Bio of Umbreit, Christian (b.1840) Wabasha Co., MN
=========================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information
on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities,
as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is
obtained from the contributor of the file.
These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or
presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to
use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written
consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter,
and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.

If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives 
Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm
Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find 
the submitter information or other files for this county.
FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives

Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Timm and Carol Judge
=========================================================================
This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab1.htm
There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some 
of the bios on her pages.

Umbreit, Christian, one of Highland's prosperous farmers, was born in
Germany, September 29, 1840. His parents were Henry Jacob and Henrietta
(Beck) Umbreit. Christian's parents came to America with their family,
consisting of eight children, when he was about the age of eleven. His
father, being acquainted with agricultural pursuits, at once secured a
small farm in Farmington township, Washington county, Wisconsin, and made
it the family home. In the spring of 1862 Christian and Emil, his brother,
bade farewell to the paternal home and came to Wabasha county, Minnesota,
where Christian located a homestead on section 4, in Highland township;
here he continued to reside for twelve years, when he disposed of this
place and bought one hundred and eighty of Mrs. Humblin, of section 25, on
which he now resides. October 3, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Co. E,
1st Minn. Heavy Art., and was discharged September 27, 1865. He is
independent in political matters, and a member of the Dutch Reform church,
of Highland. In the autumn of 1863 he was married to Miss Eve Rheingans,
also a native of Germany, where she was born in 1844. They have a family
of five children, viz: Anna, born October 23, 1866; Bertha, October 24,
1868; Laura, August 28, 1870; Henry, April 1, 1876, and Erbert, August 12,
1880.