The youngest of the Heinrich Bruns family was Tony, born in 1890 on the homestead. He attended the local rural school and in due time took over the home farm, after his marriage to Freda Schulz. He built the farm up, adding a modern barn as well as other improvements.

Leaving the farm, Tony worked for the Barnes County Highway Department and for the Valley City Police Force. His brother, Bert, took over the operation of the home place and to this day the land is in the hands of the Bruns family.

Tony and Freda had one daughter, Ruth, who married Orville Undem of Rogers, North Dakota. After his untimely death in an automobile accident, she then married George Swenson of Valley City.

In speaking of their parents' decision to leave their native land and bring their family of growing children to America, these sons of Heinrich and Antje Bruns have said, "How grateful we are to them for this decision and for the privileges granted us as citizens of the United States of America."

Tony Bruns passed away in 1974. His second wife, Anne, still lives in Valley City.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 39