August, the youngest child of Anton Willmann and Theresa Knolle, was born on 2 October 1851 in Rauschwitz (Ruszowice), Silesia, then Prussia, now Poland.
The boy was about two when the family came to Texas. Not long after that, his mom died. In 1860, the census found them in Comal County, where August lived with his father, stepmother, and sibling, Hermann, Theresa, Pius, Maria, Wilhelm, Johanne, and Anna. Mr. Anton was a farmer, Hermann worked as a wagoner (1). Ten years later, the Anton Willmanns still lived in Justice Precinct 2, Comal County. 19-year-old then August had more siblings. Mathilda, Heinrich, Emilie, Louise, Caroline, Anton, and Christine had joined the family as well (2).
The young men farmed with his father, the younger children helped with the house and farm work too. At that time, August left home and worked at other farms for about $12 per month. He met a Mr. Fischer of Fredericksburg who were visiting New Braunfels. The man asked August to work for him and the two went to Fredericksburg. While staying at Mr. Fischer's, August Willmann rode horseback to the Llano River Valley and Upper Willow Creek where he participated in church services. One of the families who attended them also were the Ernst Jordans. Since there was a lot of work in the area, the young man relocated to Mason County and stayed with the Jordans.
On 28 November 1878, August married Miss Sophie Jordan, the daughter of Ernst Jordan and Lisette Bickenbach. The bride was born on 23 March 1854. At first, the newlyweds rented a farm. After a year, August purchased 400 acres, and with the help of his brother-in-law Peter Jordan built a house. The construction was based on a wooden frame and had stone walls. With the time passing by, the house was gradually expanded and in its final version had 10 rooms, including a bath, cellar, and porches. The family got the water from Willow Creek and from a small well drilled near the house.
In 1880, 29-year-old August and his wife Sophie were registered in Precinct No. 1, Mason County, during the census (3). August raised livestock. He fenced his land with rail fences. After some time, t man bought some more land. Life and farming were good there so soon, other August's family members came to Mason County and settled there as well.
August and Sophie had six children.
♦ Louis C, born on 16 July 1881 (4).
♦ Ernest Fritz, born on 7 November 1884 (5),
♦ Emil (John Henry Emil), born 7 September 1887 (6),
♦ Minnie A, born 6 May 1890 (7),
♦ August Anton, born 3 August 1895 (8),
and ♦ Lillie Sophie, born 25 October 1897.
Three years later, the family was recorded during the census in Justice Precinct #6, Mason County. August, the father, was 49, Sophie, his wife 46. The eldest son Louis was 19, the youngest child Lillie was 3. Louis worked with his dad at the family farm (9). Other kids - Ernest, age 16, Emil, age 13, Mina, age 10, and August age 5, also helped their parents to do everyday chores. However, they did that before and after school hours.
The children did their primary education at the Plehweville school. Their parents taught them all they needed to know about house and farm/ranch work. They also received religious instructions at the German Episcopal Methodist Church South.
♡ ♡ 1906 - Louis married Miss Ida Durst, Ernest married Miss Cora Donop, daughter of Otto von Donop Jr. and Suzanne Meckel.
1910 census - by that time, Emil and August were fully involved in running the family farm. The August Willmanns had a live-in servant in the person of 26-year-old Miss Lizzie Bickenbach (10).
♡ 1913 - Minnie married Rev. E W Dechert, born in 1888.
♡ 1 June 1916 - John Henry Emil started his own family. His bride was Miss Ida Louise Erck (11), born 3 June 1888. She was the daughter of Ms. Lizette Klingeman.
Emil had already worked in San Antonio as a bookkeeper. Sadly, Ida got sick with influenza two years later. It developed into pneumonia and within 19 days of sickness, Mrs. Ida Louise Willmann passed on ♦ 26 March 1918, she was 30 years old (12).
On 12 September 1918, Ernest Fritz was registered during the WW1 draft. The man worked as an assistant cashier at the Mason National Bank then (13).
Some time after his wife's death, John Henry Emil devoted himself to the studies at Georgetown Southwestern University, and later, became a Methodist preacher. On ♡ 4 January 1921, Emil married again. His second wife was Miss Hedwig (Hattie) Emilie Donop, born 23 October 1890, to August Ernest Donop and Maria Elizabeth Leifeste. In 1924, after the three-year trial period, J H E Willmann started his career as a religious Minister and served the Methodist congregation in Harper. On 10 May 1924, a daughter (Mary Nell) was born to Emil and Hattie. The mother passed over on the very same day, due to child birth-related complications. She was interred at the Art East Cemetery in Mason County.
♡ 1926 - J H E remarried. His third wife was Miss Nettie Hereford (born on 30 October 1886), the daughter of Hardin Staples Hereford and Sarah Minerva Meers.
♡ 21 March 1923 - August Anton married Miss Clara Mathilda Leifeste born on 30 December 1895, to Wilhelm Leifeste and Mathilda Ernesting Brandenberger. I will write more about August Jr. and Clara in another post, sometime later.
♡ 9 August 1923 - Lillie married Mr. George Heinrich Daniel Eckert, son of Ludwig Bernard Eckert and Mathilde Leifeste, born in beaver Creek Community on 15 March 1895. Lillie and Dan had two daughters, Roscoe Ryland and Odessa Maxine.
On 1 March, August Willmann was struck by cerebral hemorrhage, he also suffered from nephritis. After about a month time, on ♦ 4 April at 6 a.m. August's life ended. He was buried on the next day at Art Cemetery (14).
Sophie Willmann, August's wife, lived 5 years longer. On 10 January 1937, the lady was taken ill with influenza. ♦ Seven days later, at 1 p.m., apoplexy took her from this world (15).
Resources:
"Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.
"Look Unto the Hills". The Leifeste Family in the United states" by Ruby E and Julius E DeVos, 1985,
2. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG5-4TT : 29 May 2021), August Willmann in entry for Anton Willmann, 1870.
3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJM-LHY : 20 February 2021),
August Willmann, Precinct 1, Mason, Texas, United States; citing
enumeration district ED 103, sheet 476A, NARA microfilm publication T9
(Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.),
FHL microfilm 1,255,319.
4. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K781-13L : 20 February 2021),
August Willmann in entry for Lewis C Willmann, 06 Oct 1965; citing
certificate number 66015, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm
2,117,865.
5. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBS-1M7 : 20 February 2021),
August Willmann in entry for Ernest Fritz Willmann, 18 Jan 1966; citing
certificate number 05524, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm
2,117,922.
6. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SC-FRX : 20 February 2021),
August Willmann in entry for John Henry Emil Willmann, 23 Mar 1968;
citing certificate number 21213, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL
microfilm 2,138,979.
7. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36F-8GN : 20 February 2021),
August A Willmann in entry for Minnie A Dechert, 18 Aug 1971; citing
certificate number 66619, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm
2,223,316.
8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D1-P56 : 20 February 2021),
August A Willmann in entry for August Anton Willmann, 19 Oct 1970;
citing certificate number 74531, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL
microfilm 2,218,909.
9. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PK-DKB : accessed 7 August
2021), August Willman, Justice Precinct 6, Mason, Texas, United States;
citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 2A, family 15, NARA microfilm
publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,658.
10. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2QH-63C : accessed 7
August 2021), Lizzie Bickenbuch in household of Aug Willmann, Justice
Precinct 6, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district
(ED) ED 202, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624
(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982),
roll 1576; FHL microfilm 1,375,589.
11. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K612-DK9 : 23 February 2021), J
H Emil Willmann and Ida Louise Erck, 01 Jun 1916; citing Marriage,
citing Bexar, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives
Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 24,938.
12. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K389-QT3 : 20 February 2021),
Ida Louise Willman, 26 Nov 1918; citing certificate number 47585, State
Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,412.
13. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX2-YVD : 23 February 2021), Ernest Fritz Willmann, 1917-1918.
14. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33K-YL1 : 20 February 2021),
August Willmann, 04 Apr 1932; citing certificate number 17881, State
Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,872.
15. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HV-5XC : 20 February 2021),
Sophie Willmann, 17 Jan 1937; citing certificate number 4044, State
Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,126.
Daniel was born on 8 December 1860 in Mason County (1), to the family of Johann Ernst Christian Franz Jordan /Yordan/ and Lisette Bickenbach.
The boy attended the community school where lessons were taught in German.
On 28 November 1883, Daniel married Miss Emilie Willmann (born 21 September 1863). The ceremony took place at the ranch of Emilie's parents, Anton H Willman and Christina Nies. The Willmann family settled on Comanche Creek in 1883. However, the Ernst Jordans and the Anton Willmanns were no strangers as 5 years earlier, August Willmann, son of Anton's, married Daniel Jordan's sister, Sophie.
At first, Daniel and Emilie lived at Ernst Jordan's house.
Daniel was a strong man and hard-working man who always kept his head straight. Besides building barns and sheds for the ranch and farm needs and taking care of the livestock, the man butchered meat and cured it, build fences, hauled items needed at home, and did many more things, being busy from sunrise to sundown. He liked singing to himself while he was working. One of Daniel's favorite songs was a piece written by Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel, a German writer. The song, "Wie lieblich ist´s hienieden", Daniel sang most often.
Emilie was a short, vigorous and kind lady. She was also a dilligent woman, taking care of her family, doing not only all the usual home chores, which among others included cooking, baking, making preserves, cheese and sausage, but also sewing, feeding chicken and hogs, milking cows, taking care of the garden and orchard, and more. In her childhood, Emily completed 3 years of the elementary school (2) in Danville. She liked music and singing as well. According to the book* written by her son Gilbert, Emilie's favorite song "Jesus Heiland, meiner Seele" was the one included below (text by Charles Wesley/translated by Friedrich Schwarz).
♦ The first child and daughter, Ida Wilhelmina was born to Dan and Emilie on 21 August 1884 (3).
In 1885, Daniel built a house for his family on the land (320 acres) given to him by his father Ernst. The house had 2 rooms and a kind of attic.
♦ Daughter Annie Hulda was born on 2 August 1886 (4).
♦ Third daughter Dina H arrived on 1 February 1888 (5).
♦ Hulda was born on 14 December 1890 (6).
In the same year, Daniel donated 10 acres of his land on which a new church building was constructed.
Within the years 1891/1912, the house was expanded, and some more rooms were added to the main structure. Finally, the Jordans' house had nine rooms, a bath, a cellar, two attics, and two porches. An old type well was situated not far from the house.
♦ On 28 October 1892, finally a son was born to Emilie and Daniel. They named him Daniel Anton (7).
♦ Daughter Olga Rose was born on 3 November 1894 (8).
♦ The second son, Frank Emil Jordan came to this world on 19 November 1896 (9).
3 June 1900, a census clerk, Mr. Louis J Kettner visited the home of
Daniel and Emilie's. They were recorded in Justice Precinct #5, Mason
County. At that time, Emilie's uncle Daniel Willmann lived with the
Jordans, he was a farm laborer. (10).
♦ Milton Carl was born on 12 November 1900 (11).
♦ 1902 - a very happy Christmas in the family - Gilbert John Jordan, the youngest son of Daniel and Emilie was born on 23 December (12).
♡ 21-year-old Ida, the first daughter, married 16 years older, Mr. John Hermann Schuessler (born 25 September 1878), the son of Herman Ludwig Schuessler and Wilhelmine Leifeste. The wedding ceremony took place at the bride's home, and the following party was a big, all-day lasting event.
The youngest child, Emily Christine was born in Plehweville, Mason County on 22 February 1906 (13).
The front room was also Daniel and Emilie's bedroom. Among various pieces of furniture, there was a pedal-foot-operated Singer sewing machine that belonged to Mrs. Emilie. The attic area served as an accommodation place of the hired farm/ranch hands and men in general. There was also a storage room and a place for children where they played. The main room, which these days could be called a sitting-room/living-room, was the parlor. It was the area where guests were entertained, family ceremonies/gatherings such as weddings for example, and parties took place. The family pump organ was there. The Jordan girls played the instrument (they were taught music by Mr. Otto von Plehwe), Milton Jordan, their brother, played the German mouth harmonica.
1908 - a modern type well was drilled near Daniel Jordan's house by Christian Vater. All in all, there were three wells around the house - the modern one and two old fashioned ones.
The Jordans were members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Daniel was the church superintendent, teacher, and an exhorter as well.
In the 1860s, the Mason County German Methodist settlers started the
annual summer camp meetings (in which the Jordan family took an active part
too). At first, the meetings took place by the Llano River. Later, in the 1870s, circus tents were set by the Willow Creek, for the people who attended the religious gatherings. Such a camp meeting was a week-long event. In the 20th century, metal-roofed pavilions were built for the summer meeting purposes. Some families camped under their own tents or brush arbors as well. People arrived at the camp by wagons filled with food (including the food for the pastor), clothes to change, and various items which they would need during the week of revival. It was a time of prayers, Gospel readings, songs singing, and socializing as well.
Some of the songs sang then
"Ich weiß einen Strom"/ "I Know a Stream" - written by Richard Torry Jr. in 1864/ translated by Ernst Gebhardt; music by Asa Hull
"Süße Gewißheit"/ "Blessed Assurance" text by Fanny J Crosby, translated by EC Margaret; music Phoebe Palmer Knapp
"Lässt mich gehn"/"Let Me Go" - lyrics by Gustav Friedrich Ludwig Knak; music by Karl Voigtländer
On Sunday, the last day of the camp meeting, at the end of the evening service, the farewell song came which the congregation members sang while walking in two circles (the inner and outer one).
"Gott mit euch, bis wir uns wiedersehn" / "God Be with You till We Meet Again" - text by Jeremiah Eames Rankin, translated by W. Rauschenbusch
The family attended the Sunday church service regularly. Actually, it was not only religious but a social event as well. Members of the congregation came from far and near to participate in Sunday church day - which lasted all Sunday.
First, there was morning church service,
then, Sunday school in the afternoon,
and another church service in the evening.
Families were camping on the church ground where they also had their meals (during the service intervals) brought from home.
During the Sunday mass, Psalm of David was read by the pastor - (Psalm 23 in English).
After a prayer, the hymn "Voran, voran mit Jesus" was sang by the congregation (here - the lyrics in English "Stand up for Jesus"), text George Duffield, music by George J. Webb.
Then, a song after the offering receiving came - "Segensströme"/"Showers of Blessings"lyrics in English - text by DH Whittle/translated by EC Margaret, music by James McGranaham
Another song was sang after the sermon -"Auf denn die Nacht wird kommen"/"Work for the Night is Coming"lyrics in English - text author Anna L Coghill/translated by Theodor Kuebbler, music Lowell Mason.
Work from sunset to sundown was the settlers' everyday reality, so they could easily relate to the song lyrics.
And another one at the end of the service - "So nimm denn meine Hände" - text by Julie von Hausmann, music Friedrich Silcher/"Oh, Take My Hand Dear Father"lyrics in English
During the Sunday school time, children were taught songs such as "Gott ist die Liebe"/"God is All Loving" - lyrics by August Rische,
At Sunday school, the children learned songs in English as well. One of them was "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam", text Nellie Talbot, music E O Excell.
Younger generation enjoyed more lively songs such as "Immer Fröhlich"notes + lyrics in Gemran/"Always Joyful" - lyrics by Fanny Crosby, translated by JA Reitz, music Robert Lowry.
or "Count Your Blessings" - text Johnson Oatman, music by Excell.
Children and young people sang songs both in English and German. Gradually, with time passing by, the youngest members of the congregation sang mostly in English, though.
"Shall We Gather at the River" - written by Robert Lowry
Prayer meetings took place in the home of the Jordans and other members of the German Methodist congregation. The meetings took place in the afternoon, on Tuesday or Wednesday. Daniel hosted the religious gatherings in the parlor of his house. Then, there was Bible reading, prayers, and song singing. One of them was "Welch ein treuer Freund ist Jesus" - text by Joseph Medlicott Scriven/translated by A Flamman , music Charles C Converse/"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" lyrics in English.
After the religious part of the meeting, a less serious one - coffee and cake - took place as well.
Occasionally, when there were things to do in Mason, the family traveled there on a wagon. Usually, it was only Mr. Jordan who went to the town to get supplies such as flour, sugar, salt or prune, or anything else they needed and they could not produce themselves. During his visit in Mason, Daniel enjoyed talking to people who met, store clerks, and other town inhabitants. Although Emilie always prepared food for Daniel that he would have for lunch when in town, sometimes, he tended to forget to take it (on purpose likely). The man simply liked having a bowl of chili with beans served in one of the Mason food establishments.
Daniel Jordan was a great story and anecdotes teller, he also sang German songs to his children. One of them was "Droben auf Gruner heide steht ain Birnbaum" about a pear tree that stood on a meadow. I could not find a video with the original lyrics, here is a modern version of the song.
Children had their time to play, but they also helped with ranch and farm chores before going to school and in the afternoon. One of the jobs (neither pleasant nor easy) they did, was pulling up cockleburs to prevent the stickers to get in the sheep wool. Plenty of sticky cockleburs grew along Willow Creek.
cockleburs
16 April 1910, the census took place again. The clerk, Mr. Otto H Mebus recorded Fred Bickenbach as a member of Daniel Jordan's household. Fred was Daniel's cousin, the man was a laborer who did odd jobs. Young Dan and Frank, Daniel's sons, worked on the family farm as well (14). 20-year-old Fred Bickenbach owned a phonograph which stood in the parlor of Jordans' house. The quality of the sound/music coming from the phonograph tube was poor and Daniel Jordan Sr. did not particularly like it.
In the same year, the telephone line was installed and the Jordans got a telephone. It was a so-called party line with 14 other families on it.
Daughters Anna and Dina were the first of Daniel and Emilie's children who became college students. Dina studied at the Southwestern University of Georgetown. Later, she served as a Southwestern Methodist Church missionary (of the German Mission Conference).
Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 203, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 21, 1912,
newspaper,
July 21, 1912;
San Antonio, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth432669/:
accessed June 30, 2021),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Her health deteriorated, about which she informed her family in letters. She suffered for some time and had premonitions of her death coming. At that time she was assigned to An Marcos Street German Methodist Church (San Antonio). Daniel and Emily took the 25-year-old daughter to Austin, where the girl was operated on. Tragically, ♦ Dina died on 3 November 1913 due to the complications which came after the surgery. Dina's brother, Gilbert, mentions in his book (15) it was pneumonia that finally ended the young lady's suffering and took her from this side of life. The death certificate (16) informs that Dina died of Perotinitis (Peritonitis) which lasted 8 days. Anyhow, Daniel brought the daughter's body home (by train which stopped in Llano, then, by the hack. She was buried at the local cemetery. The song "In dem Himmel ist's wunderschön" - lyrics by James L Nicholson/translated by Ernst Gebhardt, music by William U Butcher/"It's Bueautiful in Heaven"was sung during Dina's funeral.
The grief in the Jordans' family was even more unbearable when a few days after Dina's funeral, Emilie's mother passed on 9 November 1913. They all attended another funeral ceremony.
1916, Daniel Sr. purchased an automobile. After the first attempt of
learning how to drive the machine, the father of the family never drove
it again. He simply did not find it enjoyable.
♡ 22 November 1916, Daniel Anton married Estella Sophie Pluenneke (17). Stella was born on 16 September 1893 in Mason County, to parents Heinrich August Pluenneke and Wilhelmina Pape.
1917/1918 - WW1 draft registrations reached the sons of Daniel Sr.'s.
Dan Anton (age 24) was registered on 5 June 1917. As a married man, he was exempted from the service. Besides, his health was not very good (18).
21-year-old Frank Emil was registered exactly a year later (19).
The man was single so he was sent to a training base and assigned to Head Quarters Detachment 18th Artillery Brigade. Luckily, he was not sent to war. Private Frank E Jordan, serial number 4,854,749 came back home in 1919, after his honorable discharge on 7 February (20).
27 January 1920 - the census again. Only Milton, Gilbert, and Emilie lived with the parents, Daniel and Emilie Jordan. They had a hired man Dan Elbracht (age 24), who also dwelled with them (21). Other children had already left home.
♡ Frank Emil married Miss Ella Lillie Eckert, daughter of John Dietrich Eckert and Mathilde Kothmann,
♡ Annie married Richard Durst (born 1 February 1884),son of Gottlieb Durst and Mary Schnautz,
♡ Hulda married Edwin Otto Donop (born on 3 July 1891), son of Otto von Donop and Susanne Meckel,
♡ Olga married Rev. Wesley Schulze (born 16 May 1896), son of Gustav Adolf Schulze and Emma Stiehl.
Daniel was an accomplished rancher and farmer. He accumulated about 5000 acres of land in Mason County. With the help of hired men and his children, he raised cattle and doctored his livestock. Daniel Jordan Sr.'s brand was the letter J with a bar beneath it. It was placed on the left hip of the animal, the burn was treated then, with axle grease. Daniel sometimes sold his cattle to cattle drivers/buyers. Occasionally, he shipped the animals to cattle markets (e.g. in Fort Worth) and sold them there.
When Jordan's children reached their teenage years, Daniel let each of them choose a heifer with which they could develop their own herd. Besides the cattle, Mr. Jordan raised sheep and hogs as well. The family also kept cats and dogs for practical purposes. The previous ones caught pests, the latter guarded livestock among others (e.g. hog dogs, cow dogs). Emilie raised chickens for meat and eggs. The lady sold both every now and then. Turkeys and ducks were also kept by the Jordans.
The farming included raising cotton for sale, however, the majority of the grain crops were grown to feed the family members. Other types served as the fodder for the livestock. Horses were used in the fieldwork.
Black-eyed-peas/Cowpeas and Sudan grass were aslo raised by Mr. Jordan
Despite being very busy doing ranching and farming, he had time to play with his children. When they were little he took them on his lap and sang songs such as "Hopp, hopp, hopp".
Both Emilie and Daniel taught their kids various traditional kiddy rhymes in German. One of them was "Backe, backe Kuchen".
In 1930, Daniel and Emily lived on their own. All their children had left the family nest already.
♡Milton married Miss Janie Bohmfalk (born on 22 June 2897),
♡ Gilbert married Miss Vera Tiller (born in 1907), daughter of Albert Carroll Tiller and Malicca Pearl Weeks,
♡ Emily married Mr. Francis Asbury Wood.
♡ Dan Jr. remarried. His second wife was Dina Treibs.
Daniel Jordan Sr. lived 77 years, 6 months and 9 days. The man died on ♦ 17 June 1938, he suffered from hypertension-related heart disease and arteriosclerosis (22).
At the end of her life, Mrs. Emilie Willmann Jordan lived at 512 Post Oak Street in Mason. She passed at the age of 95, on ♦ 9 June 1960, due to respiratory arrest caused by pulmonary edema (23). She was buried at Art Cemetery in Mason, where Daniel had been laid as well. During the late years of her life, Emilie's favorite song became "Heimatland, Heimatland", music by Joseph Barnby (lyrics in German here). The lady had sung it also whenever the time of sorrow came. The very song was performed at her funeral as well.
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Gott mit euch, bis wir uns wiedersehn...
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Photoof cockleburs by Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=342527
Photo of black-eyed-peas/cowpeas by Toby Hudson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18417691
Photo of Sudan grass by Markus Hagenlocher - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2764551
Resources:
"Yesterday in The Texas Hill Country" by Gilbert Jordan, Texas A&M University Press, College Station and London, 1979,
"Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976,
Findagrave.com,
Hymnary.org
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(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9NX-6Y4 : 10 January 2021),
Olga Schulze, Sep 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-XD1D : 9 March 2021),
Frank Emil Jordan, 03 Sep 1918; citing Military Service, Mason, , Texas,
United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
10. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PK-VX8 : accessed 29 June
2021), Daniel Jordan, Justice Precinct 6, Mason, Texas, United States;
citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 2B, family 19, NARA microfilm
publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,658.
11. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38R-6XV : 20 February 2021),
Milton Carl Jordan, 17 Feb 1976; citing certificate number 12727, State
Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,927.
12. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5QP-62R : 10 January 2021),
Gilbert J Jordan, 28 Jan 1992; citing U.S. Social Security
Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
13. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9S-PS2 : 1 March 2021),
Emily Christine Jordan, 22 Feb 1906; citing Plehweville, Mason, Texas,
United States, certificate 104249, Texas Department of Health, Austin;
FHL microfilm 2,371,100.
14. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Q4-DRL : accessed 1 July
2021), Dan Jordan, Justice Precinct 6, Mason, Texas, United States;
citing enumeration district (ED) ED 202, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA
microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and
Records Administration, 1982), roll 1576; FHL microfilm 1,375,589.
16.. "Yesterday in The Texas Hill Country" by Gilbert Jordan, Texas A&M University Press, College Station and London, 1979.
17. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HCMJ-5T3Z : 22 January 2020), D. A. Jordan, 1916.
18. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3W3-9FK : 20 February 2021), D
Jordan, 03 Nov 1913; citing certificate number 24288, State Registrar
Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,050,998.
19. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX2-YQF : 23 February 2021), Dan A Jordan, 1917-1918.
20. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX2-YQG : 23 February 2021), Frank Emil Jordan, 1917-1918.
21. "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-XD1D : 9 March 2021),
Frank Emil Jordan, 03 Sep 1918; citing Military Service, Mason, , Texas,
United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
22. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M4-GDS : 20 February 2021),
Daniel Jordan, 17 Jun 1938; citing certificate number 29135, State
Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,749.
23. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34R-SQQ : 20 February 2021),
Emilie Willmann Jordan, 09 Jun 1960; citing certificate number 37653,
State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,268.
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.
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.
Johann Ernst Heinrich Christian Franz Jordan /Yordan/ was the son of Johann Heinrich Christian Jordan (b. 1774/d. 1852, Wehrstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany) and his second wife Johanna Christina Sophia Wilhelmina Gotjahn (b. 1792, Sehlem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany/d. 1840, Wehrstedt). He was born on 23 July 1821 in Wehrstedt (Bad Salzdetfurt, Niedersachsen, Germany).
A year after Ernst's mother passing, on 19 April 1841, the young man married Wilhelmine (Minchen) Uflaker. Three months later, on 1 July 1841, daughter Johanne Ernestine Wilhelmine was born to the couple.
In summer of 1845, as the result of certain family disagreements, Ernst, his wife, and baby daughter emigrated to Texas. They left Bremen on 1 September 1845 on the vessel "Margaretha" under Captain Libben (1). On the passengers' list Johann Ernst's occupation was given as "linen weaver and farmer" (2). "Margaretha" arrived in Texas on 1 September 1845 (3).
When the Jordan family came to Indianola, together with other immigrants, they were stuck in a place where no proper quarters had been prepared for them. Due to the difficult political situation in Texas which had been in conflict with Mexico, all the means of transport were taken over by the Army. The immigrants, exhausted by the sea journey, lack of food, and diseases, vegetated in self-created shacks and dugouts, exposed to highly unsanitary conditions, the elements, and the brutal climate. Before Ernst managed to obtain a wagon and some oxen to move the family to New Braunfels and the promised land grant area, Wilhelmine, his wife, died. On 5 November 1846, their daughter Johanne passed as well (4).
In Fredericksburg, Ernst got a small piece of land and a town lot. He worked as a teamster.
In 1849, Mr. Jordan married Miss Lisette Bickenbach who had come to Texas in September 1846, on the ship Colchius, from Ruppichteroth, Bonn area, Germany, with her parents (Daniel Bickenbach and Anna Sophie Willach) and siblings (5).
In 1850, Ernst, Lisette (Elisabeth) and their new born baby Wilhelmina were registered in Fredericksburg during the Census. Ernst was a laborer then (6).
At first, Ernst intended to live on the land lot he was granted (in present San Saba County) however, considering the negative conditions there, the man sold it and obtained 640 acres in Mason County (Willow Creek).
During his life in Fredericksburg, Mr. Jordan joined the Methodist Church. Mina (Wilhelmina) - b. 26 August 1850, Peter - b. 17 January 1852, Sophie - b. 23 March 1854, and Henry Jordan - b. 17 April 1856 (7) were born in the town.
In 1856, together with other families (the Hoersters and the Kothmanns), the Jordans relocated to Upper Willow Creek (nowadays Art). They moved their belongings in oxen driven wagons. In the new place, the families moved into log cabins and lived the harsh lives of the pioneers.
Fredericka - b. 29 April 1858 (8), Wilhelm (died in infancy), Daniel - b. 8 December 1860 (9), and Ernst jr. b. 25 July 1863 (10) were born in Hilda, Mason County where Ernst became an open-range cattle raiser. Besides that, he continued his work as a teamster.
In 1861, Jordan served in the Minute Men Company under Captain Herman R von Bieberstein.
From 1867 to 68, he worked as county commissioner. In 1869 he was elected justice of the peace Precinct #2, however, he failed to qualify (11). Maybe Ernst Jordan simply did not want to be a justice of the peace then, maybe he found it inconvenient and not safe (it was the time of the Hoo Doo War), and that was why he did not complete the required formalities.
The 1870 Census listed the Jordans who lived in Mason. Ernst was registered as a farmer, their real estate estimated value was $600, and their personal estate value was $1500 (12).
On 10 May 1871, E Jordan (and 8 other men) was enlisted in the State Police which base was the Fourth District.
Due to various circumstances, including the Civil War, Indian raids, and cattle thieves, at the very beginning, cattle raising was not a very profitable business. Then, the Mason County War started. Daniel Hoerster, Ernst's son-in-law, who was a cattle brands inspector, was one of the war casualties.
When the war ended, Ernst built a new house. At some point, the Jordan family owned an estate that was over 7 thousand acres.
Ernst and Lisette were religious persons. The very first church/and school building, in Art was constructed on their land. The nowadays Art church is situated on the land provided by Ernst as well.
More over, the first religious camp meetings were held on their estate too. In 1876 Ernst got wounded in his knee by accident. A six-shooter dropped down from his carriage and fired which made the man a cripple.
Johann Ernst Christian Franz Jordan died on 23 December 1892, he was buried on Christmas Day. Lisette lived 7 years longer, she passed on 23 August 1899.
Wilhelmina married Fritz Adolph Grote, after his death she was married to Daniel Hoester.
Peter married Emma Donop - more about the couple and their children in the post related to the Donop family.
Henry married Bertha Leifeste,
Sophie married A Willmann,
Fredericka married Carl Leifeste,
Daniel married Emma Willmann,
Ernst married Adela Winkle.
UPDATE:
Information provided by Ms. Dolores Keller, Daniel's great-granddaughter: Fredericka, Daniel, Wilhelm, and Ernst Jr. were born at Upper Willow Creek, not Hilda.
Dolores Keller:" ... the
old Methodist Church records was titled “One Hundred Years of the
Hilda (Bethel) Methodist Church And Parent Organizations 1856 - 1955”
It is actually the records of all the Methodist Churches in the area,
Art (North & South) Hoersterville, Lower Willow Creek, Hilda and
Castell."
Resources:
1. "The Mason Hoo Doo War, 1874-1902" by David Johnson, University of North Texas Press, 2006
4, 5. "A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847" by Chester Geue, Chester William Geue, Ethel Hander Geue, 1966
6. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-P76 : 23 December
2020), Ernst Jordan, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States;
citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National
Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37M-NL6 : 13 March 2018), Ernest
Jordon in entry for Henry Jordon, 06 Feb 1927; citing certificate number 6229,
State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,274.
8. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981",
database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L2Q-TZMM : 14 February 2020), Ernst
Jordon in entry for Fridarica Jordon, 1858.
9. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981",
database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LG4-FJMM : 14 February 2020), Ernst
Jordan in entry for Daniel Jordan, 1860.
10. "Texas
Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-8FPZ : 14 February 2020), Ernst
Jordan in entry for Ernst Jordan, 1863.
11. The Mason County "Hoo Doo" War, 1874-1902 by David D Johnson, University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, 2006.
12. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-XPV : 2 January 2021), Ernst Jordan, 1870.
"Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.
