Charles [Philly & 1856, 1860 - Madison, Iowa] Brewster

Charles Brewster gravestone Iowa

Charles was born in 1813.

• Birth Notes

  BB has also sent me the 1860 census for Iowa, which shows a Charles Brewster, born Ireland, merchant aged 44.  This gives a DoB of 1816.  He is living with his siblings, Eliza Jane, Mary and James.
  
  BB has now sent me a death notice drom a newspaper dated 13th November 1893, which states: "Charles brewster, a resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, since 1844 is dead.  He was a banker and 82 years old."  This would give a DoB of 1811.
  
  I prefer this as his DoB as he was much younger then: immigration record supplied by BB of a John Brewster arriving in Philly, aged 70, in 1826, along with a Charles Brewster, aged 13 = DoB of 1813.
  
  
  

Charles' father was John [Glenleary] Brewster and his mother was <Unknown>.  His paternal grandparents were John Brewster and <Unknown>. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Mary, James ?Campbell?, Anne and Jane.  He was the second oldest of the five children.  He died at the age of 80 in 1893.

• Death Notes

  BB has now sent me a death notice drom a newspaper dated 13th November 1893, which states: "Charles brewster, a resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, since 1844 is dead.  He was a banker and 82 years old."
  
  His gravestone reads: Cha's Brewster. Born. (Blank). Died. Nov 12 1893. Margaret Badollet. Wife of. Charles Brewster. Born Sept 9, 1824. Died Ovt. 24, 1850. Eliza J De Forest. Wife of. Char Brewster. Born Dec. 25, 1823. Died Jan. 19, 1880.
  

• General Notes

  It is very odd but there is a gravestone in Camus Old graveyard, which was erected by a Charles Brewster of Philadelphia and it gives entirely different details from those supplied by Kay Franklin.  This is what it says:
  "In memory of Robert Bruster late of Camus, who died on 27th May 1818, aged 37 years.  His son Charles of Philadelphia erected this stone.  James Brewster Ballytaggart died 1897 aged 89, his wife Rachel 1884 aged 74.  James Brewster Drumart Ballymoney Died 1923 aged 74."
  I have emailed Kay with these details but she has not yet offered an explanation.  Are there really TWO Charleses who went to Philly?!!
  
  BG: It seems there are indeed two Charleses from Philly because the one who erected the stone in Camus had a father called Robert while Anne Brewster gave her father as John Brewster when she married Hugh Creelman.
  
  BB has now sent me an immigration records for a Charles.  He arrived in Philly, aged 13, in 1826.  This fits the DoB given by Kay Franklin.  He was along with a John, aged 70!  This does not fit as the father of this Charles.  May be a grandfather (BB now says Kay Franklin confirms he was a grandfather). 
  
  BB has also sent me the 1860 census for Iowa, which shows a Charles Brewster, born Ireland, merchant aged 44.  This gives a DoB of 1816.  He is living with his siblings, Eliza Jane, Mary and James. (BG: We now think Eliza Jane is his wife)
  
  BB says (030707), "BOTH William Creelman AND Hugh Creelman are living in the same area in Philly as Charles Gray. AND Hugh Creelman has living with him a Mary Brewster- age 30.  This is the 1850 Census now - I went back to it. So Mary must be Ann's sister and she is living with them but later moves in with Charles Brewster, her
  brother, in Iowa....at some point."
  
  BB says (030707), "Hugh Creelman's wife, Ann Brewster, apparently did die in 1854 as Kay says.  He then moved from Philadelphia to Lee, Madison, Iowa with 2 daughters and Mary Brewster, his sister in law.  He marries a widow, Jane Mitchell who apparently had a son John.  Mary Brewster moves in with brother Charles Brewster."
  
  1860 Census:
  Name:    Charles Brewster
  Age in 1860:    44
  Birth Year:    abt 1816
  Birthplace:    Ireland
  Home in 1860:    Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa
  Gender:    Male
  Post Office:    Fort Madison
  Value of real estate:    View image Household Members:    Name    Age
  Charles Brewster
  44
  Eliza Jane Brewster
  33
  Mary Brewster
  4
  Martha Brewster
  10/12
  Mary Brewster
  45
  Anna Bunn
  11
  James Brewster
  32
  William W Morrison
  23
  
  BB has now sent me a death notice drom a newspaper dated 13th November 1893, which states: "Charles Brewster, a resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, since 1844 is dead.  He was a banker and 82 years old."  This would give a DoB of 1811. 
  
  Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 about Charles Brewster
  Name:    Charles Brewster
  Birth Year:    abt 1816
  Birth Place:    Pennsylvania
  Gender:    Male
  Marital Status:    Married
  Census Date:    1856
  Residence State:    Iowa
  Residence County:    Lee
  Locality:    Madison
  Roll:    IA_58
  Line:    18
  Family Number:    491
  Neighbors:    View others on page  Household Members:    Name    Age
  Charles Brewster
  40
  Jane Brewster
  30
  Mary Brewster
  41
  Mary Brewster
  1
  Charles Brewster
  32
  James Brewster
  25
  John Dempsey
  17
  BG: Two Charles Brewsters?  Is David's Charles the other one??
  
  1870 United States Federal Census about Charles Brewster
  Name:    Charles Brewster
  Age in 1870:    53
  Birth Year:    abt 1817
  Birthplace:    Ireland
  Home in 1870:    Fort Madison Ward 2, Lee, Iowa
  Race:    White
  Gender:    Male
  Post Office:    Fort Madison
  Value of real estate:    View image Household Members:    Name    Age
  Charles Brewster
  53
  Jane Brewster
  43
  Martha Brewster
  9
  James Brewster
  8
  William Brewster
  4
  Mary Brewster
  54
  Catherine Knauff
  25
  Lawrence Buchanan
  18
  
  1880 United States Federal Census about Charles Bruster
  Name:    Charles Bruster
  Age:    67
  Birth Year:    abt 1813
  Birthplace:    Ireland
  Home in 1880:    Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa
  Race:    White
  Gender:    Male
  Relation to Head of House:    Self (Head)
  Marital Status:    Widower
  Father's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Mother's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Neighbors:    View others on page 
  Occupation:    Banker
  Cannot read/write:
  Blind:
  Deaf and dumb:
  Otherwise disabled:
  Idiotic or insane:    
  View image Household Members:    Name    Age
  Charles Bruster
  67
  James Bruster
  18
  William Bruster
  15
  Mary Bruster
  68
  Leana Fisher
  18
  
  From Kay Franklin:
  Family Group Sheet for Charles Brewster
  Husband: Charles Brewster
  Name:
  Gender:
  Charles Brewster [1]
  Male
  Birth: 02 Nov 1813 in Macosquin Pa.,Co. Londondery, Ireland
  Death: 02 Nov 1893 in Ft. Madison, Iowa
  Marriage: 21 Oct 1852
  Father:
  Unknown
  John Brewster
  Mother:
  Wife: Eliza Jane Deforest
  Name:
  Gender:
  Eliza Jane Deforest
  Female
  Selected Facts: [none]
  Father:
  Mother:
  Children:
  1 Name:
  M Gender:
  Charles V. Brewster
  Male
  Birth: 15 Feb 1853
  Spouses:
  2 Name:
  F Gender:
  Mary DeForest Brewster
  Female
  Birth: 14 Oct 1855
  Spouses:
  3 Name:
  F Gender:
  Ann Brewster
  Female
  Birth: 07 Feb 1857
  Spouses:
  4 Name:
  F Gender:
  Emma Jane Brewster
  Female
  Birth: 12 Apr 1858
  Spouses:
  5 Name:
  F Gender:
  Martha Jane Brewster
  Female
  Birth: 26 Jul 1859 in Ft. Madison, Iowa
  Spouses: Portise Kirkland
  6 Name:
  M Gender:
  James Charles Brewster
  Male
  Birth: 19 Nov 1860 in Ft. Madison, Iowa
  Spouses:
  7 Name:
  M Gender:
  William John Brewster
  Male
  Birth: 09 Jan 1865
  Spouses:
  Notes
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  Sources: 1 Kay Franklin.
  
  BB: Using the Philadelphia City Directories as a guideline (and they start back in 1791) the ONLY Brewster/Bruster who is even likely to be the uncle of Charles of Iowa is Charles Brewster who appears in 1820 PCD.  Before that there are NO Brewsters except for 3 who are shipmasters (James, Henry and Samuel), various widows, and in 1816/1817 a J. E. Brewster, merchant for only 2 years.  A Jonathan Brewster appears in 1817 -1819 and then there is Charles who is there for a very long time from 1820-1850.
  So, I would say that this Charles Brewster is the uncle of young Charles and the son of John Brewster who escorted young Charles to America.  He probably came shortly before 1820.  The fact that they are all recorded in some way or another at the 1st Reformed Presbyterian Church indicates they all came from that Macosquin area of Seceders.
  We just need to hope the Iowa newspaper story is correct about Charles coming with his grandfather to live with an uncle.  I see no reason why it wouldn't be especially since there is actually a Charles B living in Philadelphia when young Charles arrives.
  The only way I can see that Charles Brewster of the gravestone is the same as the Iowa Charles is if 3 of those siblings(Anne, James and Jane) are not in fact his siblings living in Iowa but his cousins.  The ages are quite a bit later that Charles and the names are more likely to be first children names than later children names.  However,  Jane, Charles and Anne named first or second daughters Martha!! That should indicate their mother was a Martha.
  
  BB: William Brewster, the son of Charles Brewster of Iowa applied for membership in The Sons of the American Revolution in 1897 claiming descent from Abraham Deforest.  I have attached the application.  The main thing here is that he gives his middle name as John!!!  I have been wondering why Charles did not name a son after his father....he may have had an earlier son named John who died but, at any rate, William does have the middle name of John which is more evidence of this man's father being a John.
  
  
  
  
  

Details of Charles' family with Eliza Jane Deforest

Details of Charles' family with Margaret Badollet