Johanna Christina Baum1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 38, (1820 - 1907)
FatherJohann Heinrich Nicolaus Baum1,3 (abt 4 Jun 1775 - 6 Sep 1829)
MotherAnna Margaretha Schreid1,3 ( - aft 1839)

Key Events:

Birth: 31 Aug 1820, Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine4,5,6,7
Marriage: 14 Jul 1839, French Reformed Church, Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, Jean Frédéric Lebeau (about 1815 - 17 Nov 1854)8,9,10
Marriage: 7 Jan 1856, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, John M. Frey (27 Aug 1815 - 22 May 1877)11,12,13
Death: 21 Jul 1907, Cincinnati, Ohio14,15,16,17
Burial: 23 Jul 1907, Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Kentucky18,19

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Johanna Christina Baum was born on 31 Aug 1820 in Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine.4,5,6,7
     She was baptized on 10 Sep 1820 in Evangelische Kirche, Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, with Johanna Christina, widow of deceased master tailor Hammel, as godmother.1
     As was the custom, she used her middle name, Christina, or Christine, except for the most formal legal documents.20,21
     Johanna married first Jean Frédéric Lebeau, son of Pierre Isaac Lebeau and Christiane Elisabethe Margerthe Stehter, on 14 Jul 1839 in French Reformed Church, Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine.8,9,10
     Christina and Jean settled in Offenbach where they joined the Moravian Church.22
     According to family lore, she was a seamstress in Offenbach.23
     After hearing Rev. Riemenschneider speak elsewhere, John requested that he conduct classes in Offenbach, and he and Christina invited him to speak in their home. He accepted and preached there weekly for a time. They both joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.24,25

Immigrating to America --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     John felt called to the ministry, but found the persecutions and restrictions so severe that they sold their home, and in 1854 immigrated to America with their daughter Louisa.26,27,28
     They initially came to Cincinnati, but Dr. Nast, founder of the German Methodist Church there, encouraged him to enter the Conference as a travelling minister.22 John accepted a post in Huntingburgh, Indiana, and they moved there, but he survived only a few months.22
     Her husband died on 17 Nov 1854 in Frankfort, Indiana.29,30,31
     After the death of her husband, Christina and her daughter returned to Cincinnati.22

A Second Marriage --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     Christina married second John M. Frey, son of Michael Frey and Anna Katharina Trautwein, on 7 Jan 1856 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, with Rev. Conrad Gahn, pastor of the Buckeye St. Church, officiating.11,12,13
     Christina and John appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, enumerated 25 Jun 1860, reporting $1,500 in real estate and $500 in personal property. His daughter by his previous marriage, Emma, was listed as living with them, as were Rodolph Walker, a 21-year-old baker, and George Hatgen, a 16-year-old baker apprentice.32
     By 1861 Christina and John were living at 642 Main St., above his bakery. They continued to live there until his death, and she did for a time after that.33,34
     Her daughter Louisa and her husband, William Fenker, and their family moved into the same building Christina and John had been living in by 1870.35
     Christina and John appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, enumerated 20 Jun 1870, living in the same dwelling as her daughter Louisa and her husband.36
     Christina was named executrix and an heir in the will of her husband dated 7 May 1877 in Covington, Kentucky, in which he left her an annuity of $120 per year, to be paid by his daugther Emma by his prior marriage, out of $2,000 he left her. Christina was then to receive all the rest of his estate.37

Widowed a Second Time --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     Her second husband died on 22 May 1877 in Covington, Kentucky.38,39,17
     Christina appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, in the household of her daughter Louisa and her husband.40
     When Louisa and her sons moved to Michigan, in the late 1890's, Christina moved there with them. She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in the household of Louisa.41 They returned to Cincinnati by 1904.42,43
     She spent most of her time reading books, according to the recollection of her great-granddaughter Louise A. Fenker. She did not recall what they were about, but did say that they were always in German and had to be gotten from the library.44 She lost her sight and was blind the last two years she lived. Bethesda Hospital took care of her these last years because her first husband had been a Methodist minister.45,44
     Christina died on 21 Jul 1907 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at age 86.14,15,16,17 She was buried on 23 Jul 1907 in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Kentucky, in William Fenker's lot.18,19

Children:
     Children with Jean Frédéric Lebeau

Jean declared in a statement to the head priest of her parish that he was not the father of Lousia, who was born before he married Christina, but nevertheless wanted to accept the child as his child. On 21 Jun 1839, after they married, he confirmed the adoption by declaring that he represented himself as her father.46

Children:
     There were no children with Johann Michael Frey

Citations

  1. [S10923] Evangelischen Kirche Taufregister (Lutheran Church Baptism Register),, 1820, pg 170, Johanna Christina Baum.
  2. [S10923] Evangelischen Kirche Taufregister (Lutheran Church Baptism Register),, 1836, pg 87, Johanna Louise Baum, shows name as Johanna Christina Baum.
  3. [S10924] Französisch-Reformierte Kirche Trauregister (French Reformed Church Marraige Register),, 1839, pg 24, Johann Friederich Lebeau and Johanna Christina Baum.
  4. [S10923] Evangelischen Kirche Taufregister (Lutheran Church Baptism Register),, 1820, pg 170, Johanna Christina Baum, shows date.
  5. [S282] John Frey household, 1870 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky, shows age 51 and country, as Prussia.
  6. [S92] Christine Baum, shows date, with year as 1819, town, and state.
  7. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", shows born in Frankfort-Am-Main, which is almost directly across the river Main from Offenbach.
  8. [S10924] Französisch-Reformierte Kirche Trauregister (French Reformed Church Marraige Register),, 1839, pg 24, Johann Friederich Lebeau and Johanna Christina Baum, shows date.
  9. [S92] Christine Baum, shows married.
  10. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", shows married when she was age 18.
  11. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, B/10:280, Frey-Lebeau, 7 Jan 1856, shows date and name of pastor.
  12. [S10919] Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1855, pg 639, shows Conrad Gahn as pastor of the Buckeye St. church in Cincinnati; 1856, pg 151, shows Conrad Gahn as pastor of Buckeye and Congress St. churches.
  13. [S92] Christine Baum, shows date.
  14. [S3420] Linden Grove Cemetery, burial records, no. 8016, Christina Frey, shows date, as 21st, place of death as Bethesda Hospital.
  15. [S92] Christine Baum, shows birth date, age 87 yr 10 mo 20 days, died on "Sunday last" and hospital. I calculate from these data that she died 20 Jul 1707, however the 20 was a Saturday, so the correct date must be the 21st.
  16. [S26] Fogg, Family File "Fenker_Al.FTW," 1 Mar 2000, shows date, as 20th, and city, state.
  17. [S474] John M. and Christine Frey tombstone, Linden Grove Cemetery, shows year.
  18. [S3420] Linden Grove Cemetery, burial records, no. 8016, Christina Frey, shows date.
  19. [S474] John M. and Christine Frey tombstone, Linden Grove Cemetery.
  20. [S210] John Frey household, 1860 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky, shows name as Christina Frey.
  21. [S474] John M. and Christine Frey tombstone, Linden Grove Cemetery, shows name as Christine Frey.
  22. [S92] Christine Baum.
  23. [S26] Fogg, Family File "Fenker_Al.FTW," 1 Mar 2000.
  24. [S10920] Engelhard Riemenschneider, Edwin A. Riemenschneider, and Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Engelhard Riemenschneider, pg 142.
  25. [S92] Christine Baum, shows he came in 1851, they influenced by him, joined the church, and he often preached in their home, and they became members of the Methodist Church.
  26. [S92] Christine Baum, shows his calling, year, with daughter, and came to Cincinnati.
  27. [S10920] Engelhard Riemenschneider, Edwin A. Riemenschneider, and Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Engelhard Riemenschneider, pg 142, shows John sold his home and immigrated because of the persecutions and restrictions.
  28. [S776] Louise Fenker household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, shows Christina and Louise immigrated in 1854, and had been in America 45 years.
  29. [S92] Christine Baum, gives date and age 39.
  30. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", shows town, as Frankfort, and state.
  31. [S26] Fogg, Family File "Fenker_Al.FTW," 1 Mar 2000, shows date and city, as Huntingburg, and state.
  32. [S210] John Frey household, 1860 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky.
  33. [S10504] Williams' Covington and Newport Directory, 1861, pg 425, shows occupation as baker, e.s. Main b. 7th and Bremen; 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Covington, section 16 shows Bremen where Pershing Ave. now is, and 642 Main as a bakery were 638 Main is now located.
  34. [S10716] Haddock's General and Business Directory of Covington, 1878, pg 106, shows residence as 642 Main.
  35. [S10366] Covington City Directory, 1871, pg 50, shows William with residence as 642 Main.
  36. [S282] John Frey household, 1870 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky.
  37. [S10714] Will Book, Kenton Co., Kentucky, 2:214, will of John M. Frey, 7 May 1877.
  38. [S3420] Linden Grove Cemetery, burial records, no. 1352, John M. Frey, shows date.
  39. [S26] Fogg, Family File "Fenker_Al.FTW," 1 Mar 2000, shows year, city, and state.
  40. [S160] William Fenker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky.
  41. [S776] Louise Fenker household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  42. [S10413] William's Cincinnati Directory, 1904, pg 756.
  43. [S10504] Williams' Covington and Newport Directory, 1906, pg 89.
  44. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family.""
  45. [S92] Christine Baum, shows she lost her sight about 18 mo. before her death.
  46. [S10923] Evangelischen Kirche Taufregister (Lutheran Church Baptism Register),, 1836, pg 87, Johanna Louise Baum.
  47. [S307] Lousia Fenker, Certificate of Death.