Elwood George McCann Ancestors

Family names include:
Capt. William John McCann, b.1838, Belfast. Married Una Dodd in 1863, Gilbralter. Settled in Auburn, CA.

Joseph Bruner, b. Schiefferstadt, Germany, m. 1700 Catharina Elisabetha Thomas; Settled in Frederick, MD.

Elwood Bruner, b. 9/27/1854 Zanesville, OH. d. 15 Jan 1915, Byron Hot Springs, CA. m. 1880 Lillian Flint in Sacramento, CA Occupation: District Attorney, Legislator, Alaska Territory's 1st Senator from Nome in 1913.

John Diedreich Tenter b. 1846, Germany; m. Fredricka Lenz; Settled in Santa Rosa, CA

Thomas Dodd, b.1819, Queensborough, Kent, England; m. 1840 to Sarah Martha Viner, b. 1819, Purfleet, Essex, England

Greenville Branstetter, b. Monroe KT, m. 1870 to Henrietta Estella Wilson; Settled in San Francisco, CA

Edward Cooper, b. New York, m. 1873 to Anna France, b. 1849, Ipava, Fulton Co., IL; Settled in Sorrel, Sullivan Co., MO

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Family Photos

• Capt. Wm John & Una McCann (14 KB)
  In Auburn, CA circa 1910. John McCann was involved in fruit ranching and Real Estate until his death in 1919.
• Greenville & Henrietta Branstetter (378 KB)
  Possibly in California circa 1920
• Children of J. Asbury Bruner (55 KB)
  From L. to R. at the Back: Avin, Presley, Elwood, Evan, Ada Margaret, J. Allison taken in San Jose, California
• Alaska Adventure (52 KB)
  Herman Tenter (son of John D. Tenter) went to Alaska in 1917 with a brother and brother-in-law to look for gold. When that didn't pan out, Herman ran the mail for the US Postal Service from Fairbanks to Circle City. Gramps called this residence his "squaw hut" but didn't explain the meaning since I was young of age.
• John D. Tenter (46 KB)
  At Residence in Santa Rosa, California c. 1915
• Cooper Family Reunion (45 KB)
  Taken at Dale Cooper's residence in 1951.
• The Cooper Missouri Farm (19 KB)
  In Sorrel County near Milan, MO
• Herman August Tenter, Running the Mail (70 KB)
  No gold, only mail.....the "other" job in Fairbanks, Alaska.
• Frederick, MD. home of Joseph J. Brunner. (61 KB)
  This engraving of the Shiefferstadt Plantation residence of the American Brunners provided by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation and M. Aylor, D. Adams, C. Henry.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Ancestors of Martha Ann Solomon


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Hermann Sueselbeck


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Edward Cooper


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Richard Dodd


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Owen McCann


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Andrea Brandstetter