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Johann Herman Bruning Sr
6 Oct 1832 – 30 Sep 1905
| Birth | 6 Oct 1832 |
| Death | 30 Sep 1905 |
| Cemetery | Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Bruning , Thayer County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Marilyn Sanner Keim on 06 Feb 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47355655 |
Bio
He was born in Bohlenberge, Germany and came to America with his father, Johann, mother Geske, brothers Wilhelm and Diedrich, sister Margaretha and fiancee', Margarethe Carstens in 1861. They joined his brothers Friedrich & Gerhard, who had made the journey a few years earlier and settled in Eureka, Il. Herman and Margarethe were married on July 27, 1861. His father died on Dec. 13, 1862 and his mother died on February 24, 1865. After the deaths of their parents, Herman, Gerhard and a neighbor, Henry VonLindern, along with their families left Illinois and settled south of Milford, Ne. on land purchased from a railway company. In 1879, the three families resold their ground to the railroad and moved to a new community that became Bruning, Ne. in 1887. Herman & Margarethe's children who survived infancy were Gesine 1862), Margarete (1869), John H.(1872), George P. (1874), Wilhemina (1878), and Friedrich W. (1881)
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VATER [Translation: Father]
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Family
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Siblings
- Gerhard "George" Bruning 1834–1885
- Friedrich Bruning 1837–1909
- Margaretha Bruning Danekas 1839–1923
- Wilhelm Bruning 1841–1914
- Frank Dietrich Bruning 1850–1931
Children
- Amelia Mollie Bruning Schoessel 1861–1910 FaG
- Gesine Bruning Philippi 1862–1922 FaG
- Gerhard "George" Bruning 1864–1868 FaG
- Margarete Bruning 1867–1867 FaG
- Margarete "Maggie" Bruning Wilhelms 1869–1929 FaG
- John Herman Bruning 1872–1951 FaG
- George P. Bruning 1874–1940 FaG
- Engel Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bruning Hinkle 1878–1942 FaG
- Friedrich Wesley "Fred" Bruning 1881–1956 FaG
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