Notes for Gotthard Bauer
Gotthard had 12 children. The same source has two of his children's names listed as Hobart and Mary. These names could be nicknames or birth names for John and Margaret. Gotthard's birth city could also be Ayl. He died of "old age".
Official letter in biographical file from the office "Vulkaneifel, Verbandsgemeindeverwaltung, Obere Kyll, Postlach 20, 5532 Junkerath" to Mrs. and Mrs John H. Drew, Wantage, Oxon, England dated Feb. 23, 1987...Lists parents of Gothard Bauer as Johann Heinrich Bauer and Maria Magdalena Theisen.
[Broderbund Family Archive #355, Ed. 1, Passenger and Immigration Lists: Germans to America, 1850-1874, Date of Import: Jan 31, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.355.1.1741.15]
Passenger's Name: Gerhard Bauer
Age: 50
Last Residence: Prussia
Date of Arrival: Jun 11, 1857
Final Destination: United States
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Ship's Name: Angela Bremen
Captain's Name: Bernard Ulmer
Manifest ID Number: 00008946
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Mode of Travel: Steerage
Exerpts from the book, "All I Know About the Roots and Shoots of the Joseph and Elizabeth Nett Ahles Family" by Antonette Ahles, OSF, 1992 (distributed to family):
The Bauer family with its young children had reason to become involved with education soon after their arrival. Winchell (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Minnesota Historical Society, 1881) states, "School was kept in what is now (1881) district number ten in the house of G. Bauer, soon after the settlement (Rockville) was made, but a log school house was built...in 1860. Along with schools, the settlers were eager to have churches. In 1859, a group of neighbors decided to build a church at a point called Luxemburg, about 5 miles fromt he Ahles and Bauer farms. This tiny church became known as St. Wendel's. The family of Gothart and Margaretta Bauer sailed from Antwerp, Belgium via the vessel, Angela Bremen, arriving in New York on June 11, 1857. The traveled with 12 children. Ships Log:
Gerhard (Gothart--misspellings were frequent, also Godhart, Gotthard, Goddhart, etc.), age 50
Margaretha, age 46
Margaretha, age 22
Peter, age 18
Magdalena, age 13
Johann and Elizabeth, age 7
Lucia, age 6
Gertrude, age 5
Michel, age 4
Nicholas, age 3
Cathrine, age 2
Johann and Mathias age .03 (three months)
Mitchell (author of "History of Stearns County Minnesota") states that there were 14 children and a Bauer cousin has found evidence of two children who died in Germany, Hubertus, born in 1834 and Anna Maria in 1837. They made wonderful time reaching St. Cloud, MN from New York by June 29, 1857, considering the modes of travel available. On that date Gothart Bauer signed the "Declaration of Intentions" in the "Territory of Minnesota, County of Stearns" by which he renounced allegiance to all foreign potentates.
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