@fishy68 : Bremke is a small town i think. It is in the west of Germany.
Does nobody of you still have contact with your wife's family?
Yep, "Schuette" is a german name probably! ;)
Thanks for the info Daniel. What I meant when I said her family was from Germany is that they were from there before they migrated over here. Not sure if there are still any living there or how we'd contact them. Sorry for the confusion. We'd still like to visit Germany some time so my wife could see where her family was originally from. My Great Grandfather was part German so I also have a little bit of German blood in me so a visit there would also be interesting to me.