Jesse Bobo Gant & Family

Jesse Bobo Gant, our 3rd cousin 4 times removed, has already been mentioned here, when I talked about his father and other Bobos of the family.
Today, more about Jesse Bobo's immediate family.

👉 Jesse came to this world on 6 February 1866, in Waynesboro, Wayne, TN. His parents were Mr. Absolom Bobo Gant and Nancy E Martin. The family was registered on 23 June 1870 (1) in Civil District #7, Wayne, TN (post office Waynesboro). Absolom B. Gant (age 31) was a farmer. His wife Nancy (age 32) was keeping house. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth (age 9), Jesse Bobo (age 4), and Samantha A (age 3). There is also Ann Gant (age 14) mentioned in the record, who was a "domestic servant". Ann was most likely not Jesse's sibling, as his parents married in 1860 (2). I have not established their exact relationship, though. The family real estate was worth #600. The estimated value of their personal estate was given as $400.

 

Not long after the census, on 1 September 1870, Jesse's sister Nancy Emma was born in Wayne, TN. Another one, Sarah Clementine, arrived in January 1873. Then, on 13 April 1876, his sister Eliza Perry came to this world.

👉 The family had come to Hill County, Texas by 26 May 1879, when the youngest daughter of Absolom and Nancy Gant was born. They named the girl Tennie.

🏡 Census 30 June 1880 - Jesse lived with his parents and sisters in Precinct #1, Hill County, Texas. Absolom Bobo's (the father's) given in the record was 43, Nancy (the mother) was also 43. Then came Mary E (age 19), Jesse B. (age 13), S A (Samantha A - age 12), Nannie (age 10), S C (Sarah Clementine - age 5), Eliza P (age 4), and Tennie (age 1). Both Jesse and his sister Samantha attended school then (3).

⚭ 29 May 1881 - the family celebrated Mary Elizabeth's wedding, who married John Pritchard Clark (4). John was born on 26 July 1857, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. John S Clark and Priscilla Pauline Pritchard.

⚭ 1 December 1885 - Jesse married Lillian Hanna Hoffmann (5). The lady was born in Hammonton, Atlantic, New Jersey, on 15 September 1868. Her parents were Jacob Boyer Hoffmann and Sarah Ann Shaw.

Another marriage in the Absolom Bobo Gant family took place on ⚭ 17 December 1885 (6). 18-year-old Samantha Arabelle married 20-year-old William Frank Brown - born on 6 April 1865, in Hill County, TX, to William Marion Brown and Margaret Elizabeth Smith.

♦ 22 October 1886 - Jesse and Lillian's daughter Gertrude was born. Sadly, the baby girl died on ♦ 2 November of the same year (7). 

Another daughter, ♦ Mertie Rosalee, was born to the young couple on 20 November 1887.

A few months later, on ⚭ 15 February 1888 (8), Jesse's sister, 17-year-old Nancy Emma, married her 1st cousin once removed Elisha Thomas Harbour. It took place in Hilsboro, Hill, TX. The man was born on 6 September 1864 in Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, to Elijah Carol Harbour and Elizabeth Ann Gant.

 
⚭ 15 February 1891 (9) - Sarah Clementine Gant (age 18), Jesse's sister, married Mr. Ross Bartow Aldridge (age 25). he was born on 16 August 1865, in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, to the family of Mr. Willliam Pope Aldridge and Sarah Charlotte Robinson.

Jesse and Lillian welcomed another son on ♦ 19 June 1892. His name was Albert Ivy (10).

Their next daughter Laura Leona arrived on ♦ 18 March 1893.

On ♦ 30 December 1894 baby girl Sadie Bell was born (11).

Then, on ♦ 13 October 1896 (12) - Theodore Floyd - another son of Jesse and Lillian's came to this world.

⚭ 20 Jan 1899 - the youngest sister of Jessie's, 19-year-old Tennie Gant married William Harvey Hardin (13). The groom was born in 1873 in Mississippi.

 

Source: "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-NP5Z : Thu Jan 16 12:59:18 UTC 2025), Entry for W H Hordin and Tennie Gant, 20 Jan 1899.

 

The time of mourning came again on ♦ 22 February 1904, when Absolom Bobo Gant, Jesse's father died (14).

In the same year, on ⚭ 27 July 1904 (15), the eldest surviving daughter of Jesse's, Mertie, married Mr, Andy Glass, who was born on 24 January 1895 in Peoria, Hill, TX, to James William Glass and Katherine Victoria Winters.

On ♦ 17 September 1900 (16), baby girl Nannie Maud was born to Jesse and Lillian.

A wedding again - ⚭ 5 June 1904 (17) - Jesse's sister Eliza Perry (age 28) married a 4-year-older Mr. John Marion McDaniel. He was born in 1872 in Wayne, TN.

 

Jesse's son Albert Ivy (age 17) married Miss Ella Harris on ⚭ 21 March 1910 (18). Ella was born in the Hill County, TX, on 23 March 1892, to Archibald Barkley Harris and Martha Ann Colville.

🏠 Census - 7 May 1910 - Jesse Bobo lived with his nuclear family in Justice Precinct #7, Hill County, TX.The record mentions Jesse B, (age 44), his wife Lillian (age 41, born in New Jersey). By the time of the census, the lady had given birth to 8 children, only 6 survived*. Jesse and Lillian's children given in the record, who still live at home were Ivy (age 17), Sadie (age 15), Floyd (age 12), and Nannie (age 9). Jesse was a farmer. His daughter Mertie (age 22), her husband Andy (age 25), and their two children Blanch (age 4), and Claude (age 1) lived in the next house (19).

 

In the following year. Jesse and Lillian's family grew again. On ♦ 27 May 1911, their daughter Lillian Lorene was born (20).

On ⚭ 5 October 1913 (21), 19-year-old Sadie Bell left her parents' home. She married 2-year-older James Monroe Smith, born on 23 December 1892 in Waco, TX.

Source: "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-MZ6Z : Thu Jul 11 19:03:59 UTC 2024), Entry for and Sadie Gant, 04 Oct 1913.

Their first child was born next year, in July.

 From: "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCR-D4ZM : 12 March 2020)

Jesse's mother Nancy E Gant died on ♦ 22 October 1913, in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas.

 

👉 It appears cousin Jesse had a creative mind. He rationalized and patented a cotton chopper in 1915.

Source: Gant, Jesse B. Cotton-Chopper., patent, March 23, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857830/: accessed February 24, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department. 

 
On ⚭ 26 November 1916 (22), Nannie Maud (age 16) married James John Hrabal (age 19), born on 2 February 1897 in Hilsboro, TX, to Joseph F Hrabal II and Aloisie Winklar.

 🏠 1920 - Census - only Theodore F (age 21) and Lillian (age 8) lived with their parents Jesse and Lillian in Justice Precinct #7, Hill County, TX (23).

Sad time came again, when Nannie's husband James (age about 29) died of broncho pneumonia on  ♦ 21 January 1926, in Waco McLennan, TX (24).

Grief stayed with the family - on ♦ 21 March 1927 Sadie Bell Gant Smith passed away, due to TB, at the age of 26 (25).

 

⚭ Lillian Lorene married Otis Charles Wade by 23 March 1928. On that day, their baby girl Francis, born on 12 February 1928, passed away (26, 27).

🏠 In 1930 (28), the Jesse and Lillian lived in Justice Precinct #4, Hill County, TX. The census of the 14th April registered also in their their son Theodore F (age 31) in the same household also. They looked after the children of Sadie's, who after their mother's passing lived with their grandparents and uncle. The children were Pauline (age 15), Orvis (age 13), Raymond (age 21), Hannah R (age 4), and Jack T (age 9).

Otis Wade, Lillian Lorene's husband, left this world on ♦ 2 January 1934. He lived 24 years.

Jesse Bobo Gant passed on ♦ 22 January 1934, about a week before his 68th birthday. He lived in Whithey, Hill County, TX at the time of his death (29).

Two years later, Lillian Gant mourned her child again. This time, it was Mertie, who died of influenza/pneumonia on ♦ 29 April 1936 (30). Mertie Rosalee lived 48 years, 5 months, and 9 days (30).

♦ 3 February 1941 - another daughter, Laura Leona, passed due to flu and pulmonary problems, in Waco, McLennan, TX,. She was  47 years, 10 months, and 15 days old (31).

Jesse's wife, Lillian Hannah Hoffman Gant joined her spouse on 3 June 1961, when a cardiac arrest took her from this world. She lived 92 years, 8 months, and 18 days (32).

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Nannie remarried. Her second husband was Ben Meart Drennan who was 4 year older than Nannie. He was born on 12 March 1896 in Saline, Arkansas. His parents were John Harvey Drennan and Mary C White. Ben was also a widower.

Lillian Lorene's second spouse was Henry Tracy Boyd, born on 8 December 1910, Texas, to Robert Arthur Boyd and Edna Lee Cook.


Sources:

1. "United States, Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8Z-GC4 : Sun Jan 19 03:12:44 UTC 2025), Entry for A B Gant and Nancy Gant, 1870.
2. "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN8X-5NH : 4 December 2014), A B Gant and Nancy Martin, 27 Aug 1860; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 20, Wayne, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. "United States, Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNK-8SY : Sun Jan 19 10:13:00 UTC 2025), Entry for A. B. Gant and Nancy Gant, 1880.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-TFB5 : Fri Jan 17 15:47:02 UTC 2025), Entry for John P Clark and Mary Gant, 29 May 1881.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-TVVN : Fri Jan 10 09:47:30 UTC 2025), Entry for J B Gant and Lillian H Hoffman, 17 Dec 1885.
6. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MS-BCP : 22 January 2020), S. A. Gant in entry for W. F. Brown, 1885.
7. "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-LNGD : 5 August 2020), Jessie Gertrude Gant, ; Burial, Peoria, Hill, Texas, United States of America, Peoria Cemetery; citing record ID 85826568, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-DGMN : Thu Jan 16 13:29:55 UTC 2025), Entry for E T Harber and Nancy M Gant, 15 Feb 1888.
9. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2M3-4PK : 22 January 2020), S. C. Grant in entry for R. B. Aldrige, 1891.
10. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LGK-FHZM : 12 March 2020), Albert Ivy Gant, .
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12. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L6G-B86Z : 12 March 2020), Theodore Floyd Gant, 1896.
13. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX95-RX3 : 22 January 2020), Tennie Gant in entry for W. H. Hardin, 1899.
14. "Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HW5M-TZ2M : 14 April 2023), Absolen B. Gant, 1904.
15. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9G-BNP : 22 January 2020), Mertie Gant in entry for Andy Glass, 1904.
16. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L6F-WXPZ : 14 February 2020), Nannie Maud Gant, 1900.
17. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9G-YPK : 22 January 2020), Eliza P. Gant in entry for John R. McDaniel, 1904.
18. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-K5CQ : Sat Mar 09 09:08:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Ivy Gant and Ela Harris, 1910.
19. "United States, Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MK-5RG : Sat Mar 09 00:54:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Jesse B Gant and Lilian Gant, 1910.
20. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCR-D4ZM : 12 March 2020), Lillian Lorene Gant, .
21. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-66WB : Thu Jan 09 09:52:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Mr J M Smith and Miss Sadie Gant, 05 Oct 1913.
22. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-672H : Sat Jan 18 12:27:54 UTC 2025), Entry for James J Hrabal and Nannie Maud Gant, 26 Nov 1916.
23. "United States, Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS3-B43 : Thu Jan 16 21:59:30 UTC 2025), Entry for Jesse B Gant and Lillian H Gant, 1920.
24. "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZNX-PSQ : 24 May 2014), James John Hrabal, 21 Jan 1926; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 2844, Mclennan, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
25. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QD-KSG : Sun Jan 19 22:33:57 UTC 2025), Entry for Sadie Smith and J B Grant, 21 Mar 1927.
26. "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8QR-SWG : 1 January 2015), Lorine Gant in entry for Francis Gant, 12 Feb 1928; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
"United States, Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMNV-86Z : Sat Mar 09 09:29:20 UTC 2024), Entry for J B Gant and Lillian Gant, 1930.
27. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QY-Y58 : Sun Jan 19 02:18:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Francis Loraine Wade and Otis Wade, 23 Mar 1928.
28.  "United States, Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMNV-86Z : Sat Mar 09 09:29:20 UTC 2024), Entry for J B Gant and Lillian Gant, 1930.
29. "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZDZ-9HL : 24 May 2014), Jessie B. Gant, 22 Jan 1934; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 2943, Hill, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
30. "Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TY-YFM : 14 April 2023), Mertie Glass, 1936.
31. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K393-ZKG : Thu Jul 11 10:29:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Laura Leona McMurray and J B Gant, 3 Feb 1941.
32. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3H4-FNB : Mon Jul 22 15:09:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Lillian Hannah Gant and Jacob Hoffman, 3 Jun 1961.
 

Pictures taken on 18 August 2020

Anton H Willmann

On 22 December 1809, Anton H Willmann was born in Rauschwitz (nowadays Ruszowice, Poland). 

There are two villages of the name Ruszowice/ Rauschwitz in Lower Silesia. 

Map data @2021 GeoBasis DE-BKG(@2009), Google

 

The one in the north is situated in Głogów County. The village used to be headquarters of various military leaders during the wars which rolled over Europe in the 17th and 18th century. In 1631, almost all families were swept by a plague, only 7 couples survived.

The other Ruszowice (more to the south) is a small village situated in Lower Silesia, Kłodzko Valley, Poland. The nearest bigger cities are Kłodzko (about 7 miles from the village), 

Map data @2021 Google

 

and Wrocław, the capital of the region (about 50 miles from Ruszowice).

Map data @2021 Google GeoBasis-DE/BKG (@2099 Google)

Ruszowice is one of the oldest settlements in the Kłodzko area. It was first mentioned in documents in 1347 as Rauschwicz. The place was part of the property which belonged to various knechts and noble families. Considering the places where Anton's wife and children were born, the southern Ruszowice is more likely to be the place of his origin. 

The agricultural village was a satellite of a bigger village called Piszkowice, and part of the St. John the Baptist (Roman Catholic) parish. The seat of the Rauschwitz owners was in Piszkowice as well. They lived in the palace (built in the 17th century). If you happen to be in the area, visit the palace, you can also rent a room there.

Palace in Piszkowice

 

In 1631, 15 farmers lived in Ruszowice, in 1653, there were 7 farmers more. The village was developing.

village Ruszowice (Rauschwitz)

In the 18th century, the village belonged to the von Haugwitz family. In 1782, Ruszowice (Rauschwitz) had 54 buildings, including a grange. 

Ruszowice - column of Holy Mary founded in 1802

 

When Anton was born, the village of Rauschwitz belonged then to Anton von Haugwitz (until 1818/9). 

Baron Friedrich A Falkenhausen became the owner of Piszkowice and the nearby villages, including Rauschwitz, when Anton Willman was about ten years old.

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 After the administrative reform of Prussia, in 1815, Rauschwitz became part of Lower Silesia, and after 1816, territoriality, the village was part of Lankreis Glatz (Kłodzko). When Anton was 16, there was still a grange and 57 other buildings in Rauschwitz.

Anton Willmann married Miss Therese Knolle who also lived in the Lower Silesia Region, in the village of Pohldorf (nowadays Paszków). 

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The couple had five children 

• Hermann Anton - born 9 September 1841, 
• Therese - born 15 October 1843, 
•  Pius Frederick born 1846,
  
•  Maria - born 18 March 1848 in Alt-Lomnitz (Stara Łomnica)
  

 

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• and August Anton born 2 October 1851. Two of their other babies died in infancy.

Not all peasants who lived in Rauschwitz had any land. Only the richest ones were able to provide and feed their families. Others had to work for the village owner, and farm the acres which belonged to him. There were only a few craftsmen in the village. Anton worked as a cabinetmaker and a stonemason. 

In the early 1850s, Anton Willmann, his siblings, and their immediate families decided to leave their homes. The possibility of emigration to Texas brought the perspective and hope for a better life. They all packed their belongings and first went to Bremen. There, the family boarded a ship and left for New Braunfels, Texas. The vessel first reached Galveston, then Indianola. According to the Indianola Database, the day of Willmans' arrival, on the bark von Vineke, was 26 December 1852. The register mentions Anton Willmann, Johannes Willmann, Caroline Willmann, Anna Willmann (born 9 June 1829, Neu Heide /Nowa Polanica, Kłodzko County/, Lower Silesia), and Johanna Willmann (1).

Other records mention also Joseph Willmann, his wife (Juliana Klaar) and 5 children. According to that, they all traveled to Texas on Friedrich Grosse (2). 

On ♡ 22 May 1853, Anna Willmann, Anton's sister married Heinrich Soefje (3, 4) whose first wife passed a bit earlier. Heinrich August Konrad Soefje had a baby boy August Heinrich, born in 1851.

 

In the autumn of 1853, the members of the extended Willmann family got to New Braunfels by wagons.

At first, the family rented a farm. In 1854, Therese, the mother of the family passed away. About a year later, Anton remarried on 14 June 1855. His second spouse was Kristine Nisz (Niess) (5).

 

The family lived at Bracken not far from New Braunfels. 

♦ William Anton was born to Anton and Christina Willmann on 16 March 1856.

♦ John William (Johann Wilhelm), another son, came to this world on 14 April 1857 (6).

In the very same year, according to the Texas Tax Rolls, Johann and Anton paid taxes for the land by Comal Creek which originally belonged to Mr. B. Simons (Johann 100 acres, Anton 220 acres), and Joseph rented 220 acres from J M Veramendi. Anton also had 1 horse worth $10 then, 14 head of cattle, 1 wagon, and 2 hogs. The total value of his entire property was $620 (7).

♦ Daughter Anna was born to Anton and Christina on 30 August 1859 (8).

In 1859, Anton had 320 acres (the original owner was B. Simons). Most probably he took over the 100 which Johannes had rented before. The latter one is not mentioned in the tax records. Anton's hog herd had grown up to 14 animals. The value of the man's property grew as well. In 1859 its was worth $1010. Joseph farmed 17 acres rented from Mr. Veramendi (9). The "Mason County Historical Book"* mentions that Anton bought 320 acres of unimproved land. Johannes helped his brother to clear the land and build a log house and a water system which supplied the water to the house. Later, they built another house situated on a hill.

About a year later, on 23 August 1860, the Census found Anton and Christine's family out of the Corporation of New Braunfels, in Comal County, Texas. The couple lived there with their 8 children, Hermann, Theresa, Pius, Maria, August, Wilhelm, Johannes, Anna, and their brother Johannes. Anton was registered as a farmer, Hermann was a wagoner and Anton's brother Johannes was a stonemason (10).

♦ On 9 December 1860, another daughter Mathilde was born to the Anton Willmanns (11).

Anton's livestock was growing. In 1860, he had 2 horses and 20 head of cattle (12). Two years later it was 3 horses and 41 head of cattle (13). The records from 1865 inform that at that time Anton still rented 320 acres from GWB Simon and also 320 acres from Charles H Artzt. The man then owned 3 horses and 25 head of cattle as well (14).  

Another merry occasion to celebrate came on ♡ 22 September 1861, when Anton's daughter, Therese married Dirks Jansen Gerdes (15), the son of Jann Harm Gerdes and Fenne Dirks Telken. Dirks was born on 16 December 1841.

♦ 1862 - son Heinrich Wilhelm is born.

♦ 21 September 1863, daughter Emilie was born.

♦ 16 February 1865, daughter Louise was born (16).

♦ 20 May 1866, daughter Caroline Maria was born (17).

♦ Anton Heinrich was born on 31 August 1867 (18).

♦ 18 August 1868, daughter Christiane was born.

1869 - Anton Willman took care of 427 acres from two landowners, raised 7 horses and 94 head of cattle (19). In the same year, his ♡ daughter, Marie married Karl Ludwig Theodor Mumme (born on 24 February 1838).

A census clerk came to the home of Anton and Christina's on 16 August 1870. They lived at Justice Precinct No. 2, Comal County. The value of Anton's real estate was given as $1000. The value of his personal estate was $1220. The clerk who visited the Willmans was Mr. Charles Gehren (20).

♦ 20 September 1871, another daughter, Wilhelmine (Minna) came to this world.

♦ 9 January 1872, Bertha, the youngest daughter of Anton and Christina's was born.

♦ On 2 February 1876, Daniel Friedrich was born to the family of Anton and Christina (21).

Anton H Willmann was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. In Texas, he observed the Methodist camp meetings (at first from a distance). Later, he joined the congregation and became a devoted Methodist. At some point, the man was also the Sunday school class leader and led the Sunday service as well (22).

♡ 20 June 1877, Hermann, the oldest son of Anton and Therese, married Miss Emilie Kutz (23), who was born on 21 June 1851.

A year later, Anton took care of  384 acres of land (24).

♡ 1878 - August, son of Anton and Therese, married Miss Sophie Jordan (born 23 March 1854), the daughter of Ernst Jordan and Lisette Bickenbach.

10 June 1880 census clerk, Mr. F P Hoffmann recorded the Anton Willmanns in Justice Precinct No. 2, Comal County. The children Wilhelm (age 24), Anna age 21), Heinrich (age 18), Caroline (age 14), Anton (age 11), Christiane (age 9), Minna (age 8), Bertha (age 7), and Daniel (age 4) lived with the parents in the family home. Mrs. Willmann had a helper, in the person of Mrs. Henriette Brecher (age 69). The servant lady was a divorcee and lived with the Willmanns as well (25).

♡ 10 November 1881, another wedding was celebrated in the family. Johann Wilhelm/John William married Miss Hulda Hoffmann in Guadalupe, Texas (26). 

Two months later, on ♡ 30 December 1880, son Wilhelm Anton married Miss Christine Leifeste (born on 11 November 1860, Mason County). Wilhelm's in-laws were Heinrich Karl Christian Leifeste and Christina Evers.

In 1883, Anton sold the place in the New Braunfels area and the family relocated to Mason County. They made their home at the Comanche Creek where Anton ran a farm and ranch as well.

♡ Emilie married her brother-in-law Daniel Jordan (born 8 December 1860, Mason County, TX).

The year 1887 was quite eventful as it brought the weddings of Anton and Christina's three daughters.

♡ Louise got married on 17 February (27). Her spouse was Mr. John Peter Dechert Jr. (born 5 December 1861 in Luckenbach), the son of John Peter Dechert and Ernstine Platz.

♡ Christiana married Mr. Erhardt Frederick Stengel (born 26 November 1862, New Orleans, Louisiana).

Wilhelmina left the family home on 14 October 1891 (28). She became the wife of Mr.  Alfred D Fischer (born 4 June 1868 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX). The two got married in Fredericksburg. Albert was the son of Mr. Hermann Fischer and Ms. Anna Elizabeth Stiehl.

 

At the end of his life, Anton Willmann sold his land to his youngest son Daniel. ♦ Mr. Anton Willmann Sr. died on 28 July 1891. He was buried at Art Methodist Cemetery.

Six years later, Bertha Mary married Ernest A Frenzel (born 28 April 1866, Germany), the son of Karl Frenzel and Wilhelmine Hunger. Ernest came to Texas in 1870 (29,30).

Daniel married Miss Ernestine Wilhelmine Grote (born 3 January 1880 in Texas to Fritz Adolph Grote and Wilhelmina Jordan). After her death, Dan remarried, his second wife was Wilhelmina Anna Steinmann (born 21 January 1877, Mason County to Louis William Steinmann and Margarete Hasse).

After Anton's death, Christina Willmann lived at the home of her daughter Emily and son-in-law Daniel Jordan. A room had been added to their house in order to accommodate the mother of the family. At the end of her life, Christina suffered from a very bad hip joint which gave her much pain. Because of that, she could hardly move, even when using a cane. The lady ♦ passed on 7 November 1913. Four days earlier, on 3 November, the Emma and Daniel's daughter Dina died as well. The funeral ceremonies were held at the Daniel Jordans' house (31).

Photos: 

• Piszkowice castle: by Jacek Halicki - own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58160312   
• Ruszowice village: photo by Tomasz Leśniowski - Praca własna, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59796506
• Holy Mary Column: photo by Jacek Halicki - own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71744189
  

Resources:

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

Findagrave.com 

Google Maps 

Wikipedia

1. Victoria Regional History Center

2. "New Homes  in a New Land. German Immigration to Texas 1847-1861" by Ethel Hander Geue, Waco, Texas, 1970.

3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL43-T52 : 10 March 2021), Heinrich Sofge and Anna Willmann, 22 May 1853; citing Comal, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,014,966.

4. Comal County, Texas Marriages

5. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4Q-SQJ : 10 March 2021), Anton Willmann and Christine Nisz, 14 Jun 1855; citing Comal, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,014,966. 

6. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37S-XHL : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann in entry for John William Willmann, 15 Oct 1928; citing certificate number 44780, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,661.

7. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-7P52 : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1857.

8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Z8-T7R : 20 February 2021), Antone Willmann in entry for Anna Fischer, 22 Jun 1952; citing certificate number 26375, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,075,085.

9. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-7T79 : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1859.

10. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFX-NP3 : 18 February 2021), Johann Willmann in entry for Anton Willmann, 1860.

11. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS11-JBG : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann in entry for Mathilda Seiler, 29 Jan 1935; citing certificate number 2400, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,252.

12. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-7Y8N : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1860.

13. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-WMMK : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1862.

14. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-W39J : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1865.

15. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4Q-VQD : 10 March 2021), Dirks Gerdes and Therese Willmann, 22 Sep 1861; citing Comal, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,014,966.

16. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CN-33M : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann in entry for Louise Dechert, 14 Dec 1922; citing certificate number 34403, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,650.

17. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33N-MLD : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann in entry for Caroline Mary Sherwood, 22 Nov 1957; citing certificate number 69876, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,926.

18. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M1-MGH : 20 February 2021), Antone Henry Willman, 07 Jan 1941; citing certificate number 4094, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,244.

19. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-W4T2 : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1869.

20. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG5-4YS : 29 May 2021), Emilie Willmann in entry for Anton Willmann, 1870.

21. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LL8-Y5PZ : 14 February 2020), Anton Wilmann in entry for Daniel Friedrich Willmann, 1876. 

22. A letter written by August Willmann Sr. shared by his descendant Mr. M. Willmann in a Facebook genealogy group.

23."Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL45-7H9 : 10 March 2021), Hermann Willmann and Emilie Kutz, 20 Jun 1877; citing Comal, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,014,967.

24. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-WK3G : 20 February 2021), Anton Willmann, 1877.

25. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF1-13P : 20 February 2021), Wilhelm Willmann in household of Anton Willmann, Precinct 2, Comal, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 29C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,297. 

26. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-L7GQ : 23 February 2021), John Willmann and Hulda Hoffmann, 10 Nov 1881; citing Marriage, citing Guadalupe, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,035,073.

27. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9K73 : 22 December 2016), John P. Dechert and Louise Willmann, 17 Feb 1887; citing , Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.

28. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9J11 : 10 March 2021), Albert D. Fischer and Minnie Willmann, 14 Oct 1891; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.

29. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1T-2WN : 20 February 2021), Ernest Frenzel, 09 May 1928; citing certificate number 19801, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,539.

30. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32R-27W : accessed 20 June 2021), Ernst Frenzel, Justice Precinct 5 (south & east of r.r.), Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 13A, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,612.

31. "Yesterday in The Texas Hill Country" by Gilbert Jordan, Texas A&M University Press, College Station and London,1979.