Norma was the first child born to Frederick John Bahr and Margaret Kessler Bahr in Sandusky, Ohio just before or on the way to Queens, N.Y. Her birthday year is disputed by a N.Y. 1860 census as being in 1859, and an 1880 census as being in 1862. Her death certificate says 1861. The 1860 census says she was a year old by 1860. If the death certificate is correct, she would have been 2 years old before her family moved to NY.
I am opting for the N.Y. 1860 census as correct based on the fact it came into existence before her death certificate.
The family continued growing -- by having a second child in Long Island, three more children in Unionville, PA, another child in Back Creek, VA and then two more in Cumberland, MD.
Her siblings were Frederick John Bahr, Jr., Harvey Lewis Bahr, Anne Edith Bahr Stevens, Minnie Bahr Gayhardt, Leonard Bahr, Elizabeth Katherine Ingels & Centennial Bahr.
Elizabeth Katherine was born before Frederick and Margaret settled on their mortgaged land atop Wills Mountain [see photo] in Cumberland by 1872-3. Then Centennial was born. In 1878, Norma painted their cabin home [see photo], and another was painted by Annie. These two paintings remain in family possession.
Their father died sometime between 1885 and 1887. Research gives clues that they all (except for Harvey and his family) had left Cumberland for Baltimore by 1894. Norma and Annie were probably the first to go to Baltimore, where Norma attended the early Maryland Institute (located on Water Street at the Eutaw Place Fish Market). Norma and Annie also visited D.C. because family history says the two sisters painted the cherry blossom trees and sold them "like hotcakes" to the tourists. They also painted ceramics. Annie married and moved to D.C.
On Feb. 22, 1888, Norma married George Alfred Davis. They had no children.
Norma died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the young age of 44. George remarried in 1907 to Margaret Megary, but he is buried with Norma.
I am opting for the N.Y. 1860 census as correct based on the fact it came into existence before her death certificate.
The family continued growing -- by having a second child in Long Island, three more children in Unionville, PA, another child in Back Creek, VA and then two more in Cumberland, MD.
Her siblings were Frederick John Bahr, Jr., Harvey Lewis Bahr, Anne Edith Bahr Stevens, Minnie Bahr Gayhardt, Leonard Bahr, Elizabeth Katherine Ingels & Centennial Bahr.
Elizabeth Katherine was born before Frederick and Margaret settled on their mortgaged land atop Wills Mountain [see photo] in Cumberland by 1872-3. Then Centennial was born. In 1878, Norma painted their cabin home [see photo], and another was painted by Annie. These two paintings remain in family possession.
Their father died sometime between 1885 and 1887. Research gives clues that they all (except for Harvey and his family) had left Cumberland for Baltimore by 1894. Norma and Annie were probably the first to go to Baltimore, where Norma attended the early Maryland Institute (located on Water Street at the Eutaw Place Fish Market). Norma and Annie also visited D.C. because family history says the two sisters painted the cherry blossom trees and sold them "like hotcakes" to the tourists. They also painted ceramics. Annie married and moved to D.C.
On Feb. 22, 1888, Norma married George Alfred Davis. They had no children.
Norma died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the young age of 44. George remarried in 1907 to Margaret Megary, but he is buried with Norma.
Norma was the first child born to Frederick John Bahr and Margaret Kessler Bahr in Sandusky, Ohio just before or on the way to Queens, N.Y. Her birthday year is disputed by a N.Y. 1860 census as being in 1859, and an 1880 census as being in 1862. Her death certificate says 1861. The 1860 census says she was a year old by 1860. If the death certificate is correct, she would have been 2 years old before her family moved to NY.
I am opting for the N.Y. 1860 census as correct based on the fact it came into existence before her death certificate.
The family continued growing -- by having a second child in Long Island, three more children in Unionville, PA, another child in Back Creek, VA and then two more in Cumberland, MD.
Her siblings were Frederick John Bahr, Jr., Harvey Lewis Bahr, Anne Edith Bahr Stevens, Minnie Bahr Gayhardt, Leonard Bahr, Elizabeth Katherine Ingels & Centennial Bahr.
Elizabeth Katherine was born before Frederick and Margaret settled on their mortgaged land atop Wills Mountain [see photo] in Cumberland by 1872-3. Then Centennial was born. In 1878, Norma painted their cabin home [see photo], and another was painted by Annie. These two paintings remain in family possession.
Their father died sometime between 1885 and 1887. Research gives clues that they all (except for Harvey and his family) had left Cumberland for Baltimore by 1894. Norma and Annie were probably the first to go to Baltimore, where Norma attended the early Maryland Institute (located on Water Street at the Eutaw Place Fish Market). Norma and Annie also visited D.C. because family history says the two sisters painted the cherry blossom trees and sold them "like hotcakes" to the tourists. They also painted ceramics. Annie married and moved to D.C.
On Feb. 22, 1888, Norma married George Alfred Davis. They had no children.
Norma died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the young age of 44. George remarried in 1907 to Margaret Megary, but he is buried with Norma.
I am opting for the N.Y. 1860 census as correct based on the fact it came into existence before her death certificate.
The family continued growing -- by having a second child in Long Island, three more children in Unionville, PA, another child in Back Creek, VA and then two more in Cumberland, MD.
Her siblings were Frederick John Bahr, Jr., Harvey Lewis Bahr, Anne Edith Bahr Stevens, Minnie Bahr Gayhardt, Leonard Bahr, Elizabeth Katherine Ingels & Centennial Bahr.
Elizabeth Katherine was born before Frederick and Margaret settled on their mortgaged land atop Wills Mountain [see photo] in Cumberland by 1872-3. Then Centennial was born. In 1878, Norma painted their cabin home [see photo], and another was painted by Annie. These two paintings remain in family possession.
Their father died sometime between 1885 and 1887. Research gives clues that they all (except for Harvey and his family) had left Cumberland for Baltimore by 1894. Norma and Annie were probably the first to go to Baltimore, where Norma attended the early Maryland Institute (located on Water Street at the Eutaw Place Fish Market). Norma and Annie also visited D.C. because family history says the two sisters painted the cherry blossom trees and sold them "like hotcakes" to the tourists. They also painted ceramics. Annie married and moved to D.C.
On Feb. 22, 1888, Norma married George Alfred Davis. They had no children.
Norma died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the young age of 44. George remarried in 1907 to Margaret Megary, but he is buried with Norma.
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