A transcription of pages 195-469,
Family Histories from the Verdigre Centennial Book
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THE BAER FAMILY

The Baer family lived in Verdigre for years. George, better known as “Melly Baer,” worked on the railroad. He married Minnie Sanders on October 25, 1904. They lived in a railroad section house until he was transferred to Creighton. They had two daughters and eight sons.

Ruby Baer married Stanley Kroupa (both deceased). Bernice (deceased) worked in O’Neill and on the “Verdigre Citizen” paper for years. She met and later married Steve Orszag and moved to Ohio.

Three of the eight sons died. George Melvin Baer died in infancy. Walter LeRoy died at age one, and J. Earl died in 1938 at the age of 18 or 19. Willis (deceased) married Irma Krumm and moved to a small acreage in Creighton. Willis left there and went to Omaha and became a bricklayer by trade. Gerald Baer (deceased) married Sophie Bennar and farmed for years. They later sold out and tried other professions. He and his wife worked in Cherokee Mental Health in Iowa as aides. Rolon, Melvin, and Norman entered the armed services. When Rolon returned, he went to Washington State where he worked on the Grand Coulee Dam. Melvin (deceased) went to Detroit to work as a foreman in a plant. Norman became a barber after returning home and later went to live in Waynesbough, Tennessee. All were married and had families, except the two girls who had no children. None of the family remains in Nebraska.

George Baer had one sister who was a school teacher and lived in Los Angeles, California

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