Johann and Anna were married on February 8, 1821 in Neunkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. They had the following children, the first two born in Birken, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany and the rest in Niederwennerscheid .

c1. Anna Marie (10 Apr 1822 - 10 Jul 1911, Leonore, LaSalle County, Illinois)
m1. abt 1843, Neunkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Heinrich Trecker (20 Aug 1815 - 1852 at sea), immigrated 1855. They had the following children, all born in Niederwennerscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

c1a. Anna Maria (20 Oct 1844 - 28 Apr 1927, Leonore) m. 28 Nov 1860, William Pflibsen
c1b. Katharina (25 Nov 1847 - 3 Jun 1930, Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois) m. 6 Nov 1865, Johann Linder
c1c. Josephine Marie (13 Jan 1850 - 1 Apr 1927, Armstrong, Iowa) m. 18 Nov 1866, John Korrect
c1d. Helena (4 Mar 1854 - 31 Mar 1934, Leonore) m1. Judocus Schorn, m2. Anton Halm, m3. 20 Nov 1894, Nicholas Blum

m2. June 3, 1855 in St. Patrick Church, LaSalle County, Illinois, Wilhelm Salz (12 Sep 1812, Dattenfeld, Germany - 29 May 1892, Leonore)

c1e. Wilhelm (7 Apr 1856, Richland Twp, Illinois - 8 Mar 1946, Leonore) m. 24 Sep 1878 Wilhemina Naas
c1f. Christina (15 Jun 1858, LaSalle County, Illinois - 18 May 1936) m. 20 Sep 1877, Joseph Kollasch
c1f1. Anna M. E. Kollasch (5 Nov 1894 - 24 Aug 1989, Algona, Kossuth, Iowa) m. 15 Oct 1913, Wilnie S. Shackelford
c1f1a. Richard Walter Shackelford (10 Oct 1916, Algona, Kossuth, Iowa - 2004)
c1g. Elizabeth (6 Sep 1860, LaSalle County, Illinois - 22 Dec 1939, LaSalle County, Illinois) m. 1 Oct 1885, Charles Naas
c1h. John (30 Oct 1862, LaSalle County, Illinois - 29 Apr 1954, Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa) m. 29 Sep 1885, Elizabeth (Setchen) Roth
c1i. Margaret (10 Jun 1866, Richland Twp, Illinois - 3 Nov 1936, Leonore) m. 13 Sep 1887, Joseph Thiel
c1j. Charles (11 Apr 1867, Richland Twp, Illinois - 26 Jan 1936, Leonore)

c2. Peter (1824 - 16 Oct 1900, Niederwennerscheid) m. 23 Feb 1854, in Neunkirchen, Anna Veronika Eischeid (31 May 1825, Oberwennerscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - )

c2a. Maria Katharina (26 Apr 1855, Niederwennerscheid - )
c2b. Peter Wilhelm (3 Jan 1856 - 1934, Clyde, Missouri) m. September 13, 1883 in Conception Junction, Gentry County, Missouri, Katherine Victoria Salz (1865, Leonore - ) - the grandaughter of his uncle by marriage.

c3. Johann (13 Oct 1826 - ) m1. 30 Jan 1851, Neunkirchen, Anna Katharina Cornet ( - 13 Zpr 1863, Niederwennerscheid); m2. 4 July 1863, Anna Christine Fischer

c4. Maria Katharina (Jan 1829 - ) m. Peter Josef Neu

c5. Heinrich (19 Dec 1831 - ) m. 1 Feb 1862, Elisabeth Meinert

c6. Wilhelm (16 June 1835 - ) m. 1 Feb 1862, Anna Katharina Hoff.

c7. Peter Wilhelm (Oct 1837 - )

It is not clear when Johann the father emigrated. His eldest daughter emigrated in 1855, but his wife did not die until 1856 in Germany. It is unknown if his second child, Perter Broscheid emigrated, but Peter's son Peter Wilhelm certainly did prior to 1883. There is a Johann Broscheid, age 60, farmer, who immigrated to the port of New York on April 20, 1868 from the port of Bremen Germany aboard the SS Weser (manifest #547). His point of origin is listed as Niederwennerscheid, Germany. He appears to have been travelling alone, and is the only person on board listed from that village. Johann the father would have been age 70, so it does not seem possible that he is the Johann Broscheid aboard the SS Weser.