Wife Anna Leis. Children Joseph, Alois, Thresa, John, Mary, George.
"Plain Girl Finds Grandfather's Home, Resumes Story of Occupied Germany . . . Last summer Len and I took a trip through southeastern Germany in quest of my father Joseph Bauer's birthplace. He was born in Geigant, a tiny dorf near the Bohemian - Czechoslovakian border. It was such fun and I found Bauers by the dozens, took lots of snapshots of the little old homestead which still stands practically as my grandfather left it over 75 years ago. I don't guess they ever saw very many American cars as they couldn't get over our Studebaker Champion we got in Copenhagen last spring. They remembered my grandfather Bauer real well, as his migrating all the way to America at that time was a greater feat than we could realize. It is a legend with them. There were many familiar names in this Bayern section. We saw Grubers, Bindls, Laubmeiers, Dietls, Haas, Hetzels - and ever so many family names familiar around Spring Green and Plain. You must know Hans Schmidt from Loreto. He is a carpenter by trade and I believe he has built many homes in Spring Green. His mother lives in Cham and on our way we called on her. She was the sweetest little old lady and of course it seemed so wonderful to hear first hand about her son. We shared our picnic lunch with her and had such a lovely visit. We'll be home in '49 if all is fine! Sincerely, Christine [Bauer] Retz" [hand dated Jan 13, 1949, possibly from Weekly Home News, Spring Green, Wisconsin]
"Plain Girl Finds Grandfather's Home, Resumes Story of Occupied Germany . . . Last summer Len and I took a trip through southeastern Germany in quest of my father Joseph Bauer's birthplace. He was born in Geigant, a tiny dorf near the Bohemian - Czechoslovakian border. It was such fun and I found Bauers by the dozens, took lots of snapshots of the little old homestead which still stands practically as my grandfather left it over 75 years ago. I don't guess they ever saw very many American cars as they couldn't get over our Studebaker Champion we got in Copenhagen last spring. They remembered my grandfather Bauer real well, as his migrating all the way to America at that time was a greater feat than we could realize. It is a legend with them. There were many familiar names in this Bayern section. We saw Grubers, Bindls, Laubmeiers, Dietls, Haas, Hetzels - and ever so many family names familiar around Spring Green and Plain. You must know Hans Schmidt from Loreto. He is a carpenter by trade and I believe he has built many homes in Spring Green. His mother lives in Cham and on our way we called on her. She was the sweetest little old lady and of course it seemed so wonderful to hear first hand about her son. We shared our picnic lunch with her and had such a lovely visit. We'll be home in '49 if all is fine! Sincerely, Christine [Bauer] Retz" [hand dated Jan 13, 1949, possibly from Weekly Home News, Spring Green, Wisconsin]
Wife Anna Leis. Children Joseph, Alois, Thresa, John, Mary, George.
"Plain Girl Finds Grandfather's Home, Resumes Story of Occupied Germany . . . Last summer Len and I took a trip through southeastern Germany in quest of my father Joseph Bauer's birthplace. He was born in Geigant, a tiny dorf near the Bohemian - Czechoslovakian border. It was such fun and I found Bauers by the dozens, took lots of snapshots of the little old homestead which still stands practically as my grandfather left it over 75 years ago. I don't guess they ever saw very many American cars as they couldn't get over our Studebaker Champion we got in Copenhagen last spring. They remembered my grandfather Bauer real well, as his migrating all the way to America at that time was a greater feat than we could realize. It is a legend with them. There were many familiar names in this Bayern section. We saw Grubers, Bindls, Laubmeiers, Dietls, Haas, Hetzels - and ever so many family names familiar around Spring Green and Plain. You must know Hans Schmidt from Loreto. He is a carpenter by trade and I believe he has built many homes in Spring Green. His mother lives in Cham and on our way we called on her. She was the sweetest little old lady and of course it seemed so wonderful to hear first hand about her son. We shared our picnic lunch with her and had such a lovely visit. We'll be home in '49 if all is fine! Sincerely, Christine [Bauer] Retz" [hand dated Jan 13, 1949, possibly from Weekly Home News, Spring Green, Wisconsin]
"Plain Girl Finds Grandfather's Home, Resumes Story of Occupied Germany . . . Last summer Len and I took a trip through southeastern Germany in quest of my father Joseph Bauer's birthplace. He was born in Geigant, a tiny dorf near the Bohemian - Czechoslovakian border. It was such fun and I found Bauers by the dozens, took lots of snapshots of the little old homestead which still stands practically as my grandfather left it over 75 years ago. I don't guess they ever saw very many American cars as they couldn't get over our Studebaker Champion we got in Copenhagen last spring. They remembered my grandfather Bauer real well, as his migrating all the way to America at that time was a greater feat than we could realize. It is a legend with them. There were many familiar names in this Bayern section. We saw Grubers, Bindls, Laubmeiers, Dietls, Haas, Hetzels - and ever so many family names familiar around Spring Green and Plain. You must know Hans Schmidt from Loreto. He is a carpenter by trade and I believe he has built many homes in Spring Green. His mother lives in Cham and on our way we called on her. She was the sweetest little old lady and of course it seemed so wonderful to hear first hand about her son. We shared our picnic lunch with her and had such a lovely visit. We'll be home in '49 if all is fine! Sincerely, Christine [Bauer] Retz" [hand dated Jan 13, 1949, possibly from Weekly Home News, Spring Green, Wisconsin]
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