Jacob Germann b1834 m Catherine Hammer b1835
Jacob Germann b 1834 in IN State (his parents born in OH State if the info on the Census is correct). He married Catherine Hammer b 1835 IN State (her parents also born in OH State).
Date of marriage uncertain, but the Census shows two of their children at home.. John Q. age 15 born in IL.. and Catherine (Katie) M. age 13 born in IL.
Family oral history tells me their were at least 3 other children.. Willie (f) dob unkn.. Peter born 1 Jan 1873 and Reinhart born 26 Sep 1880.
Peter married Caroline Stark born 6 Oct 1879 in Pirmasen, Germany. Exact date unkn for marriage, but one dau born is Loretta Marie 12 Jan 1904. There are five other children.. Leo, Francis (f), Catherine, Margaret, Clemence.
Loretta marries Charles Frances Bowers in a shotgun wedding. He subsequently abandons her and their child at the Germann farm .. and moves on to marry and raise another family. Nothing more is heard of him. Loretta lives at the farm until the death of her mother, when she then moves in with her daughter and sil in Chicago, IL. Her gravestone is at the family cemetary in WI State.
Francis Germann marries Arthur G. Bung. They are buried at the family cemetary together. I have pictures of their grave stones.
That is all the info I have available to me. More info would be appreciated. I have some family photos that I would be willing to share.
Sandy Tracy