Christian Frederick KUMM

   Cause of his death was Apoplexy-Arteriorsclerosis.

  Research Notes:

Christian Frederick KUMM

Christian Frederick KUMM was born April 28, 1851 in Gross Schlatikow, POMMERN, Germany and Wilhelmina Augusta ROHDE KUMM was born April 26, 1850 in Barskevitz, POMMERN, Germany. Barskevitz is situated in Kreis (county) Saatzig. This Kreis is situated around Stargard. Barskevitz belonged to the parish of Pansin in Kreis Saatzig. Groß Schlatikow was in Kreis Saatzig too and belonged to the parish of Schwanenbeck, Kreis Saatzig.

C. F. KUMM left Germany in 1868 and came to Morrisonville, Wisconsin. About two months after he went to school for three weeks. He then walked to Columbus Wisconsin, then to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, then to Waukon, and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin with only two dollars in his pocket. While walking from place to place he worked for his board. In the spring of 1869 he went back to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and worked on a farm until fall; he then worked in a wagon shop at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, for his board until the spring of 1870. From there he went to Jefferson, Wisconsin and worked two weeks, bought a railway ticket to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. While he was on the train he met a man who told him of a good opening to work in Mazomanie, Wisconsin, in the wagon shop of Mr. Palmer. He worked there until the Christmas of 1873 when he went back to Germany. This was a very stormy voyage and he nearly lost his life, but he eventually got back to his home.

In February he with his sweetheart and brother August came back to America. This was the year of 1874 and a very important year because on April 14, 1874 when he was married to Wilhelmina Augusta ROHDE at Mazomanie, Wisconsin. Later he received word from Germany that his parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. KUMM and Mr. and Mrs. Carl ROHDE (parents of Mrs. C. F. KUMM) were planning to come to America to make their home. They wanted Mr. C. F. KUMM to find a farm home for the KUMM family.

The country surrounding Mazomanie was not what he wanted, so in 1875 he went on a trip to the west. His first stop was at Lime Springs, Iowa. From there he went to Preston, Minnesota, then back to Lime Springs, Iowa. He then took the stage to Spring Valley, Minnesota and found just the kind of a farm he wanted for his parents. He liked Spring Valley so well that he bought the wagon shop in December, 1875.

January 26, 1876, he moved his family from Mazomanie, Wisconsin to Spring Valley, Minnesota. His brother Edward worked at the blacksmith trade in connection with the wagon shop, in Spring Valley, Minnesota.

After the parents of both Mr. and Mrs. C. F. KUMM came to America from Germany, they lived with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. KUMM for six weeks. They came in the year of 1876.

  Medical Notes:

Duration of Illness: Apoplexy (6 days).

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Wagon manufacturer, blacksmith, and later farming.

Christian married Wilhelmina Augusta ROHDE, daughter of Carl ROHDE and Sophia TUREKE, on 14 Apr 1874 in Mazomanie, Dane, Wisconsin, USA. (Wilhelmina Augusta ROHDE was born on 26 Apr 1850 in Barzkowice, , Zachodniopomorskie, Poland and died on 14 May 1928.) The cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis.