The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

Eva Harbauer

Earl's 3rd great-grandmother · born 1825

Eva Harbauer

Confirmed

Earl's 3rd great-grandmother · born 1825

Born
June 1825, Germany
Parents
Jacob Jung (Young) & Eve Jung (Young)
Married
James Harris Timberman Sr.
Children
Louise Emma Harbauer
Sources
8

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1825
Born June 1825, Germany; immigrated 1829; by 1900 she had borne eleven children, five living S330
Census1880
In 1880, widowed, head of the household at 149 Noble Street, Philadelphia, aged 55; her daughter Louise is in the house, and the census states the relationship as mother S176
Census1870
The 1870 census gives her birthplace as France (possibly Alsace); unproven S175
Census1850
🆕 The 1850 census page with her own household has now been read from the image: Lewis Harbour, 27, a cabinet maker born in France; Eve, 24, born in France; and Lewis 5, Harriet 3 and Sarah 4 months, born in Pennsylvania Probable confirm or correct → S969S838. Evidence: her exact age (born June 1825), France as in 1870, the same Northern Liberties neighbourhood as her 1880 home on Noble Street, and a cabinet-maker husband. What is weak: the census states no relationships, and nothing on the page names Louise. Know a record? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
Census1874
🆕 A Philadelphia directory indexed as 1874 lists “Harbauer Eva, wid Lewis, h 152 Pegg”, with Louis Harbauer, finisher, at the same house Probable confirm or correct → S1047. Evidence: the rare surname, the widowhood and the city fit her. Weak: the year is from the index only, and a directory gives no age or birthplace. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Mother of Louise Emma Harbauer, wife of James Harris Timberman Sr. S176
Marriage1844
🆕 Her marriage to Ludwig, written Ludwig Halbauer with Eva Jung, both of the Northern Liberties, is dated 9 September 1844 in a typed transcript of a Philadelphia church register S582. added 25 September 2026.
Parents1850
🆕 Her parents: Jacob Jung (Young) and Eve Jung (Young) Probable confirm or correct →. In 1850 Jacob Young, 69, tailor, and Eve, 54, both born in France, headed a family in the Northern Liberties that runs onto the next page with Lewis and Eve Harbour and their children S838, and a widows' pension index names her Eva Young Harbauer S839. What is weak: the census has no relationship column, and no document read calls her their daughter. added 28 September 2026.

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Eva Harbauer · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

8 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1751870 U.S. Federal Census — the Harbauer children, Philadelphia, 31st District. Ancestry collection 7163, record 5628177, image 4278818_00714; page 96, enumerated 25 June 1870. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. A household continued from page 95: Lewis 25, Maroco finisher; Henrettia 22, dress maker; Annie 20, milliner; Adaline 18; George 15 and Henry 9, at school; Louisa, 7, born Pennsylvania, both parents foreign-born, at school; lodger Jacob North 26, packing-box maker, born Kurhessen. 🔑 The earliest record of Louise Emma Harbauer — age 7 fits the June 1863 birth. The same siblings and Jacob North are with the widow Eva Harbauer in 1880 [S176]. ⚠ The parents are on page 95, which was not fetched. Ancestry's inferred father Lewis is wrong — Lewis, 25, is the eldest brother. No father is published.
  2. S1761880 U.S. Federal Census — Eva Harbauer household, 149 Noble Street, Philadelphia. Ancestry collection 6742, record 225860, image 4244458-00660; SD 1, ED 190, page 11, enumerated 5 June 1880; house 149, dwelling 85, family 109. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Eva Harbauer, 55, widowed, keeping house; Henry 25 and George 19, sons, morocco dressers; Louisa, 17, daughter, single, "In store"; then Jacob North 35, box maker, with his wife Adoline 28 (the Adaline of 1870), Clara 8 and Albert 5. 🔑 Louise's mother is named: Eva Harbauer, a widow by 1880. 🔑 In the next house, 151 Noble Street, boards "Jas Timberman", 22 — the age of James Harris Timberman Sr, born June 1858. Neighbours in 1880, married about 1886 [S139]. The identification is by name and age only and is stated as such. ⚠ The birthplace columns on this page drift against the name rows — Louisa's line carries Bavaria three times, Eva's Pennsylvania/Ireland/Ireland. Ancestry's born Bavaria for Louisa is built on the drift; 1870 and 1910 both say Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania stands.
  3. S3301900 U.S. Federal Census — Eva Harbauer, Philadelphia Ward 18. Ancestry collection 7602, record 47750343; ED 340, sheet 10A, line 34. Read from the image. Born June 1825, Germany; immigrated 1829; mother of 11 children, 5 living.
  4. S582Typed transcript of a Philadelphia church marriage register, register p. 229, 9 September 1844. Ancestry record 4849585. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed 9 September 1844: Ludwig Halbauer with Eva Jung, both of the Northern Liberties. A later typed copy, not the register itself; the original page has not been seen.
  5. S8381850 U.S. Federal Census — Jacob Young household, Northern Liberties Ward 3, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Ancestry collection 8054, record 4931979 (image 4205114_00307); dwelling 424, family 530, lines 40–42. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable Jacob Young, 69, male, tailor, born France; Eve, 54, born France; Louisa, 17, born Pennsylvania. The family runs onto the next page, which FamilySearch indexes (1:1:M4CX-7GJ) with Lewis Harbour, Eve [“Ere”] Harbour, and Lewis, Harriet and Sarah Harbour in the same family. The first page was read from the image; the continuation is from the FamilySearch index of the same household. No relationship column, so Eva Harbauer's tie to Jacob and Eve is inferred, not stated.
  6. S839FamilySearch index — U.S. Civil War widows' pension index, Eva Young Harbauer. FamilySearch 1:1:KXCR-19Y and related entries. Checked 28 September 2026. Probable “Eva Young Harbauer”, widow of Louis Harbauer. An index only. It supports her maiden name Young (Jung) but names no parents. FamilySearch 1:1:M37L-TP8 indexes her 1900 census entry (S330).
  7. S9691850 United States Federal Census — Northern Liberties Ward 3, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, page 152 (9 August 1850): Lewis and Eve Harbour. Ancestry record 4931983. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24 September 2026. Probable The continuation of the Jacob Young family in S838: Lewis Harbour, 27, male, cabinet maker, born France; Eve, 24, born France; Lewis, 5, Harriet, 3, and Sarah, 4 months, all born Pennsylvania. Read from the image; S838 had this page only from the FamilySearch index. Harbour is the enumerator's English spelling of Harbauer. Why Probable: the 1850 census states no relationships, so Eve is the wife and the children are theirs by position only, and nothing on the page names Louise (born 1863). What fits: Eva Harbauer was born in June 1825, so exactly 24; the 1870 census also has her born in France; a cabinet maker Ludwig Harbauer is her husband in 1863; and Henriette, born 28 May 1848, is close to Harriet, 3. Collection: 1850 United States Federal Census (db 8054, image 4205114_00308).
  8. S1047Philadelphia city directory, indexed as 1874, p. 599. Ancestry record 176407245. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable “Harbauer Eva, wid Lewis, h 152 Pegg” and “Harbauer Louis, finisher, h 152 Pegg”; the only two Harbauer entries on the spread. The year comes from Ancestry’s index only: the running heads do not print it. A directory line gives no age or birthplace; the tie to Eva is by name, widowhood and city.

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