Virginia (Bryan Co., Columbia SC 1956), Beverley Family.
  • 717 (Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas).
  • 718 Austin Genealogical Society Quarterly.
  • 719 (Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas).
  • 720 (Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas).
  • Residence: came to Texas with his father - 1845
  • Residence: Austin, Travis County, Texas - 1860
  • Military service: Texas Conscripts Infantry Confederacy - CIVIL WAR
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John Bremond's Timeline

1841
May 1, 1841
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1918
June 12, 1918
Age 77
Home, Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States
June 12, 1918
Age 77
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States