Volume VII (Wills 1786-1790), page 47 shows a Noah Brookfield as a witness of
James Colie's will in Springfield NJ, 1790.
Birthdate: City of Newark, Essex Co., NJ Volume M, Births 1860-1867 page 234. record indicates girl born to Andreas Muller, Mason.
NAME: funeral records of Verina Stadler Miller, in care of Haeberle & Barth Funeral Home, Union, NJ indicate that Mrs. Miller's daughter's name was Emma Staehle.
There is no proof that the girl born in 1862 was Emma. It is known from the
1900 US Census (Newark, Essex Co. NJ National Archives Microfilm Publication # T623, reel 967, enumeration district 138, page 32, sheet 1) that Emma's mother had a child who died before 1900. The girl born in 1862 may be either Emma or that child. Since Emma was out of the house by 1880, it may be that she was married and therefore over 18.
At the time of the 1920 census, 24 year old Laura Bruggeman lived with her parents and younger siblings in the family home at 100 Comrie Ave. in Braddock, Pennsylvania. She was employed as an ironer in a laundry.
In 1930, Laura (35) lived with her widowed father and two younger siblings on Comrie Ave. Laura was not employed outside the home.
13 or 14 children
RELATIONSHIP: this is a guess. Phildadelphia City Directories show Bernard D. Coleman living with Patrick, Martin and Patrick, Jr. Coleman in 1888. Later, Bernard apears on his own.
Source of Marriage information: Records of St. Elizabeth's Church... Christening record of daughter.
BIRTH-MARR: estimated from birth of daughter Margaret. Margaret's baptimal
records were found in the "registers of St. Elizabeth" Church, Philadelphia,
PA. These records were searched by archivists at the Archives of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as the records are closed to the public. The
letter to the submitter detailing this information contained no volume titles
or page numbers.
Came to America at age 2 months. Known as Tess.
Known as Pat.