Pere Inconnu

 

FamilySearch. Bas-Rhin. 27 Jan. 1838.

Before marrying Jean Pierre Halter on 4 February 1839 in Bas-Rhin, Rosine Bauer gave birth to three children. On the birth records for those children, the father was unknown or "pere inconnu". These children were: Marcel Bauer, born in 1832; Crispin Bauer, born in 1836; and Caroline Bauer, born in 1838. Crispin died an infant in May 1836. On the birth record above for Caroline, she is listed as "fille illegitime de pere inconnu" or illegitimate daughter. Whatever the relationship the children may have had with Jean Pierre, Marcel and Caroline accompanied the family on the move from France to Algeria in the 1850s, and were living near them in the Bou Tlelis neighborhood.

Marcel Bauer married Elisabeth Simon in Bou Tleis, Oran, Algeria in 1856. Caroline married German immigrant Melchior Schaefer in 1857 in Misserghin (next to Bou Tlelis, Oran). While Marcel remained in Algeria until his death in 1903, Caroline and her family took a different path. I'll pick up Caroline's journey in the next post.

ANOM. Misserghin. 1857.