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20-Sep-2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BRUCE : BRUSS : STIEMKE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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QUERY: I am seeking a specific birthplace or origin information for my BRUSS family, and ancestors if at all possible. Here is what I know: Freidrich or Frederick BRUSS was born in the early 1800s in Prussia. In the early 1830s, he came to New York with his wife [name unknown] and his son Augustus F. Bruss. It is possible that a son William or Wilhelm also came with the family. Two more sons, Martin F. and John were born in New York in the 1833 to 1838 time period. In 1842, the family came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Augustus F. Bruss was born 27 December 1830, in Germany, according to his death certificate. In the 1860 and 1870 Census records, he is shown as born in Prussia. In the 1880 Census, he and his parents are recorded as born in Germany. The tradition in the BRUSS family was that all the sons became sailors in their teenage years and were apprenticed as ship carpenters and caulkers. They took up those occupations as adults. Family history says that Frederick BRUSS was a sailor on the Atlantic Ocean at some point. Thus it seems likely that my BRUSS family came from one of the port cities of northern Prussia that had shipyards. The family later adopted the English spelling Bruce for the surname. I would welcome information and advice on how to continue my research for this family. Thank you. Barbara <<<-->>>> DISCOVERY: Thanks to assistance from two genealogists, I have discovered that his full name was Martin Friedrich Bruss, son of Johann Bruss. His wife was Maria Sophie STIEMKE, daughter of Daniel Stiemke. The couple came with sons August, Martin and John from Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia to America in 1839. They were part of the "Old Lutherans" migration, and are recorded in several books listing the emigrants [by Wilhelm Iwan, 1943, and Clifford Neal Smith, 1979]. They traveled to New York City, then Buffalo, New York, and then Milwaukee. They may have been with the large group that arrived in Miwaukee in November 1839, or may have come in 1842 as grandson William George Bruce wrote in his memoirs, "I Was Born in American." Thank you to all who helped me. See here for more details: http://www.workingdogweb.com/Cammin-Pomerania-Prussia.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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