Deacon David D Baumgartner

Brief historical sketches of seven generations; descendants of Deacon David Baumgartner, who was born 1735

David was a deacon and school teacher in the Mennonite Church in Switzerland.

Note: 1) 'Two marriages
"He was married twice. By the kindness of Rev. S. Maurer, of the Evangelical Association in Bern, Switzerland, we received several official documents concerning our ancestors, from one called "Der Burgerrodelfuehrer," secretary of records of citizenship. By request. Rev. Maurer went to Buderichgraben and Langnau to search records. In Langnau he secured the help of the above named official, who gives the following extract of David Baumgartner's marriage found in the Baptismal Record of the Society, "Gemeinde," of Langnau, Vol. 10, page 180, that he was the husband of Katharina Imhof, and shows that they were the parents of Rev. David Baumgartner. (See "Burgerrodel," Citizen Record, H= 5, page 144)."
Note 2) Only One child with Katharina
"Deacon David Baumgartner had one child by his first wife Catharina Imhof, a son called David (see third chapter)."
Note 3) Second Wife - Oberli
"And by his second wife, (whose maiden name is not known, but according to recollection of some, she was an Oberli) he had three sons and five daughters as follows: —Christian, Barbara, Katharina, Peter, Ullrich, Elizabeth and Anna. Whether these names are chronologically arranged as to age is not certain, except the first three. The dates of their births have thus far not been found. But they were all born in Buederichgraben, Jura, Oberamt Courtelary, Canton Bern, Switzerland, before their father moved to Langnau"
'Note 4) Birth and Death
Through the kindness of J. H, Tschantz, of Wayne Co., Ohio, we obtained the year of his birth and death, taken from some old records yet existing. He was born in 1735, and died in 1819, at the age of 84 years.

Other References

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 10 2016, 3:07:53 UTC
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