All branches of the Baer family have some ancestors that were born Untergrombach. The majority of the descendants of Natan Bär (1747 - 1787) and Isaias Bär (1767 - after 1810) remained primarily in Untergrombach at least until the end of the nineteenth century. Aron Bär (1746 -1818) stayed in Untergrombach but three of his sons moved away from Untergrombach; Natan formed the branch of the family in Graben, Liebmann the one in Weingarten, and Berle the one in Bruchsal.
The following information comes from the book Untergrombach: Ein Dorf im Wandel der Zeit by Josef Lindenfelser
In 1887, the following members of the Baer family lived in Untergrombach:
Weingartener Straße:
Nr. 4 Jesaias Bär I, Handelsmann
Nr. 9 Jesaias Bär II, Handelsmann
Nr. 16 Kaufmann Bär, Handelsmann
Nr. 17 Bernhard Baer und Ehefrau Mina geb. Blum
Nr. 21 Leopold Bär, Handelsmann
Nr. 22 Lachmann Bär I, Handelsmann
Nr. 36 Michael Bär, Handelsmann
Nr. 46 Max Bär, Handelsmann
Bachstraße
Nr. 39 Löb Bärle Bär, Handelsmann und Ehefrau
In 1933:
Weingartener Straße:
Nr. 17 Nathan Bär, Metzger und Ehefrau Karoline
Nr. 21 Hugo Bär, Kaufmann in Karlsruhe
Nr. 46 Berthold Bär, Kaufmann
Jewish Community Size:
1689 - 8 Jewish families
1745 - 11 Jewish citizens and their families (about 30 to 40 people)
1825 - 78 Jews
1843 - 141 Jews
1864 - 165 Jews out of total population of 1501 persons in Untergrombach
1900 - 106 Jews
1925 - 56 Jews
1933 - 32 Jews
Documents:
Letter giving early ancestors of the Baer family - written by Rabbi Grzymisch
Records found on microfilm 1056392 available from any Family History Center:
Marriage
of Nathan L. Baer and Babette Hochberger
Birth of Ellen Falk Baer
Marriage of Machol Baer and
Elise Kaufmann
Marriage of Leopold Baer
and Theresa Maier
Death of
Fanni Baruch nee Willstaetter
1785 Census listing Jews from Untergrombach (above Obergrombach)
List of Jews in Untergrombach in 1780 and 1790
Links to untergrombach related pages:
http://www.kunstreise.de/Event/Untergrombach/untergrombach.html
http://www.untergrombach-online.de/
http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/u/untergro.htm
Last Update: 02/09/2001
