Have documents--looking for descendant

Question

Hello--I'm new on here and was hoping to find a home for some documents I've got.  They are from Christian Bachmann, a watchmaker in Switzerland who had a kid (Jules-Aleide) 1877 but was in Iowa by 1885 since he applied for US citizenship then (and received it in 1890).  The little booklet contains those papers and others, such as a "Cerificat De Mariage" (1876) to Fanny Von-Buren.  Can anyone tell me how I could go about finding if he has any living descendants?

Thanks in advance!

Steve

Answer 1

He has sources at Family Search. In 1900, he had 5 children in his household. 1900 Census Here is his profile there. If he has no profile here, you could make one, then follow the children down until you get to where some might be living.

Answer 2

There is an obituary for Christian Bachmann from 1943 that lists the following children:

Charles A. of Bay City, Michigan

Julius A. of Missoula, Montana

Emma I Brown of Ottumwa, Iowa

Lena M. Horn of Pulaski, Iowa

Mary R. Saner of Hedrick, Iowa

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/3426990/person/382121294156/media/a4a52d82-5f99-462f-ae58-e1fbc9c0c8db?_phsrc=qcN44091&_phstart=successSource

If you don't have access to ancestry, PM me and I will email it to you.

Comments

I don't have access if you'd be able to share that, but I think you just helped with a huge piece of the puzzle--the documents came from Missoula, MT.  I'll need to check to see if I can find any descendants of Julius.  Thank you!