Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: George Henry Brass
• Immigratn: 2 Dec 1851, New Orleans, Orleans, LA
• Census: 21 Sep 1857, Township 111, Wabasha, MN
• Census: 22 Jun 1860, Reads Landing, Wabasha, MN
• Census: 1 Jun 1865, Pepin Township, Wabasha, MN
• Census: 8 Jun 1870, Reads Landing, Wabasha, MN
• Census: 1 May 1875, Reads Landing, Wabasha, MN

Notes:

DNA:
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Immigratn:
Port of Departure, Bremerhaven, Germany aboard the ship Milan. The family stayed in New Orleans until spring and then traveled up the Mississippi to Reads Landing, MN. The ships manifest list the following: George H. Brass, 36, cooper; Marie, 40; Theresa, 14; Bernard, 11; Caroline, 9; Christiana, 6; Clement, 3; Carl, 1, died 14 Nov; Bernard, 66, laborer. I have no proof but wonder if Bernard is the father of Gerhart.

Census:
1857 MN State census at Township 111, Wabasha, MN shows G.W Brass, 46, b. GERMANY, landlord; Mary, 47, b. GERMANY; children b. GERMANY: Txxxx(illegible), 21, male; Bennet, 19; Caroline, 17; Christina, 13; Clemence, 10; John, 3, b. WI. In addition, listed between Croline and Christina is a 28 year old female, Maria Dxxx(illegible), age 28, b. NORWAY.

Census:
1860 census at Reads Landing, Wabasha, MN shows: G. W. Brass, 49, hotel keeper, b. HANOVER; Mary, 50, b. HANOVER; children b. HANOVER: Barnard, 20; Carolina, 20; Cristina, 17; Clemance, 15; and child b. MN: John, 5.

Census:
1865 MN State census at Pell, Wabasha, MN shows G.W Brass; Mary A., Caroline, Christine, Bernard, Clement and John. The 1865 census does not give any information beyond name.

Census:
1870 census at Reads Landing, Wabasha, MN shows Henry Brass, 59, b. Hanover, farmer; Mary, 47, b. Baden, millener and dress maker; children b. OH: Mary, 17; Caroline, 14; Emily, 10; Frank, 8; John, 15, raftsman, b. WI.

Census:
1875 MN State census at Reads Landing, Wabasha, MN shows G.W Brass, 64, b. Hanover, parents b. Hanover; Mary, 53, b. Baden, parents b. Baden; John 21, b. WI, parents b. Hanover; Caroline Pfeffer, 24, b. PA.

Buried:
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Family/Spouse: Marie SCHMIDT. Marie was born about 1810 in Hanover, GERMANY; died between 1865 and 1870 in Wabasha Co., MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Theresa BRASS was born about 1835 in GERMANY.
2. Bernard John BRASS was born on 4 Oct 1838 in Hanover, GERMANY; died on 23 Dec 1922 in Glencoe, McLeod, MN; was buried on 26 Dec 1922 in St. Pius X Cemetery, Glencoe, McLeod, MN.
3. Carolina BRASS was born on 15 Nov 1840 in Hanover, GERMANY; died on 2 Apr 1933 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN; was buried in St. Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, MN.
4. Cristina BRASS was born on 4 Aug 1844 in Hanover, GERMANY; died on 11 Mar 1917 in Newkirk, Kay, OK; was buried in Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay, OK.
5. Clemens F. BRASS was born on 2 Oct 1849 in Hanover, GERMANY; died on 6 Jul 1928 in Ramsey Co., MN; was buried in St. Pius X Cemetery, Glencoe, McLeod, MN.
6. Carl BRASS was born in 1850 in Hanover, GERMANY; died on 14 Nov 1851 in At Sea.
7. John F. BRASS was born in 1855 in WI; died on 23 Nov 1925 in Wabasha Co., MN; was buried in St. Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, MN.

Gerhart married Mary UNKNOWN on 19 Apr 1870 in Wabasha Co., MN. Mary was born about 1822 in Baden, GERMANY; died in 1901; was buried in St. Otto's Catholic Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]