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Marriage: Children:
  1. George Egelseer Waber: Birth: 1 Jan 1829 in Höfen,Bavara,Germany. Death: 7 Jul 1887 in Pine Grove,Van Buren County,Michigan

  2. Heinrich Waber: Birth: 26 Dec 1831 in Germany. Death: 11 Dec 1885 in Union Township,McPherson County,KS

  3. Friedrich Waber: Birth: 7 Sep 1834 in Germany. Death: 23 Apr 1906 in Michigan

  4. Anna Kunigunda Waber: Birth: 25 Jun 1839 in Germany. Death: 11 Feb 1931 in Trowbridge Allegan Co. MI

  5. Thomas Georg Waber: Birth: 14 May 1841 in Germany. Death: 13 Jan 1917 in MI

  6. Margaret Kunigunde Waber: Birth: 6 Apr 1843 in Germany. Death: 16 Mar 1927 in Michigan

  7. Boy Waber: Birth: AFT 1847.

  8. Simon James Waber: Birth: 27 Jun 1847 in Germany. Death: 2 Feb 1925 in Kalamazoo,MI


Sources
1. Title:   Waber Family the First Nine Generations
Source:   S-2072042574
Author:   James A and Faith Elaine (Winters) MacGregor

Notes
a. Note:   s born in Badenbut it says "Prussia" so Prussia doesnt necessarily imply anything. Alsothe area the Wabers came from was technically not Bavaria but Franconia,which is largely Protestant. I also don't think it was consolidationunder Prussia that drove the Wabers away (Bismarck didnt take power in1862) but civil strife. In 1848, when the Wabers left, a series ofrevolutions were sweeping throughout Germany between peasants andnobility. 1848 is considered today as the start of unification of Germanynot because it was the year they started to annex other German states butrather because Bismarck first gained prominence for siding with theKaiser and the Kaiser established a firmer hold over the peasantry andmore reliance on the Junkers (Polish born German nobility of whichBismarck was a representative). It was the Junkers more than anyone elsewho pushed for consolidation. What happened in Germany was actually a larger thing that stretchedthroughout Europe in the 1840s. There was a series of bad harvestsbrought on by drought and blight which caused widespread famine. Thenobility, however, still insisted on demanding the same amount of cropsas payment in kind irregardless of the yield. This as you might imaginewill really set people off. It started in Paris in February and forcedLouise Phillippe to flee. This then proceeded to spread to Austria whowas hardest hit. The emperor of Austria managed to maintain power but hadto surrender much authority. The success of the revolution sparkedrevolts in Germany. Numerous German cities were shaken by uprisings inwhich crowds consisting mainly of the urban poor, but also of studentsand members of the liberal middle class, stormed their rulers' palacesand demanded fundamental reform.This then proceeded from rural towns toBerlin. With the aid of the Junkers, the Kaiser was able to quell thecrowd but not after creating a constitutional monarchy and giving muchpower over to a legislature comprised of landed nobility throughoutGermany. The Kaiser was able to maintain much more power than othermonarchs who were not so lucky. So I think the Wabers were in actuality fleeing from the Revolutions of1848 and the famine. This would explain why they were willing to put upwith so much to get outta there. --Andrew
Note:   Well by 1880 all of Germany was consolidated under the Hohenzollerns whowere the long time rulers of Prussia. I have a great great grandfatherfrom my mother's side for example who I know for a fact wa


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