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Monday, August 8, 2016

Matrilineal Monday: Maria Bär

My 3rd-great-grandmother Maria Bär was born on 10 September 1818 in Görwihl, Waldshut, Baden, Germany. She was the daughter of Jacob Bär and Magdalena Kaiser.

Birth record, Maria Bär, 10 September 1818. Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5711, Bild 94. Permalink: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-497910-94. Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Geburtenbuch 1810-1869.

She married her first cousin Fridolin Gerspacher on 4 November 1839 in Görwihl.

Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5712, Bild 88 Permalink: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-497911-88 Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Heiratsbuch 1810-1869 / 1810-1869.

They had the following children:

Joseph, born 4 February 1841.
Johann (my 2nd-great-grandfather, later known as John), born 2 September 1843
Fridolin, born 19 October 1845
Bertha, born 28 March 1848
Wilhelmine, born 1 November 1851
Maria, born 25 September 1857

Maria's husband Fridolin died on 23 February 1865. Her son Joseph died on 3 August 1870. Johann immigrated to the United States in the early 1880s.

Maria died on 18 August 1888.

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