It has been a very long search for any information, in fact 23 years. It was only a year ago I found Maria had brother and sisters and parent who resided in the UK for a short while before leaving for New York. I have been able to build rather a lot of information since that time, but the origins of my Bree family are difficult. Marie/Marias parents were John Bree (1820) and Maria Lack (1818) both of Hesse Her brothers were: John, Jacob and Peter and her sisters were Catherine and Margaret. margaret married Hans Reincke and stayed in the Uk with Maria All were born in Germany