BRAUN, Sophia (Weis) 1821-1888

BRAUN, WEIS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/16/2011 at 17:33:03

Sophia Braun

Sophia was born on May 13, 1821 to Johannis and Katherine Schmit Weis in Altdorf, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany.

On January 20, 1839, she married Franz A. Braun in the parish of Geinsheim, Bobingen, Germany.

Sophia and Franz came to the United States with their four children in 1851. From the Port of New York, they went directly to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for eight years, then to settle near Concord, Jefferson County, Wisconsin where they farmed. They moved to Mitchell County, Iowa in 1876 and settled on a farm in Section 21, Stacyville Township. Franz also worked as a painter.

They were the parents of eleven children. The first two, Maria Anna (July 7, 1839) and Barbara (March 21, 1841) died as infants and are buried in Bobingen, Germany. The other children were: Johannes (John) H., Phillip, Joseph, Jacob, William, Heinrich (Henry) Boniface, Catherine, and Maria P.

Sophia passed away on June 4, 1888 in Stacyville Township, and is buried at the Visitation Cemetery in Stacyville, Iowa.

[Adapted from Franz & Sophia Braun story by Lori Krones, Mitchell County History, 1989]

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