BOWMAN, BAUMAN, or BUMAN in SWITZERLAND

Ulie Julius Bauman was born in Zimmerberg (small mountain), Switzerland in 1369. He lived there in Canton Zurich until his death in 1425. He married about 1384 and had a son Hans

Hans Bauman (Buman) was born about 1395 in Zimmerberg. He inherited a farm and paid taxes from 1409 to 1420 when he died.

Peter Bauman (Buman) was born in 1420 in Zimmerberg, Switzerland. He paid taxes from 1455-1501. He married Greta Widmer in 1446. He had at least four children: Anna, Heini, Triny, and Uly Widmer.

Uly Widmer Buman was born in 1449 in Zimmerberg. He moved to Rennimattle, but later returned to Zimmerberg. He married Margaretha Franz in 1469. They had at least two children: Hans and Margaret.

Hans Buman was born in 1470. He resided in Luttermoss and Wyenbach. He paid taxes from 1491 to 1555. He married Verena Lehman.

Gross Hans (Big John) Lehman Buman was born in 1505 in Switzerland. He paid taxes at Wuriback, Switzerland from 1527 to 1559. We have record of three children: Hans Buman (1535), Uly Buman (1538), and Cleinhans (Little John)Buman.

Cleinhans (Little John) Buman was born in 1540 possibly Kuhwile, Switzerland. He married Margaret Suter in 1562. Cleinhans died in 1606 in Kuhweile (cow pasture). Cleinhans and Margaret had six children: Adelheit, Hans, Margaret, Junghans "Young John". Hartman, and Kungolt.

Junghans "Young John" Buman was born November 26, 1570 in Ober Durrenmoos, Hirzel, Horgenberg, Switzerland. He married Elsbeth Russerin. Junghans died in Durrenmoos February 26, 1620. Junghans and Elsbeth Buman had thirteen children: Heinrich (1589), Margaret (1591), Martin (1594), Hans (1596), Annali (1598), Oswald (1600), *Balthasar (1602), Elsbeth (1604), Marx (1607), Verena (1610), Margaret (1612), Hans Heinrich (1615), and Rudolf (1619).

Thanks to the wonderful tax records kept by the governments we were able to trace back to our fifteenth great grandfather.