US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main
Adam Bauer
(1852-1919)
| Variant name | Adam Bower |
| 3 May 1852 | Adam is born in Stockstadt
am Main as a son of Matthäus
Bauer (1811-1886) and Charitas
Bott (1808-1902). Godfather: Adam Kuhn |
| 1 May 1854 | Adam and his family emigrate to the US. Port: Le Havre Ship: Challenge Arrival: New York Date: 1 May 1854 Family members: Bauer Matthes, head, 43 Bauer Caritas, wife, 44 Bauer Catherine, daughter, 18 Bauer Marguerite, daughter, 16 Bauer Andre, son, 11 Bauer Gottfried, son, 8 Bauer Adam, son, 11 months Other passengers from Stockstadt am Main: Wienand Heinrich, head, 33 Wienand Sophie, wife, 29 (=Mueller Sophia) Wienand Helene, daughter, 8 Wienand Barbara, daughter, 6 Wienand Heinrich, son, 3 Wienand Caspar, son, 11 months Mueller Helene, sister of Sophia, 18 (=Mueller Magdalena) Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 |
| 1884 | Adam marries Elizabeth Silveus from Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania. Her parents are William Silveus (1834-1864) and Mary Campbell Mildred (1840-1895). |
| 22 June 1884 | The son Edwin Mathew Bower is born in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania. He dies on 18 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California. |
| Adam moves to West Virginia. | |
| 12 June 1887 | The son George Mortimer Bower is born in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia. In 1923, he marries Elnora (born Six, born in Indiana, it is her third marriage) in San Joaquin, California. He dies on 3 April 1969 in Santa Barbara, California. |
| 27 October 1892 | The daughter Mary Mildred Bower is born in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia. She marries Jacob Earle Roberts. In 1965 she travels to Brazil (Tourist Card with photo). |
| 1900 | Residence: ED 85 Morgantown, West Virginia Family members: Adam Bower, head, 48, barber Elizabeth Bower, wife, 37 Edwin M(athew) Bower, son, 15 George M(ortimer) Bower, son, 12 Mary M(ilred) Bower, daughter, 6 Further household members: Hazel Henry, boarder, 23 Charles Israel, boarder, 24 Source: United States Census 1900 |
| 1910 | Residence: Ward 2, Morgantown Family members: Adam Bower, head, 57, barber Elizabeth Bower, wife, 47 Mary M(ilred) Bower, daughter, 16 Source: United States Census 1910 |
| 1912 | According to the article The Bowers of Uniontown,
Adam works as a real estate dealer in Morgantown. Source: The article The Bowers of Uniontown |
| 1 June 1919 | At the age of 67, Adam dies in Morgantown and is buried at East Oak Grove
Cemetery, Morgantown Source: Findagrave |