Michael Muehlbauer ¹³

  General 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.

Michael married Maria Susanna Simon, daughter of Heinrich Simon Sr. and Maria Catherina Justen, on 25 Nov 1851 in Spencer Co, IN. (Maria Susanna Simon was born on 28 Jul 1811 in Erden, Rhineland, Prussia and died on 16 Sep 1877 in Spencer Co, In St. Boniface Cemetary A-11-16.)

Michael next married before 1840 in Bavaria.