Johanna 'Jennie' Seger

Born: 15 Jan 1865/1866, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Died: 14 Feb 1939 (aged 74 years) Atkinson, Holt Co, Nebraska, USA
Buried: St Joseph's Cemetery, Atkinson, Holt Co, Nebraska, USA

PARENTS

Father: Donat SEGER (1828-1909)
Mother: Margaret SONTAG (1833-1894

SPOUSE AND CHILDREN
On 16 Feb 1885, Atkinson, Holt Co, Nebraska, USA Jenny married John Baumann, son of John Bauman and Theresa Wynn. John was born 8 August 1861 at Honesdale, Wayne Co, Pennsylvania, USA, died 16 Mar 1932 (aged 70 years) and is buried at Atkinson (St Joseph's Cemetery), Holt Co, Nebraska, USA.

Their Children:

1. Jennie T. BAUMAN (Jan 1886- -- )


2. Margaret M BAUMAN (Sep 1888- -- )


3. Barbara BAUMAN (Nov 1890 - -- )


4. John Alfred BAUMAN (3 Mar 1892-16 Oct 1980)


5. Charles D BAUMAN (3 Mar 1892- -- )


6. Louise C BAUMAN (22 Jul 1894/1895-7 Dec 1986)


7. Henry A BAUMAN (Mar 1899- -- )


8. Marie M BAUMAN (Cir 1902- -- )


9. Charlotte C BAUMAN (Cir 1906- -- )


10. Harold Francis BAUMAN (Cir 1908- -- )


11. Josephine Bauman


12. Edward Bauman

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Holt County Nebraska Marriage Records
Book 2 page 65A
John Bauman and Jennie Segar married Feb 16,1885 in Atkinson by Patrick Brophy
John- age 23- born Penn- parents ? Bauman and Theresa Wynn
Jennie- age 20- born Ill- parents Donat Seger and Margaret Surett

Boyd County Nebraska GenWeb page-Cemetery Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~neboyd/cemname/cemname-b.htm
▪ BAUMAN, JENNIE SEGER - born 1865 - died Feb 14,1939 - age 74 years - married John Bauman - buried St Joseph Cem, Atkinson - had children - (obit in file and Seger file)
▪ BAUMAN, JOHN - born Aug 8,1861 - died March 16,1932 - age 70 years - married Jennie Seger - buried St Joseph Cem, Atkinson - had twelve children - Jennie Callen, Margaret Brewer, Barbara, Marie Holtzfaster, Charlotte, Jack, Charles, Louise Reynolds, Henry, Harold, Josephine, Edward, (obit in file and Seger file)

The Bauman Family - Photo

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John and Jenny Seger Bauman
with Jennie, Margaret, Barbara, John and Charles

Jennie Seger and John Baumann - Census Reports

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1900 Federal Census, Nebraska, Douglas Co, McArdle Pct
Series: T623 Roll: 925 Page: 276
▪ Bauman, John A, head, white, male, born Sept 1861, age 38, married–15 yr, born Pennsylvania, father born Germany, mother born Germany, farmer
▪ Bauman, Jane, wife, white, female, born Jan 1866, age 34, married-15 yr, 8 children-7 living, born Illinois, father born Germany, mother born Germany
▪ Bauman, Jennie, dau, white, female, born Jan 1886, age 14, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois, at school
▪ Bauman, Maggie, dau, white, female, born Sep 1888, age 11, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois, at school
▪ Bauman, Barbara, dau, white, female, born Nov 1890, age 9, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois, at school
▪ Bauman, John, son, white, male, born Mar 1892, age 8, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois, at school
▪ Bauman, Charles, son, white, male, born Mar 1892, age 8, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois, at school
▪ Bauman, Loeisa, dau, white, female, born Jul 1895, age 5, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois
▪ Bauman, Henry, son, white, female, born Mar 1899, age 1, single, born Nebraska, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Illinois

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1910-Federal Census, Holt Co, Atkinson Twp, Atkinson Village
Series: T624 Roll: 848 Page: 12
▪ Bauman, John J, head, male, white, age 47, married once-25 yr, born PA, general merchandising
▪ Bauman, Jennie C., wife, female, white, age 45, married once-25 yr, 12 children-10 living, born IL, housekeep
▪ Bauman, Jennie T, dau, female, white, age 24, single, born NE, teaching
▪ Bauman, Margaret M., dau, female, white, age 22, single, born NE, clerking in store
▪ Bauman, John A, son, male, white, age 18, single, born NE, clerk-dry goods
▪ Bauman, Charles D, son, male, white, age 16, single, born NE, clerk-dry goods
▪ Bauman, Louisa C, dau, female, white, age 15, single, born NE
▪ Bauman, Henry S, son, male, white, age 11, born NE
▪ Bauman, Marie M, dau, female, white, age 8, born NE
▪ Bauman, Charlotte C, dau, female, white, age 4, born NE
▪ Bauman, Harold F, son, male, white, age 2, born NE

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1920-Federal Census, Holt Co, Atkinson Town
Series: T625 Roll: 993 Page: 10
▪ Bauman, John J, head, owns home, male, white, age 58, born PA, merchant-store
▪ Bauman, Jennie, wife, female, white, age 54, born IL
▪ Bauman, Mary M, dau, female, white, age 18, born IL
▪ Bauman, Charlotte, dau, female, white, age 14, born IL
▪ Bauman, Francis H, dau, female, white, age 12, born NE
▪ Bauman, Henry A, son, male, white, age 20, born NE, laborer- ???

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1930-Federal Census, Nebraska, Holt Co, Atkinson Twp, Atkinson City
▪ Bauman, John L, head, own home-value 4000, male, white, age 69, born PA, proprietor-store
▪ Bauman, Jennie, wife, female, white, age 64, born IL
▪ Bauman, Henry A, son, male, white, age 31, born NE, machinist-factory
▪ Bauman, Charlotte, dau, female, white, age 24, born NE
▪ Bauman, Charlie, son, male, white, age 38, born NE, driller-oil fields

The Baumann Family

John Bauman from Baden Germany - to Honesdale Pennsylvania
Children:
Charles Bauman, born Baden Germany,
married Mary Ann Moran
Children: Henry, Charles, Ella, Mary

Henry Bauman, born Pennsylvania
married Anna Alworth
had six children

John Bauman, born Pennsylvania
married Jennie Seger
Children: Jennie T, Margaret M, Barbara,
Charles D, Henry A, Louise C, Marie M,
Charlotte C,Harold Francis

Jacob Bauman, born Pennsylvania


From: Before Today, A History of Holt County Nebraska
By Nellie Snyder Yost
Published by Miles Publishing Co, O'Neil Nebraska 1976
Mr. and Mrs. John Bauman left Baden, Germany, for America when their first son Charles was six months old. Seven more children were born to them in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Charles went west very early and found the adventure he sought in Newton, Kansas, where he was a deputy marshal for awhile. The town was new and wild and, at the most popular saloon, he frequently saw a boy of about sixteen in a red velvet suit, hanging around the gaming tables.

One night things got a bit out of hand and bullets began to fly. Charles was shot in the hip, and as he fell he saw the boy in the velvet suit going out a window. Charles recovered, went on several buffalo hunts and then returned to Honesdale to marry Mary Ann Moran. After working in a meat market for four years he took his wife and two children to a homestead west of Atkinson.

The year was 1878 and another family, the Leopold Ulriches, came with them. The two men hauled stone and logs from the Niobrara to build their homes. On one of these trips Charles shot an antelope and was skinning it when a man on a black horse rode up. Charles had his gun ready in case the stranger proved unfriendly. Instead he seemed amiable and Charles invited him to get down and have supper with him. While they were eating antelope steaks the stranger said, “I know you. Do you remember me?” Charles said no and the stranger said, “You were the deputy in Newton and I was the kid in the red velvet suit.” They spent the night together and went their separate ways in the morning. Charles never saw him again.

Five more children were born to Charles and Mary Ann on the homestead and three of Charles brothers, Henry, John and Jacob, followed him to Holt County. Henry took a claim near his brother, married Anna Alworth and fathered six children. John married Jennie Segar and raised a family. Jacob contracted to build a section of the railroad on from West Point and hired Henry and John to work for him. After completing his contract he returned to Pennsylvania.

After a few years Charles moved into Atkinson and ran a saloon on the site where the Night and Day Cafe now stands. John moved over onto Charles' farm and built up a good herd of cattle. The blizzard of '88 wiped him out and he moved to Omaha. Charles moved back onto his farm. When the Kinkaid Act was passed he filed on anpther half section. His sons, Henry and Charles, Jr. and his daughters, Ella and Mary, all past twenty-one years of age, filed on four more sections. All of this land was about thirty miles south of Atkinson, and there they built up “the ranch.”

They traveled between the Atkinson farm and the ranch by horse and wagon at first, later in cars when the roads were good enough that they didn't get “high-centered” or stuck too often. In 1910 Charles sold his farm and built a home in Atkinson. John Bauman, after twelve years in Omaha, came back to Holt County, farmed again for awhile, then moved into town and ran a grocery store until his death in 1933.

John Bauman - Obituary

From: The Atkinson Graphic March 18,1932

DEATH ENDS SUFFERING OF JOHN BAUMAN
Was Early Homesteader; Owned Store Here for 25 Years
Funeral Next Monday

Deceased was 70 Years of Age; Lost all Livestock in Blizzard of ‘88
John Bauman, another of Atkinson’s early settlers who for twenty five years conducted a general merchandise business in this town, died at his home Wednesday night at 10:50. Mr Bauman was 70 years of age. He had been in ill health the past year and for many weeks previous to his death he suffered intensely, however, he was not confined to bed steadily until last Sunday. Death came very peacefully.

Funeral services will be held next Mon morning at 10 o’clock at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Atkinson.

Mr Bauman was born Aug 8,1861 in Honesdale, Penn. He lived in Pennsylvania until he was 21 years of age and then came to Atkinson, Nebraska, where he took a homestead about four miles south of town. He was married to Miss Jennie Seger in Atkinson in 1885.

In the blizzard of 1888, Mr Bauman lost all of the livestock on his farm and in the spring of that year he quit farming and moved to Omaha, where he lived about 15 years.

He moved back to Holt County in 1903 and for 25 years was engaged in the general merchandise business here. He sold his store a year and a half ago and retired from business.

To Mr and Mrs Bauman twelve children were born, ten of whom are living. Josephine and Edward having died in infancy.

Surviving him are Mrs Bauman and the following children; Mrs Jennie Callen, Mrs Margaret Brewer, Miss Barbara Bauman, Mrs Marie Holtzfaster, and Miss Charlotte Bauman, all of Atkinson; Jack Bauman of Macy, Indiana; Charles of Douglas, Wyoming; Mrs Louise Reynolds of Los Angeles, California; Henry Bauman of Omaha; and Harold Bauman of Macy, Indiana; Six grandchildren also survive him.

Jennie Seger Bauman-Obituary

From: The Atkinson Graphic Feb 17,1939
DEATH TAKES PIONEER RESIDENT OF ATKINSON
Mrs John Bauman Expires After Long Illness; Funeral Rites Held at St Joseph

Death removed another pioneer from this community Tuesday when Mrs John Bauman passed away at 1:55 that morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs C E Brewer in Atkinson. Mrs Bauman was 74 years of age, and came to Nebraska with her parents in 1879, having lived in Atkinson most of the time since. She was the wife of the late John Bauman, for 25 years an Atkinson merchant.

Funeral services were held Thursday morning at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, the Rev John Pieper, officiating at a requiem high mass. The body was laid to rest in St Joseph’s Cemetery, the pallbearers being her nephews, Leo, Joe, Gerald and John Seger, and Charles and Howard Bauman. The date of the funeral was on the 54th anniversary of her marriage.

Mrs Bauman became ill two weeks before Christmas while she was visiting her daughter in California. Her condition was not considered serious until the latter part of January, when she was taken to the hospital in Los Angeles and the diagnosis of physicians revealed the critical nature of her illness.

She prepared to return home at once, and arrived here February 1, accompanied by her daughters, Mrs Louise Reynolds of Los Angeles and Mrs Charlotte Roche of Salt Lake City. She was met in Omaha by her son, Henry, with whom she spent a day. Mrs Bauman had the pleasure, before passing away of seeing all of her children, some of whom she had not seen for a number of years.

OBITUARY
Jennie Seger was born in Chicago, Ill in 1865, and died at Atkinson, Nebraska, February 14,1939 at the age of 74 years.

She came to Nebraska with her parents in 1879 and was united in marriage to John Bauman at Atkinson on February 16,1885. For a few years they made their home on a farm near here, but in the blizzard of January 12,1888, they lost all of their livestock, so they quit the farm and that spring moved to Omaha where they stayed for 15 years.

In 1903 they came back to Atkinson and Mr Bauman established a general merchandise business which he continued until a short time before his death on March 16,1932.
For four and a half years after the death of her husband, Mrs Bauman lived here with her daughter, Mrs C E Brewer, and family. In the fall of 1936 she went to California to visit her daughters, Mrs Marie Holtzfaster, Mrs Louise Reynolds and Miss Barbara Bauman, and made her home with them until two weeks previous to her death.

She is survived by six daughters and four sons. Mrs Jennie Callen and Mrs Margaret Brewer, both of Atkinson; Miss Barbara Bauman, Mrs Louise Reynolds, and Mrs Marie Holtzfaster, all of Los Angeles, California; Mrs Charlotte Roche of Salt Lake City, Utah; Jack Bauman of Borger, Tex; Charles of Douglas, Wyoming; Henry of Omaha; and Harold of Marion, Indiana. She is also survived by ten grandchildren and three brothers, ND Seger and Paul Seger of Atkinson and Max Seger of Stuart. A daughter, Josephine, and a son, Edward, died in infancy.