Rev. David Albert Heidtke

David Albert Heidtke was born on October 5 in Jackson, Washington, Wisconsin, to Rudolf August Franz Heidtke (b. May 15, 1896) and Erma Bertha (Melita) Groth (b. October 31, 1894).

👉 Census April 29, 1830 - David lived with his parents and brothers (Frederick, age 8 and Robert, age 4) in Jackson, Wisconsin. Mr. Rudolf A Heidtke had a farm (1).

Young David received his primary education at St. John Lutheran Parish School in Jackson. Later, he attended Cedarburg High School.

👉 In 1949, 20-year-old David A Heidtke started his studies at the Wartburg College in Waverly.  
👉 In 1950, during the census he was recorded as a lodger in the North Hall Men's Dormitory, in Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa. At that time, David also worked at a restaurant, engaged in the past time food service. He graduated the Wartburg College with a B A degree (with a major in music).

Subsequently, the man continued his education at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He received a B. D. degree and was ordained on 🕇 June 6, 1954.
Rev. Heidtke's first call took him to Calvary Lutheran Church in San Angelo, Texas.

👉 In June 1957, the Pastor married Miss Mary Frances Wright.

 

Clipping source: The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 142, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 16, 1957, newspaper, June 16, 1957; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth696129/: accessed August 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.

⛪ On 1 September 1959, Rev. Heidtke, his wife and baby boy moved in to the parsonage/started his pastoral service at Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. 

➜ December 1959 - Christmas Eve candlelight service was introduced,

➜ 1960 - total renovation of the church was completed - the dedication Service took place on October 16, 1963 - Zion received three new bells (sponsored by the Family of Robert Klingelhoefer, Mrs. Albert Sagebiel, Mrs. and Mr. Lon Simon, and Mrs. and Mr. Felix Saenger. The old bell was placed on display outside the church.
➜ 1963 - the youth choir received a processional cross donated by Mr. Werner Weber.

 

👉 Rev. David A. Heidtke worked at Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, TX until October 1963. During his service at the church, the Parson officiated 41 baptisms, 37 confirmations, 14 weddings, and 31 funerals. 

Clipping source: Dietel, Norman J. The Harper Herald (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1959, newspaper, November 20, 1959; Harper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1062299/: accessed August 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harper Library.

👉 Next, the Pastor received a call to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Taylor, Texas. He later continued his pastoral work at the following churches in Texas:
⛪ Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church n Amarillo,
⛪  Kinsman Lutheran Church in Houston, and
⛪  St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorktown.
Rev. Heidtke retired  on December 1931, 1990. Later, he moved back to Fredericksburg and since December 19, 1995, served as a Visitation Pastor at Zion.
Rev. David Albert Heidtke was also a Supply Pastor at other Texas churches, including
⛪  Immanuel Lutheran Church in Comfort, St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Doss, and ⛪  Christ Lutheran Church in Cherry Spring.

Pastor Heidtke passed on ♦ March 23, 2006. His body was interred at the Greenwood Cemetery in Fredericksburg.

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They Lived in Texas

Sources:
"150 Years of God's Grace 1852-2002", Zion Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, TX.

1. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93C-Y6T : Fri Mar 08 03:40:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Rudolph A Heidtke and Melita Heidtke, 1930.
2. "United States Census, 1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQZ-PDJD : Tue Mar 19 05:15:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Melvin L Kramer and Carl S Wengler, 4 May 1950.
3. https://swtsynod.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Heidtke%2C%20David%20Albert

Rev. Gustav William Sager

 Gustav William Sager was born in Arneckeville, Texas, on 31 July 1898. His parents were Heinrich Christof Sager and Alma Emilie Stahl. In 1900, little Gustav lived with his parents and siblings in Justice Precinct #8, DeWitt, TX. Mr. Heinrich C Sager was a farmer (1). When Gus was growing up, he helped his father with farming (2).

👉 The 1918 Military Registration Draft found Gustav Sager in Seguin, TX, where he was a student at Texas Lutheran College (3). Later, the man continued his studies at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.

Gustav William Sager was 🕆 ordained on 26 July 1925. He started his ministerial service at ⛪ St. John's Lutheran Church in Southton, Texas (he worked there until 1932).

On  ⚭ 23 July 1926, Rev. Sager married Miss Estell Ida Szillat (born on February 26, 1905, in Brenham, Washington, TX). She was the daughter of Rev. Gustav Ferdinand Szillat and Ms. Ida Schmidt. 

 

 

Clipping source:  Sunday American-Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1926, newspaper, August 1, 1926; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1445319/: accessed March 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

 

Clipping source:  Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 106, Ed. 1 Monday, August 2, 1926, newspaper, August 2, 1926; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1173949/: accessed March 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.

Rev. Gus Sager and his wife Estella had 3 children.

Before Pastor Sager came to Fredericksburg, he worked at  ✝ St. Paul Lutheran Church in Columbus, Texas, then at ✝ St. John's Lutheran Church in Boerne, Texas (from 1929 to 1939), and at ✝ St. John's Lutheran Church in Bartlett, Texas (from 1939 to 1951).

 

WW2 Military Draft Registration found Rev. Sager in Bartlet, Bell, TX (4). 

 

👉 November 1951 was the month when the parson started his ministry at Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg.

👉 7 September 1952 - Zion's centennial celebrations started (lasted for a month).

 

👉 26 September - a special pageant "Steadfast in Faith", written by Alfred Crenwelge, was presented at the Fair Grounds.

 

👉 28 September - a special church service took place (with guest speaker Dean A. C. Streng of Texas Lutheran College, assisting speakers: Rev. F A Bracher, Rev. L G Hannemann, Rev. Raymond W Durst, Rev. R J Weber, Rev. Kurt Hartmann, Rev. O Lindenberg; Robert Klingelhoefer - Congregation president, and Herman Ochs - Grace Lutheran Sanitorium Superintendent).

 

👉 For Zion's centennial celebrations, Pastor Sager translated into English the booklet written earlier in German by Pastor Bracher. Besides that, he also updated the history notes on Zion LC.

 

During Rev. Sager's years in Zion:

- the educational annex was completed and dedicated on 20 December 1953,
- additional Bible classes and a youth choir were organized,
- Christian kindergarten worked in the Annex for 2 years,
- the educational courses for church workers were promoted.
- Rev. Gus Sager officiated 105 baptisms, 80 confirmations, 44 weddings, and 74 funerals.

👉 The parson finished his service at Zion in April 1959, when he accepted an appointment for the position of the Superintendent of the Round Rock Trinity Lutheran Homes.

Following that, the man worked as a Visitation Pastor at ✝Faith Lutheran Church in Austin and also supplied ✝ Faith Lutheran Church in McDade, TX, and ✝ St. John Lutheran Church in Jourdanton, TX.

Rev. Gustav William Sager passed on ♦ 28 January 1984, in Tarrant, TX (5). His wife Estella preceded him in death. She died on ♦ 2 August 1984. They were both buried in Bartlett, Bell County, TX.

 

Clipping source: Tribune-Progress (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 12, 1982, newspaper, August 12, 1982; Taylor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81550/: accessed March 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.

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👉 Quite a few family members of Pastor Sager's became ministers as well. Including (among others) his two sons Allan and Wilfred, brother Felix, and his great-uncle Michael.

As for other family members who passed when Rev. G. W. Sager was still alive

♦ 18 Jun 1953  - his father, Henry C. Sager, died in Arneckeville,

♦ 10 Oct 1963 - his mother, Alma Emilie Stahl Sager, passed away, 

♦ 5 January 1968 - his sister, Alma L. Sager (born on 15 December 1901), left this world,

Clipping source: The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 5, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 7, 1968, newspaper, January 7, 1968; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703401/: accessed March 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.

 ♦ 23 March 1974 - another sister, Frieda Charlotte (born on 20 May 1891), died,

♦ 29 October 1977 - Otto Henry Sager (born on 25 August 1892), Gus's brother passed,

♦ 24 December 1977 - sister, Olga Christine Dorothea (Sager) Nagel (born on 6 November 1894), departed,

♦ 12 May 1978 - brother, Reuben Otto (born on 18 July 1912), passed away.

Sources:

• https://swtsynod.pastperfectonline.com,
• "150 Years of God's Grace 1852-2002", Zion Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, TX,
• findagrave.com.
  

1. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L5-S7T : Wed Mar 06 15:34:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Sager and Alma Sager, 1900.

 

2. "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MQ-QVH : Sun Mar 10 13:42:36 UTC 2024), Entry for H C Sager and Alma Sager, 1910.

 

3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78D3-DYZM : 25 December 2021), Gus William Sager, 1917-1918.

 

4. "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3D-RX8T : Sat Mar 16 03:58:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Gustav William Sager and Gus W Sager, 16 February 1942.

  5. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYTT-G3Y : 10 January 2021), Gus Sager, Jan 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Alfred Henke and Lilly Kordzik

Alfred Henke was the son of Heinrich Henke and Dorothea Weirich. He was born on 8 March 1874 in Gillespie, TX.

In 1880, Alfred, his parents, and 9 siblings were recorded by a census clerk in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX. Mr. Henry Henke and his eldest son, 17-year-old William, were butchers. 14-year-old Otto attended cattle. Another note in the record states that 11-year-old Henry was "in bed scolded by boiler explosion" (1).

 

 

Alfred was confirmed on 25 March 1888. His Confirmation certificate was on display at the exhibition "History of Lutheran Church", May 2022.
 

1 June 1900, Alfred worked as a salesman, and his brother Richard was a butcher as their father Henry. The family lived in Justice Precinct #1 (south part), Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX (2).

A few months later, on 30 October, young Alfred married Miss Lilly Bertha Hedwig Kordzik (3), the daughter of Henry Kordzik and Auguste Meyer. Lilly came to this world on 24 May 1877 in Gillespie County, TX (4).

 

 

Lily's Baptismal Certificate - Baptism took place on 14 October 1877. Interestingly, Lily's name given on the Certificate is Lilia. Picture taken at the exhibition mentioned above.

 

Marriage Certificate - Source #3

Children born to Alfred and Lilly

• Nora Alma Lina, born on 16 September 1901 (5),
• Viola Bertha Ida, born on 8 July 1905 in Fredericksburg (6),
• Gilbert Adolph, born on 3 December 1907 (7),
• Victor E, born on 5 June 1911 (8),
• Paul Max, born on 22 April 1913 (9).

1910 - Alfred owned a general merchandise store. He and his immediate family lived in Justice Precinct #1, Fredericksburg, TX (10).

15 September 1918, Mr. Alfred Henke was registered by the army (11). As a married man with children, he was exempted from the service.

1920 - Alfred, Lilly and their 5 children lived in Fredericksburg, Alfred ran a farm, and his eldest daughter Nora worked as a saleswoman at the store (12).

Mr. Alfred Henke lived 64 years and 9 months. The man contracted broncho-pneumonia on ⌛ 3 December 1938. He passed a few days later, on 7 December. Lilly Kordzik Henke lived till the age of 88. She died on ⌛ 10 November 1965 (14).

Sources:
Sources:
1. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFN8-FDF : 15 January 2022), Alfred Henke in household of Henry Henke, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district, sheet, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
2. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GZ-93F : 14 January 2022), Alfred Henke in entry for Henry Henke, 1900.
3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9VPT : 10 March 2021), Alfred Henke and Lillie Kordzik, 30 Oct 1900; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.
4. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65F-G3J : 13 February 2020), Lilly Bertha Hedwig Kordzik, 1877.
5. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6PM-JLD : 13 February 2020), Lilly Kordzik in entry for Nora Alma Lina Henke, 1901.
6. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX96-6H2 : 1 March 2021), Lilly Kordzik in entry for Viola Bertha Ida Henke, 08 Jul 1905; citing Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States, certificate 74998, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,380,570.
7. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX96-S5P : 1 March 2021), Lilly Kordzik in entry for Gilbert Adolph Henke, 03 Dec 1907; citing Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States, certificate 75493, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,380,570.
8.  "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K345-WC4 : 5 April 2023), Lillie Kordzik in entry for Victor E Henke, 1935.
9. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6P9-JQK : 13 February 2020), Lilly Kordzik in entry for Paul Max Henke, 1913.
10. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK12-SSZ : accessed 13 May 2023), Alfred Henke, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 146, sheet 3A, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1554; FHL microfilm 1,375,567.
11. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXZ-K7J : 29 December 2021), Alfred Henke, 1917-1918.
12. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9C-ZC3 : 3 February 2021), Alfred Henke, 1920.
13. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MW-FBB : 5 April 2023), Alfred Henke, 1938.
14. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBQ-Z5G : 5 April 2023), Lilly Henke, 1965.

 

Alfred Konrad Kordzik

Some time ago, I wrote a post about the Kordzik family - Henry, Augusta, and their children, including Alfred. Today, more about him. 

Alfred Konrad Kordzik was born on 30 November 1887, in Fredericksburg, TX (1), to Henry Kordzik (age 50) and Augusta Mayer (age 37). The boy was their youngest son.
By 1900, little Alfred, his parents, and his siblings had lived in justice Precinct #1, Gillespie, TX (2).
Alfred Konrad was confirmed on 23 March 1902 at the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church by Pastor Gustav Hone.

About twenty years later, during the 1910 census, the family was recorded in the Cave Creek area, Gillespie, TX (3). Only Alfred and his younger sister Meta lived in the home of their parents then. Their elder siblings had already left the family home. 

22-year-old Alfred started his own family in the very same year, on 7 June. He married a few months younger Miss Cora Auguste Moellering (4). She was born on 23 February 1888 to Heinrich and Louise Moellering. 

Cora and Alfred lived in Justice Precinct #1, Gillespie, TX. Alfred was a farmer like his father (5).
WW1 time - Alfred was registered by the Army (6). The man was exempted from the service as he was the only supporter of his wife Cora.

31 May 1928 - Alfred's father passed. Two years later, on 24 June, his mother Auguste died.
Census 4 April 1950, Alfred (age 62) ranched in Fredericksburg, and Cora helped him with the ranch work (7). 

Alfred's time came on 21 October 1968. He died in the Nix Memorial Hospital in San Antonio, where he had been treated for four weeks (8).

More about Alfred's parents and siblings: Kordzik Family.

Sources:
1. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1D-TDC : 20 February 2021), Alfred Kordzik, 21 Oct 1968; citing certificate number 67999, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,150.
2. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GC-PMY : 14 January 2022), Alfred Kordzila in entry for Henry Kordzila, Sr., 1900.
3. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK1K-LM9 : accessed 26 November 2022), Alfred C Kordzik in household of Henry Kordzik Sr., Cave Creek, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1554; FHL microfilm 1,375,567.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9PKQ : 10 March 2021), Alfred Kordzik and Cora Auguste Moellering, 07 Jun 1910; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,803.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY92-LN2 : accessed 28 November 2022), Alfred Kordzik, Precinct 1, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 14A, line 27, family 320, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2335; FHL microfilm 2,342,069.
6. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXZ-KKC : 29 December 2021), Alfred Conrad Kordzik, 1917-1918.
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8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1D-TDC : 20 February 2021), Alfred Kordzik, 21 Oct 1968; citing certificate number 67999, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,150.

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Three Brothers & Sister

Felix (age 26), Francis (age 28), Adele (age 10), and Emile (age 6) van der Stucken left their home in Belgium and came from Antwerp to Texas in 1846. The three brothers and the girl were the children of  Franciscus Petrus (Francois Pierre) van der Stucken and Anna Cornelia Botterau, born in 1795 (1).

• Frank (Jean Francois) was born on 30 January 1830  (2),
• Felix was born on 21 March 1833,
• Louise Adeline (Adele) was born in about 1836,
• George Emile was born on 17 February 1840.

Like their other siblings who stayed in Belgium, they were born in Antwerp.

Those siblings were:

• Louise Therese - born in about 1820.
• Henricus Jacobus was born in 1823/died on 21 November 1823 (3),
• Anna Catharina Joanna (born in 1821) who married Joannes Franciscus von Edom on ♡ 3 June 1856 (4).

 At first, the van der Stucken siblings stayed with Henri Castro at his colony. 

1850 - Frank (age 20 lived in San Antonio at the household of John Huff (a 40-year-old merchant). Possibly, the latter was Frank's employer. Another clerk, a 47-year-old David Montier, born in France, lived there as well (5). In the early 1850s, Frank van der Stucken relocated to Fredericksburg colony.

Later (since 1859), the other van der Stucken siblings settled in Fredericksburg as well.

Frank van der Stucken helped to build Fort Mason. At the beginning of the 1850s, he opened a store in Fredericksburg. The man was elected (twice) County Commissioner. Francis also had a government contract for supplying military camps in West Texas.

♡ 23 December 1852 - Frank married Miss Sophie Shoenwolf (6).

 

1853 - Frank farmed 10 acres of land (7).

♡ 6 July 1858 - Felix married his sister-in-law, Miss Christine Shoenwolf (8).  

They had 8 children.

• Constance Sophie, born 24 August 1859,
• Marie Elise Auguste, born 30 November 1860,
• Mathilde Franziska, born on 3 July 1863,
• Anna Mathilda, born 29 Jan 1866/died 9 Mar 1866,
• Alfred Emil Burchard, born on 12 September 1867,
• stillborn boy, born/died 12 May 1869,
• Olga, born 14 May 1870,
• Louise Christine, born 11 July 1872.

 

♡ 2 May 1860 - Adele married 5-year-older (9) Edward Maier (born on 7 August 1831 in Fulda, Hessen), the son of Franz Adreas Maier.

In 1860, Edward and Adele lived in Justice Precinct #2, Gillespie County. Edward Maier was recorded as a barkeeper. 13-year-old Peter Staudt lived with the couple (10).

1860 - Frank van der Stucken, age 29 (merchant), and family were recorded by the Census clerk. The family was - wife Sophie (age 23), Louise (age 7), Cornelia (age 4), Frank (age 1). Three more persons lived in the household - Frank's brother 19-year-old Emil was a clerk, Ewen Cameron, a 32-year-old clerk, William Koock, a 22-year-old clerk, and Mary Fuchs, a servant who was then 20-yeard-old (11).

Frank Sr. and his wife had two more children born in Texas: Bertha Sophie born on 6 January 1861, and Hugo Emil born on 20 June 1863.

1862 - Frank and Felix started operating a flour mill. The Reliance mill was steam operated burr mill. It had one cylinder boiler (12). The business was halted by the outbreak of the Civil War.

1863 - Frank paid taxes for 3,950 acres of land (13).

Frank gathered a company of 75 rangers (home guards who were protecting the settlers from Indians). The rangers were ordered to guard prisoners kept in Fort Mason. Some prisoners plotted to escape, however, Frank stopped their attempts.
July 1862 - Frank's unit transported prisoners to Vicksburg (in exchange for the Confederate soldiers who had been imprisoned by the Union).

1862 - There are records of Captain Frank van der Stucken's service with Eighth (Taylor's) Battalion of Texas Cavalry  (14) and First (Yeager's) Cavalry, First Mounted Rifles (15).

1862 - 22-year-old Emil served with Company C Texas Eighth (Taylor's) Battalion, Cavalry (Taylor's Battalion, Mounted Rifles). He started the service as a Private, promoted to Sergeant (16, 17). Then, the man was with Company E 1st Regiment (18), Texas Cavalry (Yager's) (1st Mounted Rifles).

January 1863 - the rangers escorted a different group of prisoners to Baton Rouge. Next, Frank's company served in the Rio Grande area and other parts of Texas.

December 1863 - Captain's Frank's guard unit became Company E (19), 1st Texas Cavalry (Yeager's First Mounted Rifles), CA, then, Company C Eighth Battalion Texas cavalry (Taylor's Battalion
They were given responsibility for bringing for trial Texans supporting the Union. Since quite a few of the ex-rangers shared the pro-Union attitude, they failed to fulfill their task successfully.
After the war, Frank's Company was dissolved and he returned to his prior business venture.
1864 - Emil appears in the CA records. When he joined the army, he owned a shotgun and a pistol (20).

1864 - Frank elected Gillespie County chief of justice. When he collected enough money (in 1865), the man decided to come back to Belgium. Frank gave his store, house, and stables to his father-in-law. Felix (who was taking care of the mill during the Civil War) received the business. In Antwerp, Frank opened another mill.

♦ 24 July 1865 - Felix's 2-year-old daughter Mathilde Franziska passed.

♡ 11 September 1865 - George Emil married Wilhelmine Kordzik (21).

I have found records regarding Frank's daughter - ♦ Mathildis Emilia was born to Frank and Sophie in Antwerp, on 22 Feb. 1866 (22).

30 January 1868 - Felix (23) was registered in Gillespie County (Texas Voter Record).

1868 - Felix paid taxes for 4,365 (24) acres of land, Frank owned about 7312 acres (2,282 acres were assigned to Felix), Emil owned town lot #237 in Fredericksburg (25).

1869 - Felix was assigned a county commissioner. In the same year, his ♦ father Francois Pierre died (26)

Census 1870 - Mr. Edward Maier (age 38) was a merchant and owned a store. He and Adele (age 34) lived with their children in Fredericksburg. The children were: Richard (age 9), Hillmar (age 7), Bertha (age 4), Edward (age 2), and Florent (age 10 months). Emil van der Stucken (age 30), his wife Mina (age 25) + a daughter Felia (age 4), and a baby (age 8 months - name not given in the record) lived next to the Maiers (27).

Felix (age 37), Christine (age 28) and their children Constance (age 10), Maria (age 9), Alfred (age 2), and Olga (1 month old) lived in Fredericksburg as well. Felix was a miller, his real estate was worth $7776. The value of his personal estate was $1200. 14-year-old Sophia Kensing lived with the family. Probably she was a live-in maid (28).

In the same year, Emil had 2 horses, besides the lot (29).

♦ Adelina, the sister immigrant, passed on 21 Feb 1874.

On ♦ 7 May 1875, Anna Cornelia Botterau van der Stucken, the mother, passed in Antwerp. She was the dauhter of Joannes baptista Botterau and Anna Catharina Gelaude (30).

1875 - Emil had 1 horse only (31).

Frank's daughter ♡ Ludovica Mathildis married Nicolaus Johann Maria van Rossum, son of Christoph van Rossum and Mathilda van Ameluxen, on 6 June 1876 (32).

1878 - Emil lived in Menardville and owned a general store (33).

♦ 13 October 1879 - Felix's wife Christine died. She was 38 years old.

10 June 1880 - Felix (a widowed miller), his kids - Mary (age 19), Alfred (age 13), Olga (age 9), and Louisa (age 7), and Mina Crenwelge (19-year-old servant) were registered during the census (34).

3 December 1880 - ♡ Felix married 35-year-old Dora Mueller (35). Friedericke Henriette Sabine  Mueller was born on 6 August 1845 in Darmstadt, Hessen. She was the daughter of Johann Philipp Mueller and Emma Mumm. Felix and Dora had children

• Walter Paul Gustav, born 13 December 1881,
• Eugene, born 8 August 1883.

1881 - 2,586 acres of land, 1 carriage or wagon, and 1 horse (36).

Frank Sr.'s daughter ♡ Bertha Sophie Pauline married Carolus Guilielmus Franciscus Reinemund, the son of Joannes Fredericus Reinemund and Maria Emma Antonia Cramer on 18 November 1882 (37).

1889 - Felix modernized the mill, his son Alfred joined the family business. Felix and his sons made the Gold and Red Star flour popular with the customers.

1892 - Felix applied for a passport (38). Maybe he visited the family in Belgium? Note Felix's signature on the copy of the document (below).

 ♦ 14 January 1902 - Frank (Jean Francois) van der Stucken passed in Antwerp (39).

1904 - Felix organized the Citizens Bank of Fredericksburg. He was the bank president until 1912.

1910 - Census - Felix (age 77) lived with his wife (age 64) only. They had a servant, 19-year-old Llina Burns. Felix's son Alfred (age 42), his wife Cornelia (age 46), their 5 children (Dora, Lisele, Edgar, Margarette, and Catherine) + a servant Ella Saenger (age 21) lived nearby. Eugene van der Stucken (age 26) and his wife Ella (age 27) lived close to Felix as well (40).

♦ 3 December 1912 - Felix died (41).

Clipping source: Hollingsworth, R. G. The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1912, newspaper, December 13, 1912; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726274/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library. 

 

Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 343, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 8, 1912, newspaper, December 8, 1912; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth432024/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

♦ Emil died on 13 February 1906 (42).

Clipping source: Hanschke, Robert. Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 7243, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1906, newspaper, February 15, 1906; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1089489/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

After Emil's death, his son Emil Felix took over the store.

Clipping source: Woodruff, D. B. The Sonora Sun. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1906, newspaper, February 24, 1906; Sonora, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018049/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

 

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Kordzik Family

As I have noticed, all German-speaking immigrants who came to Texas tend to be regarded as Germans who came from Germany. It is not exactly true. Some of them were born in Germany indeed, but many, due to the complicated history of Europe, were born in the territory of Poland, which had been taken over by the Austrian and Prussian Empires. The country was divided during its partitions and overtaken by foreign monarchies. The people who lived there spoke German because, at that time, it was the language of their rulers. Not only speaking Polish but even having documents written in that language was forbidden during the partitions time.

The Kordzik siblings - Henry, Lina, Minna, and Julius, children of Daniel Kordzik and Magdalena Simon - came to Texas from Eastern Prussia on 14 December 1858, after a 41-day journey. Their hometown was Angerburg (1). Nowadays, it is Węgorzewo (situated in northeastern Poland in Warmia and Masuria region).

In 1701, Angerburg (its Polish name was Węgobork then) became a Prussian town. Later, the town and its area were also occupied by Russians. The complex history of that region brought there French and Polish army again, including the Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński. He stayed in Węgobork castle in  March and May 1736 (2).

In 1773, the town was part of the province of Eastern Prussia. The subsequent years brought Germanization of Masuria and the region's citizens.

The word "kordzik" means in Polish a short sword.

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The Polish names browser shows that there are still 47 living persons of the surname Kordzik in Poland, 9 of them live in the Warmia and Masuria region, the same where the Kordzik siblings came from.

Further research tells that also their mother, Maria Magdalena, younger sister, Marie Therese, and brother Otto arrived in the state.

Two years after his arrival in Texas, Henry Kodzik, b. 7 March 1837, lived at Precinct No. 1, Gillespie, TX. He worked and lived on the farm of Mr. Warren Cass (3).

Cave Creek area

When the Civil War started, both Henry and Julius served in the same units of the Confederate Army - 8th Battalion, Texas Cavalry (Taylor's Battalion, Mounted Rifles), Company C. Henry started the service on 1 May 1862 as a corporal. He was promoted to a sergeant. Then the man was part of Company E, 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Yager's) (1st Mounted Rifles). He finished his military career as Second Lieutenant.

Private Julius was enlisted to 8th Battalion, Company C on 2 May 1862. Later he served together with his brother in Company E 1st Texas Cavalry, till the end of the war (4,5).

On 30 January 1868, Henry married Miss Augusta Meyer (6) who was born in 1850.

In 1880, the family of Henry, Augusta, and their children Mina, Loui (b. 1871), Emil, Henry Jr., Lilly, and Max was registered during the census at Precinct 1, Gillespie County, TX. Henry ran a farm there. The family had a farm helper Robert Ledbecher who lived with the Kordziks (7).

The 1910 Census was more precise and gave the name of the area where Henry, Auguste lived. It was Cave Creek, Gillespie, TX. Two of their children Alfred C (age 22) and Meta L M (age 20) still lived at the parents' home (8).

Cave Creek area

Mina Kordzik (b. 26 Oct. 1868) married Mr. Konrad Hahne (b. 14 Oct. 1865) on 12 February 1887 (9). Konrad's parents were Konrad Hahne Sr. and Anna Regina Walch.

Emil (b. 4 March 1873) married Miss Mathilde Evers (b. 19 August 1873) on 11 Dec. 1896 (10). Emil's in-laws were Mr. Ludwig Evers and Ms. Pauline Itz.

After Mathilde's death in 1911, he married Hulda Moellering (b. 26 Nov. 1878).

C. Otto Kordzik was born 14 December 1874 (11).

Lilly Bertha Hedwig Kordzik (b. 24 May 1877) married Mr. Alfred Henke (b. 8 March 1874) on 30 Oct. 1900 (12).

Max (b. 18 June 1879) married Miss Bertha Kammlah (b. 27 May 1883) on 16 Oct. 1906 (13).

Alma (b. 7 March 1882) married Mr. Karl Friederich Kiehne Jr. (b. 31 August 1872) on  27 May 1902 (14). Karl was the son of Karl Kiehne Sr. and Ilse Konradine Henriette Hotopp.

Alfred (b. 13 Nov. 1887) married Miss Cora Aguste Moellering (b. 23 Jan. 1888) on 7 June 1910 (15). Cora was Hulda's sister.

Henry Kordzik Jr. (b. 14 Dec. 1874) married Miss Amalia Schmidt (b. 4 Oct. 1877) on 4 Feb. 1899 (16).

Meta (b. 18 Feb. 1890), the youngest daughter of Henry and Augusta's, married Mr. Henry F Schmidtzinsky (b. 27 Nov. 1882) on 30 Jan. 1912 (17). Henry was the son of John Schmitdzensky and Louise Dietz.

Louis Kordzik (b. 17 Jan. 1871) was the youngest son of Henry Sr.'s. Louis married Miss Lina Schneider (b. 13 March 1869) on 9 Nov. 1890 (18).

Henry Kordzik Sr. passed away of old age (91 years, 2 months, 27 days) on 31 May 1938 in Fredericksburg (19). His wife Auguste lived about 2 years longer, she died on 24 June 1930. in Fredericksburg as well.

Henry's sister Mina (Wilhelmina) Kordzik (b. 1842) married Mr. Georg Emil Van der Stucken of Fredericksburg. The couple had six children. Mina lived 75 years, 7 months, and 28 days (20). I did not find any information about Lina, sister of Henry's.

Henry Sr.'s brother Julius Kordzik mentioned above was born on 16 Nov. 1838 (21).

Julius married Miss Hedwig Martin, the daughter of Louis Martin and Elizabeth Ahrleger. The marriage took place on 30 Dec. 1868 (22). Hedwig was the first white child born in Gillespie county (see the paper clip below).

Louise Kordzik, Julius and Hedwig's daughter, was born on 11 April 1871.
Ottilie Danielle Kordzik, Louise's younger sister, was born on 1 March 1875 (23).

In 1880 Hedwig, Julius, and daughters Ottilie and Louise lived Fredericksburg. Julius was a teamster, Hedwig was a housekeeper (24).

Louise married James F Barttlet a physician. It happened on 17 Dec. 1889 (25).

They lived in San Antonio city, Ward 4, Justice Precinct 9 (26).

In 1900, Julius, Hedwig, and their daughter Ottilie lived in Justice Precinct 1, south part of Fredericksburg town. Hedwig was a telephone operator, Ottilie was registered as a school teacher unemployed for 2 months, Julius (a nursery agent) had also been unemployed for 3 months (27).

On 25 Dec. 1907 (28) Ottilie married four-year-older Florent J Maier (b. 10 Oct. 1871).

By 1910 Mr. Julius Kordzik had owned a nursery and Hedwig did not work (29).

Julius passed 6 Jan 1923. Hedwig two years later on & Nov 1925.

Clipping source: Edwards, Henry. The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1925, newspaper, November 20, 1925; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth620173/: accessed August 25, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith County Historical Society. 

Mrs. Ottilie Kordzik Maier died on 28 Jan. 1956. She was buried not far from her parents.

Louis Kordzik, one of the Kordzik siblings - the immigrants - (b. 1849 in Prussia) was recorded during the 1870 Census. He lived at Fort Stockton, Pecos, and was a butcher (30). I did not find more information about him.

Otto Phillip, the youngest brother of Henry's, was born on 29 Feb. 1856 in Germany. He was a ranchman. Otto Phillip married twice. Otto's first wife was Miss Emilie Schildknecht. They married on 11 July 1880 (31).

The two had one son Felix (b. 1882). Ten years after Emilie's death (1887), Otto remarried.
On 23 May 1897, he became the spouse of Miss Josephine Benkel (32).

Otto was widowed again. He spent the last years of his life in Altenhein (Old Folks' Home) in Precinct 3, Kerr County. The man passed on 27 October 1953 (33).

Meta (Theresa M) Kordzik, Henry's youngest sister married Mr. Ernst Albert Nimitz, the son of Charles Heinrich Nimitz and Sophia Dorothea Mueller. The two were united in marriage on 26 March 1874 (34).

Ernst ran a hotel. In 1900, the family lived in Justice Precinct 2, Maverick, Texas. The couple had 8 children, one died early (35). Ten years later Meta, her husband, and children were recorded during the census in san Angelo, Tom Green, Texas (36).

The Kordzik siblings' mother Maria Magdalena Kordzik lived in San Angelo as well. She passed away in 1894.

The family tree sideline goes from Mr. Henry Kordzik to our 3rd cousin once removed Mr. Rufus Monroe Angel

Henry Kordzik Sr.
⇒ his daughter Lilly Bertha Kordzik Henke
⇒ her husband William Nimitz
⇒ his sister Anna Bertha (Nimitz) Nauwald
⇒ her daughter Anna (Nauwald) Luckenbach
⇒ her husband Friedrich Luckenbach
⇒ his brother Louis Karl Luckenbach
⇒ his wife Jeannie Katherine Hart
⇒ her sister Elizabeth (Hart) Angel
⇒ her husband Rufus Monroe Angel - our 3rd cousin once removed

UPDATE:

Henry's father and grandfather were teachers. The man received good education in the old country, he was fluent in English when he came to Texas.

During the Civil War, when he served with Frank Van der Stucken Company, Henry Kordzik was wounded in the shoulder during a battle.

In 1862, his parents, brothers Louis and Otto, and sister Theresa came to Texas as well. Two of them died in Texas.

Augusta Meyer's mother, Karoline Festerling Ahrens from Harsum, Hanover, Germany came to Texas in 1846 with her mother Hedwig Ahrens and a sister Sophie. The ladies landed in  Galveston on 15 May 1846. In Fredericksburg Karoline Ahrens married Mr. Karl Meier who  was a co-signer of the petition for forming Gillespie County. Augusta's father died when was one. Karoline married later Mr. Peter Imhof, who was a founder of the Methodist congregation in Fredericksburg. Auguste's mother died when the girl was 12. She then lived with her grandmother  and the family of John Hunters. Auguste married Henry five years later.

After the Civil War Henry was engaged in freighting from Fort McKavett to Galveston. In 1872, the man bought 480 acres (Palo Alto area). Later, he expanded his property up to about 3000 acres. It spread from Palo Alto Creek to baron's Creek.

Mr. Kordzik was a trustee of the Knopp Scool. From 1894 to 1900 he also served as County Commissioner. Henry liked social entertaining such as dances and picnicks, the man enjoyed playing chess, checkers, and dominoes. He was a member of the Arion Singing Society as well.

On 30 January Henry and Augusta celebrated 75th wedding anniversary.

Their children:

Minna married Conrad Hahne,

Louis m. Lena Schneider,

Emil m. Mathilde Evers,

Henry m. Amelia Schmidt,

Lily m. Alfred Henke,

Max m. Bertha Kammlah,

Alma m. Charles Kiehne,

Ida m. Alfred Schmidt,

Alfred m. Cora Moellering,

Meta m. Henry Schmidtzensky (37).

Resources:
Kordzik photo - Artur Andrzej / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

1. Pioneers in God's Hills. A History of Texas and Gillespie County People and Events. 1960, Gillespie County Historical Society. Printed by Boeckman-Jons, Austin, Texas.
2. Wikipedia
3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFF-79V: 18 March 2020), Henry Kordzick in the entry for Warren Cass, 1860.
4. 1st Yager's Cavalry
5. Soldiers and Sailors Database
6. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1T-S7K: 22 January 2020), Auguste Meyer in the entry for Heinrich Kordzick, 1868.
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