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William was the fourth child of Ernst Wilhelm Brüseke and his first wife Catherina Sophie Becker. William was born on 16 September 1846 in Lienen, Westfalen, baptized in September in the Evangelical Church in Lienen as Heinrich Wilhelm , confirmed as Heinrich Wilhelm Bruseke on 29 March 1863 , and died on 31 October 1889 at 2336 Maiden Lane, St. Louis, Missouri.
It is assumed that William Brueseke married Lisette Toennies but I have not found the record in Lienen or in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Based on the dates of immigration for William and Lisette and the birth of their first child I believe they married in the United States, probably in St. Louis between November 1871 and 1875. Lisette was born on 9 August 1847 in Lienen, Westfalen, Germany. Her birth/baptismal record at the Evangelical Church in Lienen shows her name as Sophie Elisabeth Tönjes and her father was Herman Wilhelm Tönjes and her mother was Catherine Sophie Konigkramer. Her father was listed on her death certificate as Tom Toennies by her daughter, Emma Brueseke Young, but she may not have known. Lisette’s first name is found in various records as Lisette, Lizzetta, Leizzetta, Lizzie, and Lissette and her surname is shown as Tönjes in Germany, and Toennies, Tonjes, and Tönnies in American records. I have generally listed it as I found it in the record.
William is shown in the Castle Garden immigration records as Wilh. Bruscke, a farmer, age 26, arriving at Castle Garden, New York on 18 August 1871 on the ship Köln. His origin was Westphalia, and the ship came from the ports of Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England. It was built for North German Lloyd, and was 2555 tons, 91.43m long x 11.88m wide (300.0ft x 39.0ft) 1 funnel, two masts, single propeller, hull of iron construction, 2 inverted engines giving a speed of 10 knots. Passenger accommodations included 60 first class and 700 3rd class. She was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland and 11 Aug 1870 launched for the NGL New Orleans service. She made her maiden voyage in April 1871 from Bremen–Southampton–New Orleans, and 8 June 1871 her first voyage from Bremen–New York. In 1895 she was scrapped in Germany. The ship’s manifest when William arrived shows there were 38 passengers in cabins and 291 in steerage for a total of 329 passengers including 23 American citizens.
William worked as a teamster (driving horses) from 1874 through 1887 and he lived on North Market from 1875 through 1880 and moved to 2336 Maiden Lane in 1882 where he remained until his death in 1889. He died at home of hydrothorax (fluid in the chest) at the young age of 43 years, 1 month, 15 days, and is buried at Zion Cemetery, St. Louis. The Zion Evangelical Church funeral records show his funeral but he was listed as a non-member.
Letter from Hilda Brueseke Oakley to Ruth Hecht Brune dated June 20, 1977:
"I'm sure that dad (Henry) stayed with William, not Ernst, because dad didn't farm after he arrived here. His brother William got him a job at wherever he was working and I don't recall the name of the place but he drove a brick hauling wagon. That is, he had a team of horses, company owned, which he had to care for, get down to the stable on foot of course and we had some really bad winters in St. Louis those early years, feed and tend the animals, then hitch them up to the wagon (a flat-bed type), drive to the brick yard and load up the wagon, and then drive to wherever he was instructed to deliver the brick. One story he told me was about the time he was delivering brick to the old Eden Seminary on St. Charles Rock Rd. and Lucas & Hunt. Well, it was bitter cold, and in order to keep himself warm, and to keep the horses from just lying down and quitting on the job, he walked the entire route from what is now Wellston to the building location, and he never was quite sure how he or the horses made it. How long he had this job, I really don't know because by the time I came along, dad (Henry) was working for Niedringhaus, in Granite City. I'm sure he stayed with his brother William (Emma Young's father) until he and mom got married (from 1881–1883). His brother William's widow later married a man by the name of Fordermarkt [sic really Vordermark] and she had a big family and he did too, and it just never worked out, so they separated, never divorced though as that was against their religious belief."
William became a naturalized citizen on 26 September 1884.
William bought Lot 23, Section H at Zion Cemetery in 1889 and he and Lisette are buried there along with their daughter-in-law Lena Brueseke and two of Lena’s babies. William’s half brother, Henry Brueseke owned the adjoining lot.
After William’s death, Lisette Brueseke lived at 2337 Madison, 1402 Benton in 1908, 2245 and 1906 Montgomery, and 4424 Ashland Avenue at the time of her death in 1921. On 5 April 1894 Lisette, age 46 married Jakob G. Vordermark, age 38 in St. Louis. That marriage may not have been a happy one. By 1908 Lisette was listed in city directories as the widow of William Brueseke and her name on her death certificate was Leizzetta Brueseke and she was shown as the widow of William. There was no mention of Vordermark in her obituary. By 1910 she was listed in the census as Lizzie Brueseke, widow, age 62, mother of 7 children with 5 of them living. Only her son Louis lived with her at 1906 Montgomery Street. By 1920 Lisette, age 72, was living with her daughter Minnie Moehlman and son-in-law at 4424 Ashland. Lisette died on 21 January 1921 at Deaconess Hospital at age 73 years, 4 months and 13 days of valvular insufficiency of the heart and is buried at Zion Cemetery with her first husband William Bruseke. The Zion Church newspaper, The Echo shows: Mrs. Lizette Brueseke who had been ailing for some time was called home. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Hackner of St. Peter’s congregation officiated at the interment. Services were held at Leidner Chapel and she was laid to rest at Zion.
William was the fourth child of Ernst Wilhelm Brüseke and his first wife Catherina Sophie Becker. William was born on 16 September 1846 in Lienen, Westfalen, baptized in September in the Evangelical Church in Lienen as Heinrich Wilhelm , confirmed as Heinrich Wilhelm Bruseke on 29 March 1863 , and died on 31 October 1889 at 2336 Maiden Lane, St. Louis, Missouri.
It is assumed that William Brueseke married Lisette Toennies but I have not found the record in Lienen or in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Based on the dates of immigration for William and Lisette and the birth of their first child I believe they married in the United States, probably in St. Louis between November 1871 and 1875. Lisette was born on 9 August 1847 in Lienen, Westfalen, Germany. Her birth/baptismal record at the Evangelical Church in Lienen shows her name as Sophie Elisabeth Tönjes and her father was Herman Wilhelm Tönjes and her mother was Catherine Sophie Konigkramer. Her father was listed on her death certificate as Tom Toennies by her daughter, Emma Brueseke Young, but she may not have known. Lisette’s first name is found in various records as Lisette, Lizzetta, Leizzetta, Lizzie, and Lissette and her surname is shown as Tönjes in Germany, and Toennies, Tonjes, and Tönnies in American records. I have generally listed it as I found it in the record.
William is shown in the Castle Garden immigration records as Wilh. Bruscke, a farmer, age 26, arriving at Castle Garden, New York on 18 August 1871 on the ship Köln. His origin was Westphalia, and the ship came from the ports of Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England. It was built for North German Lloyd, and was 2555 tons, 91.43m long x 11.88m wide (300.0ft x 39.0ft) 1 funnel, two masts, single propeller, hull of iron construction, 2 inverted engines giving a speed of 10 knots. Passenger accommodations included 60 first class and 700 3rd class. She was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland and 11 Aug 1870 launched for the NGL New Orleans service. She made her maiden voyage in April 1871 from Bremen–Southampton–New Orleans, and 8 June 1871 her first voyage from Bremen–New York. In 1895 she was scrapped in Germany. The ship’s manifest when William arrived shows there were 38 passengers in cabins and 291 in steerage for a total of 329 passengers including 23 American citizens.
William worked as a teamster (driving horses) from 1874 through 1887 and he lived on North Market from 1875 through 1880 and moved to 2336 Maiden Lane in 1882 where he remained until his death in 1889. He died at home of hydrothorax (fluid in the chest) at the young age of 43 years, 1 month, 15 days, and is buried at Zion Cemetery, St. Louis. The Zion Evangelical Church funeral records show his funeral but he was listed as a non-member.
Letter from Hilda Brueseke Oakley to Ruth Hecht Brune dated June 20, 1977:
"I'm sure that dad (Henry) stayed with William, not Ernst, because dad didn't farm after he arrived here. His brother William got him a job at wherever he was working and I don't recall the name of the place but he drove a brick hauling wagon. That is, he had a team of horses, company owned, which he had to care for, get down to the stable on foot of course and we had some really bad winters in St. Louis those early years, feed and tend the animals, then hitch them up to the wagon (a flat-bed type), drive to the brick yard and load up the wagon, and then drive to wherever he was instructed to deliver the brick. One story he told me was about the time he was delivering brick to the old Eden Seminary on St. Charles Rock Rd. and Lucas & Hunt. Well, it was bitter cold, and in order to keep himself warm, and to keep the horses from just lying down and quitting on the job, he walked the entire route from what is now Wellston to the building location, and he never was quite sure how he or the horses made it. How long he had this job, I really don't know because by the time I came along, dad (Henry) was working for Niedringhaus, in Granite City. I'm sure he stayed with his brother William (Emma Young's father) until he and mom got married (from 1881–1883). His brother William's widow later married a man by the name of Fordermarkt [sic really Vordermark] and she had a big family and he did too, and it just never worked out, so they separated, never divorced though as that was against their religious belief."
William became a naturalized citizen on 26 September 1884.
William bought Lot 23, Section H at Zion Cemetery in 1889 and he and Lisette are buried there along with their daughter-in-law Lena Brueseke and two of Lena’s babies. William’s half brother, Henry Brueseke owned the adjoining lot.
After William’s death, Lisette Brueseke lived at 2337 Madison, 1402 Benton in 1908, 2245 and 1906 Montgomery, and 4424 Ashland Avenue at the time of her death in 1921. On 5 April 1894 Lisette, age 46 married Jakob G. Vordermark, age 38 in St. Louis. That marriage may not have been a happy one. By 1908 Lisette was listed in city directories as the widow of William Brueseke and her name on her death certificate was Leizzetta Brueseke and she was shown as the widow of William. There was no mention of Vordermark in her obituary. By 1910 she was listed in the census as Lizzie Brueseke, widow, age 62, mother of 7 children with 5 of them living. Only her son Louis lived with her at 1906 Montgomery Street. By 1920 Lisette, age 72, was living with her daughter Minnie Moehlman and son-in-law at 4424 Ashland. Lisette died on 21 January 1921 at Deaconess Hospital at age 73 years, 4 months and 13 days of valvular insufficiency of the heart and is buried at Zion Cemetery with her first husband William Bruseke. The Zion Church newspaper, The Echo shows: Mrs. Lizette Brueseke who had been ailing for some time was called home. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Hackner of St. Peter’s congregation officiated at the interment. Services were held at Leidner Chapel and she was laid to rest at Zion.
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William was the fourth child of Ernst Wilhelm Brüseke and his first wife Catherina Sophie Becker. William was born on 16 September 1846 in Lienen, Westfalen, baptized in September in the Evangelical Church in Lienen as Heinrich Wilhelm , confirmed as Heinrich Wilhelm Bruseke on 29 March 1863 , and died on 31 October 1889 at 2336 Maiden Lane, St. Louis, Missouri.
It is assumed that William Brueseke married Lisette Toennies but I have not found the record in Lienen or in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Based on the dates of immigration for William and Lisette and the birth of their first child I believe they married in the United States, probably in St. Louis between November 1871 and 1875. Lisette was born on 9 August 1847 in Lienen, Westfalen, Germany. Her birth/baptismal record at the Evangelical Church in Lienen shows her name as Sophie Elisabeth Tönjes and her father was Herman Wilhelm Tönjes and her mother was Catherine Sophie Konigkramer. Her father was listed on her death certificate as Tom Toennies by her daughter, Emma Brueseke Young, but she may not have known. Lisette’s first name is found in various records as Lisette, Lizzetta, Leizzetta, Lizzie, and Lissette and her surname is shown as Tönjes in Germany, and Toennies, Tonjes, and Tönnies in American records. I have generally listed it as I found it in the record.
William is shown in the Castle Garden immigration records as Wilh. Bruscke, a farmer, age 26, arriving at Castle Garden, New York on 18 August 1871 on the ship Köln. His origin was Westphalia, and the ship came from the ports of Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England. It was built for North German Lloyd, and was 2555 tons, 91.43m long x 11.88m wide (300.0ft x 39.0ft) 1 funnel, two masts, single propeller, hull of iron construction, 2 inverted engines giving a speed of 10 knots. Passenger accommodations included 60 first class and 700 3rd class. She was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland and 11 Aug 1870 launched for the NGL New Orleans service. She made her maiden voyage in April 1871 from Bremen–Southampton–New Orleans, and 8 June 1871 her first voyage from Bremen–New York. In 1895 she was scrapped in Germany. The ship’s manifest when William arrived shows there were 38 passengers in cabins and 291 in steerage for a total of 329 passengers including 23 American citizens.
William worked as a teamster (driving horses) from 1874 through 1887 and he lived on North Market from 1875 through 1880 and moved to 2336 Maiden Lane in 1882 where he remained until his death in 1889. He died at home of hydrothorax (fluid in the chest) at the young age of 43 years, 1 month, 15 days, and is buried at Zion Cemetery, St. Louis. The Zion Evangelical Church funeral records show his funeral but he was listed as a non-member.
Letter from Hilda Brueseke Oakley to Ruth Hecht Brune dated June 20, 1977:
"I'm sure that dad (Henry) stayed with William, not Ernst, because dad didn't farm after he arrived here. His brother William got him a job at wherever he was working and I don't recall the name of the place but he drove a brick hauling wagon. That is, he had a team of horses, company owned, which he had to care for, get down to the stable on foot of course and we had some really bad winters in St. Louis those early years, feed and tend the animals, then hitch them up to the wagon (a flat-bed type), drive to the brick yard and load up the wagon, and then drive to wherever he was instructed to deliver the brick. One story he told me was about the time he was delivering brick to the old Eden Seminary on St. Charles Rock Rd. and Lucas & Hunt. Well, it was bitter cold, and in order to keep himself warm, and to keep the horses from just lying down and quitting on the job, he walked the entire route from what is now Wellston to the building location, and he never was quite sure how he or the horses made it. How long he had this job, I really don't know because by the time I came along, dad (Henry) was working for Niedringhaus, in Granite City. I'm sure he stayed with his brother William (Emma Young's father) until he and mom got married (from 1881–1883). His brother William's widow later married a man by the name of Fordermarkt [sic really Vordermark] and she had a big family and he did too, and it just never worked out, so they separated, never divorced though as that was against their religious belief."
William became a naturalized citizen on 26 September 1884.
William bought Lot 23, Section H at Zion Cemetery in 1889 and he and Lisette are buried there along with their daughter-in-law Lena Brueseke and two of Lena’s babies. William’s half brother, Henry Brueseke owned the adjoining lot.
After William’s death, Lisette Brueseke lived at 2337 Madison, 1402 Benton in 1908, 2245 and 1906 Montgomery, and 4424 Ashland Avenue at the time of her death in 1921. On 5 April 1894 Lisette, age 46 married Jakob G. Vordermark, age 38 in St. Louis. That marriage may not have been a happy one. By 1908 Lisette was listed in city directories as the widow of William Brueseke and her name on her death certificate was Leizzetta Brueseke and she was shown as the widow of William. There was no mention of Vordermark in her obituary. By 1910 she was listed in the census as Lizzie Brueseke, widow, age 62, mother of 7 children with 5 of them living. Only her son Louis lived with her at 1906 Montgomery Street. By 1920 Lisette, age 72, was living with her daughter Minnie Moehlman and son-in-law at 4424 Ashland. Lisette died on 21 January 1921 at Deaconess Hospital at age 73 years, 4 months and 13 days of valvular insufficiency of the heart and is buried at Zion Cemetery with her first husband William Bruseke. The Zion Church newspaper, The Echo shows: Mrs. Lizette Brueseke who had been ailing for some time was called home. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Hackner of St. Peter’s congregation officiated at the interment. Services were held at Leidner Chapel and she was laid to rest at Zion.
William was the fourth child of Ernst Wilhelm Brüseke and his first wife Catherina Sophie Becker. William was born on 16 September 1846 in Lienen, Westfalen, baptized in September in the Evangelical Church in Lienen as Heinrich Wilhelm , confirmed as Heinrich Wilhelm Bruseke on 29 March 1863 , and died on 31 October 1889 at 2336 Maiden Lane, St. Louis, Missouri.
It is assumed that William Brueseke married Lisette Toennies but I have not found the record in Lienen or in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Based on the dates of immigration for William and Lisette and the birth of their first child I believe they married in the United States, probably in St. Louis between November 1871 and 1875. Lisette was born on 9 August 1847 in Lienen, Westfalen, Germany. Her birth/baptismal record at the Evangelical Church in Lienen shows her name as Sophie Elisabeth Tönjes and her father was Herman Wilhelm Tönjes and her mother was Catherine Sophie Konigkramer. Her father was listed on her death certificate as Tom Toennies by her daughter, Emma Brueseke Young, but she may not have known. Lisette’s first name is found in various records as Lisette, Lizzetta, Leizzetta, Lizzie, and Lissette and her surname is shown as Tönjes in Germany, and Toennies, Tonjes, and Tönnies in American records. I have generally listed it as I found it in the record.
William is shown in the Castle Garden immigration records as Wilh. Bruscke, a farmer, age 26, arriving at Castle Garden, New York on 18 August 1871 on the ship Köln. His origin was Westphalia, and the ship came from the ports of Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England. It was built for North German Lloyd, and was 2555 tons, 91.43m long x 11.88m wide (300.0ft x 39.0ft) 1 funnel, two masts, single propeller, hull of iron construction, 2 inverted engines giving a speed of 10 knots. Passenger accommodations included 60 first class and 700 3rd class. She was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland and 11 Aug 1870 launched for the NGL New Orleans service. She made her maiden voyage in April 1871 from Bremen–Southampton–New Orleans, and 8 June 1871 her first voyage from Bremen–New York. In 1895 she was scrapped in Germany. The ship’s manifest when William arrived shows there were 38 passengers in cabins and 291 in steerage for a total of 329 passengers including 23 American citizens.
William worked as a teamster (driving horses) from 1874 through 1887 and he lived on North Market from 1875 through 1880 and moved to 2336 Maiden Lane in 1882 where he remained until his death in 1889. He died at home of hydrothorax (fluid in the chest) at the young age of 43 years, 1 month, 15 days, and is buried at Zion Cemetery, St. Louis. The Zion Evangelical Church funeral records show his funeral but he was listed as a non-member.
Letter from Hilda Brueseke Oakley to Ruth Hecht Brune dated June 20, 1977:
"I'm sure that dad (Henry) stayed with William, not Ernst, because dad didn't farm after he arrived here. His brother William got him a job at wherever he was working and I don't recall the name of the place but he drove a brick hauling wagon. That is, he had a team of horses, company owned, which he had to care for, get down to the stable on foot of course and we had some really bad winters in St. Louis those early years, feed and tend the animals, then hitch them up to the wagon (a flat-bed type), drive to the brick yard and load up the wagon, and then drive to wherever he was instructed to deliver the brick. One story he told me was about the time he was delivering brick to the old Eden Seminary on St. Charles Rock Rd. and Lucas & Hunt. Well, it was bitter cold, and in order to keep himself warm, and to keep the horses from just lying down and quitting on the job, he walked the entire route from what is now Wellston to the building location, and he never was quite sure how he or the horses made it. How long he had this job, I really don't know because by the time I came along, dad (Henry) was working for Niedringhaus, in Granite City. I'm sure he stayed with his brother William (Emma Young's father) until he and mom got married (from 1881–1883). His brother William's widow later married a man by the name of Fordermarkt [sic really Vordermark] and she had a big family and he did too, and it just never worked out, so they separated, never divorced though as that was against their religious belief."
William became a naturalized citizen on 26 September 1884.
William bought Lot 23, Section H at Zion Cemetery in 1889 and he and Lisette are buried there along with their daughter-in-law Lena Brueseke and two of Lena’s babies. William’s half brother, Henry Brueseke owned the adjoining lot.
After William’s death, Lisette Brueseke lived at 2337 Madison, 1402 Benton in 1908, 2245 and 1906 Montgomery, and 4424 Ashland Avenue at the time of her death in 1921. On 5 April 1894 Lisette, age 46 married Jakob G. Vordermark, age 38 in St. Louis. That marriage may not have been a happy one. By 1908 Lisette was listed in city directories as the widow of William Brueseke and her name on her death certificate was Leizzetta Brueseke and she was shown as the widow of William. There was no mention of Vordermark in her obituary. By 1910 she was listed in the census as Lizzie Brueseke, widow, age 62, mother of 7 children with 5 of them living. Only her son Louis lived with her at 1906 Montgomery Street. By 1920 Lisette, age 72, was living with her daughter Minnie Moehlman and son-in-law at 4424 Ashland. Lisette died on 21 January 1921 at Deaconess Hospital at age 73 years, 4 months and 13 days of valvular insufficiency of the heart and is buried at Zion Cemetery with her first husband William Bruseke. The Zion Church newspaper, The Echo shows: Mrs. Lizette Brueseke who had been ailing for some time was called home. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Hackner of St. Peter’s congregation officiated at the interment. Services were held at Leidner Chapel and she was laid to rest at Zion.
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