Person Sheet

Name John BRUNN Birth 19 Jun 1798, Bavaria1448 Death 8 Nov 1872, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio1449 Age: 74 Burial 12 Nov 1872, St. Johns Catholic Cemetery, Fryburg, Auglaize County, Ohio1440

Spouses

1 Catherine KLIPFEL  Birth 5 May 1805, Hausen near Schonungen, Bavaria1450 Christening 6 May 1805, Hausen near Schonungen, Bavaria1450 Age: <1 Death 13 Mar 1891, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio1451 Age: 85 Burial 16 Mar 1891, Rupert Cemetery, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio1452,1453 Father Joseph KLIPFEL (1778-~1845) Mother Margaret SCHLEMBACH (1780-1857)

Marriage 17 Nov 1835, Hausen near Schonungen, Bavaria1448

Children Barbara (1838-1912) August (Triplet / Died young) (1846-<1850) Elizabeth (Triplet / Died young) (1846-<1850) Francis (Triplet) (1846-1923) Andrew Anthony (1848-1936) John (1850-)

Notes for John BRUNN

Surname:1454 Dave Hemmert, in his The Story of Bavarian Immigrants, notes that the Brunn surname is from the German word "Brunnen," meaning well, spring, or fountain. 1798 Birth:1455,1448 Birth date of 19 June 1798 transcribed and translated from the Hausen Parish records. 1835 Marriage:1455,1448 Transcribed and translated from the Hausen Parish records: Johann Brunn, dayworker, living in Mechenried, district Haßfurt, born 19 June 1798, parents Georg Brunn and Margaretha Haßfurter, marriage on 17 November 1835 to Catharina Kluepfel, farmer's daughter from Hausen, district Schweinfurt, born May 5, 1805, parents Johann Kluepfel and Margaretha Schlembach, witnesses Johann Haertel, shoemaker master in Schonungen, Peter Haertlein, dayworker in Hausen. 1844 Immigration:1448,1455 "This couple moved on May 18, 1844 with children to America" noted on marriage entry in parish records; transcribed and translated from the Hausen Parish records. 1846 Baptismal Sponsor:1456 John Brunn and Catherine Knüpfel sponsored the infant John Werner (b. 28 May 1846; d. 10 Aug. 1846) in the congregation of St. Peter and Paul. 1846 Birth of Triplets:1427 Birth of triplets August, Elizabeth, and Francis. (Francis listed as Francis Brunner) Birth date: 14 Oct. 1846. Baptismal date: 19 Oct. 1846. Parents: John Brunn, Catherine Klüpfel (Elizabeth's mother listed as Catherine Knüpfel). Sponsors for August: August Klüpfel, Francesca Muller. Sponsors for Elizabeth: Elizabeth Muller, Frank Knüpfel. Sponsors for Francis: Francis Werner, Margaret Knupfel. 1848 Not Land Owner:1457 John Brunn not listed among land owners in Auglaize County in 1848 (Auglaize County was formed in 1848). 1848 Birth of Son Andrew:1427 Birth of Andrew Anthony Brunn. Birth date: 1 May 1848. Baptismal date: 2 May 1848. Parents: John Brun and Margaret Knüppel. Witnesses: Andrew Knüppel. << Perhaps this was August Klüpfel? 1850 Birth of Son John:1427 Birth of John Brunn. Birth date: 30 Aug 1850. Baptismal date: 8 Sept. 1850. Parents: John Brunn, Katherine Brunn. Sponsors: John Hemmert, Margaret Seller. 1850 U.S. Census:1435 Auglaize County, Ohio (Pusheta Township) Enumerated 12 September 1850 John Brun••50, male, farmer, real estate value $400, born in Germany Catherine••45, female, born in Germany Barbara••12, female, born in Germany, in school within the year << born 1838 Francis••4, male, born in Ohio Andrew••2, male, born in Ohio << listed as Anthony in 1860 census John••1 month, male, born in Ohio 1855 Baptismal Sponsor:1456 John Brunner, along with Catherine Klupfel, sponsored the infant John Joseph Nuss (b. 4 Oct. 1855) in the congregation of St. Peter and Paul. 1860 U.S. Census:1443 Auglaize County, Ohio (Pusheta Township) Enumerated 26 August 1860 John Brunn••61 male, farmer, real estate value: $1,000, personal estate value: $300; born Bavaria, Germany Catherine••55 female, born Bavaria, Germany Frank••14 male, born in Ohio, in school within the year Anthony••12 male, born in Ohio, in school within the year << listed as Andrew in 1850 census John••9 male, born in Ohio, in school within the year Francis Clippel••48 male, farm laborer, born in Bavaria, Germany 1861 Baptismal Sponsor:1458 John and Catherine Brunn sponsored the infant John Burger (b. 29 Mar 1861) in the Congregation of St. Peter and Paul. 1862 Land Owner:1459 Map of Pusheta Township in 1862 indicates J. Brun as owning 40 acres in sec. 28. Property adjoins that of J. Wehner and that of F. Wehner. 1867 Church Member:1460 John Brunn listed as member of the Petersburg Congregation in the year of Christ 1867. 1870 U.S. Census:1461 Auglaize County, Ohio (Pusheta Township) Enumerated 29 August 1870 John Brunn••72 male, white, farmer, value of real estate: $1,000; born in Bavaria, mother foreign born, father foreign born, eligible to vote Catherine••65 female, white, keeping house, born in Bavaria, mother foreign born, father foreign born Frank••22 male, white, farm laborer, born in Ohio, father foreign born, mother foreign born 1872 Death Record:1449 John Brunn, born in Europe, age 74 years, 5 months, 2 days, died 8 November 1872 in Pusheta Township of consumption. 1872 Will:1444 John Brunn, in his will written 24 June 1872 and recorded 11 November 1872, left to his "beloved wife" her dower in his real estate along with one cow, half of the chickens, and all the household furnishings and to his son Franz forty acres, and all his personal property except for one cow, half of the chickens and the household furnishings. Franz was further directed to pay $200 each to his siblings Barbara, Anton, and John. John appointed his wife, who was not named specifically, to be Executrix of his estate.