1838 Birth:948 Birth date of July 1838 taken from 1900 census enumeration; birth place of the village of Hausen near Schonungen, Bavaria taken from Hausen parish records in Wurzburg Diocesan Archives. Parents John Brunn and Catherine Klipfel were married in this village in 1835 and immigrated from it with children in 1844.

1844 Immigration:2235,2234 "This couple moved on May 18, 1844 with children to America" noted on marriage entry in parish records referring to John Brunn and Catherine Klipfel and their children; transcribed and translated from the Hausen Parish records.

1850 U.S. Census:421 Barbara enumerated in the household of her father John Brunn in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 12, born in Germany, in school within the year.

1868 Marriage Witness:24, p. 10. Witnessed marriage of brother Anthony Brunn to Regina Gress on 23 June 1868.

1880 U.S. Census:423 Barbara enumerated in the household of her husband Frank Ockenfels in Dingsmansburg, Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio as a white, female, age 41, wife, married, keeping house, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany.

1900 U.S. Census:948 Barbara enumerated in the household of her husband Frank Ockenfels in Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio as a wife, white, female, born July 1838, age 61, married 42 years, mother of 10 children, all still living, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, can read, can write, can speak English.

1910 U.S. Census:958 Barbara enumerated in the household of her husband Frank Ockenfels, in Shelby County, Ohio, as female, white, age 72, married 52 years, mother of 10 children, all still living.

1912 Burial:98, p. 565. Calvary Cemetery, Shelby County, Ohio, lists: Ockenfels, Barbara, 1839-1912.