Photo Gallery

Historical photographs from the Bullert family archive. Photographs were contributed by family members and researchers.

Original farmhouse of David and Rosa Bullert, Green Isle Township, Sibley County, Minnesota

Original Farmhouse — Green Isle Township

Original farm house of David and Rosa (Seehawer) Bullert

Green Isle Township, Sibley County, Minnesota — built c. 1866

This is the original farm house in which David and Rosa (Seehawer) Bullert lived, located in Section 23 of Green Isle Township, Sibley County, Minnesota, just north of Schauer's Lake. It was probably built when David bought the land in 1866. The house was moved to Section 21 in 1874 when David acquired land there. In October 2001, the house was torn down by Donald Ziegler. This old picture was in the possession of Violet Brockhoff (née Bullert), found in her parents' home (Ed and Alvina Bullert) on the bottom of a dresser drawer when her parents passed away. Research contributed by Eldrene (Zeigler) Ebert, Sibley County Historical Society.

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Portrait of David Erdmann Bullert and wife Rose Seehawer Bullert, undated

Portrait — David Erdmann Bullert & Rose Seehawer

David Erdmann Bullert (1820–1887) and wife Rose Seehawer (1825–1903)

Undated photo

David Wilhelm Erdmann Bullert emigrated from West Prussia and settled in Green Isle Township, Sibley County, Minnesota. He and Rose (Seehawer) Bullert are the grandparents of Otto Daniel Wilhelm Bullert and great-grandparents of many Bullert descendants across the United States.

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Wedding portrait of Otto Daniel Wilhelm Bullert and Marie Clara Brakhage, 1913

Wedding Photo — Otto & Mary Bullert

Otto Daniel Wilhelm Bullert (1890–1975) and Marie Clara "Mary" Brakhage (1892–1966)

Married March 5, 1913, Day County, South Dakota

Otto was age 22 and Mary was age 20 at the time of their marriage. Otto was a grandson of David and Rosa (Seehawer) Bullert, and the 3rd of 10 children of Charles "Carl" Bullert (1860–1920) and Wilhelmine "Minnie" Augusta Mathilda Kohls (1867–1953) of Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota. Otto owned a farm in Webster, Day County, South Dakota where he and Mary raised nine children. Otto lived to age 84; Mary lived to age 74. Both are buried in Webster Cemetery, Webster, South Dakota.

Wedding portrait of Anna Bullert and Friedrich H. Muhlenhardt, 1895

Wedding Photo — Anna Bullert & Friedrich Muhlenhardt

Anna Bullert (1876–1973) and Friedrich H. Muhlenhardt (1870–1940)

Married 1895, Minnesota

Anna was the 3rd of 13 children of Charles "Carl" August Bullert (1849–1917) and Margaretha "Margaret" Doerr (1853–1897) of Jessenland, Sibley County, Minnesota. Fred owned a farm and raised their 12 children in Eagle Creek, Scott County, Minnesota. Fred lived to age 69; Anna lived to age 97. Both are buried in Valley Cemetery, Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota.

Wedding portrait of John Albert Bullert and Ernestine Tillie Bertha Rucks, July 30, 1898

Wedding Photo — John & Ernestine Bullert

John Albert Bullert (1869–1929) and Ernestine "Tillie" Bertha Rucks (1875–1935)

July 30, 1898 — photographed by N. Hassan, Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota

John and Ernestine lived in Green Isle, Sibley County, Minnesota, where John was a farmer. They adopted four children; two sons died within two months of each other at age three months. Their daughter Martha Bullert became a college professor and was a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II. John and Ernestine Bullert are buried in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Green Isle, Sibley County, Minnesota.

Portrait of Mina (Gennerich / Gennrich) Dorothea Bullert, undated

Portrait — Mina Dorothea Bullert

Mina "Minnie" (Gennerich / Gennrich) Dorothea Bullert

Undated photograph

Mina "Minnie" Dorothea Bullert, née Gennerich (also spelled Gennrich).

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Gravestone of Edward J. Bullert and Minnie D. Bullert, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Green Isle, Minnesota

Gravestone — Edward J. & Minnie D. Bullert

Edward Julius Bullert (1866–1941) and Mina "Minnie" (Gennrich) Dorothea Bullert (1873–1942)

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Green Isle, Sibley County, Minnesota — Row 3, Stone 16

Minnie was the 11th of 13 children born to German-born parents Wilhelm Friedrich "Hermann" Gennrich (1824–1895) and Hannah "Augusta" Sophia Petermann (1832–1910). Hermann's parents were born in Scandinavia; he arrived in America in 1846. Photo contributed to FindAGrave by the Sibley County Historical Society.

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