US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main
JAKOB BAUER
(1821-1894)
| 31 March 1821 | Jacob Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Anton Bauer (1798-***) Mother: Maria Anna Zang (1798-****) Godfather: Jakob Kieser from Kronberg, the husband of Jacob's aunt Anna Maria Zang |
| EMIGRATION 1832 |
Jacob and his family emigrate to the U.S. Ship: Massasoit/Dumfri/Doris Port: Arrival: Baltimore Date: December 1832 Family members: Bauer A, male, 34 (= Bauer Anton) Bauer M, female, 36 (= Zang Maria Anna) Bauer J, male, 11 (= Bauer Jakob) Bauer A, female, 9 (= Bauer Agatha) Bauer E, female, 2 (= Bauer Eva) Source: Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 (1) Source: Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 (1I) |
| 1835 | The family settles in Knox County, Illinois. |
| 1843 | The family moves to Iowa. |
| 1847 | Jacob moves to Oregon |
| April 1849 | Jacob moves to California. |
| 9 March 1855 | Jacob Bauer marries Clarinda Thomas from Illinois. (after his death second marriage of his wife to "Greene") |
| 29 March 1856 | The daughter Sophia
E Bower is born. She dies on 29 May 1857. Cited from Lower Lake Cemetery History: "The earliest confirmed burial is that of Sophia Bower, a young girl who died on May 29, 1857. Her father was Jacob Bower, born March 31, 1821, in Bavaria, Germany. Mr. Bower came to California in April 1849, and engaged in mining until 1853. On March 9, 1855, Mr. Bower married Miss Clarinda Thomas, a native of Illinois. In 1857, Mr. and Mrs. Bower came to Napa County and settled where the Lower Lake wharf landing once stood. They remained there until the Clearlake Water Company’s Dam of 1867 and 1868. In 1867, Mr. and Mrs. Bower settled on 450 acres located in Burns Valley." Source: Findagrave |
| 1858 | The son Henry
Bower is born. He dies on 3 December 1931. Source: |
| 20 January 1859 | The son Allen
Beach Bower is born. He dies on 8 May 1922 in Napa, California. Source: California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 |
| 30 September 1861 | The daughter
Ada F Bower is born. She dies on 30 January 1873. Source: Findagrave |
| CENSUS 1870 |
Residence: Lower Lake, Lake County, California Family members: Bower Jacob, head, 48 Bower Clara, wife, 33 (born in Illinois) Bower Henry, son, 12 Bower Allen, son, 11 Bower Ada, daughter, 8 Source: United States Census 1870 |
| CENSUS 1880 |
Residence: Lower Lake, Lake County, California Family members: Bower Jacob, head, 59 Bower Clara, wife, 42 (born in Illinois) Bower Henry, son, 22 Bower Allen, son, 21 Bashaw Emily, cook, 19 Source: United States Census 1880 |
| 1892 | Jacob
Bauer lives in Lake County, California. Age: 69 Size: 5 Feet, 4 Inches Complexion: Light Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Gray Occupation: Farmer in Lower Lake Naturalization: 10 December 1863 in Sierra, California. Source: Wählerregister 1866-1898 On same page: Allen Beach Bower, 33 Henry Thomas Bower, 34 |
| 9 March 1894 | At
the age of 74, Jacob dies in Lower Lake, Lake County, California. He is
buried at Lower Lake Cemetery. Source: Findagrave |
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Jacob
Bower
Was born in Stockstadt, Bavaria, Germany, on the river Main, March 31, 1821. When eleven years of age he, with parents, moved to Maryland, and after three years settled in Knox County, Illinois. Here farming was followed until 1843, when they took up their abode in Iowa. In 1847 the subject of this sketch crossed the plains to Oregon. Here he spent eighteen months on the Columbia River, part of the time in the employ of a Columbia River bar pilot. In April, 1849, Mr. Bower came to California and engaged in mining until 1853, when he engaged in dairying near Smiths Flat, Sierra County. This he followed until 1855, when a change was made to stock raising and farming, which has continued until 1881. In 1857 he came to Napa |