His death certificate records Francis Joseph Bauer, age 83, born 8 Oct 1872 in Germany, died 5 Feb 1956 at 4510 Agnes St., Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, occupation retired railroad mail clerk, married, husband of Daisy Bauer, parents unknown, cause of death cerebral hemorrage due to nephritis, informant Helen Jo Bauer, same address, burial in Highland Cemetery, Hamilton, Missouri.

Her death certificate records Ludelia Florence Bauer, age 50 years 2 months 5 days, born 9 Nov 1872 iin Ray Co., died 14 Jan 1923 in Hamilton, Caldwell Co., Missouri, married, wife of Franc J. Bauer, father James W. Riddle, mother’s maiden name Mary Jane Hunt, both born in Bath Co., Ky, cause of death Bardows (sp?) Disease; informant J. R. Riddle, Hamilton, Ky, burial in Highland Cemetery.

Census records, however, list her as 6 in 1880 and as 26 born Nov 1873 in 1900.

1900 census of Ray Co., Missouri, Knoxville precinct, enumerated 18 June, lists on p. 7A as household #127/129:
Feil, John, 64, b. June 1835, Germany Germany Germany, farmer; Catherine, wife, 57, b. Oct 1842, Germany Germany Germany; Riddle, Ludelia F., boarder, 26, b. Nov 1873, Missouri Ky Ky, single, housekeeper. (Plus two farmhands Lucian G. Stewart and John F. Heath.)

Their marriage license, issued in Caldwell Co., Mo, records the marriage of Francis J. Bauer, over 21, of Hamilton, Caldwell Co., Missouri, to Lula Riddle, over 18, of Cowgill, Caldwell Co., Missouri, at John Feil’s residence in Ray Co., Missouri, by J. W. Tanquary, Pastor of the M. E. Church, Cowgill, Mo.

John Feil was Ludelia’s employer, and Francis was his nephew, the son of his sister Josephine.

1910 census of Caldwell Co., Missouri, Hamilton south ward, enumerated 16 April, lists on p. 54:
Bauer, Joseph, 37, b. Germany Germany Germany, immigrated 1880, naturalized, mail clerk on railway; Lula, wife, 37, b. Mo Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 8 years, mother of 2 children, 2 living; Valencia, dau, 7; George, son, 3 and 4 superimposed (it is indistinguishable which is a correction of the other). Both children born Missouri Germany Missouri.

1920 census of Caldwell Co., Missouri, Hamilton west ward, enumerated 14 Jan, lists on p. 13A as family #354/359:
Bauer, Francis, 47, b. Germany Germany Germany, immigrated 1883, naturalizd 1893, postal clerk on railway; Lula, wife, 47, b. Mo Ky Ohio; Valencia, dau, 16; George, son, 13; Helen, dau, 9. All children born Mo Germany Mo.