Johann Thomas Bauer (age 27), a tailor (Schneider), his wife Maria Catharina Lang (age 26), and daughters (Margaretha Elisabeth, age 6; Catharina, age 2) are recorded on a list of colonists dated 23 September 1765 who were gathering in the town of Worms. They had arrived in Worms on 10 September 1765.
Johann Bauer, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Margaretha, age 11; Ludwig Christian, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Bauer in Household No. 5. They had arrived in Bauer on 20 July 1766.
Valentin Bauer whose family is recorded on the 1798 census of Bauer in Household No. Br04 is presumed to be the son of this Johann Bauer.
Descendants of Valentin Bauer from Bauer are in Neu-Bauer after 1858.
In 1893, descendants of Valentin Bauer relocated from Neu-Bauer to Ährenfeld.
In 1896, descendants of Valentin Bauer relocated from Neu-Bauer to Omsk.
The 1765 Worms list records that Johann Thomas Bauer came from the German village of Hirtel [?]. The 1767 census records that Johann Bauer came from the German village of Erpel in the Nassau region.
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