Henriette "Etta" (Braun) Boerner, daughter of Elise (Elmendorf) Braun and John Braun (aka/John Von Braun). Her father John Braun died in about 1868 in Germany. Henriette and her widowed mother Elisa Braun, departed in 1877 from the port of Bremen, Germany from their home in Dusseldorf, Germany to arrival at the port of New York, New York on Sept. 17, 1877 per passenger lists found on www.ancestry.com. They went to live with her brother, Friedrich "Fred" Braun (1845-1883) in Austin, Travis County, Texas who was a building contractor. After Henriette's mother Elisa died on Aug. 12, 1879 and her brother Fred Braun died on Oct. 30, 1883 both died in Austin, she went to live with her older sister, Emilie Braun Mueller (Mrs. Charles Hubert Mueller) and their large family at 229 Madison St., San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Henriette Braun married Otto Boerner (Sr.) (b. July 2, 1862-d. Dec. 31, 1892 Kerr County, Texas). Henriette and Otto lived in Burnet, Centerpoint and Kerrville, Texas. After Otto died in Kerrville, Texas from typhoid fever, Henriette and her three children moved to Comfort, Texas. Henriette & Otto's children were: Henriette "Yetchen" Boerner Holekamp (Mrs. Oscar Holekamp); Otto Boerner Jr. (who married Edna Applewhite); Elizabeth Boerner who never married and was a successful career woman in San Antonio. Henriette bought a home in Comfort, TX after her husband Otto died and since she had been well trained in music in Germany she was able to support herself and her children by teaching piano lessons. She coordinated and produced recitals and German musicals in the local area which were popular and well received. In about 1906 she moved to Camargo Street in San Antonio. In her later years she lived with her eldest child, daughter Henriette "Yetchen" and son-in-law Oscar Holekamp and their family in San Antonio, TX at 315 Berkshire. She never remarried. Henriette Braun Boerner lived to be 88 yrs old. Burial: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Her sister, Emilie (Braun) Mueller (Mrs. Charles Hubert Mueller) is FindAGrave Memorial# 106213063. Her brother Friedrich "Fred" Braun is FindAGrave Memorial# 63230879. Thank you, Henriette Braun Boerner's great-grand niece, Elizabeth "Bitsy" A. (Gibson) Wagner.