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Personal data Janna (Janna "Jennie") "Jennie" Flesner 

  • Alternative names: Janna Flesner Bruns, Janna "Jennie" (Janna "Jennie") Pulscher
  • Nickname is Jennie.
  • She was born on November 16, 1827 in Sieberterk, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • She died on March 29, 1917 in Titonka, Kossuth Co., IA, she was 89 years old.
  • She is buried after March 29, 1917 in German Twp. Cem. # 1, German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on December 20, 2012.

Household of Janna (Janna "Jennie") "Jennie" Flesner

She is married to Heinrich F. Bruns.

They got married in the year 1850 at fortasse, Ostfriesland, Hannover, she was 22 years old.

Heinrich F. "Henry" Bruns oo Janna "Jennie" Flesner

Marriage source: Iverson, Diane, "Diane," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3101703&id=I379, xxx Sept MMIV)

"... Henry F. BRUNS ... Sex: M Birth: 1808 in Holtland, Hanover, Germany Death: 1871 in Ackley, Iowa ... Change Date: 30 Sep 2004 ...

Marriage 1 Jennie PULSCHER b: 16 Nov 1827 in Sieberterk, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 1850 in Germany ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Heiko Bruns  1856-1928 


Notes about Janna (Janna "Jennie") "Jennie" Flesner

Janna "Jennie" Flesner

Source: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Wo sind sie geblieben? Teil vi, (Titonka IA, Boyken & Boyken Partners, MMVI), ISBN 0-9670802-6-6, no pagination, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'16 - 1928 ... Heiko BRUNS * 11 Oct 1856 Holtland/Ostfriesland as s of Heinrich BRUNS and his w Janna \\> 25 May 1870 near Freeport, IL with his p \\>> Grundy Co., IA \\>> 1884 a farm near Titonka, IA \\ oo 17 Feb 1886 Margaretha FRERICHS + 14 Jan 1919] \\>> 4 yago Titonka, IA \\ + 20 May 1928 Titonka, IA ["Lungenentzündung"] \\ R: (w), (1 d + bef), 4 oo s - H, 4 d - Mrs. (Herman) FRANZEN*BRUNS, Mrs. (John) SCHUTTER*BRUNS and Ehe BRUNS \\\\ L/O, also 12-1917, 20-1928"

Knock, Marvin, "Knock Family," (Sioux Fls., SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I95255, xix Apr MMIX)

"... Jennie PULSCHER ... Sex: F Birth: 16 Nov 1827 in Sieberterk, , Ostfriesland, Germany Death: 29 Mar 1917 in Titonka, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA Burial: Apr 1917 German Valley, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA ADDR: German Township CemeteryNo. 1 of German Valley German Valley, IA ... Change Date: 19 Apr 2009 ...

Marriage 1 Henry F. BRUNS b: 1808 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 1850 in ? Change Date: 31 Dec 2008

Children

1. John H. BRUNS b: 30 Mar 1851 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 2. Folste BRUNS b: 1852 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 3. Wiemke BRUNS b: 1855 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 4. Heiko BRUNS b: 11 Oct 1856 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 5. Onno BRUNS b: 1860 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 6. Ehe BRUNS b: 1862 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 7. Johanna BRUNS b: 1863 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany 8. Hinrigetta BRUNS b: 1868 in Holtland, , Ostfriesland, Germany"

Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil I, (Titonka IA, Boyken & Boyken, MMVII) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"H. F. Bruns ... + 1871 near Ackley, IA oo 1850 Janna FLESNER (not FLESHER) * 16 November 1827 Siebestock (not Sieberterk), Ostfriesland > 1870 near Ackley, IA with her husband, >> 1887 Kossuth Co., IA + 29 March 1917 Titonka, IA # 3 April 1917 German Valley cem., IA

DIES AT RIPE OLD AGE. Mrs. Janna Bruns Passed Away Thursday Aged 90 years.

On March 29, 1917 at her home in titonka Mrs. Janna Bruns at the awanced [sic] age of ninety years, passed away, her demise being due to the infirmities of old age culminating in a stroke of paralysis a short time before her death. Althoa resident of Titonka for eleven years Mrs Burns had been confined to her home most of the time thru ill health but received every attention from her kind and devoted daughter Ehe, who, with a grandwon, the orpaaned [sic] child of anotherdaughter, made their home with her. Mrs. Janna Bruns nee Flesher, was born at Siebertek, Ostfriesland, Germany Nov. 16, 1827. She was married to H. F. Bruns in 1850 and they reared a family of 11 children. In 1870 the family emigratedto America and settled near Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa where the father died ion [sic] 1871, In 1887, Mrs. Bruns, with some of her children moved to Kossuth county and in 1906 she and one daughter moved to Titonka. Six children precededher in death and five are yet living as follows: John H. Bruns of Fairmont, Minn; Heiko Bruns of German Valley, Iowa; ehe Bruns of Titonka; Mrs. Johanna Mayland, German Valley and Mrs. Wiemke Oster north of Woden. Sie [sic] also leavesforty great grandchildren and thirty three grandchildren. Funeral services occurred Tuesday April 3, at the church at eleven a.m. and interment took place at the cemetery east of German Valley." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janna Flesner

Janna Flesner
1827-1917

1850

Heinrich F. Bruns
1808-1871

Heiko Bruns
1856-1928

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Birthday November 16, 1827

  • The temperature on November 16, 1827 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
    • March 7 » Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
    • March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
    • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
    • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
    • October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.

Day of death March 29, 1917

  • The temperature on March 29, 1917 was between 0.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
    • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.


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