Anna Simon ¹³

  General Notes:

Godparents at her baptism were Joanne Petro Simon of Loesenich & Anna Justen of Loesenich.
Anna and her husband, Johann Bergbauer lived in Spencer County in 1856 and attended the probate of the estate of her father, Henry Simon. They were living in Fulda in 1860 according to the census, and were at St. Boniface in 1876 as godparents at the baptism of (her niece) Anna Simon Muehlbauer's son, Johann Philipp.
It is unclear at what time Anna and John moved to Perry Township, but according to Anna's will, they adopted a child, Anna, "natural daughter of Michael Schaefer, deceased".**
John Bergbauer was a farmer. He died at age 66 in 1888. Cause of death was "Asthena" (loss of strength, debility.) The death record also noted disease of heart and lungs.
Anna appears on the 1900 Federal Census of Perry County, Indiana, as a widow, age 73. Her occupation was housekeeper. She died of pneumonia the following year, at age 74.
In addition to the adopted daughter Anna, Anna's will listed Mrs. John Foerster (ie., Catherina Muehlbauer, daughter of Anna's deceased sister, Susanna).
(Perry County IN Will Book D; p. 378).
** Little is known of Michael Schaefer. He lived in Spencer County, served in the Civil War, and was collecting a military pension for resulting vericose veins in approximately 1883.

Anna married Johann Bergbauer about 1850. (Johann Bergbauer was born on 1 Sep 1822 in Bavaria and died on 2 Aug 1888 in Tell City, Perry Co, In St. Mary's Cemetery S-H.)