| His parents | ||
4GGF John Brust |  Germany --> WI | 4GGM Mary Anne Schiller-Brust |
| Ancestor 86 (1010110) c. 1788 - (1873?) | Ancestor 87 (1010111) c. 1785 - After 1860 |
John and Mary “Brost” (probably with an umlaut) had seven children born in Germany: Matthias (c. 1810?), Anna, Susanna, Barbara, Nicolaus, Antonia * (1824), and John (unknown date). The whole family sailed to the US and arrived in New York on Bark Manchester 7/12/1843. They changed their name to “Brust” in America, most likely to better match the German pronunciation to English spelling.
The dates on record for this family are a little rough around the edges The birth dates shown above are consistent with the ages shown on the 1860 census. Their immigration record suggests that their oldest child, Matthias, was born in 1810 (reasonable for their age, and I have seen a Matthias Brust 1810 – 1885 in Wisconsin on FindAGrave), though I have a marriage date of 1815 for John and Mary.
John and Mary settled in Wisconsin. Our last record of them is the 1860 US census, when they were found living with Antonia’s family in the Marshfield Township (presently Mt. Calvary), Fond du Lac County, WI. Information handed down to us through the family (Theodore Brust) gives a death date of 1873 for John (possible), and 1887 for Mary (very unlikely). There are many Brosts buried at St. John’s in Johnsburg. They include another couple named John and Mary Brost, and I believe that the death dates in our family tree might actually be for that other couple.