T for Tai Chi

 

Some years ago, we joined the Taoist Tai Chi group in Dallas. It is an international society with classes run by certified instructors. There are Taoist Tai Chi branches in many countries all over the world. A member, while visiting any other country, can participate in the Tai Chi classes at the organization branch club for free. A type of "when a member, everywhere a member."

From time to time, besides a weekly class, we had an extensive weekend practice with 4 hours of doing Tai Chi, instructed by a teacher from another state.

 Taoist Tai Chi routine

 

In the Hill Country, we found a small group of Tai Chi enthusiasts as well. Although the routine we do now is a bit different from the one we practiced before, the beginner's period and advanced training we did in Dallas appeared to be quite useful here. 

The harsh Texas weather, hardly ever have allows us to exercise outside.

If you have never tried doing Tai Chi, you should give it a try. It is a gentle form of exercising, beneficial for the health, and a good way to stay fit.

PS

There is a Taoist Tai Chi branch in Kraków, Poland as well.

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My Texas Alphabet is quite a personal summary of our life in Texas including (among others) the places we visited, and the things we saw and did. The first edition of the Alphabet came into being in 2015/2016. This post is part of the Alphabet second edition - more entries related to us in Texas.

Red Outfit

The red outfit is presented at the Czech Heritage and Culture Center in La Grange, Texas. Next to it, there is a note which tells that 11-year-old Adolfina Bravenec was wearing it when she came to Texas. I wanted to learn more about that girl. That is why I did the research - its results are presented below. As you can see in the photo included below, the note contains an error. The first name of Slečna (Miss) Bravenec was Adolfina, not Apolfina.

Adolfina was born on 15 May 1893 to Jiři (b. 1864) and Maria Drabek (b. 1858) Bravenec (1, 2). Jiři Bravenec was a tailor. Later, more kids were born to Jiri and Maria.
In 1906, the family left their home in Lutonin (3), Moravia, and emigrated to Texas where Jiři's brother Jan, who came to Texas 3 years earlier, had already established his home in Seaton, Texas.
I have found a village Lutonina on the map of the Czech Republic. It is situated in the Zlin region.

Map data Ⓒ2022 GeoBasis-DE BKG (Ⓒ2009), Google United States

The map shows the distance between Lutonina (on the right) and Prague (about 3 hours by car).

The emigration records inform that Jiri's family arrived at Galveston on 14 May 1906. They had traveled on the ship SS Wittekind.
The Bravenec family recorded by an immigration officer were:

Jiři Bravenec, age 41,
Maria Bravenec, age 46,
Adolfina Bravenec, age 11
Franz Bravenec, age 8,
Josef Bravenec, age 4
Frantiska Bravenec, age 3.

The father of the family brought $250 to Texas (4,5,6,7,8, 9, 10). They were going to Seaton, Bell County, where Jiři's brother Jan lived.

Other members of the Bravenec family who came to Texas from the village of Zadveřice, Moravia in 1903 were:

• Jan Bravenec, age 10, left Bremen on 13 December 1902 and traveled on the ship Frankfurt. Whether he was accompanied by friends or family of a different surname, I do not know. The ship reached Galveston on 7 January 1903. The boy was hosted by a friend who lived in Austin County, Texas (11).

• His parents and sister joined him a few months later. It was Adolfina's uncle Jan (age 37), farmer of Zadveřice, his wife Anna (age 40), and their 8-year-old daughter Anna. The three departed Bremen on 19 September 1903 on the vessel SS Breslau and got to Galveston on 8 October of the same year. The family was going to stay in Nelsonville, Bell County, at the home of Anna Bravenec's cousin Mr. Joe Sebesta (12,13,14,15).

Note: The village of Zadveřice is not far from Lutonina (where Adolfina and her family lived), about 9 minutes by car.

Map data Ⓒ2022 United States

The 1910 Census found Adolfina, her parents, and her siblings in Bell county. Her father Jiři, a farmer, had become. The names of all the family members had been anglicized as well (16).

Four years later, on 7 November 1914, 21-year-old Adolfina married a three year older Mr. Frank Mikeska (17), son of Joseph. The Mikeška family  also came from the village of Zadveřice, mentioned above. 

Soon, on ♦ 12 November 1916, a son, Frank Joseph, was born to the couple (18).

The 1920 Census found the family in Justice Precinct #5, Bell County, TX (19). Soon after the census, a daughter, ♦ Vlasta Adele, was born to Adolfina and Frank on 17 August 1921 (20).

♡ 1925 - a wedding in the family - Adolfina's brother Frank married Miss Fannie Rose Odstričil.
♦ 1927 - the funeral of Adolfina's aunt Anna Bravenec. The lady died on 28 October of that year (21).
♡ 1929 - Adolfina's youngest sibling Frances married Mr. Rudolph Louis Lastovica.

The years were passing by. Frank and Adolfina paid off their house. Frank farmed. When Frank Joe grew old enough to help his father, he worked on the family farm as well (22). 

Events merry in nature, such as weddings, wedding anniversaries, and birthdays were intervened with deaths that happened from time to time. As for the latter ones, I only researched three family surnames  Bravenec, Sebesta (Šebesta), and Mikeska in that matter. Life still seemed to be balanced regarding the number of happy and sad events. Children were being born into the family, some relatives passed.

The death record from the years 1930-1934 is given for comparison, to indicate the difference between the number of deaths (including the premature ones caused by accidents and other tragic circumstances) during that period and the later year 1935-1939.

1930

• 2 February - Frank Sebesta, son of Joseph and Annie Chlapek Sebesta, spouse of Marie, died of pneumonia in Brazos at the age of 59 (23, 24). 🕀
• 27 February - Rosa Mikeska (68) , wife of Frank Balusek, died in Holland, Bell County (25).
• 2 April - Anna Mikeska (age 68), wife of Joe, died of a stroke, Bell County, TX (26, 27). 🕀
• 27 December - Lillian Ann Mikeska, a month-year-old daughter of Joseph P Mikeska and Lillian Ann Marek died. 🧸
  

1931

• 19 March - Marie Mikeska (b. 1851) died in Caldwell.
• 20 March - Julius Ptacek (age 51), husband of Albina Sebesta, was found in his field in a serious condition (heart attack) a day before.  🕀 The man was taken to the hospital in Brenham and died next morning. Survivors were the wife and children Edward, Julia, Ella, Julius Betty, Robert, and Harry Lee, Julius' sister Mrs. JH Popek, and his half-sister Mrs. John Sobotik (28).
• 18 August - Margaret Ann Sebesta, daughter of Ed J Sebesta and Agnes Brandt of College station, was stillborn (29). 🧸
  
• 7 October - John J Mikeska (age 29) of Mc Lennan County, son of Joe M Mikeska and Frances Adam, spouse of Otilie Divin finished his life. He was apprehended and arrested by Federal agents during a liquor ride (prohibition time). John was allowed to go to his house to change clothes, then the man shot himself with a shotgun. When the officers left the room to call a doctor, John shot himself again with a single-barrel shotgun (30, 31, 32). ✤
  
• 17 October - Mary Frantiska Chupik nee Sebesta (age 72), daughter of Paul and Rosina Sebesta of Wesley, spouse of John Chupik, died of heart failure after a longer illness (33).

1932

• 2 January - Anna Stepan nee Mikeska died at the age of 70 (34).
• 14 January - Terzie Mikeska, the daughter of Thomas Rudolf Mikeska and Albina Bravenec was born and died on that day (35). 🧸
  
• 28 January - baby girl Lukaschay was born prematurely to Emil Sebesta and Cecily Lukaschay of Fort Bend. The girl died on the same day (36). 🧸
• 25 March - 7-year-old Eugene J Mikeska, son of John G Mikeska and Fannie Janosky died in Austin, TX (37). 🧸
• 5 August - Anna Marie Drgac nee Sebesta, age 60, daughter of Jos Sebesta, wife of Joseph Drgac, died of pneumonia at Cook's Point (38). 🕀
• 25 October - Ruby Mae Bravenec, born on 23 April of the same year, daughter of Edvin Bravenec and Anna Lee Verwold, died in Caldwell of bronchopneumonia (39). 🧸
• 12 December - Frank Mikeska (born 1878), son of Frank J Mikeska and Marie Batla, husband of Millie died of pneumonia in Williamson, TX (40, 41). 🕀

1933

• Anton Bravenec, 18 years of age died in that year. He was buried in Seaton, Bell County. I did not find more information about him (42).
• 4 June - Karel Sebesta, age 55, son of Anna Nedbalek Sebesta, husband of Anna Albina Stepan, died of "heart problems" and TB in Nelsonville (43,44). 🕀
• 23 September - John Jacob Mikeska, age 58, of Houston,  husband of Malonie. The man worked at the Universal Shipyard as a mechanic before WW1 (45,46). 🕀
• 19 November - John Sebesta, age about 83, son of Frantisek, spouse of Amelia Brovec, died in Weimar, Colorado, TX (47).

1934  Life was going on as usual. 29 December of that year,  ♡ Joe Bravenec, Adolfina's brother,  married Miss Libbie Schiller of Rosenberg.

According to my finds, few deaths in the family that year.

• 1 March - Clarence Sebesta, baby boy born on 16 August 1932, to Charles Sebesta and Pauline Petrosky of Chapel Hill, died of acute indigestion (48). 🧸
  
• 28 March - Joe Mikeska (72) of Rosenberg, TX, husband of Rosie died (49).
• 3 April - Frank W Mikeska, age 20, son of Joe J and Ella Havel Mikeska of Caldwell, died (50) of lung wound (car crash). 🚘
  
• 7 September - Katerina Bravenec, age 90 died and was buried in Caldwell (51).

Dark time was coming when 1935 started.

• 13 January - prematurely born baby girl Martha, the daughter of Roda Sebesta and Martha Wentzel died in Waller, TX. The baby lived one day only (52). 🧸
  
• 15 January - John B Mikeska (age 70), husband of Anna Schavajsa died of a stroke. 🕀 He lived in Brookshire, TX. His survivors were the wife, sons, Willie, Frank, Joe, Henry, and daughters Mrs. HL Sturm, Mrs. John Kocurek, Mrs. Dale Cauthen, and Mrs. Emil Vacek (53, 54).
• 14 February - Terzie Mikeska nee Repa (age 69), spouse of Joseph Mikeska passed due to chronic heart problems 🕀 6 miles east of Temple, Bell, TX (55, 56).
• 27 February 1935 - Fannie (Františka) Schiller Bravenec (wife of Stephen, mentioned here as well), died (57). 🕀
• 4 March - Rosie Paul nee Bravenec, age 78, wife of Frantisek Paul died and was buried in Caldwell (58).
• 17 June 1935 - baby girl Dorothy May Sebesta (born on 2 May 1934 in Sugarhand), the daughter of Emil and Sarah Sebesta, died of dyphteria. The family lived in DeWalt, TX (59). 🕀 🧸
  
• Adolfina's 76-year-old mother Marie passed on 19 June 1935. At the end of the very same year, on 17 December, 36-year-old Joe, Adolfina's youngest brother died. Joe served as a volunteer during WWI. In 1924, the man came to Rosenberg where he started a little business/store which later appeared to be quite successful (60, 61).
• 27 July - Rosalie Schwertner Bolf, nee Mikeska, daughter of George, died at the age of 71 in Williamson County (62).
• 31 July - Frank F Sebesta, age 66, son of Frantisek and Marie Matiastik Sebest, spouse of Anna Janes, died after a 3-year-long illness (63). 🕀
• 12 August - Joe Mikeska (age 69), husband of Rosie Olingek died of valvular disease in Fort Bend, TX (64,65). 🕀
• 27 September 1935 - Mrs. Teresie Sebesta nee Skrabanek died at the age of 77 in Danbury, TX. She was the widow of Mr. Joe Sebesta. Their dauthers were Marie Sebesta, Julie Kulhanek, sons: Jan and Eddie Sebesta (66, 67).
• 8 December 1935 - 5-year-old son of Frank E Sebesta and Mileday Sorovin, Malvin Frank, died at the home of his parents of chronic nephritis. The boy had been ill for some time. The family lived in Caldwell (68). 🕀 🧸
  
• 17 December - Waller, TX - death of Anna Mikeska (age about 74), wife of JB Mikeska, died of coronary problems in Sunny Side, TX (69, 70). 
• 17 December, as mentioned above Adolfina's brother Joe died prematurely. I do not know what the cause of his death was.
  

The death of two close relatives in the same year - mother and brother - must have been to Adolphina a heart breaking blow. And there was no rest from the pain, no relief. The Grim Reaper was not leaving the family and not giving Adolfina a break in her suffering.

More deaths in the family came soon in 1936.

• 26 March - Henry Sebesta, age 66, husband of Sophie, died of uremia at Sugar Land, Fort Bend, TX, hospital (71). 🕀
• 17 June - Mrs. Stannie M Sebesta, wife of JD, died of peritonitis (72). 🕀
• 17 June 1936 - death again - Stanislava Sebesta nee Fojt, age 42, wife of  Jerry D Sebesta died in Brenham, Washington County (73, 74). 🕀
• 6 July - another still born baby, a boy, in the Sebesta family. Whose son was he? I do not know (75). 🧸
• 10 July 1936 - Frank J Šebesta, the son of Joe, ended his life. He was about 52 years old. The man had been jobless and homeless. He was found dead in an automobile. A bottle containing poison was lying next to him (76. 77). ✤

• Young Eddie Bravenec, the son of Joe Bravenec and Mary Besada was shot dead. ♣ He was found in a field, not far from their home on 30 August 1936. The man had died of shotgun wounds. It was reported then, that 22-year-old Eddie came back home from a dance on Saturday night. A bit later, hearing a noise outside, Eddie took a gun and went out to check what was going on. Then, there was a shot and silence. Apparently, the lad was shot at the very same moment (78.79).

• Anna Bravenec died of cancer on 19 September 1936 (22) in the home of her daughter Anna (Mrs. Herman Krause). She was in her mid-eighties. How was Anna related to Adolfina I am not sure. Jan Bravenec who was born in 1842/died in 1900, was Anna's husband. The couple came to Texas with their four children in 1880. Two of the children died when they were infants. The surviving children were Jan, Thomas, Stephen, Anna (born 1883), and Alvina (Mrs. Emil Ueckert), born in 1887 (80, 81). 🕀
• 15 November - Rosalie Mikeska nee Kalenda, wife of Tomas, died at the age of 71 (82, 83).
• 20 October - Annie Mikeska nee Elsik, age 80, wife of John E Mikeska  died (84).
• A few months later, Jan Bravenec, Adolfina's uncle died on 23 November 1936. The man was critically injured in a car crash that happened a day earlier. The injuries included a fractured skull and a broken leg among others. The uncle was in the car together with his son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and the car driver. All the party members were seriously hurt as well (85, 86). 🚘
• Henry Sebesta, husband of Sophie,  was also another relation who died in 1936 - no month/day marked on his tombstone (87).
  

1937

• 28 January - tragedy again. 26-year-old  Mrs. Christine Mikeska, who was suffreing from depression, drowned her 9-year-old son Alvin in the Brazos River, and then, hanged herself (88, 89, 90). ✤ 🧸
• Another relative died on 14 February 1937. It was Frank M Sebesta (age 66) who died of heart failure at his home. 🕀 The man spent the previous day with his children who came to visit him. Frank was the son of John Sebesta and Anna Rubach  (91,92).
• A  few days later, on 19 February,  another death - Rozalie Sebesta nee Kotrla (age 84), the wife of Tomas,  of Snook passed.  The funeral attended among others Mrs. Annie Sulik, her daughter Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. George Krutek and Mrs. T Hruska (93, 94).
• 16 May - 26 year-old Theodore Mikeska, son of Tom Mikeska and Rosa Ritz was killed in a car accident (fractured skull). His relative, 20-year-old Emil Drabek who was in the car was killed as well (fractured neck). The boys and two girlfriends were coming home after a party, when their car missed a culvert on Pueblo Road. The girls were slightly injured. They all were resindents of Shiner. Emil worked at a grocery store. He was the son of Louis Drabek and Frances Mikeska. Theodore was a farmer (95, 96, 97). 🚘
• 23 May 1937 - Johana Sebesta Maha, spouse of Jiri Maha, passed at the age of 85 (98).
• 29 May 1937 - Rosie Sebesta Surovik , wife of John, passed suddenly of heart attack. 🕀 She was 60 years old. Rosie came to Texas in November 1879 with her parents and brothers (99).
• 17 June 1937 - 3-year-old Elsie Lee Sebesta, daughter of John  and Carrie Rosentreter Sebesta died of upper urinary system infection.  🕀 🧸The family lived in Danbury, Brazoria (100).
• 25 June - death of Marie A Mikeska nee Batla (80 years old), widow of František J. She died of heart failure (101, 102, 103).
• 6 July of the same year, sad news again.  Rosie Annie Jakubik Sebesta, wife of William John, gave birth to a still baby (104). 🧸
• 24 July - Annie Mikeska, age 78, daughter of Frank Pomykel and Rozina Rofajova, wife of Joe Mikeska, died in Shiner (105).
• 7 December - Mary Mikeska, daughter of Thomas Hurta and Anna Sefcik, wife of Thomas, died after a long illness at the age of 56. She was the resident of Shiner, TX (106). 🕀

1938

• 3 February - Joe Mikeska, age 53, son of Joe Mikeska Sr., husband of Annie, died in a result of two track crash in  the Dallas area (Garland Highway). Joe was killed at the spot of fractured skull, the other driver CF Hightower, age 64, died three weeks later in hospital. He was a WPA laborer, driving a truck with 17 men on the vehicle. Some of them were injured as well. They were going to work at the WPA project (107, 108). ⛟
• 19 February - Mary Jane Mikeska nee Caldwell, age 35, wife of John B,  passed in the Bryan hospital after a surgery (109, 110, 111). 🕀
  
• 3 March - death of 51-year-old Joseph Mikeska (b. 1887), son of Joseph, husband of Anna Lesikar (112).
• 20 April 1938 - Joe Y Sebesta, age 53, husband of Marie, son of Joe Sebesta and Annie Calupak, died in Crosby of heart problems (113). 🕀
• 8 September 1938 - Barbara Holub nee Sebesta, age 83, daughter of  John and Annie Sebesta died  in El Campo, Wharton County (114).
• 14 December - Anna A Mikeska nee Holik, daughter of Joseph, wife of FA Mikeska died at the age of 81 (115).

1939

• 22 January - Jan T Mikeska, age 74,  son of Frank Mikeska, spouse of Marie Trcalek died at Cook's Point after a long illness. 🕀 His survivors were, the wife, sons John and Joe, daughters Mrs. Ernest Ver?old, Mrs. Frank Beseda, and Mrs. Frank Kubin (116, 117).
• 25 April - death of Joseph Mikeska (born 1862). He was buried in Bell, TX (118).
• 6 July 1939 - a baby boy, William J Sebesta of Burleson left this world on the day of his birth (119). 🧸
• 17 July 1939 - death of Frank H Mikeska (born 24 April 1856 in Zadverice). He came to Nalsonville, TX with his family in 1884. Later, Frank farmed in Wallace County. He was the husband of Mary Sefcik (120).
• 19 August - John K Mikeska died of pneumonia in Bleiblerville. 🕀 He was 72,  Born in Industry on 20 June 1867. On 22 December 1897, Frank married Miss Bertha Ueckert (121).
• One more funeral to attend came when Vlasta Olga Schiller Bravenec (age 48), the wife of Edward, died of kidney failure on 30 August 1939 (122) 🕀, exactly three years earlier  Eddie was shot.
• 7 September 1939 - Mrs. Anna Sebesta of Belville, widow of Charlie (Karel) died of infection related to a varicose ulcer. 🕀 The couple had seven children who attended the funeral (123).
• 19 August - John K Mikeska, age 78, son of Franc Mikeska and Roza Tukal, spouse of Bertha Ueckert died (124, 125).
• Another year passed and another blow came, Adolfina's cousin Anna Bravenec nee Sebesta, age 67 died of heart failure 🕀 in Austin, at the home of her son Henry Adamek, on 11 September 1939. Mrs. Annie was the daughter of Joseph Sebesta (Adolfina's uncle) and the wife of the late Joseph Adamek, she lived in Snook, TX (126).
• 17 November - Frank F Mikeska (75) died in Victoria. He was the husband of Mary Kristoff (127).
• 14 December 1939 - death visited the family again.  It was then, 89-year-old  Hedwig Johanna Nikel nee Sebesta, the spouse of John Nikel,  who left this world (128).

During all those years, as in every family, there were also joyful celebrations and healthy babies being born. However, the great number of deaths must have darkened and obscured the happy occasions. Obviously, Adolfina did not attend all those funerals, but the news about the departed relations certainly reached her.

Considering the fact that I researched three surnames only, most likely, there were even more deaths in the family. How much the lady suffered only she knew. The death of two closest relatives - mother and brother in the same year. Death was coming again and again. So much pain. Again and again. It could break anybody, especially a more sensitive person. All those deaths - including the passing of her mother Marie and brother Joe, in the same year 1935.
 

21 January 1940 was the last day of Adolfina's life. She died in the Scott & White hospital in Temple at 2 PM (129). On the day of her death, Adolfina was 48 years, 8 months, and 6 days. She had lived in Texas for 35 years.


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B for Bosun

 

 

A few decades ago, group singing was a popular pastime in Poland. Everybody knew certain traditional songs, which not necessarily were played on the radio, but people did enjoy singing them when they got together. Some songs were more popular and well known in the north of the country only as they were related to the sea.

One of them was "Bosman" ("Bosun" in Eng.). I never knew who its author was till these days when I did some research. It was written by Jerzy Porębski. However, I did not find the information when exactly it was created. Well, ages ago.

My free translation
"On the deck, since the morning,
The bosun is always heard
When he needlessly screams all the time.
Even if you hurt your hands,
He will always rebuke you and say:
"It is done badly".

Boys, what has happened to you?
When at the cauldron, then everybody hurries.
It's not a tub, not a pan,
You should know from your childhood,
It is a Polish warship. 

But is sometimes happens,

That the bosun daydreams,

Every bosun has their dreams.

If you ask him the,

He brings his squeezebox,

Sits on the stern and plays.

(...)"

The song has many verses, but we (the scouts) most often sang only four. Much later, I discovered that the next one tells what the bosun fantasized about - it was the sea, the abyss, the fights he experienced, girls of Bombay who love and kiss hard. Probably, the latter was a reason why we did not sing that part.
On the other hand, the bosun also dreamed about Gdynia, the port which he loved so very much.

Traditional version of the song - the author Jerzy Porębski sings in the video

 More modern and lively version of "Bosun"

 

 

PS

"My Polish Alphabet" is about things, people, and places that come to my mind when I think of Poland.

 

One Birth And Baptism Certificate

Last month we visited the exhibition mentioned in the previous post. It was all about the History of the Lutheran Church. Among the exhibits, there were quite a lot of various old certificates.

This birth and baptism certificate (Geburts und Tauf Schein) caught my attention not only because it is so pretty, but also because of the birth date on it: 11 December. I know somebody else who was born on that day, more than a hundred years later.

The quote at the top comes from Matthew 28:19 (Luther Bibel 1545):
"Darum gehet hin und lehret alle Völker und taufet sie im Namen des Vaters und des Sohnes und des heiligen Geis(tes)"/
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit".

The certificate states that the spouses Elias Rode and his wife nee Wendel were parents of the girl born on 11 December 1882 in Cherry Springs, Gillespie County, TX. The baby girl was baptized by Pastor D. Rode. She was named Rebekka Elisebetha Leonora Alvina. The godparents were Lorenz Wendel, Adolph Willmen, Elisebetha Wendel, and Maria Wendel.

 

D. (Dietrich) Rode was Elias' father. 20-year-old then Dietrich left Bremen with his family on 20 December 1844, they traveled on the ship Apollo (1) and came to Texas. At first, young Dietrich and his folks were members of Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg. The man became a prominent rancher in the Cherry Spring area. During the Civil War times, Dietrich and a few other previous parishioners of Zion started religious meetings at Dietrich's house. He was granted a preacher's license by the war military government and served as a minister in the Cherry Spring neighborhood. The services were held in the hall of Mr. Rode's house (2).

Elias married Mathilde Wendel when he was 27. It was on ♡ 30 June 1881, about a year before Rebekka was born (3). 

 

The girl lived with her parents and siblings (Sarah, Sem, Seth, Enos, Regu, Thirza, Elam, Aaron, Obediah, Elie, and Artie) in Justice precinct #4, Gillespie County, TX.

Rebekka was married to William Friedrich Lehmann on ♡ 8 May 1918 (4). She was 19, her spouse was about 21 years older. 

William was a widowed stock rancher. His first wife ♦ Sophie Light passed at the age of 28 (5). The man was also the brother of two ladies mentioned on this blog before: Wilhelmina (who married John H Keyser) and Phillipena (wife of Henry Montgomery Dye).

Anyway, on the day of her marriage, Rebekka became a mother of 4 (21-year-old Maurice John, 20-year-old Alma, 17-year-old Augusta, and 13-year-old Gus).

In the same year, on 5 June, Maurice Lehmann had been drafted and enlisted (on 3 September) into the army. At that time, the young man lived in San Antonio, at 409 Presa St., and worked at Brooks Field (6,7). Luckily, the war ended and Maurice never had to be deployed overseas. He was honorably discharged at demobilization on 9 June 1919 (8). Rebekka's stepson came back home.

♡ Alma was married to Mr. John Ziriax (9), the son on William Ziriax and Katherine Wartenbach.

On ♦ 30 October, Rebekka and William's first daughter Gerda was born (10).

In 1920, the census recorded the family in Loyal Valley, Mason County, TX. William Lehman was 58, Rebekka 37, Maurice 22, Augusta 22, Gustave 13, and Gerda was a few months old (11).

Soon, ♡ Augusta became a wife and left the family home as well. Her husband was Mr. Herbert H Hoffmann (12), the son of Karl Louis Hofmann and Ellen Keller. ♡ Maurice married Nancy Saunders. His in-laws were Mr. Joseph and Ms. Annie Schuetz Saunders.

 

The second daughter of Rebekka, ♦ Esther, was born on 5 October 1923 (13). 

Two years passed and mourning came - ♦ Mathilda Rode, Rebekka's mother passed on 19 June 1925 (14).

By 1930 Rebekka and William Lehmann had lived with their two daughters Gerda and Esther. At that time William's 70-year-old brother Herman was recorded at their household as well (15). 

Decades ago, in 1870, both Herman and Willie were captured by Apaches. The latter managed to escape, the older brother lived for about 9 years with the Indians.

Gus had moved to Merzton town in Irion County. He rented a room at the John F Vardy family /census 1930 (16).

Brother Herman died of heart failure on ♦ 2 February 1932 (17). He was 71 years old.

Clipping: The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 285, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1932, newspaper, February 5, 1932; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894667/: accessed June 7, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.

More about Herman and his life was written in the article here.

 

At the end of April 1940, Rebekka, William, and their two daughters were recorded during the census at their home in Llano Valley. William was 78, Rebekka 57, Gerda 20, and Esther 16 (18).

William Lehmann was the youngest child of his parents (Johann Moritz Lehmann and Agusta Johanna Adams). While children were being born to Rebekka's stepchildren, all of Willie's siblings preceded him in death.

Sister Caroline Phillipena passed on ♦ 24 January 1937.

A few weeks later, death knocked on the family's door again when Rebekka's father, Elias Rode, died on ♦ 3 February 1937 (19).

A happier event came when ♡ Gerda married Mr. Kothamn Lansing in 1940 (20), the son of Heinrich Daniel Kothmann and Lina Rosa Loeffler. Sadly, in the same year, the family attended another funeral - brother ♦ Gustav Adolph Lehmann passed over on 29 March 1940.

Clipping source: Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1940, newspaper, April 4, 1940; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816082/: accessed June 6, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.

The first child of Rebekka and William's daughter Gerda's was born on ♦ 13 December 1942 (21), two days after Rebekka's 60th birthday. It was a baby girl, she was named Carol Ann.

The second child was born to Gerda and Lansing Kothmann eight years later, on 28 January 1950. The boy's name was ♦ Lester Lansing.

William Friedrich Lehmann's last day of life came a few weeks before his 89th birthday. The man died of heart failure/senility on ♦ 11 September 1851. It happened in Fredericksburg. The man had been treated in Fredericksburg hospital for 20 days (22).

Clipping source: Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1951, newspaper, September 13, 1951; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852198/: accessed June 7, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.

In July 1951, Carol Ann, Rebekka's granddaughter, got sick. She was taken to the Breckenridge hospital in Austin. On 18the day of the month, the girl was diagnosed with meningoencephalitis. Tragically, ♦ Carol passed after two days. She was 14 years, 7 months, and 14 days (23). Carol's body was buried in the Gooch Cemetery in Mason (24).

Rebekka possibly lived with her daughter Esther. The mother died on ♦ 11 September 1961, exactly ten years after her husband's passing (25). In two months Rebekka Lehmann would have been 78. She was survived by her children and many grandchildren.

PS

When in Poland, I had a student whose name was Rode and a co-worker by the name of Lehmann. According to the site polskienazwiska.pl which counts the surnames existing presently in Poland, nowadays about 588 persons of the surname Rode live in the country and 2574 Lehmann people as well.

Sources:

findagrave.com, 

bible-hub.com

1. Galveston Immigration Database.

2. "German Pioneers in Texas: A Brief History of Their Hardships, Struggles and Achievements", Don H. Biggers, Gillespie County Edition, Press of the Fredericksburg Publishing Co., 1925.

3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9JMH : 10 March 2021), Elias Rode and Mathilde Wendel, 30 Jun 1881; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.

4. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9PMR : 10 March 2021), Wm Lehmann and Rebecka Rode, 08 May 1918; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,803.

5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17395687/sophia-lehmann 

6.  "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXY-VDJ : 23 December 2021), Maurice John Lehmann, 1917-1918.

 7. "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Y2X-962M : 23 October 2019), Maurice John or John M Lehmann or Lehman, 9 Jun 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

8. "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Y2X-962M : 23 October 2019), Maurice John or John M Lehmann or Lehman, 9 Jun 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

9.  "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6PM-MRX : 13 February 2020), Gerda Mathilde Lehmann, 1919.

10. Mason County Marriages

11. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBQ-WFB : accessed 3 June 2022), Rebecca Lehmann in household of William Lehmann, Mason, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .

12.  Mason County Marriages 

13. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159975469/esther-wilhelmina-lehmann

14. "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZDP-3DP : 24 May 2014), Mathilda Rode, 19 Jun 1925; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 21901, Gillespie, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin. 

15. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HXRH-BPZ : accessed 4 June 2022), Rebeka Lehmann in household of William W Lehmann, Precinct 7, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 5A, line 38, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2375; FHL microfilm 2,342,109. 

16. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C97K-5PZ : accessed 4 June 2022), Guss A Lehmann in household of John F Vardy, Mertzon, Irion, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 2B, line 76, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2360; FHL microfilm 2,342,094. 

17. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33C-HN2 : 20 February 2021), Hermann Lehmann, 02 Feb 1932; citing certificate number 7941, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,794. 

18. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4S4-CMT : 10 January 2021), Rebecka Lehmann in household of Wm Lehmann, Justice Precinct 7, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160-8, sheet 4B, line 78, family 89, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4103.

19. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HR-HH1 : 20 February 2021), Elias Rode, 03 Feb 1937; citing certificate number 8610, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,168.

20. Mason County Marriages 

21. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDGB-948 : 1 January 2015), Carol Ann Kothmann, 13 Dec 1942; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

22. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CK-BDM : 20 February 2021), William F Lehmann, 11 Sep 1951; citing certificate number 46770, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,778.

23. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K338-WRS : 20 February 2021), Carol Ann Kothmann, 20 Jul 1957; citing certificate number 40582, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,797.

24. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-XR7D : 9 June 2020), Carol Ann Kothmann, 1957; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

25. "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZV4-V8D : 24 May 2014), Rebecca Lehmann, 12 Sep 1961; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 60152, Mason, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.