Johann Gottlieb was born on 4 May 1817 in Rohr. He was the son of Keßler Peter Baumann and Elisabetha Grau.[1][2]
He learned woodcraft as a cabinet maker's apprentice. When his term of indenture ended, young Johann decided to emigrate to the United States. On his sixteenth year, he journeyed from Stuttgart to Amsterdam to sail for America. Arriving at the dock, he found his intended transport had departed the day before. Bitterly disappointed, Johann returned home. He he succeeded in obtaining passage the next year and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, probably arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He married Hannah Maria Klinginsmith.
John and Hannah BAUMANN were the parents of six children:
1. Harriet BAUMANN, b. 11 Jan 1839, Mercer Co. PA; d. 22 Apr 1897 married Calvin PARKER
2. Simon Peter BAUMANN, b. 29 Sep 1840, Mercer Co. PA; d. 22 Jun 1915 married Dorotha MADDEN
3. Sarah Catherine BAUMANN, b. 23 Jun 1843, Mercer Co. PA; d. 18 Dec 1906, Haigler NE married 1862, IA Norman James ALLEN, Sr.
4. Maria BAUMANN, b. 12 Mar 1846, Mercer Co. PA; d. 11 Sep 1851, Mercer Co. PA
5. Mary Ann BAUMANN, b. 16 Sep 1849, Mercer Co. PA; d. 27 Sep 1926, IA married Nelson Stewart DAVENPORT
6. Hiram Mack BAUMANN, b. 19 Apr 1852, Mercer Co. PA; d. 31 Oct 1909, Kansas City MO interment Walnut Creek Cemetery, Wellsville KS married 24 Mar 1875, Creston IA Emma Alice CORT
Sources
↑ Church book Rohr, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Degerloch > Rohr > Taufregister 1808-1824 Band 4 Archion image 23
↑ Family table Rohr, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Degerloch > Rohr > Familienregister 1830-1853 Band 12, p. 3 Archion image 4
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