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Lewis Walton Brosius Genealogical Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.020
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Language:
English
Date:
1806-1933 (inclusive)
Creator:
Brosius, Lewis Walton, 1856-1930
Form:
genealogies (histories)
Abstract:
Lewis Walton Brosius (1856-1930) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher, businessman and genealogist from Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains the materials collected by Brosius for his book Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith.

Lewis Walton Brosius (1856-1930), was a Hicksite Quaker teacher, businessman and genealogist from Wilmington, Delaware. The Brosius family arrived in Pennsylvania at the end of the 18th century. Henry Brosius married a Quaker, Mary Roberts, in 1793, and Brosius himself joined the Society of Friends in 1812.

This collection contains the materials collected by Lewis Walton Brosius for his book, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants, along with other related family papers and pictures.

Mrs. Lewis Brosius, 1929-193?

Malcolm A. Brosius, 1936

George Brosius, 1963

Placed in RG 5 by FHL staff prior to 1960. Cased photographs removed in 1999 to PA 107. Deeds, genealogical charts, marriage certificates removed to appropriate folio storage.

Brosius, Lewis Walton. Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants. Wilmington, 1928 [BX7791.B8B8]

Brosius genealogical charts have been placed in OE Charts.

Cased photos transferred, stored in FHL Cased Pictures Collections.

Photograph album inscribed "S. Eva Bolton/Presented by the young ladies of her hall, in the winter of 1864 -- Carversville/E.N. Institute" and on inside front cover "This Album belongs to: Mary B. Long/Drumore RD 1/Lancaster Co., Pa." Contains cartes de visites of many of the correspondants in this collection.

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Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2005
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes, sorted into files by the name of an individual correspondant or related family name. Files include Brosius record sheets (1923) and questionnaires (1928) sent to descendants.

Anderson, Mattie Brosius, 1924-28 & n.d.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Arnold, I. Clinton, 1921-28.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Baker, Minnie A., 1921-30.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Bolton, Mary Ann, 1925-28.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Borton, Phebe Ann, 1922-23.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Albert Marsall, 1900-1921.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Augustus, 1922-28.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Benjamin family, 1922-30.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Carlton Murray, 1927-29.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Charles C. Emma L. Passmore, 1921-28.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Charles family, 1922-28.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Dr. William and Mrs., 1921-29.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Elizabeth, 1925.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Elwood K., 1919-29.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Enos H. Jos. L., 1929.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Frank L., 1921-28.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, George E., 1923-29.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Guy C., Florence V. Stella Brosius Jenkins, 1921-29.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Harper, 1923-30.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Harper Jr., 1917-25.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Harry, 1918-27.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Henry 1st family, 1921-28.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Henry 2nd family, 1927-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Howard E., 1923-28.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Isaac family, 1921-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, J. Howard, 1921 & n.d.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, J. Taylor, 1919-21.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Jesse, 1920-28.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, John Bailey C.O., 1928.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Joseph, 1889 & n.d.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Joseph H., 1921-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Lewis J., 1922.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Mahlon, 1923-28.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Mary Alice, 1921-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Mra. Muller, 1924.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Nathan family, 1922-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Owen P. Allen, 1921-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Rev. James A., 1922-28.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Rowenna, 1921-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Samuel M., 1919-27.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, T. Galin, 1922-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius family, 1921-29.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Butler, Kenney L., 1921.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Call, Carrie L, 1921-29.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Chambers, Mary B., 1921-28.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Coates family, 1883-1928.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Cook, Agnes, 1921-23.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Cope, Gilbert, 1921.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Heald, Dr. Pusey, 1919.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Hilton, Mrs. C.C., 1925-27.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Jordan, Mrs. John H., 1923.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Kent, Sarah (Brosius), 1924-29.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Kirk, Lucretia M., 1921-29.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Locke family, 1921-28.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

McCandlish, Mrs. R.J., 1919.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Miller, Karl E., 1924-29.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Neal, Mrs. J. St. Clair, 1906.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Newcomer, Edwin B., 1921-28.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Newcomer, Howard K., 1921-29.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Parry, Webster, 1921.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Reese, Dr. Charles Illemuel, 1921-28.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Roberts family, 1922-24.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Russell, Emily, 1929.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Teeters, Addie B., 1919-29.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Tower, Mrs. Hannah Proseus Dr. Frederick W., 1927-28.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Utz, George Family, 1922-23.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Vasbinder, Fannie E., 1924.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Walton, Dora E., 1927.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Walton, J. Bernard, 1921-27.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

White, Lillian Brosius, 1919-30.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

Children of Henry Mary Brosius and their Descendents, Ca.1928.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Marked "First Record which has been copied on to the index cards

Physical Description

1 folder

"Index; Preface; First Generation; Second Generation; Third Generation; Fourth Generation; Fifth Generation", Ca. 1929.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Henry Mary (Roberts) [1 vol.], Ca. 1922.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Fifth Generation; Sixth Generation; Seventh Generation; Ancestral Charts; Historical Sketches; Incidents and Anecdotes; Poems Writings; Other Brosius Families; Index - Henry Brosius Family; Index - Other Brosius Families., Ca. 1928.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Holton History from Louis A. Holton, 1929.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Bond mortgage of Daniel Kent Jun., 1825-66.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Exemplification [copy made in 1806], to John Dougherty, 1806.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Property deeded to Henry Brosius in 1805

Physical Description

1 folder

Graduating Address of Dr. John Canby Brosius diploma, 1840 or 1850.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Henry Brosius Estate records, 1816-1834.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Lydia Pennock's Cyphering Book, 1819.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Photograph Album (Brosius family), lt 19th century.
Box PA
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius-Bolton family manuscripts, 1845-1916.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Brosius, Henry, executors, to Kent, Daniel, Jr., 4mo 1 1830.
Folder OE Deeds
Physical Description

1 ms.

Creswell, Isaac and wife Martha, to Tompson, George and wife Rachel, 9mo 25 1816.
Folder OE Deeds
Physical Description

1 ms.

Peisel, Jacob and wife Catharine, to Brosius, Henry, 4mo 8 1805.
Folder OE Deeds
Physical Description

1 ms.

Barnard, Elihu and wife Mary, to Barnard, Norris, March 20, 1854.
Folder OE Deeds
Physical Description

1 ms.

Brosius, Augustus, to Barnard, Norris, March 19, 1864.
Folder OE Deeds
Physical Description

1 ms.

Kent, Joseph, and wife Maria, to Barnard, Norris, April 19, 1860.
Folder OE Deeds
Physical Description

1 ms.

Marriage Certificate: Kent, Daniel to Brosius, Sarah, Doe Run Meeting, 9mo 16 1829.
Folder OE Marriage Certificates
Physical Description

1 ms.

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