Martin Bruss (1)

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surname:		Bruss
given name(s):		Martin
usually known as:
birth date/place:		3 October 1783	Ramsberg, Pomerania, Prussia
died:		1 March 1850
cemetery/city:			Wisconsin
father:
mother:
spouse:		Dorothea S. Ginnow
marriage date/place:

children:
M. Friedrich Bruss		(1818--1909)
J. August Bruss		(1821--?)
Wilhelmine F. Bruss		(1824--?)
G. Ludwig Bruss		(1829--?)

occupation: farmer (?)

immigration: Arrived in USA (port of New York), Sept. 5th, 1839, with wife and four children, aboard the ship "Republic". From New York City went to Buffalo, NY. In 1840(?) he came to Milwaukee, and then in 1841 moved to Freistadt.

records and documents:
Listed in Milwaukee in the 1840 Federal census (probably).

additional information:
Supposedly buried in Freistadt, WI.

The history of Freistadt [2] lists his town of birth as "Rammsburg", Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia. However, Meyer's Gazeteer [3] lists a town called "Ramsberg" in kreis Cammin, and I believe that is the correct town and German spelling (the area is now part of Poland).
Some references refer to five children.