Gustav was born in Platte County, Nebraska. He was educated in a county school. He was confirmed with the class of 1895 at Christ Lutheran Church in Platte County, Nebraska. He moved to Oklahoma as a young man appearing on the 1910 census in Meno Township in Major county, Oklahoma, where he bought a farm. He met his future wife at a combined church function. He attended Zion Lutheran Church at Lahoma and she attended Trinity Lutheran Church at Glenella. She was also born in Nebraska and her parents had also moved to Oklahoma from Nebraska. They were married April 13, 1913, at Zion Lutheran Church at Lahoma, Oklahoma. About 1920, they bought a farm just east of Perry, Oklahoma, where they lived until 1925 when they moved back to Columbus, Nebraska. The Perry farm stayed in the family for many years until it was sold.
Gus and Ida were members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus after they moved back to Columbus. In 1945, they moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, living at 2411 J street. Gus worked as a custodian at Trinity Lutheran church where they were members.
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The family moved north to Columbus circa June/July 1925. A son remembers making the trip north in a Model T Touring car with a folding top. In case of rain, it also had curtains.
Gustav was born in Platte County, Nebraska. He was educated in a county school. He was confirmed with the class of 1895 at Christ Lutheran Church in Platte County, Nebraska. He moved to Oklahoma as a young man appearing on the 1910 census in Meno Township in Major county, Oklahoma, where he bought a farm. He met his future wife at a combined church function. He attended Zion Lutheran Church at Lahoma and she attended Trinity Lutheran Church at Glenella. She was also born in Nebraska and her parents had also moved to Oklahoma from Nebraska. They were married April 13, 1913, at Zion Lutheran Church at Lahoma, Oklahoma. About 1920, they bought a farm just east of Perry, Oklahoma, where they lived until 1925 when they moved back to Columbus, Nebraska. The Perry farm stayed in the family for many years until it was sold.
Gus and Ida were members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus after they moved back to Columbus. In 1945, they moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, living at 2411 J street. Gus worked as a custodian at Trinity Lutheran church where they were members.
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The family moved north to Columbus circa June/July 1925. A son remembers making the trip north in a Model T Touring car with a folding top. In case of rain, it also had curtains.
Family Members
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John Louis Brunken
1873–1957
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Fredricka Mary Brunken Witt
1876–1968
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William Leopold Brunken
1878–1941
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Henry Frederick Brunken
1882–1951
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Carl Henry "Charlie" Brunken
1884–1970
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Anna M. Brunken Roesch
1886–1983
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Otto Brunken
1889–1946
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Emil Herman Brunken
1891–1974
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Edward Walter Brunken
1893–1974
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Louise Wilhemina Brunken Karlin
1896–1991
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