Samuel Baer 1865-1939

Metal Merchant

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Above received from Carolyn

1865. Samuel Baer was born to Max Baer & Karoline Strauss( her surname from his 1898 m.c.) 11/5/1865 at Mergentheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany- from his 1893 Naturalization papers & 1898 Mannheim m.c.

~1884. Samuel Baer likely arrived in England

1891C. .Samuel Baer, 25, metal merchant, was living South Hill Park Hampstead

Anna I Larkins Head Married Female 47 1844 - London, Middlesex, England
Arabel S Larkins Daughter Single Female 22 1869 Governess London, Middlesex, England
Aimee S Larkins Daughter Single Female 21 1870 Governess Walham Green, London, England
Milton Larkins Son Single Male 17 1874 Metal Merchants Clerk Manchester
Samuel Baer Boarder Single Male 25 1866 Metal Merchant Germany
Louis T Meyer Boarder Single Male 25 1866 Civil Engineer France
Fritz Salmony Boarder Single Male 24 1867 Stock Broker Germany
Charlotte L Robinson Servant Single Female 22 1869 Domestic Servant London, Middlesex, England

 

1893. He was registered as a British Citizen : he obtained his Naturalization, aged 28, on 4/9/1893, an unmarried clerk

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Naturalization documents, 4/9/1893, showing his parents & origin - & signed by Herbert Asquith!

1893. Samuel Baer married Ida Wolff in OctoberMarylebone Dec 1893 - not on Ancestry/FMP or FS; nothing on FMP Newspapers . She was the daughter of a wealthy Wine Merchant from Russia and his German wife

Samuel & Ida had 2 children: Elsie Lillie Baer 1895/1894 & Alfred Max Baer Hampstead Sep 1896 - these 2 both dead by 1988, see solicitor's letter

1896. Lily Ida Wollf ,23, died Hampstead Sep 1896


I remember hearing something about him marrying his dead wife’s sister and this not being acceptable in the day - Carolyn.

 

1898. Samuel Baer, ~33, married Alice Wolff 7/4/1898 in Mannheim

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Richie & Renate have deciphered the central part of this: they think it says

"Max Baer, before living in Bamberg and his widow Carolina, born as Strauss".

This implies that Max Baer has died, but that his mother, Carolina, widow, was still alive

1898. Samuel Baer was living 18 Adamson Road, Camden - Ancestry London Electoral registers

1900. Samuel Baer was a director of Henry R Morten & Co. Ltd., Metal Exchange Buildings, E C,: FMP Newspapers, 23/2/1900, "Alledged forged Telegram"

1901C. Cannot find- has he gone to the US?? But his 2 children were at 18 Adamson Road, Hampstead!! - suspect the parents were just omitted by mistake from this entry!

Elsie Baer Daughter Single Female 6 1895 - London, Middlesex, England
Alfred Baer Son Single Male 4 1897 - Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Florence Lewis Servant Single Female 22 1879 Nurse Domestic Baughurst, Hampshire, England
Martha Finch Servant Single Female 24 1877 Housemaid Domestic Wyton, Hampshire, England
Alice Shields Servant Single Female 23 1878 Cook Domestic Marylebone, Middlesex, England

1903. Gerald Otto Baer was born Hampstead Mar 1903 to Samuel & Alice

1905. Leonard Sigismund Baer was born Hampstead Dec 1905 to Samuel & Alice

1911C. Samuel Baer, 45, metal merchant, was living 13 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead in 17 rooms!!, with his 2nd wife and2 children with 5 servants and a german governess . Alice had been married 12 years, 2 children, both alive

Samuel Baer Head Married Male 45 1866 Metal Merchant Germany Resident -since 1890
Alice Baer Wife Married Female 34 1877 - London Hampstead
Gerald Baer Son Single Male 8 1903 - London Hampstead
Leonard Baer Son Single Male 5 1906 - London Hampstead
Alice Hemming Servant Spinster Female 41 1870 Servant Cook Domestic Hertfordshire H Hampstead
Inelly Edith Owes Servant Single Female 28 1883 Ladysmiad Domestic London Mayfair
Eloisa Sartori Servant Single Female 25 1886 Governess Domestic Germany Resident
Florence Stoker Servant Single Female 22 1889 Housemaid Domietic Berkshire Windsor
Ethel Booth Servant Single Female 22 1889 Housemaid Domestic London St Lukes
Mildred Rutterford Servant Single Female 23 1888 Kitchenmaid Domestic Suffolk Lakenheath

1912. Samuel Baer, 47, Mrs Baer 35 & Elsie Baer 18 sailed on the Lusitania from Liverpool to New York. Their address 13 Maresfield Gardens, London

1912. Samuel Baer, 47, Mrs Baer 35 & Elsie Baer 18 arrived in Plymouth on 18/11/1912 from New York - Ancestry shipping records

1917. A daughtter, Doris V Baer, was born Hampstead Mar 1917. She married Hubert Simon -Marylebone Dec1937 . & Vivien Simon Baer was living in Germany in 1988 - 1988 solicitor's letter-

1925-1929 . Samuel Baer is in the London Electoral Register at 13 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead with his wife and sons, Gerald & Leonard

1928. Samuel Baer 62 & Alice Baer 51 left Southampton on a cruise to Madeira Curacao & Bermuda aboard the Arcadian, returning 6/3/1928

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Maybe, l to r. Unknown, unknown, unknown, Dorothy, Gerald, Samuel, Alice. One of the 2 girls seated Gerald's sister, Doris 1917 ?

1939. Samuel Baer, ~74, of 25 Orchard Court, Portman Square, died 8/1/1939 . Probate of £ 318,811 to his widow Alice Baer, Alfred Max Baer metal merchant, Leonard Sigismund Baer stockbroker & Harry Louis Nathan solicitor . Alfred his half brother, Leonard his brother

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£104,800 Estate duty was paid, and his estate nearly all went to his widow, with implied provisos: remainder on Trust to his 5 children - FMP Newspapers 18/2/1939

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1946. Solicitors Ellis Piers & Young Jackson of 104 Great Russell Street took over the Will Trust in 1946- from a 1988 solicitor's letter( to be found at end of Gerald Baer's page)

1962. His widow, Alice, died

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