On 14 September 1853, Jakob Trautwein (listed as Jak. Trauswein) arrived on the ship Mississippi, traveling from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland. Traveling together were Chr. Trauswein, 53, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], woman; Cath. Trauswein, 26, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], woman; Jak. Trauswein, 24, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], man; Gg. Trauswein, 22, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], man; Christ. Trauswein, 20, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], woman; Mrgr. Trauswein, 18, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], woman; John Trauswein, 14, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], man; Elisab. Trauswein, 9, from Heidelsheim, pleasant [peasant], child. Other families from Heidelsheim were also on the ship. [National Archives; Records of the US Customs Service, RG36; NAI Number: 2655153; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787–2004; Record Group Number: 85.]

1880 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland
Enumeration District 23
160 Eastern Avenue, North Side
Dwelling 155, Household 219
Traupwein, Jacob, white, male, 46, married, laborer, born in Hanover, father born in Hanover, mother born in Darmstadt
Traupwein, Katharine, white, female, 45, wife, married, keeping house, born in Hanover, both parents born in Hanover
Traupwein, Elizabeth, white, female, 18, daughter, single, at home, born in Maryland, both parents born in Hanover
Traupwein, John, white, male, 11, son, single, at school, born in Maryland, both parents born in Hanover
Traupwein, Jacob, white, male, 6, son, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Hanover
Traupwein, Chares, white, male, 3, son, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Hanover
Traupwein, Louis, white, male, 1, son, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Hanover

Jacob Trautwein enlisted as a private in the 5th Maryland on 18 September 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was discharged on 10 March 1863 in Baltimore for disability due to an injury to his left hand, contracted in 1862 in Maryland. He was born in Germany, age 67, height 5-4, complexion dark, eyes hazel, hair gray, could read and write, religion protestant, occupation painter, residence subsequent to discharge Baltimore, Maryland, nearest relative Katherine Trautwein, wife, of 504 Dallas Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Admitted to the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hampton, Virginia, on 15 December 1895 with a pension of $12. Died 2 August 1899 [sic] in Baltimore, Maryland. [U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1838, National Archives series M1749, entry 11602.]

Um 29. Juli—Jacob Trautwein, Nr. 112, Süd-Bethelstraße, 69 Jahre alt. [Der Deutsche Correspondent, 6 August 1899, page 3.]

SAFEGUARDING BALTIMORE
Persons Who Have Been In Infected District Are Being Located.
Health Commissioner Jones is now locating very rapidly all persons living in Baltimore who have been since July 1 at Old Point Comfort or in the neighborhood of the yellow fever district of Hampton and Phœbus, Va. He is being assisted in the work by the Baltimore police and by the health authorities at Washington and Old Point Comfort.
A special dispatch published in THE SUN yesterday allerted Dr. Jones’ attention to the fact that the following inmates of the Soldiers’ Home, Hampton, where the disease originated, had left for Baltimore: John Ball, July 22; Jacob Trautwein, July 25; Thomas V. Craig, July 28.
Trautwein died in this city last Saturday of paralysis and was buried Monday. The house in which he died is under surveillance …
[The Baltimore Sun, 5 August 1899, page 2.]