Anna Simon^[1]

1826 - 1901  (74 years)

• Name	Anna Simon
  Birth	16 Aug 1826	Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia
  Gender	Female
  Death	02 Mar 1901	Tell City,,Perry Co,In St. Mary's Cemetery S-H
  Person ID	I2309	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Simon, Sr.,   b. 31 May 1778, Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia d. 06 Nov 1853, Spencer Co,,,In St. Boniface Cemetery S-01-08 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Maria Catherina Justen,   b. 25 Dec 1790, Loesenich,,Rhineland,Prussia d. 18 Feb 1848, Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	01 Mar 1808	Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia
  Family ID	F724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johann Bergbauer,   b. 01 Sep 1822, ,,,,,Germany d. 02 Aug 1888, Tell City,,Perry Co,In St. Mary's Cemetery S-H (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1850
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2004

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Adele Moore 2000.