Maria Sophia STIEMKE

Abt 1802 - Abt 1849  (~ 47 years)

• Name	Maria Sophia STIEMKE
  Born	Abt 1802	Cammin, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia
  	This approximate birthdate is surmised based on her age of 37 when emigrating in 1839 from Cammin to America. Surname spelled as in Iwan book. Is Stiemcke in 1828 marriage record. Name may have evolved from Steinke, Steincke, Steyncken [Low German].
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	19 Sep 1839
  	She, her husband and 3 sons traveled with the Old Lutherans to New York City, then Buffalo, New York and then on to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Residence	Nov 1839	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
  	East Ward
  	The Bruss family reached Milwaukee either in 1839 with the large group of Old Lutherans, or came in 1842 as Wm. G. Bruce recorded. 1839 is more likely as WGB reported his father August arrived when 9 years old and he was born in 1830.
  _UID	B35BBF17E79C44D38EBE15D185DD2D97D68E
  Died	Abt 1849	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
  	Based on books by Wm. George Bruce who wrote that his grandparents died of cholera is the late 1840s. No Bruss in 1852-1875 death index, Register of Deeds, her death too early anyway. Cholera epidemic 1849-1853 in Milwaukee.
  Person ID	I1893	My Family History
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2011

  
  

  Family	Martin Friedrich BRUSS,   b. 1799, Cammin, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia ,   d. 1852–1854, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin  (Age 55 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1828	Cammin, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia
  	From Cammin, Pomerania marriage records, FHC microfilm. 16th of 18 marriages in 1828. Date interpreted by John Bartelt, confirmed by Gerda Conrad's Kirchenbuch, Hamburg, 1993. Surname spelled Stiemcke.
  Children	1. John BRUCE   2. Wilhelm Friedrich BRUSS,   b. 25 Sep 1829, Cammin, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia ,   d. Bef 1839, Cammin, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia  (Age < 9 years) + 3. Augustus Frederick BRUCE,   b. 27 Dec 1830, Cammin, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia ,   d. 7 Apr 1897, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  (Age 66 years) + 4. Martin F. BRUCE,   b. 27 Mar 1833, Luxembourg ,   d. 20 Feb 1894, Bagdad, Santa Rosa County, Florida  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart