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Karl August Brumm and Wilhelmina Ida Fischer

This blog post celebrates the anniversary of the marriage of Bart’s 3rd great grandparents, Karl August BRUMM and Wilhelmina Ida FISCHER (who went by Mina, pronounced like Mena).  They were married on this date (20 January) in 1861.  I’ve written about this family here and here.
Before I get into their story I do want to say something about Wilhelmina’s last name.  I have found a number of different last names for her.  While I think FISCHER is her maiden name, I can’t be 100% sure.  I have seen the following last names for her: BRUMM, FISCHER, HOFFMAN, WAGNER, WAHLER/WOLLER, and WISCHMAN.  The BRUMM and WISCHMAN surnames are her first and second married names.  I’m not sure where the HOFFMAN, WAGNER, and WAHLER/WOLLER names come in but I think FISCHER is her maiden name.
Karl was born on 17 February 1834 in Saxony, Germany.  (I’ve offered links for you to learn more about Saxony in this blog post.)   Mina was also born in Saxony on 20 September 1838.  They married on 20 January 1861 in Netzschkau, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany.  (I would love to provide you with their marriage license or some kind of record but I don’t have one and haven’t been able to locate one.  The date I have is one that has been given to me by other researchers.)  Here’s a map of the area:
Zwickau-Mylau-Netzschkau Germany 2018 week 3 blog post Brumm-Fischer

(Microsoft Maps)

The map above shows the city of Zwickau which is the capital of the district of Zwickau  (#1), the town of Mylau where Karl was born (#2), and the town of Netzschkau where Mina was born and where Karl and Mina were married (#3).  Karl and Mina lived the first decade or so of their marriage in Germany.  While in Germany, they had their children including Pauline, Theresa (Bart’s maternal 2nd great grandmother whom I wrote about here), Charles, Clemens, Emma, Anna, Ida Bertha, Oliver, Clara, Albert, and George.  (Researchers and records differ on Albert and George.  Some say the boys were born in Germany and some say they were born in Michigan.)
I’m not familiar enough with this family yet to say for sure, but it appears that both Karl and Mina made multiple trips between Germany and the United States.  I think possibly I’ve found the 1892 naturalization record for Karl but again, I’m not familiar enough with the family to say for sure.  In any case, I did find an interesting story on Ancestry.com.  It was posted by Doris Shumaker in 2011.  The story goes like this.  Clara, the youngest daughter of Karl and Mina, arrived in the United States at age 2.  The family settled in Forestville, Sanilac County, Michigan.  Before the family arrived though, Karl came over first.  He began a bakery and then brought the rest of the family over.  That would explain why Karl was not with the family on this Immigrant Passenger List:
Brumm passenger list

1874 Hamburg-to-New York passenger list found on Ancestry.com.  The family resided in Crimmitschau, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany before coming to the United States.

There is one story that I learned about the family that I want to share before I end this blog post.  About 6 years after their arrival in the U.S., their grandson was shot and killed.  Their grandson was Fredrick A. BRUMM.  Fred was the son of Karl and Mina’s son, Charles.  Fred was a patrolman in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.  He was on patrol when he surprised 3 people who were in the process of robbing a cigar store.  Fred was shot in the abdomen and died a week later.  He shot one of the robbers twice in the face during the encounter.  The three men got away but I believe they were later caught (although I’m not sure since I could only access one of the articles).  Here is a copy of the one article I could access on newspapers.com:
fred brumm death - grandson of karl and wilhelmina brumm

31 Mar 1928 The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, MI)

I wanted to make sure that this police officer was remembered by all for his sacrifice.
I plan to write more of Karl and Mina’s stories throughout the year as I celebrate and honor their lives on their birth and death dates.  I hope you’ll join me for those stories.
Until next time,
Lisa @ Days of Our Lives

Week 3 Blog Schedule + EXCITING NEWS!

(Make sure you read below the schedule for exciting news about an upcoming post!!)
The beginning of January and into February will be fairly slow since I did a good job of blogging at the beginning of last year and this year’s schedule is basically to pick up where I left off last year plus adding in blog posts about marriage anniversaries (like the one on Saturday about Lum and Mary BATES).  So this week’s schedule looks like this:
Sunday weekly blog schedule.
Monday I may or may not blog today about race and race relations.  It really depends on how I feel and whether anything comes up to interrupt those plans.
Saturday Karl BRUMM and Wilhelmina FISCHER’s marriage in 1861.  This couple is Bart’s maternal 3rd great grandparents.
Typically, if I find any information that didn’t quite make it into the blog post I will share it here.  I will be sharing some additional information in the next paragraph but right now I want to tell you that I just made an exciting discovery about John C. BATES’ military service!  I’m currently doing a little additional research and then I will be writing a Special Edition blog post about John so I can share with you what I’ve found.   Be looking for it, Bates family!  Now, on to the information that came in after Saturday’s blog post.
On Saturday afternoon I checked the mail and found a quarterly historical society journal in the box.  This quarterly journal is from the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society in Dalton, Georgia (the place where Lum BATES was born).  There were a couple of articles with information that I’d like to pass on to you that gives you a little better feel for what North Georgia was like back in Lum’s childhood.  One bit of information was something that I’d forgotten from my trip there a year or so ago.  It’s that Dalton and the surrounding area was the heart of the old Cherokee Nation before the removal of the Native Americans.  In the Dalton area you can find the old Cherokee ball field where the tribes met and played ball.  You can learn more about stick ball here and here.  If you do a Google search for Cherokee stick ball you can also find images as well as YouTube videos.  Near Dalton you’ll also find the old Cherokee Council Grounds and the Treaty Cabin where Ridge and Ross met to discuss the removal of the Cherokee people.  You can see Chief Vann’s home and Principal Chief John Ross’s home.  A place that I would have liked to spend more time is New Echota, the last capital of the Cherokee Nation.  The area was closed off when I was there but had I been able to go there I could have seen Elias Boudinot’s home and a burial site where his wife was buried.  (Coker White, Marcelle, editor. “Whitfield is in the Heart of the Old Cherokee Nation.” The Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, Fall 2014, pp. 14–15.)  There are so many important Cherokee historical sites in this area that you would need an extended vacation to the area to visit them all.
The other article in the journal I received today described the Dalton area as it was about 8 years before Lum BATES was born.  It was described as a “wild country” with “scarcely anything by trackless forests” and only occasionally a small clearing with a log cabin on it.  This was only about 10 or 12 years after the forced removal of the Cherokees.  In 1847 it was still a newly (and sparsely) settled area for the white settlers.  You could travel by rail up from Atlanta but at some point shy of Dalton the train would stop and you would have to transfer to a stagecoach.  The trip up from Atlanta in those days “frequently took a whole day”.  The area was known back then as “Cherokee Georgia” and Dalton specifically was then called “Cross Plains”.  Prior to being the town of Cross Plains, the area was a meeting ground for the tribes to play stick ball.  (Whitman, J. T. “Early Days: Reminiscences of Dalton in the Antebellum Times.” The Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, Fall 2014, pp. 17–18.)  You can learn more about the historical society here.  They also have a Facebook page.  If you ever get to the Dalton area you should definitely look them up and go through the museum.
If you’re interested in learning more about Karl BRUMM and Wilhelmina FISCHER, you can check out the blog on Saturday.  If not, I’ll see you back here next Sunday for the week 4 schedule.  
39th ga drum civ war
I found the photo above while doing genealogical research at Sara Hightower Regional Library in Rome, Georgia.  It was on the cover of the book Civil War Stories, Letters, and Miscellany of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia.  The book was compiled by Marcelle White for the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society.  It’s the drum used by the 39th Georgia Infantry in the Civil War.
Until next time,
Lisa @ Days of Our Lives blog

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