When Ernst Bauer died in 1920, the estate was worth $12,400.00. He owned 485 acres of land, four Boerne Lots in the H & R addition, four Boerne lots in the Oak Park Division, 14 head of cattle, three horses, one Ford Car, one promissory note given by J. Kruckemeyer for $1500.00, and one promissory …
Otto Edward Phillip, son of Anton and Katherine Meckel Phillip Olga Kathrine Wessely, daughter of Carl and Louise Bauer Wessely Granddaughter of Philipp and Marie Peters Bauer.
Last week my husband and I took a field trip to Cooper Street. Otto, Olga, Ida Mae, Ella and Paul all lived on Cooper Street at one time or another. It has lots of charm and vintage houses. It is east of downtown and is slowly being revitalized. I was disappointed in the new square …
Louise is the third of five children born to Philipp and Maria Peters Bauer. She was born on 20 July 1863 in Spring Branch, located in Comal County, Texas. When she was twenty-one, she married Carl “Charles” Wessely, Jr., son of Karl and Barbara Schimick Wessely on 27 September 1884. Seven months after their marriage, …
When her sister-in-law, Edna Wessely, died, and her brother Otto was in the hospital, Ida Mae helped take care of her nephew and niece, Warren and Dorothy. At the time of Edna’s death, both families were living on Cooper Street in San Antonio. Ida Mae is the daughter of Charles and Louise Bauer Wessely and …
Otto Charles Wessely, son of Charles and Louise Bauer Wessely, was born in Kendall County, Texas, on 30 October 1885. Sometime in 1906, he enlisted in the United States Navy. Eleven years later, on 11 May 1917, Otto entered the Naval Hospital on Mare Island in Vallejo, Solano County, California. According to the patient listings, …
Hier Ruhet Marie Bauer Geb. Den 20 Ten Aug. 1827 Gest. Den 13 Ten Maerz 1905 77 yahr 7 monat ALT Heir Ruhet Phillip Bauer Geb. Den 21Ten Juni 1820 Gest. Den 5 Ten Jan 1902 81 yahr 6 monat ALT My second great-grandparents are buried in the Kreutzberg Cemetery which is located about six miles outside …
Marie Peters Bauer Marie Peters traveled from Prussia to New Braunfels with her parents in the 1850s. I heard a story about Marie a number of years ago. She knew Philipp Bauer in Prussia. He must have lived in the same area as her family. Once she arrived in New Braunfels she wrote and told him …
In 1978 I found a voter registration receipt for my great-grandmother, Emma Bauer Schuetz. At the time, I made a copy for my files and then never really looked it again. As I was going through a folder today, I ran across the copy and read it and noticed the date was 5 July 1918. …
Henry and Emma Bauer Schuetz and son Alex Henry is the son of Carl and Katharina Schuetz Emma is the daughter of Philip and Marie Peters Bauer Schuetz, Henry and Emma. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
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