John Dietrich Brunken (1843-1925)

When Johann Diedrich “John” Brunken was born on December 5, 1844, in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, his father, Gerhard, was 28 and his mother, Willima, was 27. He married Johanna Wilhelmina Plath on May 10, 1873, in Passaic, New Jersey. They had 13 children in 23 years. He died on July 25, 1925, in Columbus, Nebraska, at the age of 80, and was buried there

John Brunken Pedigree

Johanna Wilhelmina (Plath) Brunken (1853-1949)

When Johanna Wilhelmina Plath was born on February 22, 1853, in Pommern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, her father, Ludwig, was 26, and her mother, Henriette, was 27. She married Johann Diedrich “John” Brunken on May 10, 1873, in Passaic, New Jersey. They had 13 children in 23 years. She died on April 4, 1949, in Columbus, Nebraska, at the age of 96, and was buried there.

Johanna Wilhelmina (Plath) Brunken Pedigree

Marriage Record

The Archives of the Reformed Church in America; New Brunswick, New Jersey; Fourth German Dutch Church, Records, 1858-1924 contains the following marriage record.

The Ancestry.com database transcription is:

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Discussion

The Dutch Reformed Church Record has the groom, John Brunken, born in Oldenburg, Hannover and the bride, Johanna Plath, born in Ratzburg, Pommern, Germany as being married on 10 May 1873.  This is consistent with the marriage date as well as names and locations of birth of our John Dietrich Brunken and Johanna Wilhelmina Plath.

 Johanna Wilhelmina Plath – Birth Record

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