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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Evan Saltis, post: 6734986, member: 103066&quot;]Of course- it was not MY research. <a href="https://www.draugas.org/news/profiles-brenner-of-baranauskas-unraveling-the-mystery-of-the-name-and-origin-of-the-designer-of-the-lincoln-penny/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.draugas.org/news/profiles-brenner-of-baranauskas-unraveling-the-mystery-of-the-name-and-origin-of-the-designer-of-the-lincoln-penny/" rel="nofollow">Draugas put this information out</a>- but the myth still persists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Draugas really did the work. I just found it after looking for some time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The link does also include his ship manifest. It labels him as a &quot;graver&quot; named David Brenner. From Schaulen (Sounds like a German version of Šiauliai) in 1890. The problem is the birth record, because without it we are stuck. Lots of Lithuanians changed names, sometimes even making completely fake &quot;Lithuanian&quot; names because they were fleeing, needed to start anew. etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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