When Ferdinand Baer was born on 20 April 1836, in Niederwil, Aargau, Switzerland, his father, Johan Jacob Baer, was 47 and his mother, Anna Maria Arber, was 43. He married Maria Emilie Hagmann on 24 February 1854, in Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. In 1911, at the age of 75, his occupation is listed as farmer in Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 23 May 1911, in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.