BAR AND BAUMAN FAMILY

Hans Bar was born in 1545 at Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland. He was an Anabaptist who lived at Ober Ratlisberg, Zurich. He died there before 1614. About 1568 he married Kathrine Huber who was born 1545 at Albis. She died there on April 22, 1622 . Hausen is a town about four miles northwest of Hirzel and located on the lower west slopes of the Albis Mountains. It is located on the northern side of the present day city of Zurich.

Hans and Kathrine Bar had the following children: Hans, Barbara*, Oswald, Osli, Verena, Lorenz, Anna, Andrew, Katharina, and Hans Jacob.

Barbara Bar, our ancestor, was born in 1572 at Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland. In 1596 she married Leonhart Bauman in Switzerland. She died about 1668 (aged 96) in Hausen. Leonhart Bauman was born November 1568 in Horgen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. He was the son of Langhaus Bauman and Trini Habersaat. He died before 1646. He was Anabaptist. In 1634 he lived at Hatten, Hirzel and in 1640 at Clus, Hirzel.

Leonhart and Barbara Bauman had five children: Daniel*, Barbeli, Anna, Elisabetha, and Hans Rudolph, all born in Horgen. Bauman is sometimes spelled Bowman or Buman.

In Hans Bar's day this area of northern Switzerland probably spoke German and were greatly influenced by the Germans. At that time Switzerland was not considered a strong military power. They had no standing army as such. Each valley was somewhat isolated and was very independent. Each region or canton spoke the language of the country they joined or traded with and generally left each other alone. There was not a significant Swiss language. They generally spoke German, Italian, French or Austrian depending on their geographic location.

Hans Bar was my ninth great grandfather.