BRUHN - BIER - CHAPLINE - MOZENA of Ohio & West Virginia

We are researching BRUHN from Burg Stargard, Mechlenburg, Germany; BIER from Baumholder, Germany; CHAPLINE from England and settled in Jamestown in 1610. MOZENA (MOUGINOT in France) from Mont le Vignoble, Lorraine, France; and the FOOTES, PECKS, SMITHS, BROOKES, and WILCOXSONS from CT. The BRUHN, BIER, CHAPLINE, and MOZENA FAMILIES all moved into the Wheeling, WV/VA area and eastern Ohio. Their are Kiger, Ashton, Beresford, Caldwell, Marsh, Rentschler, Wurster and Westlake families in the area also.

Family Photos

• Church in Mont le Vignoble, France (60 KB)
  Only Church in the village that John Mozena came from in France. Probably the one his family attended.
• Homes in Mont le Vignoble (103 KB)
  All the homes in the village are clean and well kept. They have a barn door for each home and common walls with the neighbors.
• Jerry & Jim Bruhn at Mont le Vignoble, France (119 KB)
  Mont le Vignoble, Lorraine, France was the home of John Mozena befor coming to America to fight in Revolutionary War.
• Main Street in Mont le Vignoble (128 KB)
  Jerry's wife Alice on the main street through the village. The country side is beautiful and the homes are well maintained.
• Bruhn Home, Burg Stargard, Germany (136 KB)
  This was the last home of the Bruhn Family before they left the East German sector. It is now the City Hall.
• Street in Burg Stargard (376 KB)
  A street in Burg Stargard, Germany