(NOTE: Maynard's birthname is Meinrad Bernauer. Apparently adopted by Thomas Bock and used "Maynard" in the New World.)

LDS Film #0921675 - Baptismal records 1838-1899 of the Catholic Church in Todtnau, Loerrach, Baden, Germany; p. 101, nr. 3 for 1844.

Transcription: Im Jahr eintausand achthundert vier und vierzig den zwölften Jänner frühe sieben Uhr wurde dahier geboren und nachmittags zwei Uhr in der Pfarrkirche getauft Meinrad unehlicher Sohn der ledigen Sophia Bernauer, ehliche Tochter des Thaddäus Bernauer und der Maria Josepha Widler von hier.  Zeugen sind: Sylverins Haag, lediger und großjähriger Bürgerssohn (Pathe) und Blasius Kunz, Sigräst von hier.  Pathin: Albina etzinger, ledige Bürgerstochter von hier.

Translation: In the year one thousand eight hundred forty-four on the twelfth of January at seven o'clock in the morning was born hereabouts and baptized in the parish church in the afternoon at two o'clock Meinrad, illegitimate son of the unmarried Sophia Bernauer, legitimate daughter of Thaddäus Bernauer and Maria Josepha Widler from here. Witnesses are: Sylverins Haag, unmarried and of-age citizen's son (godfather) and Blasius Kunz, sexton from here. Godmother: Albina Wetzinger, unmarried citizen's daughter from here.

(Transcription and Translation kindly provided June 4, 2009 by Michael Mayer-Kielmann on the Baden-Württemberg mailing list at Rootsweb.)

1870 Huron County, Michigan census, Sherman township, Whiterock P.O., page 5. "Maneau Bank", age 26, farmer, born Prussia, cannot read or write English; Sophia, age 26, born Prussia, cannot read or write English; John, age 5, born Michigan; George, age 2, born Michigan. See http://epiphyte.libofmich.lib.mi.us/CensusImages/Roll674/873.pdf

Maynard's (step?-)father, Thomas, was in the same township.

1875 Todd County Minnesota state census, Long Prairie, May 1st, page 129 of Todd county, family #52 of Long Prairie. Maynard Bock, age 31, b. Baden, f/m b. Wirtemburg/Baden; Sophia Bock, age 29, b. Canada, f/m b. Bavaria; John A. Bock; age 9, b. Mich.; George M. Bock, age 7, b. Mich.; Norah Bock, age 4, b. Mich.; Mercy Bock, age 1, b. Minn.

1880 Long Prairie Township (not Village) census - Maynard Bock, age 36, b. Prussia, Farmer, parents born in Prussia; Soffia, Wife, age 35, born Canada, parents born in Canada(sic); John, son, age 14, born in Michigan; George, son, age 12, born in Michigan; Nora, daughter, age 9, born in Michigan; Thomas, son, age 4, born in Minnesota; Celia, daughter, age 1, born in Minnesota.

1900 Long Prairie census - Maynard Buck(sic), age 59, born Jan 1841 in Germany, sawyer, parents born in Germany (no imm. info); wife Sophia, age 54, born Dec 1845 in Canada, married 37 years, had 9 children, 7 still living, parents born in Germany (no imm. info); son John, age 34, born Jan 1866 in Michigan, single, laborer; son George, age 32, born Mar 1868 in Michigan, single, laborer; son Thomas, age 24, born Jul 1876 in Minnesota, single, laborer; daughter Silvia (sic - Celia), age 21, single, born Feb 1879 in Minnesota; son Edward, age 16, born May 1884 in Minnesota; (continued on next page) daughter Ida, age 12, born Dec 1887 in Minnesota.

1909 obituary of wife, Sophia, makes no mention of him at all. ???

1910 Long Prairie census - age 68, lodger in the home of Joseph Otto, laborer at odd jobs, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in *France* (but his mother's obit said she was born in Baden, Germany), immigrated in 1850 (but that was when he arrived in Canada), naturalized (possibly in Michigan?).

1918 WWI Draft Registration record for son Thomas shows Maynard is his closest relative and lives with him.

1920 Salem, Marion, Oregon census on Jan 7 (Oregon State Insane Asylum): Back, Maynard, inmate, age 60, widowed, b. Germany, f/m both b. Germany.

(The age is wrong, but Salem is only 50 miles from Vancouver, and he is not living with Thomas or any of his other children in the 1920 censuses.)

Oregon Death Record #130 for 1920 -- Maynard Back died February 27, 1920 at the Ore. State Hosp. in Salem, Marion Co. Cause of death: Cerebral Arteriosclerosis. Date of birth: 1859 (sic - way off - s.b. 1845). Occupation: Carpenter. Birthplace (city or town): Baden (State or country) Germany. Name of father: Thomas Back, born in Germany. Mother information not given. Place of burial, cremation, or removal: Hosp. Crematorium. Informant: Ore State Hosp Records.

No Todd county obituary.

This IGI record for Meinrad(sic) Bernauer, christened 12 Jan 1844 in Todtnau, Loerrach, Baden:

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=500242459688

born to Sophia Bernauer (no father mentioned) finally led me to the right place in 2009! I had first found this IGI record for Sophia Bernauer, christened 16 May 1823 in Todtnau, Loerrach, Baden:

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=500242460811

born to Thadda Bernauer and Maria Josepha Widler, which had to be his mother (many thanks to whever it was the entered this family's records into the IGI!).

• Married: Abt 1863 in Huron County, Michigan
• Note: Thomas Bock obit says moved to Michigan in 1857. 1900 census said married 37 years. They both emigrated from Canada to Michigan and married in 1863. The 1870 census for Sherman Township shows a lot of people in the area that were born in Ontario.

1. John Bock b: Jan 1866 in Sherman Twp?, Michigan
2. George Maynard Bock b: 18 Mar 1868 in Sherman Twp?, Michigan
3. Nora R. Bock b: 04 Jun 1871 in Huron County, Michigan
4. Mercy Bock b: 1874 in Long Prairie, Minnesota
5. Thomas Edward Bock | Back b: 09 Jul 1876 in Long Prairie, Minnesota
6. Celia Bock b: Feb 1879 in Long Prairie, Minnesota
7. Martha Bock b: 24 Oct 1881 in Long Prairie, Minnesota
8. Edward Bock b: 09 May 1884 in Long Prairie, Minnesota
9. Ida Sophia Bock b: 06 Dec 1888 in Long Prairie, Minnesota