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The origin of the family, Broili-Venino, dates back into the 17th century. The name "Broili" comes from the Venetian-Italian. The name "Venino" comes from the Milan-Italian, from Lierna near the Lake of Leco, part of the lake of Como.
The first Broili who left his home in Italy was Jacob di
Broili (right), who went to Wurzburg, Germany. (Check this link to see a photo of the original passport
that allowed him to travel from Italy to Germany). His parents' names were Antonio de Broili and Lucia.
The first Venino who left Italy was Carl Anton Venino, born in Liana Oct. 19, 1663. He also went to Wurzburg and entered into the business of merchandise, which still bears the name C. A. Venino's Heirs. His business flourished and he grew rich. He married and had several sons and daughters, all of whom were religiously inclined, becoming monks and nuns, with the exception of one, his youngest daughter, Barbara Therese. He died Nov. 26, 1763.
Barbara Therese met and married Jacob Broili in Wurzburg. Jacob entered into business in the Venino merchandise house. Therese was well educated for the time, speaking three languages and having received her education in France. She became mother of four children: Anna, Therese, Karl and Johann Baptist.
Johann Baptist was the great grandfather of Anton Philip Broili. He married Sabina Marie Walburg Ochninger. There was one son, Franz Joseph Broili, born April 10, 1803.
Franz Joseph married Margarethe Hoffmann Oct. 4, 1828. There were nine children to this union, Anton Philip, being the fourth child. Franz Joseph Broili died Sept. 5, 1869 of typhoid fever. He had a beautiful character, and was a sober and economical man. He had blue eyes and dark hair. His wife, Margarethe, was an interesting and clever woman. Many of her sons, especially Franz Ignatz, gave her much sorrow and pain.
Ferdinand, the second son of Franz Joseph and brother of Anton Philip, became a merchant and owner of the family house in Wurzburg. He had two sons who carried on the business after him. At present, the house of C.A. Venino's Heirs is renovated in good style.
Anton Philip Hoffman, grandfather of Ferdinand and
Anton Philip, was a very energetic and shrewd merchant. In the years of
the war at the beginning of the 19th Century under the upstart French
emperor Napoleon, Anton served in the war, going as far as Spain and
Turkey as colonel. When he left the war, he had but five francs in his
pocket but was so good a businessman that he left a big fortune when he
died. He had the besides the merchandise house a tobacco factory. He also bought a former convent and later a hospital. The roofs (heaven's gates) were covered with copper. This copper he converted into money, selling it at a good price, and so paid for the entire building. Unluckily, he died early. A bullet which he received in the war, he carried to his grave. He had also received a sword cut on his head from a Turk while in the war.
Anton Phillip Broili (pictured) was born Sept. 16, 1835 in Wurzburg. He was the son 
of Franz Joseph Broili and Margarethe Hoffman. His father was the owner of the business house C. Anton Venino's Heirs at Spigelplatz in Wurzburg. This business house was for two centuries in the family. It was both wholesale and retail, dealing especially in the fine wines, groceries, etc.
While young, Anton developed a desire for farming
but being delicate then, his parents did not wish him to enter upon this life. Being very determined, however, he was allowed to have his way in the end. But to try to dissuade him from his ambition, his mother apprenticed him to a small farm with no modern improvements. But Anton was not to be discouraged. He took up farming in a school in Ellingen. Later, he went to an agricultural school in another town. After this, he was on the farm of a rich nobleman at the court in Austria, Hungaria.
While still young, he bought himself a farm in Waging in Hungaria. The farm was immense, great fields without trees and very much exposed to the weather, which brought disaster later. Then came the war of l866 with its duties. For many months during the war, he housed and fed numbers of soldiers, and his earnings of years were eaten up in a few months. His horses were taken later for service by the militia. At last a malicious servant whom he had discharged burned his barn with the whole harvest in it.
Anton lost all courage and soul after this. Later, the farm was
broken up into small tracts and sold. Anton then returned to his parents and stayed there nine months, studying the English language. In August, 1867, he left for America. After he sailed, his mother who had been sick for some time, died a few weeks later.
Anton, though very diligent, had very poor luck at first in America. He crossed America as a peddler and came to Oregon. On shipboard he had met with a former schoolmate, Eichinger, by name, and a bad man who stole Anton's money from him.
Anton was tall, slender with dark hair and light eyes. He was very
strong carrying at one time an unruly servant who weighed between 150 and 170 pounds. He had a hard life full of work.
Details:
Moritz Keller, born September 15, 1814, in Germany. Orscencia Gruman, born November 2, 1818. Moritz Keller and C. Gruman were married June, 1840 and started for America in 1841. Crescencia Keller died March 25, 1895. Moritz Keller died April 7, 1899. Both are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.
Children of Moritz and Crescenia:
Amalia (pictured) married Anton Broili, children: Frank, Charles, Margaret, Emma, Lora, Julius.
Anton came to America in 1867. He died in 1890. He was waylaid on his way to his store and murdered. He is buried in New Pine Creek, Oregon. The name of the man who killed him was Washburn. He was sentenced to life in some California prison. We heard that after serving for many years he was finally paroled. Amalia died in
1941.