{"id":3308,"date":"2012-03-21T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=3308"},"modified":"2018-11-08T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:40:07","slug":"vitals-christian-baer-elisabeth-miller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=3308","title":{"rendered":"Vitals: Christian, Sr. & Elizabeth Miller Baer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian, Sr.<\/strong> (1800-1862) b. Switzerland or Germany, coming to America in 1821 with brothers John & Ole; r. Stoneycreek & Conemaugh Twps., Somerset Co., PA (possibly son of John Jacob Bare; Farmer, weaver & cooper) 1850 Stoneycreek Census spells name “Bear.”
\n-burial:\u00a0Blough Mennonite Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA\u00a0<\/a>(First row toward church, lower left; Christian’s stone is badly damaged) (GPS 40.19998,-78.95567)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blough<\/a>

Blough Mennonite Cemetery
Conemaugh Twp., PA<\/p><\/div>\n

Elizabeth<\/strong> (1809-1878) b. Stoneycreek or Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co, PA; r. Stoneycreek & Conemaugh Twp. (daughter of Christian & Susannah Musser Miller – research is ongoing as to possible connection to descendants of Hannes “Indian John” Miller)
\n-burial:\u00a0Blough Mennonite Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA<\/a>\u00a0(First row toward church, lower left; Elisabeth’s stone is legible) (GPS: same as above)\"\"<\/a>Emigration: July 5, 1821, Switzerland to Le Havre, France, to New York to Eastern PA. Transportation was aboard Brig Thetis. <\/em>Passenger & Immigration list and Wills & Probate Records declare his occupation as “Weaver” although he operated a farm in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, PA.<\/p>\n

Religious affiliation: Amish-Mennonite<\/p>\n

Marriage: (c. 1816) place unknown<\/p>\n

Children:
\n1. Solomon<\/strong> J. (1827-1885) b & r Stoneycreek Twp., Somerset Co. (m. Agnes L. ___)
\n-burial: Pike COB Cemetery, Brotherton, Stoneycreek Twp.
\n2. John<\/strong>\u00a0(1831- \u00a0) b. Somerset Co.; r. Shelby Co., IA; m. Rachel Blough)
\n-military: 24th Iowa Infantry, 1862
\n3. Abraham<\/a><\/strong> (1834-1895) b & r Conemaugh Twp. (m. Sarah Miller)
\n-burial: Maple Springs Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp.
\n4. Anna\u00a0<\/strong>(1835- )
\n5. Jacob\u00a0<\/strong>(1839- )
\n-military: GAR PA Regiment; froze to death while on picket duty
\n6. Christian<\/strong>, Jr. (1843- ) 1860 Census has listed as “Rahasim,” possibly a middle name to distinguish him from his father?
\n7. Catharine\u00a0<\/strong>(1845-1897) b & r Conemaugh Twp. (m. Rev. Peter A. Blough)
\n-burial: Blough Mennonite Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp.
\n8. Mary\/Maria\u00a0<\/strong>(1847-1932) b & r Somerset County (m. Daniel Hostetler)
\n-burial: Berkey Cemetery, Windber, PA
\n9. Susanna “Susan”\u00a0<\/strong>(1850-1915) b & r Somerset Co. (m. Jacob A. Blough) 1850 Stoneycreek Census lists her as age 3 1\/2. Could she have been adopted?
\n-burial: Blough Mennonite Cemetery<\/p>\n

Documentation:<\/p>\n

Tammy Adamson-McMullen. e-mail. 10 May 2012<\/p>\n

Howard Blackburn and William H. Welfley. \u201cChristian Miller.\u201d History of Bedford & Somerset Counties, PA. <\/i>V3. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906. pp. 113-116.<\/p>\n

Various memorials.\u00a0Find-a-Grave.com<\/em>. 7 May 2016.
\nhttps:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/144681334<\/a><\/p>\n

Mona Serratt Knight. GenForum.com<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeter Musser (Moser), 1730-1759.\u201d Ancestry.com<\/i>. Web. 20 April 2013<\/p>\n

\u201cChristian Daniel Miller.\u201d Familysearch.org. <\/i>Web. 20 April 2013 http:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/eng\/search\/frameset_search.asp?PAGE+\/eng\/search\/ancestorsearchresults.asp<\/a>><\/p>\n

\u201cSusannah Musser.\u201d Freepages<\/i>. Web. 20 April 2013<http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~quick\/d0187\/g0000013.html#1012361><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMagdalena.\u201d Miller Family of Buffalo, NT. Familytreemaker. <\/i>Web. 20 April 2013<http:\/\/familytreemaker.genealogy.com\/users\/m\/i\/l\/Donald-K-Miller\/WEBSITE-0001\/UHP-0649.html<\/a>>.<\/p>\n

U.S. Census: 1830, 40, 50 & 1867 Ancestry.com & FamilySearch.com<\/p>\n

See also “Introduction:\u00a0Baer”<\/a><\/p>\n

RETURN TO OUR BAER FAMILY TREE<\/a><\/p>\n

RETURN TO OUR ELIZABETH MILLER FAMILY TREE<\/a><\/p>\n

Last revised: 11\/8\/18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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