Balthazar Creamer Brehm
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1866 - Nova Scotia, Canada 2447 Christening: Death: 27 Nov 1921 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ( at age 55) 2447 Burial: After 27 Nov 1921 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2447 Cause of Death:Events
Alt. Birth: Cir 1866, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Immigration: From Nova Scotia, 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 53 Military Rd., 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Membership: First initiation as Freemason in Avalon Lodge, 16 Jun 1891, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Name:
Baltazar C Brehim
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:28
Birth Year:abt 1863
Initiation Date:16 Jun 1891
First Payment Year on Register:1891
Year Range:1887-1909
Profession:Grocer
Lodge:Avalon Lodge
Lodge Location:St Johns Newfoundland
Lodge Number:776
Folio Number:270
Passing: July 9 1891
Raising: Aug 12 1891. Occupation: Grocer, 16 Jun 1891, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 63 Cochrane St., 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Arrival: 28 May 1902, South Africa.
Occupation: Farmer, 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Military: 61st Winnipeg Battalion, Between 1915 and 1919, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Fought in WWI enlisting at age 50 but declaring his age as 42.
Membership: Initiated into Freemason Avalon Lodge, 13 Jan 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Name:
Baltazar Alan Ges Creamer Brehn
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:55
Birth Year:abt 1866
Initiation Date:13 Jan 1921
First Payment Year on Register:1921
Year Range:1910-1921
Profession:A/C Tent.
Lodge:Avalon Lodge
Lodge Location:St Johns Newfoundland
Lodge Number:776
Folio Number:77
Note misspelling of his name in this transcript on Ancestry
. Occupation: Accountant, 13 Jan 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Name:
Baltazar Alan Ges Creamer Brehn
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:55
Birth Year:abt 1866
Initiation Date:13 Jan 1921
First Payment Year on Register:1921
Year Range:1910-1921
Profession:A/C Tent.
Lodge:Avalon Lodge
Lodge Location:St Johns Newfoundland
Lodge Number:776
Folio Number:77. Alt. Death: 28 Nov 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Parents
Father: Robert Almon Brehm 576 Mother: Emma Theresa 576
Notes
General:
170611: From Newfoundland Quarterly article in 2008 by Suzanne Sexty: "during a meeting called by Lady Margaret Davidson, wife of the governor, and attended by 700 women. Its objective was to help the men of Newfoundland in the defence of the British Empire by providing the necessities needed by soldiers at the front. Although the membership the WPA extended beyond the ranks of the elite, the organizing committee was a who's who of St. John's society and included many women who were undoubtedly close friends of Mary Chisholm. The services provided by the WPA were many and varied. Although best known for the thousands of woolen socks that they knitted, the women of the WPA also sewed clothing to be used by the hospitalized soldiers, collected sphagnum moss to be used for medical purposes, and rolled bandages. They ran dances, curling matches, and other forms of entertainment, which brought in much needed cash used to purchase supplies and for other activities including assistance for Belgian refugees and outfitting Waterford Hall, the convalescent home for soldiers and sailors. According to the records of the WPA, Mary Chisholm served on the purchasing committee for Waterford Hall. But it was her work as the convener of the Cutting Committee that occupied most of her efforts in the WPA. In the beginning, the cutting of material for nightshirts, bed jackets, pajamas, and dressing gowns had been done by employees of the Royal Stores and of the Newfoundland Clothing Factory. On October 6, 1914, this work was taken over by the Cutting Committee under the leadership of Mary Chisholm. Within the first week the members of the committee had cut out 221 garments that were sent to individuals for sewing. Over the course of the war this committee, whose work was described as "most heavy and tiring," would keep as many as 40 or 50 sewers busy. As well, the ever-frugal women sold the scraps left after cutting in order to make money to buy additional material. One incident, though, suggests that no matter how much a part of St. John's society one might appear to be, if that person was "from away", they were considered different. Until 1916, Mrs. John [Henrietta] Harvey was the convener of the Committee of Committees. That year she stepped down from that position to head the Red Cross Committee. Mary Chisholm's name was put forth as a suitable replacement for the position of the chief overseer of all the committees. Lady Davidson, WPA President, in a letter to Lady Horwood, WPA Vice President, concurred that Mrs. Brehm was the best choice, but acknowledged there was "concern that members of the committee might resent Mrs. Brehm ("a Canadian" [emphasis original]) being brought in from another committee and put over their heads."
Whether considered a Canadian or a Newfoundlander, in 1918 Mary Chisholm was appointed an officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O. B. E.) by George V for her work with the WPA. The O. B. E. had been established in 1917 as a way to honour people in the British Isles and other parts of the Empire who were helping in the war effort. It was the first order of chivalry to include women. Brehm's eldest son, Balthazar, was a man of action. In his early years he worked in the butterine factory with his father; then, on July 2, 1902, he, and his friend George Tessier, set sail for South Africa on the SS Corean. The Boer War had ended the previous month and the country held the promise of adventure and economic success for enterprising young men. When they applied for permits to land in South Africa, both Balthazar and Tessier listed their occupation as "accountant" and indicated a desire "to establish [themselves] in business." They found work with the railway. Tessier, and probably Balthazar as well, left South Africa in 1910. Tessier returned to Newfoundland, but Balthazar moved to western Canada where he again worked for the railway. Balthazar was fondly remembered in the Daily News obituary of November 28, 1921 as a "man's man" who was loyal to friend and country. And, while it acknowledged his enlistment in the 61st Winnipeg Battalion and his service during World War I, the obituary failed to give him full credit for his extreme commitment. In 1915, when he enlisted, Balthazar was almost 50 years old. However, on his attestation paper he declared his birth year as 1874 - eight years after the actual year, 1866. One can only wonder how much the stress of war contributed to his death just three years after the Armistice."
Eliza Brehm
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Brehm Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Scott 2446 Marriage: Children: 1. LivingFrank Tremaine Brehm
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1868 - Nova Scotia, Canada 23 Christening: Death: 8 May 1944 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 76) 23 Burial: After 8 May 1944 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23 Cause of Death:Events
Occupation: accountant in father's business making margarine, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Alt. Birth: Cir 1868, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Immigration: From Nova Scotia, 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 53 Military Rd., 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 63 Cochrane St., 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Occupation: Farmer, 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Lodge, Freemasons, 5 Feb 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Frank Brehm
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Frank Brehm
Gender:Male
Initiation Date:1904
First Payment Year on Register:1910
Year Range:1910-1921
Lodge:St. John's Lodge
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Lodge Number:579
Folio Number:204
AND
Frank S. Brehm
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Frank S. Brehm
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:35
Birth Year:abt 1869
Initiation Date:5 Feb 1904
First Payment Year on Register:1904
Year Range:1887-1909
Profession:Manufacturer
Lodge:St. John's Lodge
Lodge Location:St John's New Foundland
Lodge Number:579
Folio Number:226. Occupation: Manufacturer, 5 Feb 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Alt. Death: Cir 1944, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents
Father: Robert Almon Brehm 576 Mother: Emma Theresa 576
Notes
General:
1706511: from article by Suzanne Sexty in Newfoundland Quarterly in 2008: "Brehm's second son, Frank, worked with his father as an accountant and later as assistant manager. He seems to have enjoyed an active outdoor and sporting life with involvement in the Game Protection Society as well as the Game Fish Protection Society. He was a member of the Terra Nova Club curling team that represented Newfoundland at various matches in Halifax and Montreal in 1907. There was only a brief notice in the Evening Telegram when Frank died at the age of 76 for, by then, he was the last of the Brehm men still in the province as both his brothers had predeceased him. It is interesting to note that Frank's funeral notice included the information that the funeral would take place by motor hearse. It was normal practice to indicate the starting and end point of a funeral procession, but not necessarily the means of transport. The inclusion of this information would have pleased a man who was one of the first people in Newfoundland, as early as 1908, to have a motorbike."
Mary Emma Brehm
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cir 1925 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 576 Christening: Cir 1925 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 576 Death: Cir 1971 - ( about age 46) 2448 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Dr. Robert Almon Brehm 576,578 Mother: Alice Beatrice Carey RN 493,578,1251,2449Robert Almon Brehm
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cir 1926 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 578 Christening: Death: 1971 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 45) 2450 Burial: Cause of Death:Events
Alt. Birth: 1927, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Living: 1971, Timagami, Ontario, Canada.
Parents
Father: Dr. Robert Almon Brehm 576,578 Mother: Alice Beatrice Carey RN 493,578,1251,2449Dr. Robert Almon Brehm
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cir 1870 - Nova Scotia, Canada 576 Christening: Death: 7 Feb 1944 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 74) 2451 Burial: After 7 Feb 1944 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2447 Cause of Death:Events
Education: Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, Greater London, England. He received diplomas from the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and did post graduate work at St. Thomas' Hospital, London before returning to St. John's.
Graduation: MD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Membership: A. F. & A. M. (Ancient Free and Accepted Masons),, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Occupation: Medical Doctor and Medical Health Officer, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Immigration: From Nova Scotia, 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 53 Military Rd., 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 63 Cochrane St., 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Occupation: Farmer, 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Lodge, Freemasons, 5 Feb 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Robert A. Brehm
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Robert A. Brehm
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:33
Birth Year:abt 1871
Initiation Date:5 Feb 1904
First Payment Year on Register:1904
Year Range:1887-1909
Profession:Physician
Lodge:St. John's Lodge
Lodge Location:St John's New Foundland
Lodge Number:579
Folio Number:226. Occupation: Physician, 5 Feb 1904, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Military: Lieutenant in Royal Army Medical Corps, Between 1917 and 1919.
Departure: en route to St. John's after WWI on the Furness SS DIGBY, 2 May 1919, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Alt. Death: Cir 1942, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents
Father: Robert Almon Brehm 576 Mother: Emma Theresa 576
Spouses and Children
1. *Alice Beatrice Carey RN 493,578,1251,2449 Marriage: 26 Mar 1919 - Holborn, Camden, Middlesex, England 2452Marriage Events
Alt. Birth: 26 Mar 1919, Brighton, Sussex, England. From FindMyPast 030621:
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription
First name(s)Alice B
Last nameCarey
Marriage quarter1
Marriage year1919
Registration month-
MarriageFinderAlice B Carey married
Robert A Brehm
Spouse's last nameBrehm
DistrictSt. Giles
District number-
CountyLondon
CountryEngland
Volume1B
Volume as transcribed1B
Page number835
Record setEngland & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England
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Note that the location is given as St. Giles, which is in the heart of London, but I suspect that is where she was living at the time of her marriage, likely in a nurses' residence attached to a hospital there. Marriage Notes
Event Description: Christ ChurchChildren: 1. Mary Emma Brehm 2. Robert Almon Brehm
Notes
General:
170611 from article by Suzanne Sexty in Newfoundland Quarterly in 2008: "The best known of the Brehm brothers, Dr. Robert Almon Brehm, was the youngest and his father's namesake. As a young man Robert worked for McMurdo Pharmacy before going to Dalhousie University where he received his medical degree in 1898. He received diplomas from the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and did post graduate work at St. Thomas' Hospital, London before returning to St. John's. After a few years in private practice, Robert was appointed the Medical Health Officer for Newfoundland on January 10, 1903. Following an outbreak of smallpox in St. John's, in May 1903, the government of Sir Robert Bond appointed a Board of Health consisting of colonial and municipal politicians and medical doctors to deal with the crisis. In October 1903, this Board requested that the government increase the salary of the Medical Health Officer and broaden the responsibilities of the position in regard to the public health of St. John's. The Board felt that the town needed the services of a medical officer who could regularly examine the town's drainage and water systems and its food supply and who could quarantine houses where communicable diseases were known to exist. As well, the duties of this officer were to include that of pathologist, bacteriologist, and the registrar of deaths. Bond eventually accepted the recommendations of the Board and, in January 1905, asked the Municipal Council to appoint a medical health officer for the town and to pay his salary and define his duties. On January 10, 1905 Robert was appointed to this position while maintaining his overall responsibilities as Newfoundland's medical health officer. He would retain both positions, except for a brief period during World War I, until 1936 and remain as town health officer until his death in 1942.
In 1917, Robert joined the Royal Army Medical Corp (R. A. M. C.) and served as a lieutenant, probably in a hospital in England. On March 26, 1919, he married Alice Carey in Brighton, England. Alice was the daughter of another Newfoundland doctor, Robert Carey of Trepassey. After her graduation in 1909 from the General Hospital School of Nursing, Alice served at the Fever Hospital in St. John's. During World War I, she served as a staff nurse with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in Brighton. The couple had a daughter, Mary Emma, who died shortly after her birth in 1925 and a son, Robert Almon, who was born around 1927.
Upon returning to St. John's, Robert resumed the duties of colonial and municipal health officer. In order to accomplish the work of bacteriologist, he organized the first public health laboratory and diagnostic services for water analysis and bacteriological diagnosis and established a system for mailing specimens to the laboratory from all parts of Newfoundland. Robert was also credited as being an activist in the encouragement of public involvement in health reform. He raised public awareness of health issues by distributing pamphlets through doctors and clergy. His funeral was well attended and is further evidence of his involvement with the community. There was a guard of honour from the St. John's Lodge of the A. F. & A. M. (Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), of which he was a past master, and the Great War Veterans Association participated at the cemetery service."
Robert Almon Brehm
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1839 - Nova Scotia, Canada 23 Christening: Death: 21 Jul 1922 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 83) 23 Burial: After 21 Jul 1922 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23 Cause of Death:Events
Occupation: Businessman - started Newfoundland "Butter" Company, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Religion: Methodist.
Alt. Birth: Cir 1837, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Immigration: From Nova Scotia, 1878, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Court: Placing household furnishings in trust for wife, 28 Feb 1880, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Court: Placing manufacturing equipment in trust, 27 Jun 1881, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Court: Release of manufacturing chattels from Trust, 1 Jul 1882, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 53 Military Rd, 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: 63 Cochrane St., 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Residence: Corner of Empire Ave. and Circular Rd., 1922, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. "The family's house, at the junction of Empire Avenue and Circular Road, had been the home of Elizabeth Bond, widow of John Bond and mother of Sir Robert Bond and the Rev. George Bond" from Newfoundland Quarterly article in 2008 by Suzanne Sexty.
Alt. Death: Cir 1922, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents
Father: Brehm Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Emma Theresa 576 Marriage: Children: 1. Balthazar Creamer Brehm 2. Frank Tremaine Brehm 3. Dr. Robert Almon Brehm 2. Mary Chisholm Gove Obe 576 Marriage: 18 Sep 1902 - St. Andrew's, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada 576
Notes
General:
From NGB 300811:
Will of Robert Almon Brehm from Newfoundland will books volume 12 pages 275 to 278 probate year 1922 In re ROBERT ALMON BREHM. DECEASED. This is the last Will and Testament of me, Robert Almon Brehm of St. John's, in the Island of Newfoundland, Manufacturer. I revoke all former wills. I appoint The Royal Trust Company executor and trustee of this my will. I bequeath to my son Frank Tremaine Brehm the sum of one thousand dollars, my gold watch, my father's writing desk, his mother's ring which is set with diamonds and pearls, my double breech loading gun, my saddle and riding gear and all the contents of the stable with the exception of what is hereinafter bequeathed by me to my wife Mary Chisholm Brehm, to keep or to sell or dispose of as he may think fit. I bequeath to my son Robert Almon Brehm the sum of one thousand dollars and my signet ring. I bequeath to my son Frank Tremaine Brehm five hundred and one shares in The Brehm Manufacturing Company, Limited. I direct that my executor do pay the sum of one hundred dollars per month to my sister Eliza and my niece Maud Scott for their joint support during their lifetime and to the survivor of them during her lifetime. I leave all my household furniture and effects of every kind and description unto my wife Mary Chisholm Brehm for her use during her lifetime, and after her death the same shall be equally divided between my sons Frank Tremaine Brehm and Robert Almon Brehm. In case of any difference between my sons as to the division of my household furniture and effects, my executor and trustee shall have final power to divide the same among them. I bequeath to my wife Mary Chisholm Brehm my victoria, my best set of harness, my carriage furs, my sleigh and my horse. I direct that my executor and trustee shall hold the dwelling house on Circular Road in which I now reside and the land therewith and the other buildings on said land unto my wife Mary Chisholm Brehm during her lifetime as a residence for herself, and that after the death of my wife the same shall be sold and the proceeds of the sale divided between my sons Frank Tremaine Brehm and Robert Almon Brehm. But should either of my sons wish to purchase the said dwelling house and land and buildings I desire that my said sons shall come to an amicable arrangement between themselves concerning the price to be paid therefor, and that my said son so choosing the said dwelling house and land and buildings shall have the option of purchasing the same at the said agreed price. Should my wife decide at any time not to continue to live in the said dwelling house, her interest in the said dwelling house land and buildings shall thereupon cease and the same shall be sold and the proceeds of the sale divided upon the same terms as are herein provided in the case of a sale after the death of my wife. And in the event of my wife so deciding at any time not to continue to live in the said house, her interest in the household furniture and effects shall also cease and the same shall be divided between my sons in the same manner as is herein provided in the case of a division of the same after the death of my wife. But it is my will that in the event of my wife at any time deciding not to live in the said dwelling house she shall receive in lieu of the interest in the same and in the household furniture and effects which she then gives up, an allowance of five hundred dollars per annum which shall be charged upon a capital fund to be provided by my executor and trustee out of the proceeds of the sale of the said dwelling house land and buildings before the balance of the same is divided between my sons as hereinbefore provided. My executor and trustee is hereby directed to establish the said capital fund out of the said proceeds, and after the death of my wife the said capital fund shall be equally divided between my sons Frank Tremaine Brehm and Robert Almon Brehm. I declare that the right which is given to my wife to use the said dwelling house as a residence for herself does not extend to the right to rent the said house to other parties. I will and desire that during the lifetime of my wife or so long as she continues to reside in the dwelling house on circular Road all premiums of fire insurance and all costs of repair and upkeep to the said dwelling house and other buildings on the said land shall be paid out of the residue of my estate, and it shall be the duty of my executor and trustee to keep the said dwelling house and buildings in first class repair. I direct that my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and all death and succession duties falling upon my estate be paid out of the residue of my estate. All the legacies and bequests made herein shall be paid free from death and succession duties. Should either of my sons die before me or die before the legacies herein bequeathed shall become payable to him, leaving lawful issue, such issue shall in all cases be entitled to the bequests and legacies left herein to their parents. Should either of my sons die before me or die before the legacies herein bequeathed shall become payable to him, leaving no lawful issue but leaving a wife, such wife shall in all cases be entitled to the bequests and legacies left herein to her husband. Should either of my sons die before me or die before the legacies or bequests herein bequeathed shall become payable, leaving no lawful issue and no wife, then the shares or legacies herein bequeathed to such son shall go to his surviving brother. My executor and trustee shall have power to retain investments existing at the time of my death and to vary the same from time to time as in its absolute discretion it shall think fit, without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby. And I direct that in making retaining or changing investments its said discretion shall not be limited to the securities prescribed by law, but it may invest and reinvest in industrial enterprises, and that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the general powers of my executor and trustee to make change or vary investments. All the rest residue and remainder of my estate I leave to my executor and trustee to hold the same in trust and to pay thereout the annual income thereof to my wife during her lifetime, and to pay over the principal thereof after the death of my wife unto my sons Frank Tremaine Brehm and Robert Almon Brehm in equal shares, children of either of my sons who has died before the death of my said wife to take their deceased parent's share, and the widow of a son who has died before the death of my said wife without leaving lawful issue then to take her deceased husband's share. Dated at St. John's, Newfoundland, this 28th day of December, A. D. 1921 R. A. BREHM. Signed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in our presence, who is his presence and at this request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Herbert Knight. Jessie Hawkins. This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Robert Almon Brehm of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Manufacturer, dated the 26th day of December A. D. 1921. 1. I confirm all the provisions of my said last Will and Testament with the exception that I revoke the second paragraph thereof and substitute the following therefor: "I appoint my wife Mary Chisholm Brehm, my son Frank Tremaine Brehm and The Royal Trust Company executors and trustees of my will". Dated at St. John's, Newfoundland, this 13th day of July Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and twenty two. R. A. BREHM. Signed published and declared by the said Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in our presence who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Herbert Knight. E.W. Lyon. CORRECT. William F. Lloyd Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Listed in the Margin next to this will the following) Fiat Oct 6/22 Kent J. Probate granted to Mary Chisholm Brehm Frank T. Brehm. and The Royal Trust Co. Oct 25/22 Estate sworn at $254,736.47
010419:
It is interesting that, as wealthy as he was, and he was EXTREMELY wealthy for St. John's in those days, possibly one of the richest men in town, he felt it desirable on Feb. 28, 1880 to sign over all his household furniture in trust for his wife to safeguard it from potential creditors. This was common practice for smaller scale businessmen and merchants but seems a bit redundant in his case. Perhaps he suspected a major downturn in his fortunes that in the even never occurred. Then a few months later he uses the same technique to secure some of his manufacturing equipment against seizure, so obviously something sketchy was going on. Then in July of 1882 his Trustees release this latter obligation, so the threat must have ended by then.
His Will makes it clear that he survived this threat quite nicely, whatever it might have been.
CDC Vol 26 Fol 543-544 Robert A Brehm to Jas S Pitts Trs 28-02-1880
CDC Vol 28 Fol 269-270 Robert A Brehm to William Pitts et al 27-06-1881
CDC Vol 28 Fol 414 Robert A Brehm from Wm Pitts et al 01-07-1882 2453,2454
Isabelle M. Breingan
Sex: FAKA: Isabelle M. 286,2456
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cir 1905 - USA 2456 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
Census: 1950 USA Census household of Earl P. Finney, Okinawa Bldg, 1950, Norfolk, Norfolk (City), Virginia, United States of America. (Household Member)
Residence: 7118-58th Avenue N.E., View Ridge Area of North Seattle, Cir 1956-2000, Seattle, King, Washington, United States of America. (Occupant)
Spouses and Children
1. *Capt. Earl P. Finney Jr. 286,632 Marriage: 4 Sep 1942 - Manhattan, New York, New York, United States of America 2455 Children: 1. Living 2. Pam Finney 3. Living 4. Een Finney 5. LivingAlexander Bremner JP
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1794 - Nairn, Nairn, Scotland Christening: 29 Jan 1794 - Nairn, Nairn, Scotland 2458 Death: 21 Jul 1878 - Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 84) 481 Burial: After 21 Jul 1878 - Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2459 Cause of Death:Events
Occupation: Merchant and JP.
Alt. Birth: Cir 1793, Nairn, Nairn, Scotland.
Occupation: Agent for Robert Slade of Poole, Dorset, 1825, Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Court: Appointment of Justices of the Peace in the Northern District, 1843, Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Appointment: Member of Protestant School Board, 1852, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Bonavista Bay South.
Appointment: Outport Road Commissioners, 1858, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Appointee)
Appointment: Stipendiary Magistrate, 31 May 1864, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Will: Jun 1873, Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Will of Alexander Bremmer
from Newfoundland will books volume 3 pages 598-599 probate year 1878
(The second item 2 in this will is obviously a clerical error, and is referred to as item 3 later in the will. This name is spelled Bremner in the will and Bremmer in the will index. )
In re
Alexander Bremmer deceased.
Catalina Newfoundland. I Alexander Bremner of and for long past resident in Catalina being now in the 80th year of my age think it fit right & proper with my own hand to make this instrument of writing with intent & purpose that it serve as and be my last will & testament. To that end
(1) I declare null and void all or any other wills or testaments I may have made previous to this.
(2) I give and bequeath to my oldest son William my house & land in London Toronto or Canada West at this time occupied by him and his family and I declare this as intended my sole and only bequest to him.
(2) I give and bequeath to my three sons Alexander Warren, Robert and John four hundred pounds currency each (two hundred pounds my son John has on loan from me to form part & be half of this bequest to him) and to my two daughters Isobel (Mrs. G. H. Cole) and Annie the same, four hundred pounds each.
(4) I give and bequeath to my wife two hundred & fifty pounds, also all my furniture clothing & what may be called my Kit with for her life, use or interest of dwelling house & garden also for her life the annual interest of two thousand pounds invested or to be invested in Bank Government or other good security for this purpose; and on her decease this principal of two thousand pounds to be divided equally between my three sons and two daughters as under article 3d
(5) My houses and lands in Catalina these are known by name of "Slades" in N. E. Arm, "Balmoral" "Bremner's Marsh" &c. at & about Salt Water Pond I give & bequeath these to my three sons Alexander Wn, Robert and John to dispose of divide and appropriate among themselves as they may agree on.
(6) My funeral if here in catalina I desire to be plain and unexpensive I may be entered in the same plot of ground with my two deceased sons Dugald & Ronald my name & age at time of decease marked & cut on either or both of their monumental stones.
(7) For executors of this my last will & testament I name and appoint my two sons Alexander Warren and Robert together with their mother who I also name as residuary legatees if their be any residue. Done at or in Catalina this twentyeth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred & seventy three (1873)
Alexander Bremner. We were present and in the presence of each other did see Alexander Bremner sign this writing with his name and declare it to be his last will & testament, Thomas McCormick, Thomas Stone.
Codicil first. 8th July '77. With regard to securing life annuity to my wife after my decease this will be best attained in my opinion by continuing the £1500 Government Debentures as thus invested; the interest thence accruing forming my wife's life annuity about £75..0..0 and thus augmenting the annuity as also the bequests to legatees.
Alex. Bremner. The state of my estate and affairs at this time (June 1873) in making this will may be proximately correctly stated thus
To devised to sons & daughters Alexr W. Robert John and wife Isobel 4c 4c 4c 2 ½ c and Annie 40£ £2050. 0 .0 By Deposited in Union Bank £36c including
Woods mortgage £2c £3600.0.0
&Governmt Debenture
£5c 500.0.0
" £2000 to be securely invested so ) that my wife may receive the in- ) terest for life, on her death the ) principal to be divided equally ) between the above five legatees ) 2000. 0. 0 "House and land in
London Toronto, devised
to son William £21/2c 000.0.0
"Household stuff, kit &c. devised to wife 000.0.0
"Probable residue falling to residuary legatees 300.0.0 " Landwash lands House ) store &c. in Catalina, )
I know not present or )
future values of, but )
for present purposes )
suppose ) 250.0.0
£4350. 0. 0£4350.0.0
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar.
Parents
Father: William Bremner 2460 Mother: Isabel McDonald 2460
Spouses and Children
1. *Ann White Lander 481 Marriage: Children: 1. Annie Bremner 2. Ronald Bremner 3. William Bremner 4. Isobel Bremner 5. Alexander Warren Bremner Jr. 6. Robert S. Bremner 7. Dugald Bremner 8. John Bremner
Notes
General:
220616:
According to Nimshi Crewe's notes in MG281 at The Rooms, Alexander Bremner succeeded William Sweetland as JP in Bonavista when he passed away.
170318:
Excerpted from an entry on the NGB website by Thomas Cole, March 2012:
"In 1825 following a bad season in the fishery Alexander Bremner was in charge of the Catalina, Ragged Harbour (now Melrose) and Bird Island Cove (now Elliston) operations as the agent for the merchant Robert Slade of Poole, Dorset who was partnered with William Kelson in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Bremner emigrated from Scotland and was then about 35 years of age and was recently married in Trinity to Ann with the hyphenated name Lander-White."
Here is his will from the NGB website:
Will of Alexander Bremmer
from Newfoundland will books volume 3 pages 598-599 probate year 1878
(The second item 2 in this will is obviously a clerical error, and is referred to as item 3 later in the will. This name is spelled Bremner in the will and Bremmer in the will index. )
In re
Alexander Bremmer deceased.
Catalina Newfoundland. I Alexander Bremner of and for long past resident in Catalina being now in the 80th year of my age think it fit right & proper with my own hand to make this instrument of writing with intent & purpose that it serve as and be my last will & testament. To that end
(1) I declare null and void all or any other wills or testaments I may have made previous to this.
(2) I give and bequeath to my oldest son William my house & land in London Toronto or Canada West at this time occupied by him and his family and I declare this as intended my sole and only bequest to him.
(2) I give and bequeath to my three sons Alexander Warren, Robert and John four hundred pounds currency each (two hundred pounds my son John has on loan from me to form part & be half of this bequest to him) and to my two daughters Isobel (Mrs. G. H. Cole) and Annie the same, four hundred pounds each.
(4) I give and bequeath to my wife two hundred & fifty pounds, also all my furniture clothing & what may be called my Kit with for her life, use or interest of dwelling house & garden also for her life the annual interest of two thousand pounds invested or to be invested in Bank Government or other good security for this purpose; and on her decease this principal of two thousand pounds to be divided equally between my three sons and two daughters as under article 3d
(5) My houses and lands in Catalina these are known by name of "Slades" in N. E. Arm, "Balmoral" "Bremner's Marsh" &c. at & about Salt Water Pond I give & bequeath these to my three sons Alexander Wn, Robert and John to dispose of divide and appropriate among themselves as they may agree on.
(6) My funeral if here in catalina I desire to be plain and unexpensive I may be entered in the same plot of ground with my two deceased sons Dugald & Ronald my name & age at time of decease marked & cut on either or both of their monumental stones.
(7) For executors of this my last will & testament I name and appoint my two sons Alexander Warren and Robert together with their mother who I also name as residuary legatees if their be any residue. Done at or in Catalina this twentyeth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred & seventy three (1873)
Alexander Bremner. We were present and in the presence of each other did see Alexander Bremner sign this writing with his name and declare it to be his last will & testament, Thomas McCormick, Thomas Stone.
Codicil first. 8th July '77. With regard to securing life annuity to my wife after my decease this will be best attained in my opinion by continuing the £1500 Government Debentures as thus invested; the interest thence accruing forming my wife's life annuity about £75..0..0 and thus augmenting the annuity as also the bequests to legatees.
Alex. Bremner. The state of my estate and affairs at this time (June 1873) in making this will may be proximately correctly stated thus
To devised to sons & daughters Alexr W. Robert John and wife Isobel 4c 4c 4c 2 ½ c and Annie 40£ £2050. 0 .0 By Deposited in Union Bank £36c including
Woods mortgage £2c £3600.0.0
&Governmt Debenture
£5c 500.0.0
" £2000 to be securely invested so ) that my wife may receive the in- ) terest for life, on her death the ) principal to be divided equally ) between the above five legatees ) 2000. 0. 0 "House and land in
London Toronto, devised
to son William £21/2c 000.0.0
"Household stuff, kit &c. devised to wife 000.0.0
"Probable residue falling to residuary legatees 300.0.0 " Landwash lands House ) store &c. in Catalina, )
I know not present or )
future values of, but )
for present purposes )
suppose ) 250.0.0
£4350. 0. 0£4350.0.0
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar
010419:
There are three pages of Bremner land transactions, conveyances, mortgages and grants, contained in the collection of such in the Northern District Court Record books at the Registry of Deeds dating from 1843-1887, the large majority of which pertain to this Alexander and the remainder to his sons, primarily Alexander Warren and Robert and several grandchildren. They were deeply involved in land speculation, as well as other forms of business endeavours, such as the association with the fish business of Robert Slade of Poole. From this, most of them, especially Alexander, amassed a considerable fortune for those days, as evidenced by his will.
Because they are not blood relations, I am not bothering to copy these various documents.
Living
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. Living Children: 1. William Bremner
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