Brewery (& Malt House, also Father Rubel's House)
50 feet long by 21 feet wide. Hewn logs. Constructed prior to 1752.
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Brewer
Christian Henry Beck
1757-1843. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as an assistant in the brewery and as a shoemaker. Married in 1790 and lived at Christiansbrunn with his family.
Martin Freyhube
1720-1813. Born in Olesnica, Poland. Worked as a waggoner, cobbler, a farmer, and in the distillery.
Joseph Levering
1755-1797. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a gun stocker and as distiller. Married the widow Elizabeth Smith in 1787 and lived with his wife in Christiansbrunn until they moved to Nazareth, where Levering worked as a tinker, a blacksmith, and (in the 1790s) a gun stocker.
Christian Matthiesen
1712-1796. Born in Jutland, Denmark. Worked as a beer brewer and a distiller.
Michael Ruch II
1727-1797. Born in Eckendorf, Alsace. Worked as a farmer and as a brewer. Listed as a married man on 1771-1781 tax lists, living with his two daughters (1781).
Christian Friedrick Steinman
1739-1808. Born in Epstein, Germany. Worked as a brewer and a farmer.
John Balthasar Vogenitz
1767-1837. Born in Salza, Germany. Worked as a brewer.
John Frederick Balthasar Vogenitz
1765-1837. Born in Salza, near Magdeburg, Germany. Arrived in Christiansbrunn on 19 October 1795 to work in the school. Also worked in the brewery.
Matthew Witke
1749-1803. Born in Nazareth. Worked in the brewery. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.