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Wife Cathrine BOWER 1
Born: 1845 - Germany 1
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
Husband Charles BOWER 1
Born: 1858 1
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
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Wife Elizabeth BOWER 1
Born: 1851 - Michigan
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
Husband Fred BOWER 1
Born: 1842 - Germany 1
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
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Husband Jake BOWER
Born: 1854 - Michigan 1
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
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Husband Peter BOWER 1
Born: May 1840 - Germany 2 4
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Died: 17 Jun 1915 - St. Louis, Michigan 5
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
Marriage: 6 Feb 1868 4 6
Noted events in his life were:
• 1910Census, 10 May 1910 - Michigan
Bower, Peter, Head, M, W, 70, M- 42yrs, b. germany, mother and father b.
Germany, year of immigration 1844, naturalized, speaks English, farmer,
read but not write, owns, no mortage.
Catherine, wife, f, w, 66, 5 children born, 5 living, b. Germany, mother
and father b.Germany, year of immigration 1851(4?), speaks English.
William Bower, son, M, W, 40, single, born Michigan, farmer, reads,
writes.
Caroline Lindauer, daughter, f, w, 38, widow, 1 child born, 1 living,
born Michigan, reads, writes.
Anna Lindauer, grandaughter, F, W, 7, S, born Michigan, attending school.
• Immigration 4, 1844
Naturalized when?
• 1880Census, 1 Jun 1880 - Jasper, Michigan
Peter Bower, 41, Farmer, born Bison, parents born Bison
Catherine, 36, wife, born Wurtenburg, parents born Wurtenburg
William, 10, son, born Michigan
Caroline, 9, daughter, born Michigan
???, 7, female, daughter, born Michigan
Henry, 3, son born Michigan
George, 1, son, born Michigan
Arthur McDougal, 31, single, farm laborer, born Canada, parents born
Scotland
• 1870Census 7, 26 Jul 1870 - Bridgewater Township, Michigan
Bower, Peter, 30, Farmer, value of Real Estate, 4000, value of Personal
Estate, 1200, b. Barvaria, male citizen.
Bower, Catherine, 26, b. Wurtenberg (not asked if citizen)
Bower, William 6 months, b. Michigan
Bower, Jacob, 15, farm labor, b. Michigan, attends school
• Misc. II
The following are some meaningsfor the Bower/Bauer surname..... A
dwelling from the Middle English spelling bour; derived from the Old
English bur; akin to Old English and Old High German buan "to dwell", and
Old English beon "to be."..... An English place-name for the person who
lived in a small, attractive cottage or retreat..... Occasionally, an
occupational name for the house servant. Derived from the Saxon bur = a
chamber; an inner room; a cottage; a shady recess..... Bower, Bowers:
English/Scottish. Dweller in a cottage or chamber; one who came from
Bower (house) in Peeblesshire; one who built houses; one who made and
sold bows...... A topographical name: places in Essex and Somerset......
Webster's dictionary defines a bower as 1.) a lady's private apartment
in a medieval hall or castle 2.) a shelter [as in a garden] made with
tree boughs or vines twined together 3.) an arbor 4.) an anchor carried
at the bow of a ship.
• Land Rec, 1901 - Emerson Township, Michigan
Bauer, Peter, Sections 4 & 5
-from Gratiot Co. Imperial Atlas 1901 Index of Land Owners
Wife Catherine CRAMER\GROMES 2 6
Born: 10 Apr 1844 - Germany 2
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Died: 13 Nov 1919 - St. Louis, Michigan 8
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1 M William BAUER
Born: 1870 - Michigan
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2 F Caroline BAUER
Born: 1871 - Michigan
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Died: Abt 1910
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Spouse: Mr. LINDAUER (living)
3 F Rose BAUER
Born: 1873 - MI
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Spouse: Mr. BEBOW (living)
4 M John Henry BAUER
Born: 24 Nov 1876 - Michigan
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Died: 24 Jul 1940 - Coleman, Michigan
Buried: 27 Jul 1940 - St. Louis, Michigan
Spouse: Nettie Eleginia BANEY (1879-1920)
Marr: 8 Dec 1897 - Home Of Mr. And Mrs John Baney, Bethany, Michigan
5 M George BAUER
Born: 1879 - Michigan
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Died: Between 1953 and 1954 - Lansing, MI 9
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Notes (Marriage)
This is their marriage record:Feb. 6, 1868, Freedom, Mich.: Peter
Bower, W, (resides) Bridgewater, MI, (age) 28, (born) Barvaria, Germany,
(Occupation) Mason, (Married by) J. G. Hildner?- Minister, (witnesses)
Fredrick Bower of Bridgewater and Johamea Hildner? of Freedom, MI,
Catharina Cramer, W, (resides)Freedom, (age) 24, (born) Wurtenburg,
Germany.
Date of Record, April 9, 1868
--From: Return of Marriages Recorded in the County of Washtenaw,
from and including April 5, to and including December 31, 1869.
page 266
Husband Phil BOWER 1
Born: 1848 - Michigan 1
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Father: Carl Jacob BAUER (1818-1881) 2
Mother: Katharina =UNKNOWN= (1814-1868) 3
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Husband George Everett BOWES (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Linda Raye WHEELER (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Raymond H. WHEELER (1909-1994)
Mother: Emma Ovie MADEWELL
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2 F Nicole BOWES (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Sarah BOWES (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Lisa BOWES (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Linda Raye WHEELER
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Wife Nicole BOWES (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: George Everett BOWES
Mother: Linda Raye WHEELER