JULIUS BRUNNIER
page 270 Manning Centennial book
The Brunnier family was among the early settlers of Carroll County, having settled in the west central part long before Manning was in existence. Julius and his wife, Caroline Frickneicht, lived in the first dwelling house built in the incorporated town of Manning. (It stands, remodeled today, just south of Plastico.) They had five children: Julius Jr., Henry, Martin, Emil, and Agnes. The Julius Jr. and Martin Brunnier families later built homes on either side of the first house. These brothers ran a general store in the building now occupied by J.C. Edgerton. The firm suffered heavily during the fire of 1891. Martin's son, Henry J. Brunnier, gained considerable world prominence in later years as one of the consulting engineers for the fabulous San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and as president of Rotary International in 1952-53. Martin's daughter, Catherine, worked in Mueller's Millinery Shop. Agnes died young and Henry, who married later in life, had no children. Emil moved south to Mobile, Alabama. Julius Jr., married Caroline Koepke, who came from Chicago, in 1878. They had ten children. Carrie was married to Wilson B. Swaney, who was with the light and telephone companies in Manning in the early years; they had five children. Dora was married to Albert Swaney and they had two children. Kate was married to C.A. Wiese and they had one daughter. Agnes married Phillip Zerwas and had six children. Julius and his wife, Dorothy, had one son Edward, who now lives in Hawaii. Bertha and Henry Hansen, her husband, had no children. Minnie and her husband, Bert Wilson, had no children. Grover (Bud) married Bertha Haubrich and they had two daughters. Matilda was married to Brook Mann, Merle Cooke, and later to Henry Kunsch. She had no children. Frances was married to William Ohde in 1907 and had one son, William F.