The Bruhns: Part II
We had recently identified the Illusive Brown family immigrant, Louis Brown. But we never had a photo of him (until now - see at left). After going through some old family photographs we have identified Ludwig, his wife Sophia, his son Robert, his daughter in law Margaret Salmon, and Margaret's parents Patrick Salmon and Mary Murray. Please see their pages for more in-depth details about each!

The Bruhns
We have been searching for months for the Illusive Brown family immigrant, Louis Brown. We knew he should have come to America in 1854 from the censuses we found him in. The trick was finding him in a passenger list, with his wife, Sophia (Muller). We were at a big brick wall until we received what we suspected were Louis' naturalization papers as "Ludwig Braun". While we had searched high and low for a Ludwig Braun with Sophia who was arriving in 1854 from Germany to New York, we could not find him. However, when we realized that he may have spelled his name "Ludwig Bruhn" - as in his Declaration of Intention, we found him on this passenger list! Then, we found him in the Hamburg Passenger Lists. Note his occupation, "Schneider" meaning "tailor". All signs point to this being our ancestor. The Hamburg list also shows Ludwig's place of birth as Jatzke, Meckenberg, Germany.

History of Ryegate, Caldwells
We recently came across the "History of Ryegate, Vermont" by Edward Miller & Frederic P. Wells, published in 1913. This is the Caldwell Family section.

History of Ryegate, Keenans
We recently came across the "History of Ryegate, Vermont" by Edward Miller & Frederic P. Wells, published in 1913. This is the Keenan Family section.

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