From Baden-Wuerttenberg, Germany. Traveled from
Germany to Le Havre, France, departing on the Ship Advance to New York, arriving on 9 Aug 1852. Changed his name to 'Joseph Bowman". Married Lizia (no maiden name) Bowman in about 1877-1879 in Georgia, USA. Had one child, Joseph Wm. Bowman, born 19 June 1879, in Dade County, Coal,
Georgia, USA. Family relocated to Whitwell, TN, sometime after 1900. Joseph Bomm is my Great-Grandfather.