Johann Babtist Schömbs

b. 18 January 1826, d. 8 January 1868
  • Johann Babtist Schömbs was born on 18 January 1826 in Rheinhessen.
  • He was baptized/christened on 20 January 1826 in Undenheim, Rheinhessen.
  • Jacob Sickinger and Johann Babtist Schömbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Lead was mined in and around Shullsburg. At this time, many of the Welsh immigrant miners in the area had gone west with the gold rush. Within a short time, both men will return to their homeland to marry.
  • He was a miner, according to the 1850 census.
  • He married Anna Maria Finger on 16 February 1852 in Bretzenheim, Rheinhessen.
  • Johann Babtist Schömbs died on 8 January 1868 at age 41 in Mainz.
  • Last Edited: 28 Dec 2013

Family: Anna Maria Finger b. 9 January 1825