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Diederich Brunken
15 Jan 1841 – 2 Apr 1919
| Birth | 15 Jan 1841 |
| Death | 2 Apr 1919 |
| Cemetery | Shell Creek Baptist Cemetery Platte Center , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Laurel Brunken on 02 Feb 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29467659 |
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For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Bio
Diederich was born to Gerd Dietrich Brunken and Gethe Margarete Haukenfrese in Westerstede, Germany. After his first wife Sophie died in 1901, Diederich had a second marriage in 1904 to Therese Maxant Wiese. Family notes say he immigrated to America in 1860 to Burlington, Iowa, but could buy land for less in Nebraska, so settled in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. =============== Columbus Journal, October 16, 1901. D. Brunken of Columbus, Nebraska, is in the city visiting relatives. He has made a visit to some of our large cities in the east and New York, where he has a brother, whom he had not seen for thirty-five years. Mr. Brunken is one of the oldest settlers of Platte county, Nebraska, and reports the crops very favorable in his county. He will leave for his home Friday.--Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye, Oct. 11. Mr. Brunken returned here Saturday and expressed himself as well pleased with his trip. ============ Platte County Nebraska Marriage Records: BRUNKEN, Diedrich & WEISS, Thresia [sic] 20 December 1904, married at residence Diedrich, age 62, r esiding Columbus, Nebraska; born Germany Parents: G. D. Brunken & M. Hauknenfress Thresia, age 29, residing in Columbus, Nebraska, born Austria Parents: B. Maxant & C. Binocs ...
Inscription
Christus ist mein leben und sterben is mein gewinn. Phillipians 1:21
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- John Brunken 1875–1950
- Mary Brunken Kluever 1877–1950
- Fred Brunken 1880–1965
- Henry Brunken 1883–1950
- August Bud Brunken 1886–1941
- Emma Brunken Mihulka 1889–1968
- Olga Brunken Nelson 1905–1989
- Walter R. Brunken 1907–1998
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