This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brun > Brunn from Friuli Region, Italy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hRG.2ACIB/67.27.43.46.1.2 Message Board Post: I have since found that Domenica Bucco, from Frisanco (Friuli region, but nearer Udine) married Giovanni Brun of Andreis, Italy and was the mother of my great grandfather, Luigi Brun, who became known as Louis Brunn here in America. Giovanni and Domenica are the parents of Luigi along with his brother Silvio and their sister Maria Cristina Brun. Domenica Bucco had a sister or cousin named Caterina Bucco, who was married to a Pietro Brun, of Philadelphia, PA. Pietro and Giovanni are related to an Angelo Brun; I believe Giovanni and Angelo are brothers and Pietro is their cousin. Pietro and Caterina Brun and their family lived in Chestnut Hill, PA on Benezot (?) Street in the early 1900s, while Giovanni and his family eventually emigrated from NYC to Ridgway, PA. Luigi Brun (Louis Brunn) later emigrated from Ridgway to Hazleton, PA. Giovanni's brother, The Rev. Joseph Brunn (Giuseppe Brun) converted and became an Italian Presbyterian; he married in NYC and became a minister in Little Italy; his son Paul Brunn became an attorney in NYC. I just received the biography of Rev. Joseph Brunn in the mail today from my second cousin, Jim Brunn, who lives in Niagara Falls, NY. Jim is the son of John Brunn and Viola Woodring; John Brunn is the son of Luigi Brun, who is the son of Giovanni Brun. Anyway, Jim thinks we are related to an Angelo Brun, brother of Giovanni, who may have emigrated from NY to Canada after passing thru either NYC or Philadelphia. I'll get back to you once I read the bio/he lets me know what the connection is and we'll see if it matches up!