Maria Bachman

Birth Date
On 1854 February 21 (Born)
Death Date
Circa 1874 November (Died)
Gender
Female

Jacob, his wife Elizabeth and their children Maria, Verna,  Jacob, Elizabeth and Emil sailed to America in 1862 on the ship Windermere, arriving in New York on 8 July 1862. In a life sketch, written in 1915, the daughter Elizabeth, who was just a toddler at the time of travel, indicates that the family arrived in the Valley in December 1863. This is very unlikely as there is no record of a company arriving so late in the season, and there is no mention of them remaining in the East for a year after arriving in the States.

The Bachman family lost a newborn baby on the trail. The Jacob Zollinger reminiscences of the 1862 Dame company mention a newborn with the family name of Bachofen who died on the trail. It is assumed that this was the child of Jacob and Elizabeth Bachman, which would place the family in this company.

More research is needed to confirm Maria's birth and death dates.

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Born

1854 February 21

Date Details

Occurred On 1854 February 21

Traveled in William H. Dame Freight Train (1862)

1862 August 14 – October 29 (Age 8) Pioneers in Company

Date Details

Started On 1862 August 14
Joined Company
Ended On 1862 October 29
Company Arrived

Died

1874 November (Age 20)

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