I posted a message trying to find whether there was a particular area in Bavaria where the name BREY would be more prevalent. I had a response from someone asking whether I had more information and I accidentally wiped out my messages. I would like to thank the person for the response to tell him/her that I don't really know much more. My great grandfather Joseph BREY came over to America, arriving on 23 May 1867 in New York, departing from Bremen along with his wife Barbara and daughter Franzeska (sp?). The name of the ship as Ancestry.com has it is Helmurth Timouis, but I have tried many variations of the name and can't find anything remotely similar. Joseph's parents, who did not come over, were named Georg and Theresa DAIFLA (sp?). Joseph and Barbara were Catholic. They settled in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin where I found them on the 1870 census. Any help at all would be gladly welcomed. Florence