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Johann Pancratius Baumeister

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Johann Pancratius Baumeister

Birth
Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
17 May 1893 (aged 73)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Section R, Lot 11, Space 8
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Pancratius was born into a religious family, and it was said that he had a brother who became a priest and two sisters who became nuns. No wonder his parents would not give him permission to marry a Lutheran girl. So he and the Lutheran girl, Maria Agnes Felicitas Schwenk, made their way to La Havre, France and boarded the ship William Tell. They were listed as "#37 Baumeister, Pancratius (age) 35" and "#38 Schwenk, Mary (age) 25." They arrived in New York on June 30, 1855.

Some time between when they left Germany and when they arrived in Chicago, the two married. Several stories relate when they married: in France, before boarding the ship; on board the ship, married by the ship's captain; and in New York upon their arrival. No one knows for sure. When they arrived in Chicago in 1855, it was a small town of about 35,000 people, about half of whom were immigrants, and many were from Germany. Much of the land was swampy. They first lived in a flat at Polk and State Streets. They built a small home at 126 Fry Street in the Near West Side of Chicago. This was about 20 blocks north of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It never got to their home, but as their family grew, they built a new brick home on the land. The sidewalks were wooden planks. The house was a mile away from Haymarket Square where the famous riots broke out in 1886.

Johann worked as a teamster, meaning he drove a horse and a wagon to make deliveries. In his obituary, he was lauded as "a great leader in the church" and "was very generous toward the poor and unfortunate."

Pancratius passed away in his home.
Pancratius was born into a religious family, and it was said that he had a brother who became a priest and two sisters who became nuns. No wonder his parents would not give him permission to marry a Lutheran girl. So he and the Lutheran girl, Maria Agnes Felicitas Schwenk, made their way to La Havre, France and boarded the ship William Tell. They were listed as "#37 Baumeister, Pancratius (age) 35" and "#38 Schwenk, Mary (age) 25." They arrived in New York on June 30, 1855.

Some time between when they left Germany and when they arrived in Chicago, the two married. Several stories relate when they married: in France, before boarding the ship; on board the ship, married by the ship's captain; and in New York upon their arrival. No one knows for sure. When they arrived in Chicago in 1855, it was a small town of about 35,000 people, about half of whom were immigrants, and many were from Germany. Much of the land was swampy. They first lived in a flat at Polk and State Streets. They built a small home at 126 Fry Street in the Near West Side of Chicago. This was about 20 blocks north of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It never got to their home, but as their family grew, they built a new brick home on the land. The sidewalks were wooden planks. The house was a mile away from Haymarket Square where the famous riots broke out in 1886.

Johann worked as a teamster, meaning he drove a horse and a wagon to make deliveries. In his obituary, he was lauded as "a great leader in the church" and "was very generous toward the poor and unfortunate."

Pancratius passed away in his home.

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