Who's Who at Franklin Park Christian Assembly, NJ

Franklin Park Christian Assembly, Franklin Park, Franklin Twp., Somerset Co., NJ (KLC-EB) +1946-1970's+

Correspondents

• Warren Douglass "Doug" Smith +1946+ (1904-1983)
• Henry William Brauner, Jr. +1946+ (1903-1987)

Notable Families

Brauner family

1946 @ Milltown. Henry Jr. directed Emmanuel Home, a retirement home in the assembly in Franklin Park.

• Charles Brauner (b. 1836 Germany - d. 1891 Newark, Essex Co., NJ). Wife (1865 @ Concordia Lutheran Evangelical, [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]): Margaret Fischotter Brauner (b. 1836 Baden-Württemberg, Ger. - d. 1891).
  • Otto Theobald Brauner, Sr. (b. 1857). Wife (1880): Anne Lessig (b. 1857 Sachsen, Ger. - d. 1900)
    • Otto T. Brauner, Jr. (1883-1936). Wife: Mary Trautvetter (1888-1977).
      • Margaret Brauner (1911-1995)
      • Otto F. Brauner (b. 1912 Patchogue, Suffolk, NY - d. 2003). Wife (1932 @ Hicksville, NY): Gladys R. Weeks (b. 1913 NY - d. 1996 Lake Worth, Palm Beach, FL), daughter of Lewis Weeks (b. 1882 NY) & Ella Munkelwitz Weeks (b. 1887 Ger.).
  • Lena Brauner Hornlein (b. 1867 Washington D.C. - d. 1904 Newark, Essex, NJ). Husband (1883 @ Newark, NJ): William Hornlein (b. 1854 Newark, NJ - d. ), son of Gottlieb Hornlein (b. 1830 Saxony, Ger. - d. 1909 Newark, NJ) & Wilhelmina "Minnie" Hornlein (b. 1834 Saxony, Ger. - d. 1921 Newark, NJ). Gottlieb Hornlein was employed as a tailor in Newark.
    • Henry Hornlein (b. 1884 Newark, NJ - d. 1967 Mineola, Nassau, NY). In 1930, Henry was employed a buffer in a belt factory in Rochester, NY.
    • Agnes Hornlein Raitt (1894-1958 Newark, NJ)
    • Lenora Hornlein (b. 1896 Newark, NJ - d. 1989 San Antonio, Bexar, TX).
    • Charles Hornlein (b. 1899 Newark, NJ - d. 1971 Kearny, Hudson, NJ). In 1942, Charles was employed with Wright Aeronautical's third plant in Fairlawn, Bergen Co., NJ. He served the Army during WWI (1918-1919), with Co. "B", 12th Engineers in France.
  • Emma Brauner Guise-Strentz (b. 1868 D.C. - d. 1907).
  • Charles Brauner (b. 1869 Newark, NJ - d. 1916 Irvington, Essex, NJ). Wife (1892 @ Newark, NJ): Clara C. Lenz (b. 1875 NJ - d. 1941 NJ).
    • Hazel W. Brauner Stotz (b. 1897 Newark, NJ - d. 1954 NJ). Husband (1944): Edward Jacob Stotz (1895-1967). In 1950, Edward was employed as a public service inspector. In 1930, as a mechanic in a jewelry industry factory in Newark.
    • George Henry Brauner (b. 1902 Newark, NJ - d. 1968 Irvington, NJ). Wife: Ida H. Humm Brauner (1910-1975).
      • George Brauner, Jr. (b. 1933 Newark, NJ - d. 2004 Old Bridge, Mid., NJ).
  • Sarah Brauner (1877-1882 Newark, NJ)
  • Henry Brauner (b. 1873 Newark, NJ - d. 1949 Milltown, NJ). Wife: Kathryn Heinrich Brauner (b. 1874 Ger. - d. 1935), daughter of Jacob Heinrich (b. 1847 Eppingen, Ger. - d. 1936 NJ) & Elisabeth Jakobine Gremmelmaier Brauner (b. 1842 Sulzfeld, Ger.).
    • Henry William Brauner +1946-1985? (b. 1903 Newark, NJ - d. 1987 Princeton, NJ). Wife (1935 @ Ber, Jammu & Kashmir, India): Gertrude Elizabeth Grobety Brauner +1946-1985? (b. 1911 Switzerland - d. 1996 Franklin, Somerset, NJ), daughter of Paul H. Grobety. After the Franklin Park assembly closed, Henry & Gertrude joined the Hightstown assembly. He was employed more than 30 years as senior designer at American Cyanamid, Bound Brook. He resided in Milltown, then moved to Franklin Park in 1951. He also served as administrator of the Emmanuel Home from 1951-1985, and Gertrude was co-manager, retiring in 1986.
      • Lt. Col. Henry Paul Brauner +1946-1954+ (b. 1936 New Brunswick, NJ - d. 1972 Laos). Wife (1960 @ Brownwood, TX): Gloria Madeline Rader Brauner (b. 1939 Laurium, MI - d. 1994 Pleasant Valley, CA), daughter of Carl Henry Rader (1913-1993) & Edna Caroline McCoy Rader (1917-2005). In 1964, Cpl. Brauner was assigned to the 67th Air Rescue Squadron, 1631st Air Base Group in Prestwick, Scotland where his infant son Robert died of anoxia in 1964. He was reported MIA on March 29, 1972 when his C-130 transport plane was shot down by missiles. As per his obit, a day earlier he risked his life while under enemy fire to rescue a pilot who had been shot down. His name is on a memorial at Rutgers University dedicated to graduates who were killed or MIA during the Vietnam War. Henry's wife Gloria was killed in a car accident, she lived 22 years in El Dorado Co., CA.
      • Ronald Grobety Brauner +1946-1956+ (b. 1938 New Brunswick, NJ - d. 2014 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN). Wife (1957 @ Springfield, VT): Fern E. Dutton.
      • Sylvia Brauner Jacobson +1946-1958+ (b. 1940 Milltown, NJ)
      • Evelyn Gertrude Brauner Roeser +1946-1960+ (b. 1942 New Brunswick, NJ - d. 1992 Durham, NC).
    • Edna May Brauner (b. 1905 Newark, NJ - d. 2000 Chatham Twp., Morris, NJ).
    • Phoebe Margaret Brauner Holsten (b. 1905 Newark, NJ - d. 1985 Princeton, NJ). Husband: Charles Henry Holsten, Jr. (b. 1903 Dayton, Mid., NJ - d. 1974 Franklin, NJ), son of Charles Henry Holsten, Sr. (b. 1869 Stapel, Ger. - d. 1968 Jamesburg, Mid., NJ) & 2nd wife Minnie Marie Theresa Binde Holsten (b. 1882 Newark, NJ - d. 1968 South Brunswick, Mid., NJ).
    • Paul Lenard Brauner (b. 1917 Newark, NJ - d. 1987 Hilliard, Nassau, FL). Wife (1945 @ New Orleans, LA): Era Leonell Cravey Brauner (b. 1920 Turner Co., GA - d. 2005 Callahan, Nassau, FL).

Smith family

• Warren Douglass "Doug" Smith +1946+ (1904-1983), son of Ervin Hickey Smith (b. 1872 Jersey City, NJ - d. 1956 New Brunswick, NJ) & Ella Harned Smith (b. 1871 Woodbridge, NJ; m. 1896 New Brunswick, NJ; d. 1965). Ervin was employed as a wholesale food distributor, based out of Newark. He was an active member of St. James M.E. in 1956. Doug graduated New Brunswick High School in 1921, Rutgers in 1925, and the NJ Law School in 1928. From 1925-1929, he taught history, civics and vocational guidance at high schools in New Brunswick & Perth Amboy. He was admitted to the NJ Bar in 1929. As early as 1931, he was a member of the Vandewater & Manser law firm of Princeton. Their wedding was officiated by Martin R. Guise, pastor of the M.E. church. See their wedding announcement. Doug had a sister, Mrs. Walter Mounce of Middlebush, NJ. In 1946, Doug resided on Terhune Rd. Doug left the assembly at some juncture, and was last in fellowship with the Westerly Road Church in Princeton, and also served with the Gideons.
• Mabel Caroline Nilson Smith +1946+ (b. 1909 Norway; m. 1931 Asbury M.E., New Brunswick, NJ), daughter of Kristian Lawrits Nilson, Sr. (b. 1876 Norway; emig. 1894) & Hanna Theodine Jonassen Nilson (b. 1876 Brekkesto, Norway). Mabel graduated 1928 from Long Branch High School, and Monmouth Memorial Hospital's RN program in 1930. In 1931, she was a nursing instructor there. In 1910, her family resided in Brooklyn, NYC, NY. In 1920, in Long Branch, NJ. In 1964, Mabel's mother's church was Asbury M.E.
  • Dr. Douglas W. Smith, Jr. (b. 1933)
  • Christian E. Smith (b. 1935)
  • Randolph E. Smith (b. 1939)
  • Joel D. Smith (b. 1941 - d. 1985)
  • Philip B. Smith (b. 1942)
  • Peter A. Smith (b. 1944)

Sources

• 1946 KLC address book
• Ancestry.com