Andreas Bauer (abt. 1680 - bef. 1730)

Born about 1680 in Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died before 1730 before about age 50 in Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Biography

Andreas Bauer was born ca 1680 (raw estimate).

Little is presently known of Andreas Bauer, father of the colonial American immigrant John Michael Bauer. Records of the family are found at the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde at Spöck and show that two of his sons later married at Spöck.

1. Johann Michael Bauer; born ca 1710 in ????;
   married 1730 in Spöck Anna Catharina Stober daughter of Johann Christoph Stober. ^[1]
2. Johann Thomas Bauer; born ca 1715 in ????;
   married 1735 in Spöck Anna Barbara Stober, daughter of the late Georg Stober. ^[2]

In both marriage records Andreas Bauer is listed as deceased, so he died before the year 1730. The two records also agree on the fact he was an assessor (Beisitzer), meaning a member of some kind of court or administrative body. The first record (1730) is hard to read and might give the location as {Hortlings Haag}?. The second record (1735) says he was "at the princely estate near Marbach".

Till now it is not possible to identify a location. There are several "Marbach" in Germany, and since Hortlings Haag is not clearly readable it stays a mystery for now.

Sources

1. ↑ Baden-Würtemberg; Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe;
   Kirchenbücher der Gemeinde Spöck; Mischbuch (1730-1738); image 72.
2. ↑ Baden-Würtemberg; Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe;
   Kirchenbücher der Gemeinde Spöck; Mischbuch (1730-1738); image 75.

• Bittinger, Emmert F., "Allegheny Passage, Church and Families West Marva District Church of the Brethren, 1752-1990", Penobscot Press, Maine, 1990, pp 88-89. (Free to view but registration required)