DNA STORY

1800-1825

1825-1850

*Johann Traun actually departed Bremen, Germany in 1881 and immigrated to the USA through Baltimore, Maryland.

Johann Traun was born on May 9, 1855, in Griesbach, Lower Austria, Austria, the son of Catherine and Anton. He married Mary Victoria Bauer and they had five children together. He also had three sons and three daughters with Victoria Trann. He died on August 30, 1896, in Durand, Wisconsin, at the age of 41, and was buried there.

Baltimore Passenger List (1881)

It appears as though Wilfred’s relatives – Johann Traun and his wife Mary Victoria Bauer (great grand parents) came over on the same boat as Mary’s relative – Therea Hengst (great grandmother).

1850-1875

1875-1900