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Our Great-Grandparents All of the Oklahoma Brunken Cousin great-grandparents immigrated to the USA from Germany and eventually lived in Nebraska. - Carsten Petersen Sr. (1849–1921) was born 19 Sep 1849 in Joldelund, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark. He immigrated in 1869 via New York first to Wisconsin and then to near Columbus, Nebraska. - Margarete Hollmann (1852–1886), wife of Carsten Petersen, was born 3 Feb 1852 in Oldenburg, Germany. She immigrated with her sister in 1871 via Baltimore to near

Chapters

• Our Great-Grandparents
• - WHAT: Emil Herman Brunken – Confirmation
• The Brunken School (Platte County School #35) was located on the John Brunken fa
• Carsten Petersen, Sr. (1849-1921)
• According to Carsten Petersen’s biography:
• Family lore I heard as a child has that our great-grandfather, Carsten Petersen,
• Carsten Petersen, Sr. had children with both of his wives:
• Carsten Petersen Family Second Home
• Evangelical Lutheran Church – Lost Creek Township
• William Leopold Brunken
• - LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Kirmse, Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse, Dale Kirmse, William Bru
• - WHAT: Brunken home near Lahoma, Oklahoma
• When Hilda Ida Brunken was born on September 22, 1906, near Platte Center, Nebra
• When Alvin William Brunken was born on September 3, 1908, near Platte Center, Ne
• When Leona Cecelia Brunken was born on February 11, 1911, in Lahoma, Oklahoma, h
• When Harold Carsten Brunken was born on November 17, 1913, in Meno, Oklahoma, hi
• - WHO: Mildred and Martin Kletke
• When Dale William Kirmse was born in Alva, Oklahoma, his father, Julius, was 33
• When Donna Mae Kirmse was born in Alva, Oklahoma, her father, Julius, was 38, an
• - WHO: Dana Renee Frazer
• When Alan Wayne Brunken was born in Breckenridge, Oklahoma, his father, Alvin, w
• When Glen William Brunken was born on December 12, 1943, in Oklahoma City, Oklah
• When Jere Neal Brunken was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, his father, Alvin, w
• - WHAT: Family Portrait of Dean and his wife Kathy with their two daughters Alli
• When Gary Lynn Brunken was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, his father, Alvin, w
• - WHO: La Netta Sue Hackler
• When Arno Lewis Lindorfer was born in Enid, Oklahoma, his father, Herbert, was 3
• When Delane Harold Brunken was born in Enid, Oklahoma, his father, Harold, was 3
• When Lavila Sue Brunken was born in Enid, Oklahoma, her father, Harold, was 36,
• - WHAT: Baptism of Michael Smith
• When Darrel Dean Kletke was born in Alva, Oklahoma, his father, Martin, was 27 a
• There were other Brunken families in Oklahoma. One family was that of the brothe
• The children of Carsten Petersen, Sr. got together many times over the years.
• - WHAT: A group photograph of the grandchildren and a great granddaughter of Car
• - WHAT: Johanna Wilhelmina (Plath) Brunken, from Nebraska, is visiting her two s
• - LEFT TO RIGHT: Lauretta “Lorena” S. Grossnicklaus, daughter of Minnie Christin
• - WHAT: Mary (Petersen) Brunken’s sister, Mathilda (Petersen) Arndt, and family
• Hilda Ida Kirmse visited her relatives in Nebraska for two weeks during the fall
• - WHAT: Louis “Louie” Brunken and his wife, Clara “Etta” (Loseke) Brunken, from
• - WHAT: Visiting in the backyard of Mildred and Martin Kletke’s home
• - WHAT: Evelyn Brunken’s 100th Birthday Celebration Group Portrait
• Anna M. Roesch
• BRUNKEN–Dies Today – Carl H. (Charlie) Brunken, 85, of 1851 22nd Avenue, died th
• BRUNKEN — Emil Brunken, 82, of 2410 Eighth Street, died this morning in Behlen C
• Mrs. John Witt dies Saturday, funeral Tuesday
• HAROLD C. BRUNKEN
• OBITUARY
• Otto Brunken Dies Today At Local Hospital
• BRUNKEN – After a year of failing health, William L. Brunken, age 63, died Sunda
• OBITUARY
• BURNS ARE FATAL TO MRS. BRUNKEN
• Mrs. Chris Petersen funeral Tuesday
• KARLIN—Herman H. Karlin, 79, of 1062 20th Avenue, died Sunday morning in the Col
• OBITUARY:
• BIOGRAPHY
• OBITUARY
• Bobby Joe Martin
• OBITUARY
• Pereboom Brunken June 7, 1911 – October 9, 2011
• BIOGRAPHY
• Brunken, Anna Ida
• OBITUARY
• Caitlin Doris — Marie Smith — McCumons
• John Witt dies; funeral services on Saturday

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