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This Page was last updated
09/14/2005
HISTORY:
Shown below is the cover (in color) and the first poem Skyblue
in (black and white and reduced in size to save bytes) of a booklet of poems
written by Johann Friedrich Baumann [my
(David Kubiatowicz') great-grandfather] to his sister-in-law Emilie Lampart.
The poems were passed down to Johann's son Emil Friedrich by Emilie
Lampart and to my mother Mary Frances Baumann and finally to me,
David Kubiatowicz. The poems are either in German or Swiss
Dialect.
GENEALOGY:
1) Johann Friedrich Baumann was born
Dec 19, 1863 in Wittner, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
He married Josephine Elizabeth Lampart Apr 29, 1887 in
Basel, Switzerland . She was born Mar 16,
1863 in Fischbach, Canton of Luzern, Switzerland and died Aft. 1920 in New
York, NY. Johann and Josephine divorced and she
emigrated to America with their 2 year old son Emil. We have no information
when or where Johann died.
2) Child of Johann Baumann and Josephine Lampart
is:
Emil Friedrich "Fred" H.
Baumann, born Jan 11, 1888 in Basel, Switzerland; died Mar 1949
in Seattle, WA.
He married Agnes Amelia Gotch Oct 29, 1913
in Humboldt, Iowa. She was born Dec 09, 1892
in Fort Dodge, Iowa and died Jan 30, 1946 in Seattle, WA.
3) Children of Emil Baumann and Agnes Gotch are:
Marguerite Josephine4 Baumann, born Nov 02, 1914 in Humboldt,
Humboldt Co., Iowa; died Aug 26, 1997 in Calistoga, Napa Co., CA.
Richard Joseph Baumann, born Jan 24, 1916 in Humboldt, Iowa; died Jan
21, 1977 in Seattle, WA (King Co.).
Mary Frances Baumann, born May 23, 1918
in Humboldt, Iowa; died Aug 19, 2004 in Rochester, Olmsted County,
Minnesota.
Winifred Ellen Baumann, born Feb 09, 1922 in Humboldt, Iowa; died Feb
10, 1996 in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Bert Owen Baumann, born Mar 13, 1925 in Humboldt, Iowa; died Oct 05,
1970 in Seattle, Washington. Mary Frances4 Baumann was born May 23,
1918 in Humboldt, Iowa, and died Aug 19, 2004 in Rochester, Olmsted County,
Minnesota. She married Eugene Andrew Kubiatowicz May 29, 1939 in
Owatonna, MN, son of Andrew Kubiatowicz and Margaret Learch. He was born Jul
16, 1911 in Owatonna, Minnesota.
4) Children of Mary Baumann and Eugene Kubiatowicz
are:
Michael Eugene5 Kubiatowicz, born Oct 23, 1940 in Owatonna, Steele
County, MN; died May 26, 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
David Owen Kubiatowicz, born Apr 18,
1942 in Owatonna, MN.
James Frederick Kubiatowicz, born Jan 30, 1944 in Owatonna,
Minnesota.
TRANSLATION:
For translation, I was fortunate to enlist the
help of Fred Lindner at 3M company, where I
was also employed, who
was born in Switzerland and lived there
many years. He gave me a general
sense of what was in the poetry quoted below:
"The poems are very romantic and
sometimes use heavy language. It was not possible to translate in depth. There
seems not to be any particular special relationship between F. Baumann and his
sister-in-law. He must have just dedicated the poems to her on a special occasion
(Christmas, birthday?) There is no one subject going through all the poems.
Nature, colors, feelings, religion, and atmosphere are mainly covered.
F. Baumann seems to be very sensible sometimes a little on the heavy side."
He also summarized the poems as I have shown them below.
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