Person:Henry Bair (2)

Quest

• We know little about Henry Bair, the Civil War records and the 1900 Census list him as been born in about 1833, possibly in Jonestown, Cambria, Pennsylvania. Bair is a common name in Pennsylvania, and derrives from German Immigrants, as the Biography shows.
  • Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

BAER FAMILY p. 1638 Surnames: BAER, BAR, BARR, BAEHR, BAHR, BAIR, BARE, BEAR, FETLER, MILLER, ALBRIGHT, SNYDER, WERT, RICE, RILL, ALTHOUSE, PAUCH, KLINE, DUNKELBERGER, ZIMMERMAN, HIMMELBERGER, GICKER, BROSSMAN, DICKENSON, BENDER, STOUDT, KRAMER, LASH, GESHWINDT, KALBACH, MERVINE, WEIVEL, HARTMAN, JACKSON, ROTHENBERGER, KERSCHNER, UNGER

The Baer family of Pennsylvania has an interesting history. It is of German origin. The name is common both in Europe and America and the colonial records show that over forty immigrants of the name came to America prior to 1750. Those of the family of Eastern Pennsylvania have their origin in three distinct branches or families; those of John, Melchior and Christophel, or Stoffel, as he was familiarly called. These three men of the name of Baer, with other immigrants, crossed the ocean in the ship "Phoenix," and landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1743. Their descendants are many, as the family is prolific. The name in German was spelled B?and is variously written in different sections at the present day: Baer, Baehr, Bahr, Bair, Bare, Bear and Barr. The larger number of the family in Berks and Lehigh counties claim John, or Hans, Baer as their American ancestor. [2]

• • On Gedbas.de the site for German research the name already exists in 1500/1600 f.i. in Baden-Wurtemberg

• Of course his Birthdate can be wrong (Most of the Union Army was made up of young white men born in North America. Although soldiers generally ranged in age from 18 to 45, boys as young as 12 often served as cavalry buglers or drummer boys, and some men in their fifties and sixties enlisted as privates. Most of the Union soldiers were under 30.)
  • Hypothetical he could be just 12 so born in about 1850, so we could search for a man born between, say 1830 and 1850.

• Than the period after the Civil War:
  • Can we find him in the 1870 and 1880 Censusses

• Talking about the 1880 Census:
  • Where is Sarah in the 1880 Census, (she's not with her parents). she was 23 than.
  • Maybe [3] ?

• His Marriage with Sarah Dick:
  • Is there a marriage record from his marriage with Sarah, Strange that he was already 50 than.
  • Note that the oldest child was born before his marriage.

• Who were his parents;
  • Does the names of his children give a clue for his parents (patronyms)Not really, Sarah's parents are not named after
  • Could Jonestown be Stonerstown?
• His Death
  • Is there a Death-record
  • Is there an obituary

• 29 hits for Bair in Johnstown on Find a Grave [4]

1. ↑ Department of Veterans Affairs. Civil War and Later Pension Files. (Washington D.C.).

   "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH6Z-36F : accessed 23 October 2015), Henry Bair, 16 Apr 1888; from "Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); company G, regiment 35, Pennsylvania, NARA microfilm publication T289.

2. ↑ .

   "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH6L-B6X : accessed 23 October 2015), Henry Bair, 16 Apr 1888; from "Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); company F, regiment 191, Pennsylvania, NARA microfilm publication T289.

3. ↑ .

   "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDP5-TL3 : accessed 23 October 2015), Henry Bair, 1888.

4.   possible match: Find A Grave (Co. C 6th Reg)
   Henry Bair
5.   Ancestryforums
   :Henry Bair
   :Birth 1833 Pennsylvania
   :Death February 23, 1900 (or 1901) Saxton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
   :Services Union, Civil War Army PA Infantry Private G35 and F191 Rank Enlisted Volunteer service
   :Invalid filing April 16th 1888 Application # 650464 Certificate # 484238
   :Widow Sarah A Bair
   :Death application # 737084 Certificate # 570144
6. ↑ * is [1] the same?
7. ↑ Possibly Jonestown,
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