Passenger List for J. G. Brueckner
This could be, but may not be, the passenger list for the Adams County, WI John Gottfried Bruckner.
A 39 year old Joh Gottfr Bruckner is listed as a passenger on the ship Bark Louise Marie that arrived in Philadelphia on 1 May 1849. His naturalization record indicates that he arrived in Philadelphia in April 1849. It some times took a couple days after a ship actually arrived at a port until the passengers got off the ship so it could have arrived the end of April and the passenger list could have been dated 1 May 1849.
He is shown as having originated from Körner, Germany. Johann Gottfried Bruckner was born in November of 1809 and would have been 39 in May of 1849 so the age is correct. He was born in Girbigsdorg but could have lived in Körner at the time of his immigration. Following the Joh Gottfr Bruckner entry is one for woman named Friederike Bruckner. Unlike some passenger lists, this does not identify which women are wives. The Bruckner family story says that J. G. Bruckner went first to PA because a younger brother lived there. No record of that brother has been found but it is possible that the brother came to America without his wife and sent for her later which means Friederike could have been the brothers wife. It is also possible that she was the wife of J. G. Bruckner or she could have been some other realtive. If she was J G. Bruckner's wife she probably died in PA before he moved to WI. No record of J. G. Bruckner and/or Friederike in PA has been found. Those stories do not say he had a wife there but he may not have talked about it.
A 47 year old Jacob Fenner, and family, from Römersberg, Germany is also listed in this passenger list and a Jacob Fenner with the same birth year and family members lived near J. G. Bruckner in WI. Fenner lake next to the Fenner and Bruckner homesteads was likely named after the Fenner family. Römersberg is about 55 miles east of Körner. They where friends in WI and maybe also in Germany as they both ended up in Wisconsin by way of PA?
There is a Koch family also from Körner but no connection with J. G. Bruckner has been found.
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