SAUER; BAY,DEU>New York City,NY,USA; 1850-1875 Margaret Sauer (b. ca 1819, Bavaria) and her brother George Sauer (b. ca 1822) arrived in New York City about 1850. I don't know if either was married at the time although I assume Margaretha had married Charles Schmitt/Schmidt by 1842 since they probably had a daughter, Margaret, born ca 1843. Margaret, Sr., had two boys, George, b. 1851, and Charles, b. 1856, and probably died before 1860. I do not know where she was buried. A Margaretha Sauer, aged 79 years, died at 178 Second St., where the Schmitts were living, in October 1858. Charles Schmitt and his brother-in-law George Sauer purchased a lot in the Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, NY, for her burial. I assume she was Margaret and George's mother or grandmother. If the last name on the burial record and the first digit of her age are wrong, this could be Margaret; no actual death certificates exist at this time. In 1864 an infant George Sauer, who died at 174 Second St., was buried in the plot. We assume he was George Sauer's child but have no record of his wife. By 1870 both Schmitt (now Smith) boys were living with George Sauer, pocketbook maker, because their parents are dead. George himself died, aged 53, at 131 Lewis St. and was buried Aug. 8, 1875, in the Smith/Sauer plot. I realize this is a common name and that Bavaria is large but hope to find others researching the same time period who notice similar names in Bavaria and New York. I have worked out some tricky ways to do common surname research in 19th c. New York City by combining census, city directory, cemetery, and vital records, by the way, in case anyone needs help. Elizabeth W. Knowlton [email protected]