A family history written in 1958 by Philip Baumunk's great-granddaughter Edna chronicles that Philip's children Peter, John and Mag emigrated from Germany in the middle of the 1800's. 

The three siblings had been born in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany in the 1820's.  Their arrival in America is reported by another source as 1853, however, the passenger list of the Augusta, arriving at New York on September 22, 1858 lists a Peter Baumunk , Johanne Baumunk and Margaretta (often shortened to Mag) Meyer.  It could be that Mag was coming to America as a widow.  The ages listed are accurate for the trio and their country of origin was listed as "Hesse" (aka Hessen). 

Regardless, it is known that Johnne had a son, John Adam Baumunk who was born in Wyandot County, Ohio and moved to the open plains of Kansas after 1880, spending the remainder of this long life farming near Wichita in Sumner and Sedgwick Counties.  John Adam is buried next to his wife Candace Alma Barlow in the Mulvane Cemetery in Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas.

More work is yet to be done to verify our Baumunk roots as Baumunk was not an uncommon name in the Hessen region and there are other John and Peter Baumunks who emigrated and lived in America in the 1800s.  Also, due to the language barriers, the Baumunk name has appeared on various lists and census as Baumonk, Baumann, Baumong and others.

In fact, in the 1880 Federal Census for Hancock County, Ohio, John Adam Baumunks parent's, Johanne and Barbra are listed as "Idiotic" and "Insane" respectively.  This could explain much about my family, however it seems more likely an issue with the census-taker as the Baumunk's Bavarian-born neighbors received the same notations.