Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Baumann was christened on 17 October 1790, in St. Peterzell, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Hans Jacob Baumann, was 36 and his mother, Anna Elisabeth Neff, was 36. He married Salomea Bühler on 11 June 1811. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Joseph Baum in entry for Christian Brunner, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Josef Brunner in entry for Johannes Brunner, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Joseph Bauman, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
Spouse and Children
1790– Male
1789–1819 Female
Children (3)
1812–1853 Female
1813– Male
1816–1819 Male
Parents and Siblings
1755– Male
1755– Female
Siblings (5)
1786–1787 Female
1789–1789 Female
1790– Male
1795– Female
1798–1798 Male
World Events (4)
1798
1800
1848
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Otto, Gerhard, Ernst, Heinz, Guenter, Armin, Dieter, Erna, Friedrich.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a peasant or a nickname meaning ‘neighbor, fellow citizen’, from Middle High German būman, German Baumann ‘peasant’ (see Bauer ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, and some other European countries. Compare Bauman and Bowman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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