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View Tree for Louisa BaumstarkLouisa Baumstark (b. August 4, 1839, d. June 9, 1915)

Louisa Baumstark (daughter of Domas "Tonius" James Baumstark)120 was born August 4, 1839 in Baden State, Germany121, 122, 123, and died June 9, 1915 in Peru, Ill.124, 125. She married J. Michael Doerr on December 13, 1858 in LaSalle County, Ill.126, son of Johann Evangelist Doerr and Marianna Zeller.

 Includes NotesNotes for Louisa Baumstark:
April 2003

Louisa Baumstark Doerr is my gr. gr. grandmother. The Marriage Index for Illinois shows her marrying John Doerr in LaSalle County in 1858 and her maiden name being Louise Bannesturk (incorrect).

In the 1870 Census Louisa Baumstark Doerr is 30 years old, "keeping house" and living with her husband John Michael Doerr, 33, daughter Rosa (11), Louisa (9), Anna (7), Theresa (5), John (4), Julius (2) and her father James (I think) "Bomstacht"/Baumstark, age 56. I'd say she was keeping house all right. She lists Baden, German as her birthplace.

In the 1880 Census she lives on Pike St. in Peru, is 40, still keeping house and living with her are Louisa (19), Theresa (15), John D. (14-my gr. grandfather), Julius (12), William (9), Eva (5), Emma (2) and her father "Tonius" (I think) Baumstarck (sp.) age 66. So daugher Rosa is now 21 and is listed as a servant elsewhere in the census. Both Louisa's parents are listed as from Baden, Germany.

In the 1900 Cenus, 20 years later she lives at 2015 First St. in Peru, is 60, living with husband John, son Julius (32), his daughters Alvina (9) and Bertha (6), as well as her son William (29). There is no mention of her father so he would have died between 1880 & 1900. This lists her immigration date as 1855 and years in this country as 45. It also says they've been married 39 years. This doesn't fit with the IL Marriage Index which lists their marriage date as Dec. 13, 1858, which would make them married 43 years in 1900. She also lists 6 birth & 6 alive. Puzzling.

Even stranger is the 1910 Census in which she appears at 2 different locations and 2 different wards. The 4-15-10 ledger is the 4th Ward and lists her as head of household, 70, married, not widowed, although there is no mention of John her husband (he died in 1904); it says she has been married now 52 years (she must have meant "would have been married"), which coiincides with the Marriage Index date, and living with her is son Julius, daughter Eva and her same two grandchildren, now 19 & 15, still at 2015 First St. in Peru. She says she had 10 children, 8 alive.
The 4-19-10 ledger is the 6th Ward and shows her living at 1056 Tenth St., also as Head of the household, with daughter Emma Tregoning and son-in-law William Tregoning, (married 1 year) and Louisa as having had 9 children, 7 alive.

Her death certificate lists her father as Domas Baumstark, she was 75 when she died in Peru and had been in the US for 60 years and in Illinois for 80 years, which makes no sense. She was 15 when she immigrated in 1855. Maybe the coroner was drunk when he wrote this. She died of a heart embolism and an inquest was held; autopsy by Dr. Donoghue 6-11-1915. She is buried in City Cemetary, Peru.

1870 Census in file
1880 Census in file
1900 Census in file
1910 Census in file (2)
Illinois Marriages Index 1851-1900 in file
Death Certificate in file
Obituary in file

More About Louisa Baumstark:
Burial 1: June 12, 1915, City Cemetary, Peru, IL.127, 128
Burial 2: June 11, 1915, Inquest.128
Immigration: 1855, Germany.128
Occupation: Housewife.

More About Louisa Baumstark and J. Michael Doerr:
CD 250 IL Marr: Reference in file.129
Fact: Justice of the peace.129
Marriage 1: December 13, 1858, LaSalle County, Ill..130
Marriage 2: December 3, 1858, LaSalle County, Ill..131

Children of Louisa Baumstark and J. Michael Doerr are:
  1. Rosa Doerr, b. 1860, Princeton, IL132, d. date unknown.
  2. Louisa Maria Doerr, b. 1861132, d. 1896132.
  3. Mary Anna Doerr, b. 1862132, d. date unknown.
  4. Theresia Doerr, b. 1865132, d. date unknown.
  5. +John (Jean) David Doerr, Jr., b. March 25, 1866, Peru, Illinois133, 134, 135, 136, d. November 29, 1912, St. Mary's Hospital, Peru, Il137, 138.
  6. +Julius Doerr, b. May 10, 1868, Peru, Illinois139, 140, d. 1963, Peru, Illinois141, 142.
  7. William Doerr, b. November 1870, Peru, Il142, d. date unknown.
  8. Eva Doerr, b. February 19, 1875, d. June 25, 1973.
  9. Emma Doerr, b. May 25, 1878, Peru, Il142, d. January 30, 1946142.
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