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Johann (Frederick Lehmann) Baumberger
b.2 Jan 1832 Koppigen, Bern, Switzerland
d.23 Sep 1903 Wadena, MN
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m. 18 Sep 1829
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m. 5 Oct 1863
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From: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Ancestry.com) Johann Baumberger,age 24, arrived in New York aboard the H. Miller from Le Havre on April 20, 1855, carrying "one bag". Country of origin - Switzerland. Occupation - farmer. Next to him on the passenger list is Fred Leiber, also listed as farmer with Switzerland as country of origin. (Family legend said that Johann Baumberger took the name Fred Lehmann from a farmer he met on the boat) --------------------------- Downloaded 7 Nov 2008 http://immigrantships.net/v7/1800v7/hamiller18550420.html Immigrant ShipsTranscribers GuildShip H A MillerLeHavre, France to New York 20 April 1855 124 Johann Baumberger 24 m Suisse one bag -------------------------- ?Census 1857 Minnesota State Census. Hennepin County, St. Anthony. Frederick _____ age 22 Born Switzerland. No surname is listed but this information meshes with a family legend which asserts that Frederick Lehmann (aka Johann Baumberger) "went on to St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota. Here he changed his name"....(to Frederick)..... "and worked as a carpenter in and around St. Anthony Falls and built some of the first houses in St. Paul" - prior to his enlistment in the army in August, 1862. ----------------------- ?Census 1860 Minnesota Dakota Hastings. Jacob Kohler 27 Bavaria , Mary Kohler 22 Bavaria , Fred Leonard 25 Cabinet maker - Switzerland (Fred Leonard must be Fred Lehmann as Jacob Kohler appears as witness to marriage of Frederick Lehmann and Mary Roller on 5 Oct 1863) References
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