This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TFC.2ACE/30.2 Message Board Post: Gena, I too am searching the Brunner line. Here is what I have. In the 1860 census, Mary Brunner is listed with her children Anizetus, 19; Anna, 18; John,16; Lawrence, 14 and Joseph, 4. All were born in Bavaria except Joseph who was born in WI. Anizetus is my gg-grandfather. The pre 1907 WI marriage index show that John Bruner married Catherine Wentworth on April 4, 1870 and his parents were Mary and Lorenz. John Brunner died Jan. 9, 1908 and is buried in Prairie Home Cemetery. The Declaration of Intent for Lorenz Brunner states that he arrived in New York on Sept. 1851 from Bavaria. Hope this helps John