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Note: Notes for Jean Momper: He was known as John in the United States. Nothing definite on John's immigration can be found so far. But there was a 26 year old Jean Momper from Belgium that travelled from Antwerp, Belgium to New York on the ship <i>Jacob A Stamler.</i> That ship arrived April 6, 1857. The name matches and the age is close enough, but 1857 doesn't match the 1850 stated in the 1900 census, but many times years stated in censuses were wrong. Also this Jean Momper is listed as being a shipwright or a wheelwright, and the 1900 census states that John was a farmer. But the ship's manifest could have been wrong on his occupation. Or people changed occupations over time. The same manifest shows a Pierre (Peter in English) Momper right after Jean, two years in age younger, and Pierre <i>was</i> a farmer. On the other hand, no sign of Pierre/Peter can be found online. So who knows if this is the correct Jean/John Momper. Maybe. The 1880 U.S. census had an effective date of June first. The Momper home was enumerated June seventh. The census page shows John, 45, a farmer; his wife Magdalena, 32; and five children, including two year old Catherine, living in Belgium, Wisconsin. Also living with the family was Magdalena's 60 year old widowed father Bernhard Peschong, who was born in Luxembourg. It was stated that John was born in the country of Belgium. The 1890 U.S. census records were accidentally burned or damaged by water in 1921. Most of the remaining records were destroyed about 1934. The first link below leads to a map showing farm locations with owner's names in the area of Belgium, Wisconsin in 1892. I have outlined the farms of six ancestors of Robert Jac Watry, born in 1949. One of those six men, John Watry, owned two farms. The second link shows that same map overlaid on a 2017 satellite map of the same area. <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kc5WU3y59vVtZh1W6">1892 farm map</a> <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/gADiA76TZtMbvdTHA">1892 map on 2017 map</a> The 1900 U.S. census had an effective date of June first. The Momper home was enumerated June ninth. The census page shows John being born in May of 1840, which doesn't match what was stated in the 1880 census, or the 1830 birthdate for him found on the internet. Also shown in his wife "Lena", born in January of 1845, which doesn't match what was stated in 1880. Of course. Also shown are three children, and Lena's widowed father Bernhard Peschong, marked as being born in June of 1823. It was stated that Bernhard and his parents were born in Luxembourg, and that he immigrated in 1845. But his daughter is listed as immigrating in 1850, so either there was a mistake, Bernhard left his daughter in Luxembourg for five years, or something else happened. John Momper owned a farm where the family lived in Belgium, Wisconsin. He immigrated in 1850. Nobody in this household could speak English, including the children who lived their entire lives in Wisconsin. Apparently schools taught everything in German.
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