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1 SOUR JoshuaGayman.com
2 VERS 1.0.0
2 NAME Gehman-Gayman Family History Database
2 CORP Joshua B. Gayman
3 ADDR MIT Sloan School of Management
4 CONT Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
4 CONT United States
1 DEST ANY
1 DATE 17 JAN 2026
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 LANG English
1 SUBM @SUBM1@
1 NOTE Canonical genealogical data for the Gehman-Gayman family.
2 CONT Eighteen documented generations from 1495 to present day.
2 CONT Primary sources: Swiss Bürgerrecht records, Bernese State Archives,
2 CONT Pennsylvania German Pioneers passenger lists, Mennonite church registers.
2 CONT
2 CONT License: CC BY 4.0
2 CONT Canonical URL: https://joshuagayman.com/family
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1 NAME Joshua B. Gayman
1 ADDR MIT Sloan School of Management
2 CONT Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
2 CONT United States
1 EMAIL joshg@sloan.mit.edu

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1 NAME Gouman //
2 GIVN Gouman
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1495
2 PLAC Grosshöchstetten, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 DATE BEF 1560
2 PLAC Grosshöchstetten, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 NOTE Earliest documented ancestor. Family roots in the Emmental extend to the 1400s Bernese expansion and dairy revolution.
2 CONT Name appears in Swiss Bürgerrecht (Hereditary Citizenship) records.
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1 NAME Johannes /Gouman/
2 GIVN Johannes
2 SURN Gouman
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1525
2 PLAC Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F2@

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1 NAME Martin /Göuman/
2 GIVN Martin
2 SURN Göuman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1555
2 PLAC Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1615
2 PLAC Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F3@

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1 NAME Niclaus /Gäumann/
2 GIVN Niclaus
2 SURN Gäumann
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1588
2 PLAC Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1658
2 PLAC Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F4@

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1 NAME Hans /Gäumann/
2 GIVN Hans
2 SURN Gäumann
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1616
2 PLAC Häutligen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Häutligen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 FAMC @F4@
1 FAMS @F5@

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1 NAME Christen /Gäumann/ (the Elder)
2 GIVN Christen
2 SURN Gäumann
2 NICK the Elder
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1643
2 PLAC Emmental Valley, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT 1710
2 PLAC Unknown (deported 1711)
1 RELI Anabaptist (Mennonite)
1 NOTE Imprisoned at Trachselwald Castle 1710. One of three leaders of the 1711 deportation flotilla.
2 CONT Labeled "hard-necked Wiedertäufer" (Anabaptist) by Bernese authorities in 1687.
2 CONT Guardian (Gilgan Aeschliman) appointed over his children in 1684.
2 SOUR Müller, Ernst. Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer (1895), pp. 307-313
2 SOUR StABE B IX 486 (Bernese State Archives)
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Imprisonment
2 DATE 27 JUL 1710
2 PLAC Trachselwald Castle, Canton Bern, Switzerland
2 NOTE Arrested as "hard-necked Wiedertäufer" (Anabaptist)
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Deportation
2 DATE 1711
2 PLAC Rhine River (Great Exodus)
2 NOTE One of three leaders of the flotilla of 350+ Swiss Mennonites
1 FAMC @F5@
1 FAMS @F6@

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1 NAME Christen /Gäumann/ (the Younger)
2 GIVN Christen
2 SURN Gäumann
2 NICK the Younger
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1678
2 PLAC Grosshöchstetten, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT 1745
2 PLAC Peri La Hutt, Palatinate, Germany
1 RELI Anabaptist (Mennonite)
1 NOTE Arrested July 27, 1710 with his father. Arrived Amsterdam 1711. Settled Peri La Hutt, Palatinate.
2 SOUR StABE B IX 486 (Bernese State Archives)
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Arrest
2 DATE 27 JUL 1710
2 PLAC Trachselwald Castle, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Immigration
2 DATE 1711
2 PLAC Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 NOTE Via the Great Exodus deportation flotilla
1 FAMC @F6@
1 FAMS @F7@

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1 NAME Katharina /Streit/
2 GIVN Katharina
2 SURN Streit
1 NOTE Wife of Christen Gäumann the Younger
1 FAMS @F7@

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1 NAME Christian Streit /Gehman/
2 GIVN Christian Streit
2 SURN Gehman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1706
2 PLAC Palatinate, Germany (born during family's refuge period)
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1776
2 PLAC Seisholtzville, Berks County, Pennsylvania
1 RELI Mennonite
1 IMMI
2 DATE 11 AUG 1732
2 PLAC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 NOTE First American immigrant in direct paternal line. Arrived aboard the Ship Samuel, August 11, 1732.
2 CONT Settled near Seisholtzville, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
2 SOUR Strassburger & Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers (1934)
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1 FAMS @F8@

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1 NAME Benedict /Gehman/
2 GIVN Benedict
2 SURN Gehman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1744
2 PLAC Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1836
2 PLAC Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
1 RELI Mennonite
1 NOTE Married Elizabeth Gehman (cousin) — two family branches reunited.
2 CONT 92 years of life spanning from colonial era through early American republic.
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1 NAME Elizabeth /Gehman/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN Gehman
1 NOTE Wife of Benedict Gehman. Cousin marriage reunited two family branches.
1 FAMS @F9@

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1 NAME Daniel /Gayman/
2 GIVN Daniel
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1771
2 PLAC Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1849
2 PLAC Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
1 NOTE First documented use of "Gayman" spelling variant in this line.
1 FAMC @F9@
1 FAMS @F10@

0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME David /Gayman/
2 GIVN David
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1798
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1835
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 FAMC @F10@
1 FAMS @F11@

0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Soloman /Gayman/
2 GIVN Soloman
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1826
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1900
2 PLAC Ohio
1 NOTE Migrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio.
1 FAMC @F11@
1 FAMS @F12@

0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Perry O. /Gayman/
2 GIVN Perry O.
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1870
2 PLAC Montgomery County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1934
2 PLAC Montgomery County, Ohio
1 FAMC @F12@
1 FAMS @F13@

0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Ernest Walter /Gayman/
2 GIVN Ernest Walter
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1901
2 PLAC Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1992
2 PLAC Oregon
1 NOTE Migrated from Ohio to Oregon.
1 FAMC @F13@
1 FAMS @F14@

0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Ernest W. /Gayman/
2 GIVN Ernest W.
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1928
2 PLAC Oregon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2015
2 PLAC Oregon
1 FAMC @F14@
1 FAMS @F15@

0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Brent /Gayman/
2 GIVN Brent
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1959
2 PLAC Portland, Oregon
1 FAMC @F15@
1 FAMS @F16@

0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Joshua /Gayman/
2 GIVN Joshua
2 SURN Gayman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1985
1 OCCU System Architect
1 EDUC MIT Sloan School of Management
1 FAMC @F16@
1 FAMS @F17@

0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Joshua /Gayman/ Jr
2 GIVN Joshua
2 SURN Gayman
2 NSFX Jr
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2011
1 FAMC @F17@

0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Isabel /Gayman/
2 GIVN Isabel
2 SURN Gayman
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2012
1 FAMC @F17@

0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Frances /Gayman/
2 GIVN Frances
2 SURN Gayman
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2020
1 FAMC @F17@

0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Jazmín /Gayman/
2 GIVN Jazmín
2 SURN Gayman
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2021
1 FAMC @F17@

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1 NAME Annie Clemmer /Funk/
2 GIVN Annie Clemmer
2 SURN Funk
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 APR 1874
2 PLAC Bally, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 APR 1912
2 PLAC North Atlantic Ocean (RMS Titanic)
2 CAUS Drowning - gave up lifeboat seat to mother and children
1 RELI Mennonite (Hereford General Conference Mennonite Church)
1 OCCU Missionary
1 NOTE First single female Mennonite missionary sent overseas. Served in Janjgir, India 1906-1912.
2 CONT Founded one-room girls' school (1908), later renamed Annie C. Funk Memorial School.
2 CONT Perished on RMS Titanic after giving up her lifeboat seat to a mother and her children.
2 CONT Celebrated her 38th birthday aboard the Titanic three days before sinking.
2 CONT Great-granddaughter of George and Anna Gehman Clemmer of Hereford Township.
2 SOUR Encyclopedia Titanica - Annie Clemmer Funk passenger biography
2 SOUR Mosaic Mennonites - "On Titanic Centennial, Missionary's Life Remembered" (2012)
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Arrival in India
2 DATE 1906
2 PLAC Janjgir, Central Provinces, India
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Founded School
2 DATE 1908
2 PLAC Janjgir, India
2 NOTE One-room girls' school, later renamed Annie C. Funk Memorial School

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1 NAME Harold W. /Gehman/ Jr.
2 GIVN Harold W.
2 SURN Gehman
2 NSFX Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1942
1 OCCU Admiral (4-star), U.S. Navy
1 NOTE Chaired Columbia Accident Investigation Board (2003). Co-chaired USS Cole Commission (2000).

0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Richard Boyd /Gehman/
2 GIVN Richard Boyd
2 SURN Gehman
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1921
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1972
1 OCCU Author & Journalist
1 NOTE Wrote 3,000+ magazine articles, five novels, and fifteen nonfiction books.
2 CONT Father of actress Martha Gehman. Married to actress Estelle Parsons.

0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME William /Gehman/
2 GIVN William
2 SURN Gehman
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1827
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1918
1 OCCU Minister, Inventor
1 RELI Mennonite Brethren in Christ
1 NOTE "Father Gehman" - First Presiding Elder of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (now Bible Fellowship Church).
2 CONT Also invented the "Gehman stone and stump puller" agricultural implement.

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1 CHIL @I9@
1 MARR
2 PLAC Palatinate, Germany

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1 CHIL @I10@

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1 HUSB @I10@
1 WIFE @I11@
1 CHIL @I12@
1 NOTE Cousin marriage - two family branches reunited

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1 TITL Swiss Federal Archives - Bürgerrecht Records
1 AUTH Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern
1 PUBL Bernese State Archives
1 NOTE Confirms Gäumann family citizenship (Heimatberechtigung) in Grosshöchstetten and Häutligen

0 @S2@ SOUR
1 TITL Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer
1 AUTH Müller, Ernst
1 PUBL 1895
1 NOTE Documents 1711 deportation flotilla leadership. Pages 307-313 detail Christen Gäumann the Elder's role.

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1 TITL Pennsylvania German Pioneers
1 AUTH Strassburger, Ralph Beaver; Hinke, William John
1 PUBL Pennsylvania German Society, 1934
1 NOTE Ship Samuel passenger list, August 11, 1732. Documents Christian Streit Gehman's arrival.

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1 TITL Documents of Brotherly Love, Volume II
1 AUTH Lowry, James W.
1 PUBL 2015
1 NOTE Anabaptist persecution records and refugee correspondence

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1 TITL Bernese State Archives - Täuferakten
1 ABBR StABE B IX 486
1 AUTH Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern
1 NOTE July 27, 1710 arrest records for Christen Gäumann the Elder and Christen the Younger

0 @S6@ SOUR
1 TITL Amsterdam Mennonite Archives
1 ABBR Stadsarchief Amsterdam - Archief 1120
1 NOTE 1711 refugee arrival records and Dutch Mennonite correspondence

0 @S7@ SOUR
1 TITL Register of Swiss Surnames (Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz)
1 AUTH Swiss Federal Statistical Office
1 NOTE Confirms "ancient" status of Gäumann surname in Canton Bern

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1 TITL The Gehman-Gayman Family History
1 AUTH Gehman, Anna M.
1 PUBL 1954
1 NOTE Primary genealogical reference compiled from family records

0 @S9@ SOUR
1 TITL Archaeological Survey of Canton Bern - La Tène Excavations
1 AUTH Canton Bern Archaeological Service
1 NOTE Iron Age graves at Grosshöchstetten demonstrating millennia of settlement

0 @S10@ SOUR
1 TITL GAMEO - Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
1 PUBL Mennonite Historical Society
1 NOTE Gehman family entries and Anabaptist history context

0 @S11@ SOUR
1 TITL Encyclopedia Titanica
1 PUBL www.encyclopedia-titanica.org
1 NOTE Annie Clemmer Funk passenger biography and voyage details

0 @S12@ SOUR
1 TITL On Titanic Centennial, Missionary's Life Remembered
1 AUTH Mosaic Mennonites
1 PUBL April 2012
1 NOTE Commemorative article on Annie C. Funk centennial

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1 TITL GEDCOM 5.5.1 Specification
1 AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1 PUBL FamilySearch, 2019
1 NOTE Industry standard format for genealogical data communication

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