RE: VON BRUNS Research

hannover-l
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Hello!

This is a forwarded message from "Cheryl Schwitzgebel"
<cheryl@schwitzgebel.org> that got stuck in the mail queue and was
sent to me today.

Kind regards, Juergen

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Hello Cheryl,

   Have you seen the death notice for Charles Bruns in the St Louis Library
Index? Maybe it would lead to an obit which would tell you the place of
birth--if you should be so lucky:
  http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/obit06a.htm

Barbara

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Barbara,

Thanks for the heads up, but I've already gotten a copy of the obituary.
There's not much information either. It says who his wife was and that the
funeral took place at 4246 Natural Bridge Road on Tuesday, March 13 at 2 pm.
It also gave his actual death of March 11, 1906 at 6 am. That's it. No
place of burial or where they came from. I determined that from census
data.

Getting copies of obits from the St Louis Post is easy...if they have
transcribed the list of names for that year. So many of the years are
missing that I need, since that's where half my family settled.

Thanks for the idea, though.

Cheryl

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Hi Cheryl,
     
     I went to the Denver Public Library today and looked for Charles
Bruns' marriage in the St. Louis Marriage index. This is what I found:

     Charles BRUNS married Elizabeth BöCKE on 1/20/56. Vol. 7 - 514

     Now this may not be your Charles since he was married to Dora
something? Maybe Charles was married twice? Or maybe Dora's real name was
Elizabeth?
    I also found
        Heinrich C. BRUNS married to Christiana EBERLING Vol. 8 - 215

     There were no Von Bruns listed.
      
      Another suggestion would be to order the marriage record from the
diocese of St. Louis. They will charge you something, I'm sure, but it is
worth it. We ordered records straight from the diocese in Cincinnati that
way. It is hard to know what church to contact in large cities and
sometimes those early churches don't even exist anymore. This is the address
for the Archives in St. Louis. Maybe you have done this already as well.
Also, birth records for their children--you never know what may be included
in any record!

     I still am convinced that your Bruns came from the Emsland area. I
have found several in the Wesuwe churches records, but not that specific
name. There are many still living in Haren as well. Well, I suppose there
are Bruns living in many towns! I grew up in a totally German town in
Nebraska (all Catholic)--and there was a Bruns there as well.

Barbara