Baehr History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Baehr family

The surname Baehr was first found in Lower Austria and Tyrol, where the name contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation, which would later play a large role in the tribal and national conflicts of the area. In later years the name branched into many houses, each playing a significant role in local social and political affairs. Literally, the name means "Bavarian," but all of the most prominent branches arose in either Austria or Wuerttemberg, and in particular regions bordering on Bavaria.

Early History of the Baehr family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Baehr research. Another 229 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1568, 1572, 1575, 1625, 1635, 1647, 1677, 1697, 1735, 1804, 1806, 1814, 1815 and 1856 are included under the topic Early Baehr History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Baehr Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bair, Baier, Bayr, Bayer, Bayre, Bayerle, Bayerl and others.

Early Notables of the Baehr family

During this period prominent bearers of the name Baehr were Johann Bayer (1572-1625), a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer); Anton Bayer von Heidelberg, a calvary captain of the famous Hussar regiments...
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Baehr Ranking

In the United States, the name Baehr is the 17,061^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Baehr migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Baehr Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Adam Baehr, aged 27, who arrived in Missouri in 1842 2
Fred Baehr, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1848 2
Salomon Baehr, who landed in New York in 1850 2
Louis Baehr, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 2
Charles Baehr, who landed in Allegany (Alleerheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1851 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Baehr (post 1700) +

Brigadier-General Carl Adolph Baehr (1885-1959), American Commanding General Artillery VI Corps (1944-1945) 3
Max Joseph Baehr (b. 1858), American Republican politician, Candidate for Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1889; U.S. Consul in Kehl, 1898-99; Magdeburg, 1900-02; Cienfuegos, 1902-14; Berne, 1914-15. German ancestry
Herman C. Baehr (1866-1942), American Republican politician, Brewer; Cuyahoga County Recorder, 1904-09; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908; Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1910-11
Ferdinand William Baehr (1822-1892), American Republican politician, California State Treasurer, 1871-75
Albert H. Baehr, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives from Iron District, 1948

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 6) Carl Baehr. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Baehr/Carl_Adolph/USA.html