Peter Paar (son of Gerhard Paar and Anna Gertrud Töller),
born 18 October 1804 at Nettesheim (Rommerskirchen), Rheinland, Germany; died 30 May 1877(5) at Galena, Jo
Daviess, Illinois, USA; married 07
January 1832 at Rommerskirchen (Civil Records) to Mary
Margaret Kaul (daughter of Peter Kaul and Elizabetha Dücker) who was born 1806 at Gill
(Rommerskirchen) and died 10 November 1864(5) at Galena.
He was a tailor. They came to the U.S.
on the ship Josephine which
sailed from Antwerp and arrived at New
York City on 29
May 1858.
1870 Census: Peter Parr, page 182, visit 1006/1074, Galena
city, Jo Daviess, Illinois.
They are buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery (Section 5, lot
19) at Galena.
Children, baptized at Rommerskirchen:
Gerhard Paar, born 01 June
1833; died 29 July 1902(5) at
Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois; married 26
May 1860 at Galena (Book B, page 282) to Katarina Fischer
who was born 29 October 1838(5) in Prussia and died 08 April 1902(5)
at Galena. He was a tailor; he came to the U.S.
with his parents. He was naturalized on 05
June 1871 in Jo Daviess County Circuit Court. He owned a saloon at Galena.
1870 Census: Garret Parr, page 182, visit 1006/1073, Galena
city, Jo Daviess, Illinois. They
are buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery at Galena
(from cemetery records; no gravestone found). Children, born at Galena: Peter Paar, born 12
February 1861, died 02 April 1881 at Galena;
Anna Margaret Paar, born 09 November 1862,
married Emil J. Zins;
Elizabeth Paar, born 03 July 1864; Mary Paar, born 05
May 1866; Joseph Paar,
born 27 April 1868, married Elizabeth Kimbel; Sarah Paar, born 20
June 1870, died 18 February 1872 at Galena;
Sarah Paar, born 22 June 1872; Jacob Paar, born 12
September 1874, died 13 March 1876 at Galena;
Frances Paar, born 20 July 1877; Katherine Paar, born
08 October 1879, died 21 September 1898 at Galena; William Paar, born about
1881; Gerhard Paar,
born 10 March 1882, died 21 September 1902 at Galena; Maria Sarah Paar,
born 20 May 1885, married first Bertram McBride.
Peter Joseph Paar, born 17
November 1834; died 14 May 1884 at
Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; married 20
August 1859 in Jo Daviess County (Book B, page 243) to Mary
Denberg (daughter of ______ Denberg and Ann ______) who was born about 1837 in Germany. He was a
tailor. He was naturalized on 01 June
1868 in Jo Daviess County Circuit Court. They moved to Dubuque
in 1882, where they lived at 1304 Washington Street.
1860 Census: Joseph Paar, page 493, visit 1263/1320, Galena
city, Jo Daviess, Illinois [same
house as Mary (Krengel) Molitor, widow]. Known
children, born at Galena: Peter Paar, born about December 1859, he was a
blacksmith; Anna Paar,
born about 1861; William
Paar, born about 1864; Gerhard Paar, born about 1866; George H. Paar, born
about 1869; Frank Paar,
born about 1871; Henry
Paar, born about 1874; Joseph Paar, born about 1876.
+ Jacob Hubert Paar, born 10 January 1837; married ELIZABETH MOLITOR.
Herman Paar, born 08 March 1839
at Eckum (Rommerskirchen); died 07 June
1909(5) at Galena; married 12
May 1865 in Jo Daviess County (Book B, page 489) to Sarah
Townsend who was born 14 September 1846(5) at Stockton, Jo
Daviess, Illinois and died 11 January 1942(5) at Dubuque, Dubuque,
Iowa. He was a blacksmith. He was naturalized on 17 March 1866 in Jo Daviess County Circuit Court. 1870
Census: Herman Parr, page 182, visit 1004/1071, Galena
city, Jo Daviess, Illinois. They
are buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery (Section 6, lot 24) at Galena.
Children, born at Galena: Peter Paar, twin, born 19 December 1865, possibly died young; Edwin Peter Paar, twin, born 19 December 1865, married Anna Mary Schunder; Emma Maria Paar, born 27 April 1868, married Charles Steinmetz; Catharina Paar, born 28 April 1874, married Fred Meyers; Sarah Elizabeth Paar, born 25 March 1877; Garrett J. Paar,
born 09 July 1882, died 15 July 1884 at Galena, buried with parents.
Margaretha Paar, born 07 December 1840. [Not on ship
passenger list with parents.]
Conrad Paar, born 27 January 1843. [Not on ship
passenger list with parents.]
Anna Mary Paar, born 11
September 1845; married 07 February 1878
in Jo Daviess County (Book E, page 143) to Henry Nellis
who was born about 1853 in Germany. 1880 Census: Henry Nelles,
page 299, visit 376/392, Galena (5th
Ward), Jo Daviess, Illinois. 1910
Census: Henry Nellis, page 255, visit 140/150, Galena
(4th Ward), Jo Daviess, Illinois.
They had no children.
Jacob Hubert Paar,
born 10 January 1837 at Rommerskirchen, Rheinland, Germany; died 1886 at Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa,
USA; married 20 April 1861 in Jo Daviess
County, Illinois (Book B, page 325) to ELIZABETH MOLITOR who
was born 24 November 1842 probably at Wildewiese, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia,
Germany and died 28 November 1920 at Dubuque.
He was a tailor; they lived on Franklin
Street in Galena.
They moved to Dubuque in 1881-82,
where they lived at 2060 White Street.
After Jacob died, Elizabeth and the family lived at various residences in Dubuque:
2071 Couler (now named Central) Avenue, 2368 Couler
Avenue, 10 Arch Street,
70 Grandview Avenue (from Dubuque
City Directories).
1870 Census: Jacob
Paar, page 138, visit 348/359, Galena
city, Jo Daviess, Illinois.
1880 Census: Jacob
Paar, page 288, visit 151/161, Galena
(5th Ward), Jo Daviess, Illinois.
1900 Census: Elizabeth Paar (widow), page 093, visit
235/245, Dubuque (4th
Ward), Dubuque, Iowa.
1910 Census: Elizabeth Paar, page 108, visit 278/294, Dubuque
(2nd Ward), Dubuque, Iowa.
1920 Census: Elizabeth Paar, page 160, visit 008/008, Dubuque,
Dubuque, Iowa.
Children, first eight born at Galena:
Peter C. Paar,
born 1863; died
about 1897-99 probably at Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; married first 09 June 1885 at Dubuque (Book
5, page 068) to Mary
Catherine Erner;
married second 04 February 1890 at Dubuque (Book 5, page 209) to Mary M. Pfiffner (daughter of Anton
and Anna Pfiffner) who was born April 1870 at Dubuque
and died 20 November 1932 in Hennepin County (Death Certificate #1932-021823).
He was a tailor, he worked for Joseph Kabat at Dubuque.
They moved to Minneapolis about 1895; after Peter died, the family lived at
Dubuque until about 1919, then at Minneapolis again [approximate dates inferred
from City Directories]. 1900 Census: Mary Paar (widow), page 342, visit
215/247, Dubuque (3rd
Ward), Dubuque, Iowa.
1910 Census: Mary Paar (with Patrick McCollins), page
104, visit 168/179, Dubuque (2nd
Ward), Dubuque, Iowa.
1920 Census: Mary Paar, page 141, visit 395/435, Minneapolis
(E.D. 220), Hennepin, Minnesota.
1930 Census: Mary M. Paar (with son John). Only child with first wife, born at Dubuque:
Frederick Paar,
[see
Mary Catherine Erner’s page].
Children with second wife:
John Edward Paar, born 23 January
1891(6) at Dubuque(8);
died 24 August 1965(6)
in Hennepin County
(also Death Certificate #1965-021085). He was a pressman for a newspaper. 1930
Census: John E. Paar (single), page 237, visit
533/550, Minneapolis (E.D. 233), Hennepin,
Minnesota.
Leroy H. Paar, born about July
1893 at Dubuque. [NOTES: Not found
in the 1920 or 1930 censuses. There is a Roy Paar who died 25 December 1913 in Hennepin
County (Death Certificate #1913-020470),
but there isn’t enough information in the Minnesota Death Index to know if it’s
the same one.]
(Child), born about 1895; died before the
1900 census.
Amelia K. Paar, born about June
1897 at Minneapolis. 1920 Census:
(single, with mother).
Johanna Paar, born 11 December 1864; died after 1945 probably at Dubuque; unmarried. She was a dressmaker. 1910 Census:
(single, with mother).
Mary Paar, born 06 October 1867; died before 1945 at Dubuque; unmarried. 1910 Census: (single, with
mother).
John Adam Paar, born 29 December 1868; died 14 June 1933 at Dubuque; unmarried. He was a tailor. 1910 Census:
(single, with mother).
Mary Catherine Paar, born 03
November 1870;
apparently died before the 1880 census at Galena.
Herman Edward Paar, born 04 April
1873(8); died 10 June
1945; married first 1893-94 at Dubuque
to Amanda ______ who was born about June 1873 in
Wisconsin; married second by 1920 to Fern ______ (her second marriage) who was born about 1890 in
Iowa. He was a tailor. 1900 Census: Herman E. Paar, page 208, visit 165/184, Dubuque
(5th Ward), Dubuque, Iowa.
1910 Census: Herman E. Paar (“single”, alone, with Cassius C. Bennett), page
045, visit 054/058, Pierre (1st
Ward), Hughes, South Dakota.
1920 Census: Herman Paar, page 193, visit 143/146,
Hopkinton town, Delaware, Iowa.
1930 Census: Herman E. Paar, page 096, visit 157/169,
Hopkinton town, Delaware, Iowa.
[Fern had a daughter from her first marriage, Bernita
C. Annetie?, born about 1912
in Iowa.] Known children with
first wife, born at Dubuque: Roy Paar, born about
October 1895; Margaret Paar, born about
August 1897; (Child),
born and died 1890s. Known children with second wife, born in Iowa: Francis E. Paar,
born 30 April 1919(6), died October 1967(6); Donald H. Paar, born
18 February 1922(6), died 10 January 1995 at Central City, Merrick,
Nebraska(6); Elizabeth M. Paar, born about 1926, married Howard Murphy.
Elizabeth Paar, born 10 March
1875; apparently
died before the 1880 census at Galena.
Henry Joseph Anthony Paar, born
06 January 1879(8); married
1905-06 to Clara A. _______ who was born about 1879 in
Illinois. He was a printer; later he worked for a railroad, then for a lumber
company. 1910 Census: Henry J. A. Paar, page 049, visit
091/095, Omaha (E.D. 81), Douglas,
Nebraska. 1920 Census: Henry Paar, page
166, visit 134/137, Dubuque,
Dubuque, Iowa.
1930 Census: Henry Paar, page 030, visit 192/209, Davenport
(2nd Ward), Scott, Iowa.
They were living at Rock Island, Rock
Island, Illinois in 1933. Known
children, most born in Nebraska: Genevieve Paar, born about 1906; Helen D. Paar, born
about 1909; John Paar,
born 19 July 1912(6), died July 1977 at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois(6); Margaret Paar, born
about 1914; Charles
Paar, born 24 November 1918(6) in Iowa, died July 1974(6).
Anthony Paar, born 03 March 1883(8)
at Dubuque; died 28 July 1943 at Dubuque; possibly unmarried. 1910 Census: Anthony Paar
(single, with mother).
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