Bio: Bruckner, Louis (1914)

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Surnames: Bruckner, Guermann

----Source: History of Eau Claire County Wisconsin (1914) page 658

Louis Bruckner, who is an Austrian by birth, was born in the village of Seyfieds, Austria, the son of Matthew Bruckner, also a native of Austria and by trade a shoemaker.

Louis was reared in his home town, receiving a limited education. His parents being poor, he was early thrown upon his own resources and compelled to make his own way. As a youth, he served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and when he had reached the age of eighteen, accompanied by a brother, he came to the United States. In 1892, they located at Durand, Wisconsin, where the brother still resides. A short time after arriving in Wisconsin, our subject came to the city of Eau Claire and for three years was variously employed as a day laborer. He finally found a position in a blacksmith shop where he worked at his trade until 1897, when he located at Brackett, in Washington township, and established a blacksmith and wagon shop of his own. He is recognized as a first class workman, and by close application, upright and fair dealing, has succeeded in building up a substantial business. Mr. Bruckner carried on his business by himself until recently, when he took his brother-in-law into partnership, the firm now being known as Bruckner & Guermann. In 1900 Mr. Bruckner married Miss Louise Guermann, and they have two children, Alois and Lloyd Bruckner. The family are all members of the Catholic church.