Legend of La Llorona

The legend of La Llorona (the Weeping One/Crying One) came to Texas from Mexico. This story was probably written in 1550 and has many versions. Here is one of them. 

A long time ago, a beautiful young widow named Maria had two children. She also had a wealthy lover whom she wanted to marry. The problem, however, was that the man refused to marry her because he did not accept the widow's children. 

One day, the lady went with her offspring for a picnic on the Rio Grande River. There, she unexpectedly came up with an idea - how to solve her marriage problem. She stabbed each of the children, then pushed them into the river so they drowned. Immediately after this event, the widow went to the house of her lover to tell him about what had happened. She was convinced that the man would appreciate her dedication, there were no longer any obstacles so they could get married. However, it happened otherwise. Horrified by the horrible action, the man rejected Maria. He no longer wanted to have anything to do with her. The distraught woman, screaming loudly, ran to the river - she wanted to save her children. Unfortunately, it was too late. 

All in all, Maria died a tragic death. Some say that an enraged crowd of her neighbors seized the murderer to punish her. According to others, the woman stabbed herself with a knife and then threw herself into the river. It is said that God will not let her into heaven until she finds the bones of the children she killed. So, doomed to eternal damnation, she wanders along the rivers of southwestern Texas, looking for her dead children. The lady's despair and crying are endless. There are folks who claim to have seen her - punished for her sins, she now has a horse's head instead of a human head. It is also well known that you should not go to the river at night, because La Llorona can drag the night wanderer into the abyss. Each time when the body of a drowned victim is found, it is said that the lonely La Llorona was looking for companionship.

 Picture: La Llorona - my own work, watercolor

My Texas Alphabet: E for Enchanted Rock

 

Made of red granite, magnificent and epic, it just is. Where? In Central Texas (the Hill Country). 

The rock makes a picturesque view and is clearly noticeable while driving along a local road.

The mountain is an igneous rock (batholith) that was formed under the surface of the Earth during the process (intrusion and turning solid) of changing the properties and state of magma (1). Erosion of the Earth uncovered the underneath pink granite rock. The Enchanted Rock is the largest batholith in Texas and the second largest (after the Stone Mountain, Georgia) in the United States. 

The pink Rock is also called a singing mountain as people visiting the area can sometimes hear a strange, humming-like sound there. The rock was regarded as a sacred and haunted one by the Native American Nations. According to the Tonkawas, the strange lights seen near the rock peak were campfires lit by spirits. According to the Apaches, mountain spirits live in the place. Another explanation is that the increased level of some unknown energy produces mysterious lights and sound (2). Well, the energy might be spirits, mightn't it?

We have not climbed it/walked around the Enchanted Rock area yet. When we visit it on foot, I will post an update here.

 

A visit to the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area requires a reservation. To find out more about it, visit the website.

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

2. "Weird Texas. Your Travel Guide to Texas's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets." by Wesley Treat, Heather Shade, and Rob Riggs, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 2005.

70s Inspired - Part 2

The topic has faded away a bit (and my interest in it), but since I did the post "70s Inspired Part 1", I complete it with part #2.

This time, just a few pieces of clothing that could be worn both on a regular summer day and a dance night (depending on what shoes and a head cover you choose). All the items which I have chosen are currently available at amazon.com.

Dress/ Top

I like this floral dress. Do not get discouraged with the word "Halloween" in its description. I guess it was probably added to increase the sale around the end of October. Who says it can't be worn in the summer? Perhaps the ones with little imagination? All the dresses on offer are pretty colorful, my choice is the last one in the second row. 

If you decide the dress is too short, you can wear it with the white denim shorts (Angerella Denim Shorts for Women/ Folded Hem Hot Short Jeans). The torn shorts version which they have on offer is not of my liking + it would not match the 70s style look.

Another match for the shorts would be R.Vivimos Floral Embroidered Off Shoulder Long Sleeve Short  (Yellow) Dress. The shoulders up/on would be my option, though.

Boots 

The ones similar to the picture included below were my first choice, but I waited too long with making this post and they are no longer available at the Amazon store.

 

Nevertheless, I have found a pair of similarly-looking boots with fringes. Maybe they are even better regarding the set of clothing presented above as they have a higher heel. 

For a more disco/evening look - white knee-high boots.

Head Cover 

A cute WETOO beige cap matches it all. FaLasoso leather cap would be more suitable for an evening look.

 A Simplicity Panama style straw hat (color A-natural) can be an option to wear on a sunny day as well.

 Other accessories

Bracelets

Beaded Pearl Bangle Wrap Bracelet - the beads are available in different colors and pattern options. The all-grey one seems to go well with silver-tone necklaces.

Riah Fashion Multicolor Bracelet  is a more colorful option.

Handwoven, quite an original bracelet with beads - here.

 

Necklaces

The one I like best is this sterling silver flower pendant.

Then goes this simple, but interesting silver-tone long necklace.

Another sterling silver one - Celtic Knot (triquetra) and Moon pendant.

If you like crosses, here is an elegant Miabella 925 sterling silver Italian cross + 18-inch chain.

The last one is a set of 4 cute and rather modest Heishi Surfer Choker 12 Pcs Beaded Layered Necklaces. They could look good as an everyday type of accessory. However, I would rather give the one with the smileys to someone else. 

Well, that's all for now regarding the 70s style.

To see all the items mentioned above, that I have found at amazon.com - have a look at my Pinterest board (below).

Ludwig Bernhard S Eckert & Family

Ludwig Bernhardt S Eckert was the youngest surviving son of Georg Bernhardt Eckert and Anna Margareta Holoch. Ludwig was born on 19 October 1834 in Hüffenhardt, Baden, Prussia and christened 4 days later (1, 2).

Georg Bernhard Eckert, the son of Johann Peter Eckert and Eva Christine nee Eckert and Anna Margaretha, the daughter of Georg Philipp Holoch and Catharina nee Eckert, got married on 20 June at 10 o'clock. The marriage took place in Hüffenhardt as well (3). 

The couple's other children were

• Catharina Margaretha, born on 17 November 1820 (4),
• Karl Friedrich, born on 5 October 1822 (5),
• Georg Philip, born on 10 November 1824 (6),
• Elisabetha, born on 8 May 1828 (7),
• Eva Christina, born on 12 September 1831 in Neckarbischofsheim, Sinsheim, Baden (8)/died on 21 August 1832 (9),
• Wilhelm Peter, born on 15 October 1838 (10)/died on 18 November 1838 (11).

Ludwig's mother Anna Margaretha died on ♦ 15 November 1838 (12) not long after giving birth to her youngest child. Little Ludwig Bernhardt was only 4 years old then.

Two years later, on ♡ 3 September 1844, 24-year-old Katharina Margaretha Eckert (Ludwig's sister) married Johann Georg Groß (Gross), the son of Johan Georg Groß and Maria Sibilla Welch (13). Katharina's husband was a shoemaker. The couple had six children. 

Ludwig completed his primary education in the Hüffenhardt school in April 1849. Later, he worked together with his brothers and studied at night till the year 1851. 

When Ludwig finished his studies, the mandatory service in the Prussian army reached him. During that time (1853), Ludwig's siblings Karl Friedrich, Georg Philipp, Bernhardt, and Elisabetha left the family home and emigrated to Texas. I mentioned them in the articles dedicated to Georg Philipp and Karl Friedrich. 

As soon as Ludwig finished the military service, he joined his siblings in Texas. The young man first traveled to Wittenberg, then sailed to New Orleans where he arrived on 27 March 1856. From there, Ludwig went to Meyersburg. He stayed for three years at the home of his brother Bernhardt who lived in the area, together with his wife and children.

Then, Ludwig decided to move to Mason County.
Sad news reached the Eckert siblings in Texas in 1860. Their sister ♦ Katharina (age 39) died on 20 February 1860.

About a year later, in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, he married Miss Karoline Herber on 16 April 1861. The two were married in Vereins Kirche by pastor Dangers (14). 

Karoline was the daughter of Peter Herber and Maria Magdalena Bonn. Born on 17 March 1843 in Coblenz, Prussia,  she was about 9 years younger than Ludwig.
At first, the two made their home in the community of Beaver Creek, on the land that was owned by one of Ludwig's brothers.
Sometime after that, The young couple moved to Mason County and lived by the Llano River.

♦ First daughter Anna Margaretha was born to Ludwig and Karoline on 11 February 1862.
♦ ♦ 8 January 1864 - a stillborn baby girl was born.

1865 -  Ludwig Bernhard Eckert was granted American citizenship.

♦ 18 June 1866 - daughter Louise Elisabetha was born.
10 August 1867 - Ludwig was registered on the Texas voters list. He was a resident of Live Oak Creek Community (15).

♦ 26 October 1869 - daughter Bertha Karoline was born.

1870 census, 13 July, Live Oak Creek Settlement, Gillespie County. Value of real estate was $250, value of personal estate = $350 (16).

1872, Ludwig and his family relocated to Gillespie County (Honey Creek area).

♦ Lina Maria was born on 24 May 1872.

1874, saddening news came from Europe again. Ludwig's father, ♦ Georg Bernhardt, died on 11 March at the age of 81 (17). He had lived in the home of his son-in-law Johann Georg Gross.

♦ 20 April 1877 - baby girl Lina was born. Tragically, she died ♦ 8 days later.

Census 1880 - 3 June - the family was recorded at the Commissioner's Precinct #3 of Gillespie County. Ludwig age 47 was recorded as a farmer, he was also a rancher. 1-year-old Caroline Hartmann, given in the record as Ludwig's granddaughter (?), lived with Ludwig and Caroline Eckert. Their nearest neighbors were Jacob Herber (age 48), farmer and laborer Ludwig Meier (age 28), Adam Meurer and family, and John Kuntz Jr. and family (18).

♡ 2 October 1884 - Louise Elisabetha (age 18) was married to Mr. Ferdinand Baethge (b. 12 October 1855), age 29. They had 11 children. Louise's in-laws were Johann Heimlich Ludwig Baethge and Sophie Christine Conradine Pape.

♦ Ida Konradina, the youngest daughter, was born on 22 February 1885.

♡ 14 November 1886 - 24-year-old Anna Margaretha married 27-year-old Jacob Reinhardt (b. 9 August 1859). The two had four children. Jacob was the son of Jacob Reinhardt and Wilhelmine Real (19).

♡ 25 November 1891 - Lina Maria's wedding. She was then 19, and her spouse William A Kunz Jr. (b. 8 May 1865) was 26. 

William was the son of Peter Felix Kunz and Anna Maria Roeder. Lina and William had six children.

♦ 21 March 1897, Ludwig's wife Karoline died. She was 54. After her passing, Ludwig lived with his daughter Ida Welch and her family.

♡ 30 November 1893 - Bertha Karolina (age 24) married 31-year-old August Ochs (b. 31 January 1889), the son of Christian Ochs and Suzanne Marie Molz. Bertha and August had three children.

♦ 2 December 1904 - daughter Anna Margaretha Reinhardt nee Eckert died.

♡ 16 October 1906 - Ida Karolina (age 21) married 24-year-old Mr. Bertle B Welch (b. 26 February 1882). The couple had nine children.

♦ 25 November 1907 - another daughter Bertha Karoline Ochs nee Eckert died.

1910 census - Ludwig (age 75) was the head of the household situated by the Pedernales River, in which his daughter Ida lived with her husband, and 2 children (20).

1920 census - 85-year-old lived on the farm (which he owned) in Justice Precinct #2, Gillespie County. The family of Ida and Bertle Welch + 6 children lived in the same house (21).

Ludwig B S Eckert died of kidney failure on ♦ 27 December 1920. He had suffered from chronic nephritis (22).

Clipping source: Dietel, William. Fredericksburg Standard (Fredericksburg, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1920, newspaper, December 4, 1920; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1418370/: accessed July 24, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.

Ludwig's grave at the old City Cemetery, Fredericksburg, TX. Photo taken on 30 Jan. 2022.

Source:

"The Eckert's Golden Opportunity" by Julius E DeVos, Mason, Texas, 1977.

1. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRRL-D4KJ : 26 October 2021), Entry for Ludwig Eckert, 19 Oct 1834; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Hüffenhardt, Mosbach, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
2. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MLLZ-1QB : 24 October 2021), Entry for Ludwig Eckert, 1834.
3. "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9SW1-NMT : 26 October 2021), Entry for Georg Bernhardt Eckert, 1820.
4. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPDT-WF1T : 27 October 2021), Georg Bernhardt Eckert in entry for Catharina Margaretha Eckert, 19 Nov 1820; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Hüffenhardt, Mosbach, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
5. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPDT-6B51 : 27 October 2021), Georg Bernhardt Eckert in entry for Karl Friedrich Eckert, 6 Oct 1822; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Hüffenhardt, Mosbach, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
6. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRRD-51KN : 27 October 2021), Entry for Georg Philipp Eckert, 12 Nov 1824; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Hüffenhardt, Mosbach, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC4J-NVN : 26 October 2021), Georg Bernhardt Eckert in entry for Elisabetha Eckert, 1829.
7. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRRV-369V : 27 October 2021), Entry for Eva Christina Eckert, 16 Sep 1831; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Neckarbischofsheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
8. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRRV-369V : 27 October 2021), Entry for Eva Christina Eckert, 16 Sep 1831; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Neckarbischofsheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
9. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M1F5-5TW : 24 October 2021), Entry for Eva Christina Eckert, 1831.
10. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRRJ-D5H9 : 27 October 2021), Entry for Wilhelm Peter Eckert, 25 Oct 1838; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Neckarbischofsheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
11. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRRV-7CTZ : 27 October 2021), Entry for Wilhelm Peter Eckert, 21 Nov 1838; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Neckarbischofsheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
12. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9M9H-V7K7 : 27 October 2021), Entry for Anna Margareta Holoch, 1797.
13. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6H-LXCH : 27 October 2021), Georg Bernhard Eckert in entry for Johann Georg Groß, 3 Sep 1844; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Neckarbischofsheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
14. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M6PB-2M1 : 22 January 2020), Entry for Ludwig Eckert, 1861.
15. "Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:WQ3V-WZN2 : 15 December 2020), Entry for Ludwig Eckert, 1867.
16. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MHPN-FX9 : 29 May 2021), Household of Ludwig Eckert, 1870.
17. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRR6-R1LJ : 27 October 2021), Entry for Georg Bernhard Eckert, 13 Mar 1874; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Siegelsbach, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
18. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MCSB-8BF : 15 January 2022), Household of Ludwig Eckert, Justice Precinct 2, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,305.
19. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9M6R-21HZ : 20 February 2021), Entry for Jacob Reinhardt, 16 Mar 1943; citing certificate number 12285, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,251.
20. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9ZZZ-QJQ : accessed 19 July 2022), Household of Ludwig Eckert, Pedernales, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1554; FHL microfilm 1,375,567.
21. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M827-9TN : 3 February 2021), Household of Ludwig Eckert, 1920.
22. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9M61-YMQS : 20 February 2021), Entry for Ludwig B S Eckert, 29 Nov 1920; citing certificate number 34858, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,875.

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Photos included in the article were taken on 29 July 2020.

D for "Dar Młodzieży" And "Dar Pomorza"

 

"Dar Młodzieży" (Gift of Youth) is a tall ship that belongs to Gdynia Maritime University and serves as the school training ship. It was built in the Gdansk Shipyard and launched in 1981. 

 

"Dar Młodzieży"/ Gift of Youth

In 1982, "Dar Młodzieży" replaced the old "Dar Pomorza" (Gift of Pomerania) in the training service. The latter ship is old indeed. It was built in 1909 in Germany. After WW1, the vessel was taken by Great Britain as part of war reparations and was next brought to France. The tall ship was used there as a seaman's school training ship. 

 

"Dar Pomorza"/Gift of Pomerania

In 1930, it was sold to Poland. Actually, it was bought with the money raised by the inhabitants of Pomerania (that's where the ship's name comes from). Later, rebuilt and supplied with an auxiliary engine, "Dar Pomorza" traveled around the world, with Maritime University students on its deck. When it got too old to serve, the ship was turned into a museum and docked at the Gdynia marina. 

 

On the deck of "Dar Pomorza" - August 2011

 

 

Her sister ship "Dar Młodzieży" docks nearby when she comes back home from her voyages.

 

"Dar Młodzieży"

 

"Dar Młodzieży" - view from the naval craft museum "Błyskawica"*

 

Both tall ships (especially "Dar Pomorza" which has become part of the local landscape) are the icons of Gdynia.

 

If you do not know where the port city of Gdynia is, check out the map of Europe, look for Poland, then the north of the country by the Baltic sea.

* More about the naval craft in another entry of "My Polish Alphabet", later.

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

Gustav Adolph Loeffler & Family

Gustav Adolph Loeffler was the youngest son of Johann Martin Loeffler and his second wife Julianna Ziezelmann, born in Fredericksburg on 14 November 1862.

On 11 June 1870, young Adolph, his parents, and siblings (Christian, age 15, and Caroline, age 7) were recorded during the Census. The boy's father was then a joiner (1). The online dictionary (Oxford Languages) gives a definition of who a joiner was: "a person who constructs the wooden components of a building, such as stairs, doors, and door and window frames". 

 

Young Adolf received little formal schooling as he was needed at home.

Adolph's mother grew vegetables in their family garden. The boy sold them to the neighbors, going on a wagon from door to door. The money supported the family income.

Later, when he was 14, Gustav Adolph found employment at the farm which belonged to Mr. Fritz Brandenberger. The money Gustav Adolph earned there supported his family as well.

By June 1880, Adolph lived in the household of Mr. Brandenberger in Justice Precinct #4, Mason County (2).

Three years later, on ♡ 18 September, 20-year-old Adolph married Miss Emma Eckert, the 22-year-old daughter of Karl Friedrich Eckert and Eva Christina Guthoerle. The girl was born on 5 April 1861 in Hilda, Texas.
When a child, Emma attended the local grammar school only for three months.

Karl Eckert gave the newlyweds some land and Adolph built a house there. Soon, children were born to the young couple:

♦ Herman Karl Johann 20 October 1884 (3),

♦ Otto Ludwig 16 March 1888 (4),

♦ Meta Marie 14 November 1890 (5).

♦ ♦ 1891 - death of Adolf's father (in January) and mother (in November).

Daughter ♦ Anna Christine was born on 11 October 1894, and ♦ Walter Gustav on 21 September 1899 (6). All the children were born at home (with the help of Emma's mother).

Adolf and his family were of Lutheran faith, and they all attended the Sunday church service very regularly. The family had a Sunday house in Mason where they spent Christmas, among others.

When Emma's parents reached elderly age, Adolf + family moved in (1899) to Mr. and Mrs. Eckert's home to help and take care of them.

1900 - they all were registered by a census clerk Louis J Kettner in Justice Precinct #6, Mason County, TX. Karl Eckert was 77 then, his wife Christine 76 (7).

1905 - Adolph Loeffler was a member of the committee which was responsible for the construction of the new church in Mason. During that time, on Mondays, he left his home on a chuck wagon and spent the weekdays at the construction site, hauling rocks and working there.

23 April 1910 - the census found the family in Justice Precinct #3, Mason County. Adolph was the head of the family, and the Eckert grandparents/in-laws also lived in the household (8).

Three years later, on ♦ 2 February, Emma's father died.

The year 1914 brought two weddings of Adolph and Emma's children

♡ Herman married Martha Kroll (born on 1 December 1889 in Blanco County), the daughter of Karl Ludwig Kroll and Bertha Mueller.

♡ Otto married 5-years-younger Mary Ziriax (born on 19 September 1893). She was the child of William Ziriax and Catherine Wartenbach. The Ziriax family lived in the Mason County area as well.

1916 - ♡ Metta Loeffler married Seth Paul H Martin (born on 11 February 1889 to Karl Louis Martin and Ida Reichenau). The young man was 2 years older than Martha.
 

♦ 25 June 1917 - the death of Emma's mother, Catherine Eckert.

1920 - only 25-year-old Anna lived with her parents, Adolph and Emma, at their family home (10).

In the same year, Adolph bought a car, and a year later, a new house was built in Mason.

♡ Anna married her brother-in-law Paul Henry Martin (age 32 then) in 1922. Since then, Adolf and Emma lived on their own.
Mrs. Loeffler taught herself English, read books, and copied recipes into her recipe book. She also enjoyed knitting, growing flowers, and making lace.

1930 - recorded Adolph and Emma (9) in the South of Justice Precinct #1 (the town of Mason).

Gustav Adolf Loeffler took care of his ranch business and of his livestock until the day when he suffered a stroke. The man died two days later, on ♦ 18 November 1930. He was 68 years old.

His wife Emma lived two years longer, she died on ♦ 11 July 1932. Both spouses were buried in the Gooch Cemetery in Mason, TX.

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Sources:

• "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.
• "The Eckert's Golden Opportunity" by Julius E DeVos, Mason, TX, 1977,
• "The Eckert Record. Story of Georg Bernhardt Eckert and his descendants 1793-1957" by Mrs. Estella Hartmann Orrison, San Angelo, Texas, 1957.
• Mason County Marriages

1. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL5-6RB : 29 May 2021), Adolph Loeffler in entry for J M Loeffler, 1870.
2. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJM-BVT : 15 January 2022), Adolph Loeffler in household of Fritz Brandenberger, Justice Precinct 4, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33H-KJ4 : 20 February 2021), Adolph Loeffler in entry for Herman Carl John Loeffler, 11 Apr 1957; citing certificate number 21608, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,700.
4. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7D9-3NS : 20 February 2021), Adolph Loeffler in entry for Otto Louis Loeffler, 09 Jan 1964; citing certificate number 04933, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,404.
5. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3C5-4CZ : 20 February 2021), G A Loeffler in entry for Meta Marie Martin, 23 Oct 1951; citing certificate number 50290, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,868.
6. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38J-3QL : 20 February 2021), Adolph Loeffler in entry for Walter G Loeffler, 15 May 1973; citing certificate number 41635, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,784.
7. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PK-63L : 14 January 2022), Adolph G Loefler in entry for Charles Eckert, 1900.
8. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2QH-DZH : accessed 7 July 2022), Adolph G Loefler, Justice Precinct 3, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 203, sheet 3A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1576; FHL microfilm 1,375,589.
9. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBQ-VPK : accessed 7 July 2022), Adolph Loeffler, Mason, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .
10. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HXTY-NW2 : accessed 7 July 2022), G A Loeffler, Precinct 1, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 4B, line 95, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2375; FHL microfilm 2,342,109.

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