PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

OTTO BRUHN


Otto Bruhn

From Calumet county marriage records:
Otto Bruhn and Margaretha Schaar (v.3 p.6)
April 6, 1885 in Reformed Church, Town of New Holstein
Otto Bruhn
Son of Julius Bruhn and Karoline Wilkens
Born Town of New Holstein
Margaretha Schaar
Daughter of Boje Schaar and Sinlia Witt
Born Holstein, Germany


George Brumier

JOHN BRUNS


John Bruns - Oct. 1890

From Calumet county marriage records:
John Bruns and Bertha Auguste Hageman (v.3 p.9)
May 16, 1885 in civil ceremony in Town of New Holstein
John Bruns
Son of Conrad Bruns and Estse Emgelkes
Born Hanover, Germany
Bertha Auguste Hageman
Daughter of Christian Hageman and Lisette Kererenz [?]
Born Town of New Holstein
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John Bruns Dies Friday
Was Father of Local Business Man; Funeral Monday
John Bruns, father of Henry Bruns of this city, passed away Friday at his
home in Sheboygan, having reached the age of 78. He was a former New Holstein
resident.
The deceased was born Feb. 14, 1854, and at the age of 28 years came to New
Holstein, where he made his home. He was married May 16, 1885, to Miss Bertha
Hagemann, who survives him. Surviving children besides Henry of this city are
Adolph of New Holstein, Mrs. Kurt Weber of Chicago, Mrs. Frank Pasket of
Sheboygan, Mrs. Erwin Stiller of Plymouth and Miss Bertha at home. One child
preceded him in death. A brother, of Peoria, Ill., and a sister, Mrs. Fred
Sass of Plymouth, also survive him.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Sheboygan, and burial was in
the New Holstein cemetery.
(3-3-1932 is handwritten on obit, no newspaper cited)
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Bertha Bruns nee Hagemann (v.48 p.551)
Nov. 27, 1860-May 21, 1943
Wife of John Bruns
Dau. of Christian Hagemann (born Germany) mother unknown
Born Town of New Holstein
Died from "chronic myocardosis, 5 years-arteriosclerosis, 10 years-
   endarteritis obliterans, 1 year"
Buried at New Holstein Cemetery

WIBKE BRUNS


Wibke Bruns

(Note: This is a sister to Wibke)
From Calumet county marriage records:
Ludwig H. C. Frederick Sass and Luca Alberta Bruns (v.3 p.61)
Married May 15, 1888 in Reformed Church, Town of New Holstein
Ludwig H. C. Frederick Sass
Son of Carl Sass and Wilhelmine Rode
Farmer in Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan County
Born Neubucho, Mecklenburg, Schleswig, Germany
Luca Alberta Bruns
Daughter of Conrad Bruns and Eldge Jansen Engelkes
Born Ostfriesland
Witnesses Andreas Aggen and Wibke Bruns