"Lorenz Bär was thirty-seven years old in 1617, when he died before the birth of his fourth child. His wife died before 1634, and their children were reared by Hans Jakob Bär (1591) [Lorenz's brother]. On November 13, 1649, Oswald Bär sold his dairy farm on Ober Albis to his uncle, Hans Jakob Bär (1591) (who lived in the lower house) and his cousins [the sons of Lorenz], Hans Bär (III) and Hans Jagli Bär (who lived in the upper house). The total price of two thousand florins was to be paid in installments on St. Martin's Day (November 11) until 1662. It was the first of many complicated land transactions between Bear brothers and cousins that have delighted and frustrated family historians ever since." [1]
1580 Lorenz Bar was baptized on 10 July in Albis Hausen, Zürich, Switzerland. [2]
before 1612 Lorenz Bar married Anna Strehler. [3]
1617 Lorenz Bar was buried 9 December in Albis Hausen, Zürich, Switzerland at age 37. [4] [5]
Lorenz Bar's wife died before 1634 and the children were raised by their uncle, Hans Jakob Bar. [6] [7]
Lorenz and Anna Bar were not Anabaptists.
Son Hans Heinrich Bar is named as Hans Bar by Jane Evans Best. [8] [9]
See also, [10]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: Albis to America," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (October, 1986), 14-25, at 15.
[2] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: Albis to America," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (October, 1986), 14-25, at 20, person 5.
[3] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: Albis to America," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (October, 1986), 14-25, at 20, person 5.
[4] Jane Evans Best, "Bear Saga Update, Part 3," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 22 (January, 1999), 26-36, at 26, BA5.
[5] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: Albis to America," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (October, 1986), 14-25, at 20, person 5.
[6] Jane Evans Best, "Bear Saga Update, Part 3," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 22 (January, 1999), 26-36, at 26, left column, BA5.
[7] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: Albis to America," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (October, 1986), 14-25, at 20, person 5.
[8] Jane Evans Best, "Bear Saga Update, Part 1," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (July, 1998), 11-26, at 20, BA51.
[9] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: Albis to America," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (October, 1986), 14-25, at 20, person 51.
[10] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Bar A5, [Website].