Heinrich Karl Hasse and Family

Heinrich was born in the village of Nienstedt, Hannover on 24 March 1810. Nothing is known about his early years and family to whom he was born. Heinrich Karl got married at the age of 23 to Johanna Gerke. The two were married for seven years and then, Johanne died. There is no record of Heinrich and Johanne's children (well, at least I have not found any) besides Heinrich Eduard who was born in 1834 and baptized in a local Evangelical church (1).

Later, Heinrich Karl Hasse married again. His second wife was a widow who had a daughter from a previous marriage. The daughter's name was Josephine.

The family decided to leave their home in Prussia. They traveled to Bremen which they left on 9 November 1845 (2) on board the vessel B. Bohlen.

The passenger list record mentions Hasse Heinrich from Nienstedt; 6 persons, whose destination was Gillespie County (3). That tells us that the family Heinrich + wife with their children Heinrich Eduard and Josephine and two other related persons.

They landed in Galveston on 22 December 1845 (4). What the Hasses and other emigrants found in Texas was privation and great hardship. Heinrich's wife died of cholera in Indianola (5).

Heinrich Karl and his family traveled from Indianola by ox cart and reached the nowadays Fredericksburg area. The census of 1850 recorded them in Gillespie County, in/or about Fredericksburg on 20 September (6). Besides Heinrich (Henry), the household dwellers were Wilhelmina, age 36, children Henry (age 13), H Ellen (age 11), Henry Behrens (age 11), Sofia (age 7), Myria (age 1). Henry Sr. worked as a laborer.

Now, there are questions. 

1. Wilhelmina Hasse - who was she? If Heinrich's wife had died in Indianola, was Wilhelmina his sister? 

"Mason County Historical Book" (7) mentions enigmatically that Henry's sister married in Germany to a Heinrich Höfner. Was she and her child part of Henry Hasse's party who accompanied him on the ship B. Bohlen?

2. H Ellen (Helen?) Hasse listed in the census. If it was not Heinrich's stepdaughter Josephine where was Josephine then? H Ellen's estimated birth year, given in the record, was 1839. Josephine was born in 1837 (8). Two different girls/daughters or one and the same listed under another name? 

The Behrens siblings who lived with Heinrich and Wilhelmina were the children of Sophie Dorothea Henriette Behrens nee Hauer and her husband Heinrich Konrad Behrens. The latter was deadly shot by Comanches when he was visiting his to be surveyed land situated not far from Camp Mason. Possibly, wounded Heinrich Konrad Behrens was taken to Fort Mason to seek a doctor's help. Mrs. Behrens went there as well. Analyzing the 1850 census records, we can see that the children of Sophie and H K Behrens were in the care of Heinrich and Wilhelmina Hasse on 20 September 1850, when the census happened. It means that Mr. Behrens had been shot by the Indians before that day, and also, Heinrich K Hasse and Sophie Behrens had known each other earlier. Maybe H K Hasse met Sophie Behrens (and her husband) not in Fort Mason as one source suggests (9), but much earlier in Fredericksburg? The Behrens relatives lived in the town (10) as well.

Mr. Henry Karl Hasse married the widow Sophie Behrens in 1851. Not long after that, the Hasses relocated to the Llano River area and joined other pioneer families who had already farmed there. Heinrich Karl had 320 acres of land north of the river.

Sophie bought 320 acres (for $40) neighboring the 320 owned by her second husband. Heinrich Karl built two picket houses for his family.

Daughter Margarete was born to Heinrich and Sophie Hasse on 18 March 1852 (11). 

The Hasse family were some of the very first charter members of the Llano German Methodist Episcopal Church South which was organized on 8 March 1856 at Castell (12). 

19 April 1857 - Josephine, Karl's stepdaughter, married John Conrad Simon in Gillespie, Texas (13).

About a year later, on 9 February 1858 (14), 13-year-old Marie Christine Sophie Behrens married 26-year-old Jacob Brodbeck (born 13 October 1821 in Stuttgart). The man was Marie's teacher, he worked at Vereins Kirche school in Fredericksburg, which the girl attended.

On 5 September of the same year, there was another marriage in the family. Heinrich Eduard Hasse, the oldest son of Heinrich Karl's, married Miss Friedericke Bickenbach in Gillespie County (15,16).

 

Henry Julius Beherens, Henrich's stepson, married Miss Catherina Heinrichs on 15 November 1865 in the local Methodist church in Hilda (17).

The youngest stepdaughter of Heinrich Karl Hasse's, Sophie (Myria), was married to Mr. Fritz Ellebracht when she was 17. It happened on 15 October 1866 in Hilda Methodist Church, Mason (18). Fritz's parents were Friedrich Albert Ellebracht and Sophie Wilhelmine Stamme.

1867 was the year of elections. Henry Hasse Sr. was registered on the voter list in Mason on 10 September (19). Henry Jr. a day earlier (20).

Henry Carl Hasse farmed on the 640 acres he and Sophie owned. 8 June 1870 brought another census. The couple lived then with their daughter Margaret. The Hasses real estate was worth $100, the value of their personal real estate was $350 (21). 

Margarete was married to Mr. William Louis Steinmann two years later, on 11 January 1872, at Hilda Bethel Methodist Church, Mason, Texas (22). 

Henry Carl (Heinrich Karl) Hasse passed on 25 April 1880. He was buried at Lower Willow Creek Cemetery, Mason, Texas. After his death, Sophie Behrens Hasse lived with her son Henry Julius and his family. The wife of Heinrich Karl Hasse's ended her Earth journey in 1892.

Resources:

1. "Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Patriot Ancestor Album" Vol.1, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, Kentucky, 2001.

2. List of Passengers Aboard B. Bohlen

3. "A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847" by Chester Geue, Chester William Geue, Ethel Hander Geue, 1966

4. List of Passengers Aboard B. Bohlen

5.  "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.

6. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-LVK : 23 December 2020), Henry Hasse, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

7. "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.

8. Findagrave.com 

9. Maria Christina Sophie Behrens Brodbeck

10. 1850 Census records - Gillespie County, Fredericksbur

11. Findagrave.com

12. Llano County, Texas, German Methodist Episcopal Church South

13. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-L4V : 10 March 2021), John C Simon and Josephine Hasse, 19 Apr 1857; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

14. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-LCN : 10 March 2021), Jacob Brodbeck and Maria C S Behrens, 09 Feb 1858; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

15. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VH4 : 10 March 2021), Henry Hasse and Friederike Bickenbach, 05 Sep 1858; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

16. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/gillespie/vitals/marriages/b1gilmar.txt 

17. Hilda (Behtel) Methodist Church marriages.

18. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-489 : 22 January 2020), Sophie Behrens in entry for Fritz Ellebracht, 1866.

19. "Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4MZL-HZN2 : 15 December 2020), Henry Hasse, 1867.

20. "Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4MZL-HZMM : 15 December 2020), Henry Hasse, 1867.

21. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-41X : 2 January 2021), Henry Hasse, 1870.

22. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-HSJ : 22 January 2020), Margrete Hasse in entry for William Louis Steinmann, 1872.

Karl Friedrich Eckert & Family

Karl Friedrich was the oldest son of Georg Bernhardt Eckert and Margarethe Eckert's. 

Georg was born on 26 January 1793 in Prussia to Johann Peter (stock farmer) and Eva Christina Eckert. The man served in the Prussian army and fought for his country during one of the military conflicts which rolled over Europe then.

After the service, on 20 June 1820, 27-year-old Georg Bernhardt married 4-year-old younger Anna Margarethe Holoch (born 17 December 1797). They settled in Hüffenhardt, county Mosbach, Baden province, not far from the Neckar River. It was a region where grapevine (mainly) were cultivated and all its inhabitants were farmers.

Georg and Anna had 8 children:

• Katharina Margaretha - born 16 November 1820,
• Karl Friedrich - born 5 October 1822,
• Georg Philipp - born 10 November 1824,
• Bernhardt - born 18 December 1826,
• Elisabetha - born 8 March 1829,
• Eva Christina - born 12 September 1831,
• Ludwig - born 19 October 1834,
• Wilhelm Peter - born 15 October 1838.

Young Karl did his mandatory service in the Prussian army.

♦ 21 August 1832 - death came to the family - baby Eva Christina left this world.

Karl's mother ♦ Anna Margaretha Holoch Eckert died on 15 November 1838.

Tragically, three days later, on ♦ 18 November, Karl's youngest brother Wilhelm Peter passed as well. Maybe the two - mother and baby contracted the same disease?

The oldest sister of Karl's, ♡ Katharina Margaretha got married on 3 September 1844. Her spouse was Johan Georg Grosz, a shoemaker (born 7 November 1816, Schwanheim, Baden).

After Katharina's marriage, Georg Bernhardt Eckert (the father of the family) lived with the daughter and her husband Johan Georg.

♡ The marriage ceremony of Karl Friedrich and his bride Eva Christina Guethoerle took place on 2 October 1846. Karl was 24 and Eva was 22. She was born on 10 March 1824 at Obergim, Baden.

Karl was a farmer, he grew vine and ran a winery. Four children were born to the young couple in
Hüffenhardt:

♦ Elizabeth - appeared on 7 February 1846,

♦ Katharine - born on 13 October 1847,

♦ Karl Earnest - arrived on 11 January 1849,

♦ Louis Georg - born 29 October 1850.

In 1846, Yonkers (Jonkers) Eckert, one of Karl's cousins and his father's nephew, emigrated with his immediate family to Texas. Those Eckerts were part of the group of  the very first settlers who reached the Fredericksburg area on 8 May 1846. Messages from Yonkers encouraged Karl and his siblings to relocate to Texas as well. Katharina, her spouse, and Georg Bernhardt, the father of the family, stayed in Prussia. The latter one did not want to leave the country he had fought for during the war.

Anyway, Karl (age 31), his wife (29) and children, Elisabetha (24), Bernhardt (27), his fiancee Christina Dirolf, and Georg Philipp (29). Since only 4 people from one family were allowed to get passports, Bernhardt and Georg claimed two of Karl's children as their own (Bernhardt one and Georg one).

The family reached Indianola in March 1853. They were met by cousin Yonkers Eckert who lived in Fredericksburg. The Eckerts traveled by wagon to Victoria where the party separated due to Bernhardt's sickness. Bernhardt, his fiancee, and Georg stayed there, the rest moved on to Fredericksburg. At the beginning, the Karl Eckerts lived at their cousin Yonker's. Since they were of Lutheran faith, the family became members of the Zion Lutheran Church.

♡ 1 May 1853, Elisabetha Eckert was married to Johann Georg Ischar.

♡ 3 May 1853, Georg Philipp married Margareda Karolina Vogler at Victoria, Texas. Margareda was born on 18 August 1828, and she had also emigrated from Prussia. Later, Georg Philipp and his newly-married wife joined the family in Fredericksburg. 

After about two years, Karl Friedrich and his people relocated and settled in Hilda community, Mason County. Karl built log and rock fences around his land on Beaver Creek started farming and raising cattle.

♦ Son Heinrich was born to Karl and Christine on 6 December 1856 (1).

In 1860, Karl received a message from Prussia about his ♦ sister's death. Katherina died at the age of 40, on 20 February of the same year. 

♦ Emma was born on 5 April 1861. 

 

A merry event in the family - ♡ daughter Elisabeth married Johan Martin Dittmar on 11 December 1864. The two settled at Cherry Spring.

♦ Twins Johann and Bernhardt arrived on 25 February 1865. Little Bernhardt died in 1866.

Besides cattle and livestock, Karl had many horses. It happened though, that all of them were stolen by Indians who raided the neighborhood.

4 June 1870, Karl (Charles now) and family were recorded at Hedwig's Hill, Mason County during the census. They were as listed: Charles (47), Christine (45), Charles (21), Ludwig (19), Henry (13), Emma (9), John (5). The family real estate was worth $80, and the estimated value of the family personal property was $1500. Their immediate neighbors were Elisabeth (Eckert) and Johann Ischar, the August Brockmanns, then, the John Andereggs, and the Bickenbachs (2). 

The children helped Karl and Eva with the farm and housework. Karl F Eckert often employed workers who did various jobs at the family estate. One of the men was stonemason Christian Strackbein. Young Christian and Katherine, the second child of Karl and Eva Christina's, fell for each other. On ♡ 16 December 1870, the two got married (3) and made their home in Fredericksburg.

In 1871, when his niece Katharina and nephew Ludwig (children of the late sister Katharina Grosz's, nee Eckert) decided to come to Texas. The two uncles - Karl and Georg Philipp - sent them the money for the passage, then. When the two young relations arrived in Mason County, they worked hard to repay the debt to their uncles.

In November of the same year, Karl met a Lutheran minister in Fredericksburg. It was Rev. E. Huber who had arrived from Germany. Mr. Eckert brought the minister to Mason County and as a result of that, the first Lutheran services were held there. At first, they took place at Karl F Eckert's home. The man was one of the thirteen charter members who on 15 February 1872, signed the constitution founding the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Mason.

♡ Karl Earnest, the third child of Karl's born in Prussia, was united in marriage with Miss Mina Schupp on 15 July 1872. The young couple started their life together in Fredericksburg.

♡ 1873 - Karl and Georg Philipp's niece Katharina was married to Karl Hofmann (carpenter, cabinetmaker, and undertaker) on 20 April.

A year later, saddening news came from the old country. ♦ Georg Bernhardt Eckert, Karl's father, passed on 11 March.

♡ 10 April 1878, Ludwig (Karl's late sister Katharine's son) married Christina Maria Ischar. The newlyweds were first cousins.

June 1880, another census was done. Louis (28), Henry 23, Emma (19), and John (15) lived with the parents Charles (58) and Christine (56) at their home in Precinct #4, Mason County. The neighborhood had changed. The Eckerts closest neighbors were the John Dearings and the Adolph Boons. Then there were Georg Philipp Eckert and his family, the Henry Pluennekes, the Christian Loefflers, Henry Geistweidt, Louis Mund, and the JC Andereggs (4).

Two years later, on 9 February, the fourth child of Karl and Eva's, ♡ Louis Georg married Carolina Herbort (5). The young couple made their home in the Hilda Community. 

 

14 February 1883, ♡ Heinrich (Henry), Karl's fifth child, was united in wedlock with Martha Carolina Christina Klaerner (6). 

The marriage ceremony took place at Karl Eckert's home. Henry and Martha's wedding present given to them by Karl and Eva was a piece of land on which later, Henry built a house.

On 18 September in the same year, there was another marriage in the family. ♡ Emma married Adolph Gustav Loeffler.

♡ Johann (John), Karl's seventh child, who was named after his grandfather Johann Guethoerle got married on 10 February 1893. His bride was Sarah Elizabeth Anderegg. For the three first years of their marriage, the newlyweds lived in the Hilda community. Later, they moved with their children to the Ranch Branch community, where they settled for good.

♦ Karl Friedrich Eckert passed on 2 February 1913. His wife Eva Christina lived about 4 years longer, she died on 25 June 1917. The couple was buried at the family cemetery.

Resources:

"Eckert Record. Story of Georg Bernhardt Eckert and his Descendants 1793-1957" by Mrs. Estella Hartmann Orrison, San Angelo, Texas, 1957.

1. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LGH-873Z : 14 February 2020), Heinrich Eckert, 1856.

2. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-S5G : 2 January 2021), Ema Eckert in entry for Chale Eckert, 1870.

3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VK8 : 10 March 2021), Christian Strackbein and Katharine Eckert, 16 Dec 1870; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

4. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9J3S : 22 December 2016), Louis Eckert and Caroline Herbert, 09 Feb 1882; citing , Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.

 5. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJ9-MTT : 20 February 2021), Emma Eckert in household of Charles F Eckert, Precinct 4, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 104, sheet 499D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,319. 

6. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9JQD : 10 March 2021), Heinrich Eckert and Martha Klaerner, 14 Feb 1883; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.

Detlef Heinrich Lemburg & Family

Detlef Heinrich was born to the family of Asmus Heinrich Lemborg (farmer servant, b. 18 June 1786/d. 11 December 1848) and Catharina Magdalena Reese (b. in about 183/d. 28 December 1843)  in Schönhorst, the Duchy of Holstein (under the rule of King of Denmark who was also Duke of Holstein) on the day 4 May in 1826. 

Detlef was the eldest (living) child of Asmus and Catharina's. One of his siblings was born before him - stillborn - on 29 October 1824. Other (younger) siblings were:

• Jochim Detlef Lemborg - born on 28 June 1828/d. 27 November 1828, Schönhorst,
• Margaretha Dorothea Lemborg - born on 31 July 1831/d. 18 January 1832, Schönhorst,
• Jochim Christian Lemborg - born on 17 December 1832, Schönhorst,
• Christian Lemburg - born on 8 August 1836.

 

Detlef Heinrich also had step-siblings (from 2 previous relationships of his father's):

• Anna Magdalena Lemborg (born 3 July 1812) - daughter of Asmus Heinrich Lemborg and Elsabe Margaretha Hansen.

Children born to Asmus and his first wife Catharina Magdalena Kaak

• Asmus Hinrch Lemburg (born 21 April 1816, Böhnhusen, Holstein),
• Hans Jochim Lemburg (b. 19 November 1818, Böhnhusen/d. 2 July 1904),
• Claus Friedrich Lemburg (b. 6 June 1820, Böhnhusen/d. 6 November 1844),
• stillborn baby Lemburg (b. 15 January 1823, Flintbek, Holstein)
• Johann Friedrich Lemburg (b. 22 February 1824). 

 

Detlef Heinrich Lemburg was a bootmaster. In about 1851, the man married (possibly two years younger) Catharina Maria Friedericke Eggers, the daughter of Johann Friedrich Eggers and Sophie Catharina Joens.

Two daughters were born to the couple in Holstein:  

♦ Emma Catherine Elise (in about 1852) and ♦ Wilhelmine Maria Charlotte (January 1855).

On 1 September 1855, the family accompanied by Detlef's youngest brother Christian boarded the ship Emma Lincoln and left Hamburg for New Orleans. Their destination port was Galveston (1). 

 

The family members were registered by immigration clerks after their arrival at New Orleans on 3 November 1855. Each card includes the information of the country which they left boarding the ship, not the country of their origin.

DH Lemburg (2)

 

Catherine Lemburg (3)

 

 

Emma Lemburg (4)

 

Mine Lemburg (5)

 Christian Lemburg (6)

 

Christian Lemburg decided to go to St. Louis, Missouri, where he settled.

Detlef and his folks reached Galveston, and later, he lived with his family in the Cookville community area. The man worked at Fort Mason, where he repaired soldiers' boots. Every day, Detlef Heinrich walked to the Fort and after work came back home on foot as well.

♦ Mathilda was born on 16 November 1856. Sadly, her mother ♦ Christina died while giving birth to the baby daughter. The Karl Eckert family helped the widower - they raised baby Mathilda as Heinrich could not quit work to take care of her.

The two elder girls - Emma and Mina - stayed at home alone when their father was at Fort Mason. They were told to lock the door, bar the windows, and be quiet during the absence of the parent. The area was not safe, and they needed to avoid the attention of any possible intruders and unwanted visitors (including Indians).

In 1864, ♡ Heinrich Lemburg married Mrs. Auguste Behrends nee Vogel, widow of Mr. Frederick Behrends.

♦ Son Henry Jr. was born to the couple, the boy did not survive though, ♦ Henry Jr. died when he was little. 

The family story is that the boy probably fell into the well near the family home. Auguste, the mother, jumped to the well trying to save her son. The lady broke her leg/legs, Henry died from the injuries caused by the tragic fall. As a result of the accident, while walking, Auguste had to support herself with a cane till the end of her days.

♦ Daughter Louisa Sophie was born on 28 May 1866. 

♦ The youngest daughter of Auguste and Henry's was Bertha, but I did not find her date of birth.

♡ On 7 December 1867, Emma Catherine Elise Lemburg married Mr. August Vater (7).

In 1868, on 30 January, Heinrich (Henry) was registered on the Mason voting list (8).

 

 

♦ Over a year later, on 5 August 1869, Detlef Heinrich Lemburg did not come back home from work. He died in Fort Mason. The man was only 43 years old. His body was buried at the Crosby Cemetery.

Henry and Catharina's daughter ♡ Wilhelmina married Henry Dannheim on 5 October 1870 (9).

♡ Louisa Sophie married Philip Pfeifer in 1865.

The youngest daughter of Henry's, ♡ Bertha, married Mr. B F Gholston on 3 February 1888 in Travis County, TX (10).

Resources:

• "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976,
• Genealogy.com,
  
• Findagrave.com.
  

1. "Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNP-FLSN : 2 March 2021), D H Lemburg, 1856; citing Ship Emma Lincoln, affiliate film #042, NARA microfilm publications M259 and T905 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 200,182.

2. "Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:492D-21PZ : 19 August 2020), D. H. Lemburg, 1855.

3. "Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4926-YXN2 : 19 August 2020), Catharina Lemburg, 1855.

4. "Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:492D-21T2 : 19 August 2020), Emma Lemburg, 1855.

5. "Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:492D-LMMM : 19 August 2020), Mine Lemburg, 1855.

6. "Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4926-YX2M : 19 August 2020), Christian Lemburg, 1855.

7. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VRN : 10 March 2021), August Vater and Emma Lemburg, 07 Dec 1867; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801. 

8. "Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WBXN-HPN2 : 15 December 2020), Henry Lemburg, 1868.

9. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-W28 : 22 January 2020), Mina Lemberg in entry for Heinrich Dannheim, 1870.

10. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6BM-15L : 10 March 2021), B. F. Gholston and Bertha Lenburg, 03 Feb 1888; citing Travis County, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 978,166.

Ernst Dannheim & Family

Georg Ernst Freidrich Dannheim was born at the beginning of the 1800s in Walle, Kingdom of Hanover. Some records say it was in 1806 (1), some that his year of birth was 1810 (2, 3).

Ernst married Julianne Kälberlein who was born in Walle on 10 October 1812. According to my research, their children born in Walle as well were (4):

• Marie Friedericke - born in 1834,
• Wilhelm Heinrich - born 30 March 1838,
• Wilhelmina - born 7 March 1840,
• Heinrich - born 15 December 1843.

 

On 18 September 1845 (5), the family left Bremen on the deck of the ship Everhardt, under Captain Haake (6). The Dannheim family registered on the list of Everhardt passengers consisted of: Dannhein Ernst Friedrich (the father), Juliana nee Kalberlein and their children Julian, Otto, Johanne, and Ernest (7). 

The number of the children matches the information included above, however, the names differ. Maybe, a reason was that each of them, including the parents, had more than one (possibly, at least three) given names, and not all of them are included/known in the records?

They reached Galveston in December. Then, the family then traveled to Mineola, and later, for three weeks proceeded to New Braunfels. The place was overcrowded, packed with immigrants, and the living conditions more than horrible - disease and death assisted them all (which I have mentioned in some of the previous posts regarding the early immigrants to Texas). Finally, on 6 May 1846, Ernst and his family reached the area of the Pedernales River. G E F Dannheim had been promised some land (by the German Emigration Company) on the Colorado River, but it appeared the land was not available for settlers. It was in possession of Indians who inhabited the region.

The immigrants, including the Ernst Dannheims, put up tents not far from the place where Delaware Indians camp was situated. The newly arrived Europeans awaited food and supplies, which were supposed to be provided by Adelsverein - the Emigration Company. There was nothing, though, but starvation. The situation became critical - the people tried to survive any way they could - e.g. they used acorns to make coffee and flour for bread. The friendly Indian tribe helped them as well. Eventually, seven men (with Ernest among them) decided to go on foot to the Adelsverein headquarters in New Braunfels and claim what they had been promised. The men were assured the provisions would be delivered and that did happen later. 

♦ 4 June 1848 - Hanna Sophie Caroline was born to Ernst and Julianne in Fredericksburg.

After two years, when the crops were good, the famine period in the settlement finished. Tragically, death came back in bunches with a cholera epidemic in 1849.

♡ In the same year, Marie Friedericke married Herr Fritz Winkel.

The tax record from 1950 informs that Ernst Dannheim had 20 acres of land, town lot no. 363 in Fredericksburg, block no. 53 (8). A year later, the man owned two town lots no. 363 and 257. He also had 5 head of cattle (9). In 1853, the herd grew to 10 head (each of them worth $6), and the value of Ernst Dannheim's estate was $220 including the land and the two town lots as well (10).

♦ 19 January 1852 - son Ernst Jr. was born in Fredericksburg. 

♦ 17 March 1854 - another daughter Caroline was born (11).

1854 - the family number of cattle given in the tax record was 15. The value of the family property grew up to $270 (12). Later Ernst sold the town lot #257 and bought a lot no. 364. In 1856, besides 20 heads of cattle, 1 horse, and 1 wagon (13).

In the same year, the Ernst Dannheims, together with a few other families (the Hasses, Lehmbergs, Bauers, Pluennekes, Kothmanns, and Hoersters) relocated to Upper Willow Creek area (14).

On 8 August 1856, when the local charter of the Methodist Church was founded, the Dennheims became its members as well.

Not long after that, on ♡ 30 December of the same year, Wilhelmina (Minna) married Otto von Donop (15).

Six years later, the two town lots in Fredericksburg which belonged to Ernst were worth $200 (16). The value of the land grew and in 1869 it was $340 (17).

♡ 14 June 1865 - Wilhelm Heinrich married Miss Sophie Meier (18).

♡ 28 February 1867 - Sophie Caroline (19) married John Lemberg (Lehmburg).

15 June 1870, the Dannheim family lived in Mason County (post office Mason). On that day, the census clerk Mr. Francis Kettner recorded Ernst Dannheim (age 64), his wife Juliana (age 58), their children Henry (age 26), Ernst (age 17), and Caroline (age 15). The parents and their eldest son were born in Prussia, the other ones were born in Texas. Ernst and Henry's occupation was raising cattle (20).

In the autumn of the same year, on ♡ 5 October Henry (Heinrich) married Miss Minna Lemberg (Lemburg) in Hilda Methodist Church in Mason (21).

♦ Ernst Dannheim died about a year later, on 10 April 1871. 

In the same year, Ernst Jr. went to Berea in Ohio, where he studied at Baldwin University to become a teacher (22).

After Ernst Sr.'s death, his wife Julianne moved to Art, where she lived at the home of her daughter Minna and the daughter's second husband Otto von Plehwe.

The youngest daughter of Ernst and Julianne Dannheim's, ♡ Caroline married Mr. Friedrich Thumm on 11 February 1875 (23).

♦ Julianne Kaelberlein Dannheim passed away on 8 August 1904.

Resources:

The post was inspired by the content of the book "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976

1. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-XP6 : 2 January 2021), Ernst Danheim, 1870.

2. Geneanet.org 

3. Ship Everhardt Passengers

4. Geneanet.org

5. German Ship List

6. Ship Everhadt 

7. "A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847" by Chester Geue, Chester William Geue, Ethel Hander Geue, 1966

8. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RX93 : 20 February 2021), Ernst Dannheim, 1850.

9. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RXFQ : 20 February 2021), E Dannheim, 1851.

10. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RFSX : 20 February 2021), Ernst Danheim, 1853.

11. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-XK6Z : 14 February 2020), Ernst Dannheim in entry for Carolina Dannheim, 1854.

12. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RFNH : 20 February 2021), Ernst Danheim, 1854.

13. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RNL7 : 20 February 2021), Ernst Dannheim, 1856. 

14."The Mason Hoo Doo War, 1874-1902" by David Johnson, University of North Texas Press, 2006

15. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VDB : 10 March 2021), Otto Donop and Wilhelmina Danheim, 30 Dec 1856; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

16. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-R2LT : 20 February 2021), E Dannheim, 1862.

17. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-LZ8 : 10 March 2021), Wilhelm Dannheim and Sophie Meyer, 14 Jun 1865; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

18. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-483 : 22 January 2020), Sophie Dannheim in entry for John Lemberg, 1867.

19. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RTLR : 20 February 2021), E Dannheim, 1869.

20. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-XP6 : 2 January 2021), Ernst Danheim, 1870.

21. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-W28 : 22 January 2020), Mina Lemberg in entry for Heinrich Dannheim, 1870.

22. Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. [37], Ed. 1 Saturday, May 9, 1925, newspaper, May 9, 1925; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180562/: accessed March 12, 2021), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library. 

23. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-LF4 : 22 January 2020), Carolina Dannheim in entry for Freidrich Thumm, 1875. 

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