Joseph Bauer arrive in Shelby County, Iowa in 1876. Catholic Church of St. Boniface. Andreas/Andrew Bauer was his son.
I was told the ship they arrived on came into: Port of New York I was told they came from: Schrobenhausen, Germany (north of Munich 1/2 hour). I was in Schrobenhausen several years ago, I have pictures. Bauer Family lived in West Phalia Iowa, South East corner of South Dakota and Turtle Lake Wisconsin.
There is a lot of information on this family in Des Moine, Iowa History Center. (supplied by Daniel (Dan) J. Bauer)
=== 1880 US Census for Westphalia Township, Shelby County, Iowa
102/103 BAUER , Joseph, 51, Bavaria, Farmer , Ursula, 46, Bavaria, (Wife) , Joseph, 26; John, 25; Katie, 19; Theresia, 16, Bavaria REISNER , Theodor, 7, Bavaria. (Adopted Son) ====== http://www.rootsweb.com/~iashelby/pioneer.htm WESTPHALIA TOWNSHIP PIONEERS SETTLED YEAR:1876 Name DOB Joseph Bauer 1829 This would be a different Bauer since census reports show emigration at 1876 or 1878 == SHELBY COUNTY PIONEER LIST Shelby County was named in 1851 by the General Assembly of Iowa after General Isaac Shelby, famous for serving in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and becoming the first governor of the state of Kentucky. === Countries > Germany > States > Bavaria (Bayern) > Cities > Schrobenhausen === Early Westphalia Settlers - A Chronology
1872, March 1 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad commissioned Anton H. Kettler to recruit German Catholics who would purchase land in the area then known as Sumner Township, Shelby County, Iowa. It was further stipulated that 50 cents per acre sold would be placed in a fund to build a church. The first Settlers in 1872-'73 in Westphalia Township, Shelby County, Iowa, came from Westphalen, Germany except H. SCHWARTE; born in Hanover, Germany http://www.rootsweb.com/~iashelby/twpwestp.htm =======
More About Joseph Bauer: Date born 2: Abt. 1827, Bavaria, Germany.321, 322 Date born 3: 1829, Bavaria, Germany.323, 324, 325, 326 Burial 1: 23 October 1916, Westphalia Cemetery, Westphalia, Shelby County, Iowa, USA.327, 328, 329 Burial 2: 23 October 1916, St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Westphalia, Shelby Co., IA (gravesite: NC-14-05).330, 331 Census: 1880331 Died 2: 15 October 1916, Centre, Shelby, Iowa.332, 333 Died 3: 20 October 1916, Centre, Shelby, Iowa.334, 335 Emigration: Bet. 1876 - 1877, Iowa, USA from Bavaria, Germany.336, 337 Record Change: 27 January 2004338, 339 Researched 1: 27 January 2004, http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/forums/bauer.cgi.339 Researched 2: 27 January 2004, http://www.rootsweb.com/~iashelby/maillist.htm.339
More About Joseph Bauer and Ursula Tyroles: Marriage: 1847, Germany.340, 341, 342
Children of Joseph Bauer and Ursula Tyroles are:
+Andreas Bauer, b. 1856, Bavaria, Germany343, 344, 345, 346, d. 3 February 1924, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA347, 348.
Joseph Bauer (b. 2 February 1827, d. 20 October 1916)
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