Tonight, March 17, 2012 I was chatting on Facebook after posting an image of my grandpa Wallaces' social security card application, with a family friend who is from Germany, and she was telling me that the name Gebauer sounds Sachsen or Bavarian. Brigitte also said "I grew up right in that area of sachsen. The bavarians and sachsens are sworn enemies. We even have our own fight song (but I cant remember it). Even so the towns are close together the dialects are completely different. Face it, we are waring tribes LOL" she also says "my Gmas maiden name was bauer." If you look closely at the application form, bauer is clearly written in for his mothers maiden name. Also said she could have her family do some research for me.
So, what do I know about Antoinette?
1872 Donau ships passenger list. (at ancestry.com image)
According to a ships passenger list at Ancestry.com. Antoine Gebauer, age 3, arrived in New York, 8 Jul 1872 from Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England, aboard a ship named Donau. She was traveling with her father, Ernst Gebauer, her mother, Therese, her sister Olga and grandmother, Caroline.
1880 new york census (ancestry.com image)
"Antony" age 11 born about 1869 in Saxony Germany is living with her father, Ernst Gebauer age 39 born about 1841 in Saxony Germany and listed as saloon keeper, her mother Tharisa age 39 born about 1841 in Saxony Germany, her sister Olga age nine and her Grandmother Caroline Gebauer age 63 and listed as head of house born about 1817 in Saxony Germany.
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