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Michael Muehlbauer

Person Chart

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth Mar 1814 Germany
Marriage 25 Nov 1851 Spencer Co, IN
Marriage
Death 27 May 1880 Tell City, Perry Co, In St. Mary's Cemetery

Notes

Michael Muehlbauer, a farmer, immigrated to Spencer County on the Brig "Luise Fredericke", Bremen to New York, arriving on July 6,1849 with his wife Anna and their 4 children: Philip, age 9 (later in the Civil War); Maria Anna, called Mary, age 7; Francis, age 3; and Joseph, an infant.* In the fall of 1850, Michael's wife Anna and their two youngest children, Francis & Joseph died of flux, ** leaving Michael a widower with 2 children, Philip, 10, and Mary, 8.
*Passenger Manifest Brig Luise Frederick; 1850 Census, Indiana.
** Spencer County Mortality Index.
Michael married Maria Susanna Simon on November 18, 1851 in Spencer County, Indiana. Both their names were misspelled on the marriage certificate (see notes; M. Susanna Simon).
Michael was naturalized on 6 August, 1852 with brothers-in-law Martin, John, Stephen, & Peter Nicholaus Simon. His naturalization papers state that he arrived from Germany and owed allegiance to Ludwig, Prince of Beyern (Bavaria). Name on naturalization is spelled Millbauer.* Women were not naturalized.
* Correct spelling is Muehlbauer or Muhlbauer with the umlaut over the letter "u".
Michael and Susanna had one child, Catherina Muehlbauer in 1854 and baptized at St. Boniface Church.
After his wife Susanna's death in 1877, Michael and his daughter Catherina, called Kate, moved to the Tell City area of Perry County, Indiana. Michael died in 1880 at age 66. Buriel location is unknown.

Sources

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