When Ontje John Bruns was born on 9 March 1863, in Germany, his father, Ulfertus Ybelings Bruns, was 26 and his mother, Catharina Margaretha Freesemann, was 22. He married Maria May Adkins about 1895, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lopez, San Juan, Washington, United States for about 10 years and Ferndale, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1930. He died on 20 April 1954, in Lynden, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 91.
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North German and Dutch: patronymic from Brun 2.
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