Birth: 19 JUL 1766 Berks Co, Pennsylvania
Marriage: 1787 to Mary Baer
Occupation: Was a farmer, a miller, and a preacher.
Religion: Mennonite
Birth of Daughter: 27 AUG 1788
Name: Elizabeth Bauman
Birth of Daughter: 08 APR 1791
Name: Salome Bauman
Birth of Son: 25 NOV 1792
Name: Jonathan B. Bowman
Birth of Daughter: 26 JAN 1794
Name: Mary Bauman
Birth of Son: 02 NOV 1797
Name: Christian B. Bauman
Birth of Son: 23 MAR 1799
Name: Joseph Bauman
Birth of Son: 04 APR 1800
Name: Rev. John Bauman
Birth of Son: 06 FEB 1802
Name: Samuel Bauman
Religion: 1802
Note: Ordained as minister of the Mennonite body. He was a good man, and his sermons always made a deep impression upon the audiences who assembled at places of worship on Sabbath days.
Birth of Daughter: 10 MAY 1803
Name: Judith Bauman
Birth of Daughter: 06 JAN 1804
Name: Leah Bauman
Birth of Son: 21 JAN 1806
Name: Wendel Bauman
Birth of Son: 04 MAY 1809
Name: Elias Bauman
Birth of Son: 15 FEB 1811
Name: Benjamin Bauman
Note: MAY 1816
Details: He with his family moved to Canada and settled near Blair, Ontario. The family consisted of thirteen children. Before moving to Waterloo County, Ontario, he preached a fitting farewell sermon under a tree near his home a mile east from the Allegheny Mennonite Church. Between 1807 and 1825 probably 30 members of this congregation moved to Ontario. The congregation worshiped in private homes until 1855, when they built the first meetinghouse. The 1948 membership was 10.
Why They Moved to Waterloo Co, Ontario: There’s a great explanation about why they left and what the conditions were like on http://www.esthersscrapbook.com/GreatMigration.htm.
Died: 19 JAN 1849 Blair, Waterloo Co, Ontario
Burial: Old Blair Cemetery, Blair, Waterloo Co, Ontario
Click here for parents: Christian Bauman and Elizabeth Oberholtzer
Mary Baer
Birth: 23 JAN 1772 Pennsylvania
Name Var: Maria
Died: 29 OCT 1842
Burial: Old Blair Cemetery, Blair, Waterloo Co, Ontario
Inscription: Erected / to the memory of / Mary Bowman / wife of / Joseph Bowman / who was born Jany 13 1772 / and died Dec. 29 1842 / Aged 70 yrs. 9 mos…
Click here for parents: Henry Baer and Margaret Newcomer
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