Verena Baumgartner

Brief Life History of Verena

When Verena Baumgartner was born on 13 October 1826, in Stein, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Ulrich Baumgartner, was 46 and her mother, Ursula Lusti, was 41. She married Isaak Looser on 17 April 1855, in Stein, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 26 December 1897, in Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaak Looser
1830–1887
Verena Baumgartner
1826–1897
Marriage: 17 April 1855
Jakob Losser
1856–1919
Anna Barbara Looser
1857–
Anna Maria Looser
1858–
Arnold Looser
1860–1861
Caroline Looser
1861–1861
Susanah Losser
1862–1912
Abraham Looser
1863–1868
Isaac Losser
1870–1926

Sources (18)

  • Farena Lowser in household of Isaac Lowser, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Verena Baumgartner Losser, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Varena Bounyarener, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Fritz, Hans, Helmut, Alois, Otto, Erwin, Johann, Meggan, Dietmar, Ernst, Franz.

German and Swiss German (also Baumgärtner):

occupational name for someone who owned or worked in an orchard, from an agent derivative of Baumgarten .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Arnold Looser

Transcript for Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal, 1861 July-September Copy of a diary from BYU about the Sixtus E. Johnson Company across the plains in 1861, George Teasdale, Clerk. A p …

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