Category Archives: DeKalb County

Stephen Brown DeHaven

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Stephen Brown DeHaven
b. 12 August 1834, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Alpheus and Diedema (Tillotson) DeHaven
d. 7 June 1907, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

m. 25 November 1862, Shueys Mill, Green County, Wisconsin
Sarah Catherine Burkholder
b. 12 November 1846, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d. 23 August 1923, Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri

Children with Sarah Catherine Burkholder:

  • Alpheus Ervin (b. 1863)
  • Jennie Belle (1865–1899)
  • William Franklin (1867–1902)
  • Minnie Susannah (1869–1948)
  • Alice Lillian (1872–1875)
  • Agnes Myrtle (1874–1930)
  • Elmer Oran (1876–1942)
  • George Edison (1878–1880)

Stephen immigrated to Indiana by 1865 from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He resided in these Indiana counties: Huntington, Elkhart, Steuben, and DeKalb. Stephen emigrated from Indiana before 1900 to Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Mary L. Courtney
Aldrich MO

Theodore Bruner

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Theodore Bruner
b. 27 September 1880, Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, to Ulrich and Ida (Rensch) Bruner
d. 7 December 1961, Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

m. 1 December 1906, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois
Bertha Terrell/Tyrrell
b. 23 May 1882, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois
d. 10 June 1975, Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada

Children with Bertha Terrell/Tyrrell:

  • Tyrrell
  • Florence
  • Ethel
  • Helen
  • Laura
  • Merle
  • Redith

Theodore emigrated from Indiana in 1885 to Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas.

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Marie B. Bruner
Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

Ulrich Bruner, Sr.

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Ulrich Bruner, Sr. 
b. 13 October 1794, Switzerland
d. 27 September 1861, Troy, DeKalb County, Indiana
m. 17 March 1835, Stark County, Ohio

Magdelina Dilan
b. 17 March 1814, Switzerland
d. 9 June 1869, Troy, DeKalb County, Indiana

Children with Magdelina Dilan:

  • Ulrich (b. Switzerland)
  • Christopher (b. Switzerland)
  • Peter (b. Switzerland)
  • John (b. Switzerland)
  • Jacob
  • Frederick
  • Mary M.
  • Elizabeth
  • Caroline
  • David
  • Sarah Ann
  • Susan

Ulrich, Sr. immigrated to Indiana in 1855 from Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Marie B. Bruner
Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

Henry Washington Bruner

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Henry Washington Bruner
b. 4 October 1854, Fulton County, Ohio, to Ulrich and Magdeline (Durler) Bruner
d. 7 September 1915, Hattonford, Alberta, Canada

m. 20 January 1880, DeKalb County, Indiana
Ida Estella Rensch
b. 7 September 1860, DeKalb County, Indiana
d. 12 March 1952, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Children with Ida Estella Rensch:

  • Theodore
  • Raymond
  • Frederick
  • Josie
  • Nellie
  • Jesse
  • Lizetta

Henry immigrated to Indiana from Ohio in 1861 with his parents, He moved to Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas, in 1885. The family returned to Indiana from Kansas about 1890, where Nellie was born at Mertz, DeKalb County. They then went to LaPorte County, Michigan.

Submitted by:
Marie B. Bruner
Evansburg, Alberta, Canada