Bio of BREN, Joseph S., Hopkins, Hennepin Co., MN

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    Joseph S. BREN (b.  1828) in Bohemia.  Married Anna FILIPI.  

On November 10, 1857 Joseph Bren homesteaded 160 acres of land in what 

is currently Hopkins, Minnesota.  His name was misspelled on the land 

document as PRIEN, but a further document corrected the misspelling.  

Joseph and Anna BREN had 8 children: Joseph S. (b. 1854), Frank J. 

(b. 1858), John (b. 1861), William (b. 1863), Josephine (b. 1865), 

Edward (b. 1870), Benjamin (b. 1872), George (b. 1875).  Frank J BREN 

married Anna KINCL who emigrated from Bohemia in 1877.  

    Frank and Anna also had 8 children.  Both Frank and Anna died in 1925 

and both are buried at the cemetery at Faith Presbyterian Church in 

Hopkins.