Michael Baehr

1884 - 1951  (66 years)

• Name	Michael Baehr
  Born	14 Jun 1884	Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	0Jan 1951	Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Buried	Zeeland Cemetery, Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I65577	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Daniel Emil Bähr,   b. 19 Sep 1862, Windstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 7 Sep 1949, Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Luise Braun,   b. 27 Mar 1867, Langensoultzbach, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 6 Dec 1907, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	11 Sep 1883
  Family ID	F29962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Marie Matilda Horn,   b. 13 Jan 1887, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1970, Sparta, Kent County, Michigan, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1909
  Children	1. George Willard Baehr,   b. 22 Feb 1910, Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 14 Feb 1975, Sparta, Kent County, Michigan, USA  (Age 64 years)   2. Nelda Caroline Baehr,   b. 17 Apr 1912, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1981, Howell, Livingston County, Michigan, USA  (Age 69 years)   3. Miriam K. Baehr,   b. 11 Dec 1914, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 18 Oct 2000, Sparta, Kent County, Michigan, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F29987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anna Marie Mathilda Horn and Michael Baehr were married 12 Apr 1909. At the time he was peddling waffles on the street; later he worked in a steel mill. Uncle Mike was a wandering soul who never quite found himself. He did have a good sense of humer. He moved from place to place. Once they sold everything and bought a horse and wagon and traveled to Arizona. Jennie Brandt Funkhouser was there with her big family and both nearly starved to death. This was in 1924. Nelda remembers her mother laying black material on the ground and cutting out dresses for the two girls and sewing them by hand on the trip. When this expedition failed, they sold all for tickets on the railroad and headed for Michigan where Uncle Mike had a sister. He always complained he couldn't breathe and that the lake air was better. They moved into a Dutch community of Zeeland and were persecuted by the Dutch who hated the Germans. Eventually, they got a 10 acre farm and he made a living on it and became the twon 'Junk' man much to Aunt Annie's chagrin. She was very religious and was always praying for his sins.

  
  

• Sources

  [S280] Family History Data Donna M. Paszek. [S19] 1900 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S30] 1910 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Michael Baehr Home in 1930: Holland, Ottawa, Michigan Age: 45 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Anna Race: White [S891] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 - 1918, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Michael Baehr City: Canton County: Stark State: Ohio Birth Date: 14 Jun 1884 Race: White Roll: 1819751 DraftBoard: 2 [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Michael Baehr Birth: Jun. 14, 1884 Pittsburgh Allegheny County Pennsylvania, USA Death: Jan., 1951 Zeeland Ottawa County Michigan, USA Mother: Catherine Hull Family links: Parents: Daniel Baehr (1862 - 1949) Spouse: Anna Marie Matilda Horn Baehr (1887 - 1970) Children: George Willard Baehr (1910 - 1975)* Miriam K. Baehr (1914 - 2000)* *Calculated relationship Note: S.L.-Daniel Burial: Zeeland Cemetery Zeeland Ottawa County Michigan, USA Plot: sec: C Maintained by: inmand15 Originally Created by: Rayla Record added: Jul 07, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 93223165