Bruene, Christian

BRUENE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/20/2008 at 16:12:53

Christian Bruene

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.209, Pleasant Twp.)
Christian Bruene, farmer, P. O. Shelby, was born in Waldeck, Germany, September 20, 1839; son of William and Louise (Schnave) Bruene, both natives of Waldeck, Germany; he, born in 1813, is a carpenter and farmer; she was born in 1807. They are both still living in their native country. They were the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters. Our subject received his schooling in his native land, and started in life as a farmer. He came to this country in 1869, and lived in Scott county, this State. He came to Pleasant Township in 1874, and purchased eighty acres of land at $8 per acre. He returned to Davenport, where he remained one year, and then came back and improved his land. In 1882, he bought 100 acres at $17 per acre. Silver Creek runs through his present place, which is given to general farming. He was married, in Pleasant Township, June 17, 1876, to Augusta Messerschmidt, born in the Province of Posen, Germany, August 27, 1849, daughter of Gottlieb and Henrietta Messerschmidt, both natives of Posen, Germany, he born in 1822, and she in 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Bruene have one child - Minnie, born November 2, 1881. In religion, our subject is a Lutheran, and in politics a Republican.