Main Index Baumann Adam & Verone (pronounced "Verina") Baumann Anton Baumann b 1712 Johannes Baumann Johannes b 1630 m 1651 Johannes Baumann b 2/6/1673 Mathias Baumann b Germany Michael Baumann b 1651 m 1672 Theresse Baumann Strobel b Germany 1785 Bumen Amelia Franz Bumen Amelia "Molly" Bumen Zapp August Bumen Barbara Bumen McClelland Catherine Bumen Christina Bumen Zapp Edward Bumen Elizabeth Bumen Hill Gottlieb: Born 12/29/1832 in Kiechlinsberger, Baden, Germany Helen Bumen Howard Bumen Jakob Bumen  b 7/14/1781 John Ignatius "Uncle Knots" Bumen b 1858 Madison IN Joseph & Clara Bumen Joseph Bumen Josephine Bumen married John Steinberger Kate Bumen Yunker Leo Bumen Louis Bumen m Alma Conn Mary Bumen Kahn Morris Bumen Richard J Bumen Sebastian Bumen b 1823 Bumen letters Oldest Bumen history Email Us			Bumen Family The Bumen / Baumann Story As told to Brigitte Spechtmeier by the priest at Kieschlinsbergen. Some of the historic details were in an article in the newspaper. In 1630 The plague swept through villages in Germany, killing entire families. There were many houses standing empty. Johannes Baumann came to Kieschlinsbergen, Germany from Switzerland at this time because they had very little food or money. Johannes and his family moved into one of the vacant houses. The Kieschlinsbergen church record books first record Johannes parents, Adam and Verone (pronounced "Verina") Baumann, but there are no Swiss records that would show their parents and families before them. Brigitte learned that the Swiss records were destroyed in a church fire years ago. Brigitte hoped to find those records, as she lives in Switzerland and if she could prove that her ancestors had lived in Switzerland she would have paid less money to the government when their daughter was getting her drivers license and also some taxes would be lower. She could not find any trace of the family records in Switzerland. The letter & reply that connected us to German cousins & ancestors to the 1600's   Descendants from Adam and Verone Baumann   Kieschlinsbergen Church Record Books Page 20 Adam Baumann (b circa 1608) & Verone Staubin Son: Johannes b 1630 m 1651 to Margaretha Boler b 1632 Came to Germany Son: Michael Baumann b 1651 m 1672 to A. Maria Schneider b 10/10/1651   Page 52 Son: Johannes Baumann b 2/6/1673 m 11/16/1698 to Elizabeth Schott b 10/8/1673, she d 1700 Johannes Baumann second m 1701 to Wfilla Haufurannim (sp hard to read) he d 1739   Page 53 Son: Anton Baumann b 1712 m 11/3/1738 to Catherine Witesrin she d 8/16/1747     Page 314 Anton second m Agatha Toller Oburbergen (sp?) 5/16/1748 Anton third m Haucushirin A. M. Achkgurlen (sp?) 4/11/1774 he d 3/21/1776 Son: Mathias Baumann b 2/9/1745 m 1/29/1776 to Agatha Dolverin b 7/27/1741 she d 4/22/1814 he d 11/30/1804   Page 465 Son: Jakob Bumen (Sp changed) b 7/14/1781 m 11/22/1802 to M. Anna  Rusenberger b 1/13/1780 Jakob second m 3/30/1818 Josepha Scherard b 11/22/1790 Son: Joseph  b 1807 and Son: Sebastian b 1823, different mother   Page 608 Son: Joseph Bumen (Sp changed) b 2/20/1807 m 3/1/1832 to Clara Strobel b 8/12/1808 and another Son: Sebastian b 1/16/1823 (Brigitte's Greatgrandfather)   Page 754 Joseph and Clara's children listed, Gotlieb, b 1832,  "Amerika 1853" and they did fill in the year he married in Madison, 1855 and the year that he died, 1897.   Joseph and Clara had a son, Gottlieb. In 1853, Joseph sold a cow to give Gottlieb the money to come to America. Gottlieb's daughter was Christina Bumen Zapp, her daughter was Bertha Zapp Steinberger, her daughter was Mary Louise Steinberger Werner and her son is John Werner. Sebastian had a son, Jakob, b 6/24/1862, who had a son Leo m Frieda, they had a daughter, Elizabeth Baumann Kammerdiener who had Brigitte. Joseph's Sons: Sebastian and Gottlieb Their children were cousins: Christina and Jakob Their children were 2nd cousins: Bertha and Leo Their children were 3rd cousins: Mary Louise and Elizabeth. Their appearances and mannerisms were similar. Elizabeth's house Elizabeth owned a very large home with land in Germany. We visited her there. The property was worth over $2,000,000 according to her daughter, Brigitte. Their children are 4th cousins, Brigitte Kammerdiener Spechtmeier and John Werner. Brigitte said that her family knew that Sebastian always wanted to come to America, as Gottlieb told them how wonderful it was. However, his wife, Magdalena was very rich and he had to marry her. This made Sebastian very wealthy but Magdalena had no interest in leaving her homeland.
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