Pauline Baer Kircher

Pauline (also known as "Lena") was born in Glitt, Bukovina, and was baptized at the Catholic Church in Solka on November 9, 1878. Her parents were Anton Beer and Adolphine Wanisch (alternate spellings: Vanisch, Wanicz, Wanisz). Pauline emigrated from Bukovina with her parents and siblings, traveling to Bremen, Germany, to board the vessel "Saale." The ship arrived in New York on June 18, 1887. Pauline remembered 14 other Bukovina immigrant families who traveled to America at the same time.

Those who traveled together were the families of Fastner, Beer / Baer, Trunde, Fieber, Krickl, Kunzmann, and Blaubetch. In America, the Beer family homesteaded about 7 years in the northwest corner of section 33 of Township 4 North, Range 47 West in Yuma County, Colorado in approximately 1894. Later the Beer family moved to West Bend in Barton Township, Washington County, Wisconsin. On June 8, 1898, Pauline was married to Joseph Kircher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They had three children: Eleanor "Ella" Kircher Huber, Marion Kircher Forkins, and Alvin Kircher. Pauline, who was preceded in death by her husband in 1949, died on January 3, 1987, at age 107. She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Pauline Baer Kircher was asked about her early memories in an interview on October 9, 1977, by Dean Blau. Click *here* to see a typed transcript of the interview.