GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





PETER BAUER

(1807-1880)



26 December 1807 Peter Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Joseph Bauer (1779-1856)
Mother: Elisabeth Franz (1783-1854)

Godfather: Peter Franz, his uncle
Occupation Peter Bauer works as a day laborer.
9 May 1829 The son Wilhelm (Bauer) is born in Stockstadt am Main.
6 December 1831 The daughter Anna Maria (Bauer) is born in Stockstadt am Main. She dies on 20 December 1835.
1833 Peter's brother-in-law Ulrich Deis emigrates to America with his family and relatives. 
2 March 1835 Peter marries Katharina Deis from Stockstadt am Main.

Best men:
Lorenz Kuhn
Adam Hegsdens
4 August 1835 The daughter Eva Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main.
3 July 1837 The daughter Katharina Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main.
7 July 1839 The son Kilian Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main.
24 March 1842 The son Gottfried Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main.
5 January 1845 The daughter Rosa Bauer is born in Stockstadt am Main.
EMIGRATION

1847
Peter is 39 years old when he emigrates to the US.
He is traveling with several people from his home town.
His wife and children arrive in January 1848.

Port: Le Havre - Cork
Ship: Alecto
Arrival: New York
Date: 3 May 1847

Passengers from Peter's home town:

Holzapfel Adam, 39
Holzapfel Eva Katharina, Adam's wife, 22 (= Eva Holzapfel)
Holzapfel
Ferdinand, Adam's son, 2
Holzapfel Leonhard, Adam's brother, 27
Holzapfel Ulrich, Adam's relative, 26
Seitz Eva, Eva's sister, 12

Zang Christoph, male, 26
Lang Johann, male, 24
Depp Maria Anna, female, 19

Oberle Charitas, female, 26

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
EMIGRATION

5 January 1848



Peter Bauer's wife Katharina is 41 years old when she and her six children take a ship to America where her husband Peter Bauer already lives since 1847. All of them arrive safely.

Port: Le Havre
Ship: St Nicolas
Arrival: New York
Date: 5 January 1848

Family members:

Bauer Katharina, female, 40
Bauer Wilhelm, son, 18
Bauer Eva, daughter, 11
Bauer Catherine, daughter, 8
Bauer Kilian, son, 6
Bauer Gottfried, son, 4
Bauer Josepha, daughter, 2
(= Bauer Rosa)

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
23 February 1850 The daughter Frances Marie Bauer (1850-1935) is born in Jasper, Indiana.
CENSUS 1870 Residence:
Vincennes, Knox, Indiana

Family members:

Bower Peter, head, 63
Bower Catherine, wife, 64

Next door:
Bauer Kilian, son, 29
Bauer Caroline, wife, 26
Bauer Mary, daughter, 7

Source: United States Census 1870
between
1870 and 1880
Peter Bauer dies in Indiana.

Dates are taken from census information. Peter is still alive in 1870 but not mentioned in 1880 when his wife is already widowed.
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