Johann Joachim Schmidt and Family

Quite a few men by the name of Schmidt came to the Fredericksburg area in the second half of the 19th century.Since Schmidt is quite a common surname, not all the people were related to each other.

One of them was Johann Joachim Heinrich Schmidt, born in Gresenhorst, Mecklenburg on 5 April 1826*. The baby, son of Johann Heinrich Schmidt and Marie Lisch Bruedegam was baptized 4 days later at the Evangelische Kirche in Blankenhagen, Ribnitz, Mecklemburg-Schwerin, Germany (1)**. 

On 25 November 1847 (2), Johann married Johanne Karoline Wilhelmine Koenig, daughter of Kuno Ludwig Koenig and Anna Katharine Fett. Johanne was born in Klein Mueritz, Mecklenburg, on 21 June 1818, and baptized on 27 June in Evangelische Kirche Volkenshagen (3).

 

Johann and Wilhelmine's sons were given similar or even the same names. In some cases, they did not use the first names as the main ones. It made my research difficult and quite confusing. It was easy to get lost in who was who.

I. Ludwig Karl Heinrich (Heinrich) - born in Klein Mueritz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 29 June 1847/baptized on 4 July (4) in Evangelische Kirche. Stadtkirche Ribnitz (Mecklenburg-Schwerin); 

II. Johann Wilhelm - born in Klein Mueritz , Mecklenburg on 26 September 1849/1940;

III. Wilhelm Heinrich Theodor - born in Klein Mueritz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 6 March 1852/baptized 14 March (5).

IV. Ludwig Karl Heinrich - born in Klein Mueritz, Mecklenburg on 23 December 1854/baptized 7 January 1855 (6);

V. Bertha Ernestine Johanna - born in Klein Mueritz, Mecklenburg on 26 Aug 1857/baptized 6 September (7);

VI. Bernhard Friedrich Johann (Fritz) - born in Klein Mueritz, Mecklenburg on 26 June 1860 (8);

VII. Karl Friedrich Heinrich - born in Klein Mueritz  on 12 December 1863/baptized on 25 December 1863 (9);

VIII. August Theodor Johann- born in Kelin Mueritz, Mecklenburg on 20 September 1865/baptized 8 October (10).

 

The three oldest sons of Johann and Karoline were Mariners in the Prussian Navy, in the service of Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. Johann Wilhelm served for 2.5 years and was also a sailor for 9 years.

Ludwig in his teenage years happened to damage his trigger finger when he was chopping fodder. The finger healed but it stayed permanently bent. Due to that, he was disqualified from the military service. and worked as a head servant at a big farm estate.

👉 Census in Germany 1867 -  Johann ("arbeiter"/worker), his wife Wilhelmine, and their children lived in Klockenhagen, district Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. I. Heinrich worked as "Schiffskoch"/ship's cook. Other kids who appear in the register are Ludwig, Bertha, Fritz, and August. II. Johann was in Rostock then, and III.Wilhelm was registered in Klein Mueritz (11). Possibly, he was visiting his mother's family (?). VII.Karl Friedrich Heinrich was not listed there. The boy had most likely passed away by then.

According to the family history, III.Wilhelm Heinrich Theodor died during his maritime service. Tragically, he fell from a mast on the ship deck during a storm while helping a young sailor.  The story tells that Wilhelm was then buried at sea and it happened in the Yokohama Bay in about 1872.

I found III.Wilhelm Theodor Heinrich's death record (with the names of his parents). The church book says that the man died on 18 June 1874 and was buried on 21 June at the Evangelische Kirche. Stadtkirche Ribnitz church cemetery (12).

Ludwig Koenig, Wilhelmine's brother, was the first family member who left the old country in 1852 and emigrated to America. The man settled close to Fredericksburg, TX. Heinrich, the eldest son of Johann and Karolina, came to New York in 1873. Then, he led a farmer's life at Meusebach Creek, near Fredericksburg.
In the same year, on ♦ 28 January, Johann Joachim Schmidt's mother Marie Lisch Bruedegam passed away in Bartelshagen, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (13). When his father, Joachim Heinrich, died, I do not know.

🚢 Johann, Karolina, and their children Johann W, Ludwig, Friedrich, August, and Bertha boarded a ship in Bremen and left Germany on 4 November 1875. The party was accompanied by Ludwig's fiancee, 20-year-old Lisette Lehmann, and Johann W's wife, Amalia Thomson. The family arrived in New Orleans and then, by a steamer went to Galveston, Texas. Ludwig and Lisette stayed in Galveston until they earned enough money to get train tickets to Austin. A few ox teams waited for the Schmidts in the city, including the oldest son Heinrich, and August Koenig, Wilelmine's brother. The latter had come to Texas in 1852. August's son Louis Adolph Koenig later married Ludwig and Lisette's eldest daughter Bertha.

Fritz, Lisette's brother served as an infantryman and later was a mail carrier for the German government. August cavalryman settled in Nebraska, where sister Dora had gone before.

🏠 Johann Schmidt and his wife Karoline settled on a farm in Doss. During the first year at the new place, all the family (besides Ludwig) worked at the farm in Doss (rented by Johann Joachim Schmidt). Ludwig worked at Heinrich's farm at Meusebach Creek. The $1400 that Johann had brought to Texas (the money from selling his farm in Germany) was soon gone as they all needed food, various household tools, and other items. Lisette worked as a maid at a family house in Austin.

 

⚭ 3 November 1876 - Ludwig married Lisette Lehmann (14), the daughter of Christian Nicholaus Albrecht Lehmann and Blondine Millahn. Ludwig and Lisette were married by Pastor K. Weiss at Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg.

Lisette was born in Blankenhagen on 22 July 1855. In Germany, she worked as a maid at a farmer's house. Ludwig and Lisette had 7 children. At first, the young couple lived and worked at August and Sophie Koenig's place. Just before their first child was born, Ludwig and Lisette moved to a farm close to Live Oak. They rented the place that belonged to Mr. Schroeder. A few years later, Ludwig and his family relocated and they lived in Fredericksburg, where the man worked at a flour mill. In about 1886, they moved again, and then a few times more as Ludwig was a sharecropper. The couple had 15 children.

Johann Joachim Schmidt purchased a farm at Meusebach Creek and the family relocated there as well. Sometime later, the man bought a farm three miles west of the town of Fredericksburg, where he lived until his passing.

⚭ 13 May 1878 - Bertha was married to Heinrich Kuhlmann (15), son of Johann Peter Kuhlmann and Anna Margarete Sauer.

⚭ 26 December 1878 - Heinrich (Ludwig Karl Heinrich) married Anna Kuhlmann (16), daughter of f Johann Peter Kuhlmann and Anna Margarete Sauer. 4 children.

VI. Friedrich (Bernhard Friedrich Johann) married Bertha Treibs on ⚭ 22 February 1883 (17). She was the daughter of Jacob Treibs and Catharine Durst. Fridrich farmed until he fell and as a result of a concussion got blind.

👉 Census 1880 Johann Schmidt (farmer, age 63), his wife Wilhelmine, and son August (age 15) were registered in Justice Precinct 2, Gillespie, Texas. Heinrich (age 32), his wife Anna (age 28), and their son Gustav (6 months) lived in the next house (18).

Johann Joachim Schmidt passed away on ♦ 14 July 1887. He was buried in the cemetery in Fredericksburg, TX.

⚭ 8 May 1889 - August married Martha Strackbein (19), born 28 April 1869, the daughter of Johann Heinrich Strackbein and Katharine Elisabethe Crenwelge. August and his wife had 7 children.

Johann's wife Wilhelmine died on ♦ 18 November 1893. The family farm was then purchased by Johann's son August. At the beginning of the 20th century, August sold the farm and bought land on Llano Road.

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*In the book "Ludwig Heinrich and Lisette Lehmann Schmidt", Wilhelmina Anna Karolina Koenig's birth date is given as 21 December 1818 and Johann Schmidt's birthday is noted as 9 April 1828.

** Since there are discrepancies in the sources, regarding Johann's date of birth, I do hope the names of Johann's parents given above are correct.

Sources:
"Ludwig Heinrich and Lisette Lehmann Schmidt" by Ruth Schmidt Dyar, Nortex Press, Austin, Texas, 1994.

Findagrave.com

1. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJ5-2HW3 : 19 May 2023), Johann Joachim Schmidt, 9 Apr 1826; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Blankenhagen, Blankenhagen, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Dänschenburg, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

2. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVQ-W52C : 17 May 2023), Johann Schmidt in entry for Johann Joachim Schmidt, 25 Nov 1847; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

3. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKQ-WT8W : 19 May 2023), Wilhelmine Anna Carolina König, 27 Jun 1818; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Rostock u Volkenshagen, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

4. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPV3-R9BL : 17 May 2023), Johann Joachim Heinrich Schmidt in entry for Schmidt, 4 Jul 1847; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
5. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPV3-T19C : 17 May 2023), Johann Heinrich Schmidt in entry for Wilhelm Heinrich Theodor Schmidt, 14 Mar 1852; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
6. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVQ-4F33 : 17 May 2023), Johann Joachim Schmidt in entry for Ludwig Carl Heinrich Schmidt, 7 Jan 1855; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
7. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVQ-WR92 : 17 May 2023), Johann Joachim Schmidt in entry for Bertha Ernestine Johanna Schmidt, 6 Sep 1857; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
8. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPV3-1STB : 17 May 2023), Johann Joachim Schmidt in entry for Bernhard Friedrich Johann Schmidt, 15 Jul 1860; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
9. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVQ-C2JS : 17 May 2023), Johann Joachim Heinrich Schmidt in entry for Carl Friedrich Heinrich Schmidt, 25 Dec 1863; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
10. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPV3-YLB3 : 17 May 2023), Johann Joachim Heinrich Schmidt in entry for August Theodor Johann Schmidt, 8 Oct 1865; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Ribnitz, Ribnitz, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
11. "Deutschland, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Volkszählung, 1867", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3S-Z4J9 : Thu Oct 05 07:42:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Johann Schmidt and Wilhelmine Schmidt, 03 Dec 1867.
12. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPVQ-3TW1 : 17 May 2023), König in entry for Wilhelm Theodor Heinrich Schmidt, 21 Jun 1874; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Ribnitz, Ribnitz, Ribnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Ribnitz, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
13. familysearch.org
14. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-25P : 10 March 2021), Ludwig Schmidt and Lisette Lehmann, 03 Nov 1876; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.
15. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-PM9 : 10 March 2021), Henry Kuhlmann and Bertha Schmidt, 13 May 1878; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.
16. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX3B-55N : 22 January 2020), Heinrich Schmidt, 1878.
17. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-9JQV : 10 March 2021), Friedrich Schmidt and Bertha Treibs, 22 Feb 1883; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.
18. "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFN8-LTD : Thu Oct 05 10:17:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Johann Schmidt and Wilhelmine Schmidt, 1880.

19. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXSN-79Z : 10 March 2021), August Schmidt and Martha Strackbein, 08 May 1889; citing Gillespie County, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,802.

 

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Photos included in this post were taken during our walk on 3 August 2020.

 

 

One Birth And Baptism Certificate

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

Sister Caroline Phillipena passed on ♦ 24 January 1937.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PS

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

Sources:

findagrave.com, 

bible-hub.com

1. Galveston Immigration Database.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Mason County Marriages

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

12.  Mason County Marriages 

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Mason County Marriages 

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

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

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

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

Fritz Brandenberger

The surname Brandenberger comes from the name Brandenburg which was later changed to Brandenberg. The Brandenberger family originates in the village of Adetswil, Bäretswil municipality, canton Zurich, Switzerland. If you want to know what Branderberger means, it is "fire on the mountain".

Friedrich Brandenberger was born on 29 November 1823 in Bern, Bern, Switzerland (1), to parents Hans Heinrich Brandenberger (born 5 May 1780) and his second wife Anna Katharina Gasser (christened on 16 January 1791). The baby boy was baptized on 11 January of the following year.

Bern, Switzerland

Little Fritz was the fifth child in the family. He had a half-sister Elisabetha (born on 30 November 1810), born to Hans Heinrich Brandenberger (a stable/dairyman) and his first wife Elisabeth Rieben. His other elder siblings, all born in the city of Bern, were:

brothers 

• Johannes - christened on 11 February 1813 (2), 
• Heinrich Johann - christened on 26 February 1816 (3),
  
• Jakob Kaspar Heinrich - born on 27 April 1818 (4), and sisters 
• Maria Elisabetha - born on 28 November 1819 (5), 
  
• Anna Maria - born on 20 September 1821 (6).

 

On 9 October 1925, brother Rudolph Gottlieb joined the family (7). Two years later, on 27 February, the youngest sister Maria Elisabeth came (8).

In March 1832, brother Johannes left for India (Java) with his military unit in the service of the Netherlands. 

When Friedrich was 11, on ♦ 17 November 1834, the boy's father died. Fritz learned the saddler's trade. 

Another death came to the Brandenberger family on 10 April 1839, when half-sister ♦ Elizabetha Brandenberger Mueller passed.

1846 - grieving news came from India. Brother ♦ Johannes died on 20 June in Kendong Kebo.  In the same year, on 29 August, the family celebrated Jakob Heinrich's wedding. The brother married Miss Maria Magdalena Schorri, daughter of Jakob Schorri. Their son Friedrich was born three months later, on 3 October.

When emigration opportunities opened to the citizens of Switzerland, brother 29-year-old Jakob Heinrich (Henry) left the homeland and together with his wife 23-year-old Maria Magdalena, and their baby boy Friedrich started the voyage to America on 10 July 1847. On 4 September, the three were registered on the Steamer New York passenger. they traveled from New York to Ohio (9). They got to some time in Evansville, Indiana, in October 1848. In the very same month, Gottlieb and Friedrich left home to join Henry and his folks in America. In the meantime, Henry, Magdalena, and Friderich settled in Center Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana (10).

In 1850, Fritz was recorded there during the census in Switzerland Township, Monroe, Ohio. The man lived at the house of Nicolas Welter and his wife Mary, both natives of Switzerland as well. Fitz was a laborer then (11) and probably did odd jobs to make the ends meet (11). Later, Fritz reached Evansville, where ♡ Fritz married Ursula Würthner on 15 April 1854. The two brothers decided to go to California (with a group of other men) to look for gold. Since they did not find the mother load, the young men switched to a different, more profitable job. They raised hogs and sold them to prospectors.

Fritz and Ursula's child was born child ♦ Eliese (Elise) was born on 25 February 1855. Sadly, ♦ Ursula died due to childbirth complications. Friedrich took the baby daughter and, together with his mother Katharina went to Texas, where Gottlieb had obtained some acres and gone before them.

At first, Fritz did any job he could find. In 1860, the census found him in Mason County. He was a stock raiser then. He lived with his daughter Elise. Fritz's mother Katharine lived nearby with Gottlieb, his wife Maria, and their three sons (12).

When the Civil War time came, Fritz served in the 2nd Frontier Brigade under Capt. Hermann Biberstein (from 1 March 1861 to 15 February 1862). During that time, on ♡ 17 October 1861, Friedrich married Miss Ernestine Apelt Lehmann, the widow of Charles Lehmann, in Hilda, Mason, Texas (13, 14). They made their home at a ranch on Beaver Creek, near Gottlieb's.

In 1864, Private Brandenberger joined the 2nd Brigade again (15).

 

Friedrich and Ernestine Brandenberger were members of the German South Methodist Church and the Llano River Valley Circuit. In 1862, Fritz worked on the construction of the Methodist Church building on Beaver Creek. Elise was confirmed there on 12 November 1868 and did her school education in the same place.

Two years later, on 2 June, the Fritz Brandenberger family was recorded during the census by Mr. Francis Kettner, assistant Marshal. They lived in Mason County, Hedwig's Hill area. Fritz worked in farming (16), hired by other people until 13 December 1875, when he purchased 34,5 acres from Mr. F. Lemberg. 

A few months earlier, on 11 June 1874, ♡ Elise was married to Heinrich Konrad Pluenneke (17), son of Rev. H Konrad Pluenneke and his wife Sophie Leifeste.

In May 1875, Fritz bought more land (640 acres from H Kensing). Two months after that, on 24 July, Elise gave birth two her first son Alfred. The joy caused by the new arrival in the family did not last long. Baby ♦ Alfred died six days later.

Two years later, mourning came again, ♦ baby girl Alma, born to Elize and Heinrich on 17 November 1877, lived only one day.

At the end of September 1878, Fritz expanded his farm. On the 30th day of that month, he purchased 3655 acres from Mr. W Geistweidt. All in all, Friedrich owned 4310 acres of land in the Mason County area.

2 December of the same year - grief struck the Fritz Brandenberger family. Daughter Elise died while giving birth to baby girl Augusta Amalia Elisabeth. Elise was buried at the Lower Creek Cemetery. Her sister-in-law Johanna looked after the newborn baby Ellie.

In 1892, when the Methodist Episcopal Church was built in Mason, Fritz and his wife donated the bell to the church.

♦ Friedrich Brandenberger died on 5 September 1897. His wife ♦ Ernestine passed on 6 June 1896, both spouses were buried at Hilda Cemetery.

Resources:

Photo of Bern: H.Helmlechner, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

• "Brandenberger - A Family History" by Evelyn Duke Brandenberger and Frances Brandenberger Cole, 1975,
• "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976, 
• West Kerr Current, 20 September 2020.
  

1. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDF-D2K : 9 February 2020), Friedrich Brandenberger, 1823.

2. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDB-P89 : 9 February 2020), Johannes Brandenberger, 1813.

3. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVD1-94F : 9 February 2020), Heinrich Johann Brandenberger, 1816.

4. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDX-TXS : 9 February 2020), Jakob Kaspar Heinrich Brandenberger, 1818.

5. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDF-7JD : 9 February 2020), Anna Maria Brandenberger, 1821.

6. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDF-7JD : 9 February 2020), Anna Maria Brandenberger, 1821.

7. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDF-JYF : 9 February 2020), Rudolf Gottlieb Brandenberger, 1825.

8. "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDF-LYD : 9 February 2020), Maria Elisabeth Brandenberger, 1827.

9. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GP-C5R : 20 February 2021), Friedrich Brandenburger, 1847; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 2,315.

10. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVC-ZLX : 19 December 2020), Frederick Brandenberg in household of Henry Brandenberg, Center Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

11. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Q-5SJ : 21 December 2020), Frederick Brandenberg in household of Nicholas Welter, Switzerland Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 

12. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFV-SJL : 18 February 2021), Fredrick Brandenber, 1860.

13. Llano County, German Episcopal Methodist Church

14. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-W2G : 22 January 2020), Fritz Brandenberger, 1861.

15. "Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z44R-6LN2 : 18 June 2020), Pvt Fritz Brandenberger, 1864.

16. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-SPB : 29 May 2021), Fritz Brandenberg, 1870.

17. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-F6P : 22 January 2020), Elise Brandenberger in entry for H. Conrad Plunneke, 1874.

Henry Montgomery Dye Jr. & Family

Henry Mongtgomery Jr. was born in Dallas on 30 Nov. 1857. He was the eldest son and the second child of Henry Montgomery Dye Sr., MD, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Skiles.

Henry M. Jr. lived in Mason County for many years. He moved to the Hill Country with his parents and siblings when his father needed the change of climate due to his health problems. There the young Mr. Dye met his future spouse.

In 1878, Henry Montgomery Jr. married Miss Caroline Philippena Lehmann, whose parents were Moritz Lehmann and Auguste Adam. After the young couples' marriage, they must have gone back to the Dallas area as Henry Jr.'s family was registered during the Census in 1900. At that time, they lived in Justice Precinct 5, between Dallas/McKinney rd. & Muddy Creek, Collin, TX. Henry Dye Jr. worked as a dry goods salesman then (1).

By 1910, Mr. Dye Jr.'s family lived in Justice Precinct 1, Mason, TX. Henry ran a farm that he rented (2).

Henry M. Junior and Caroline Dye had seven children, one daughter Augusta May and six sons
William Henry, Arthur C, George Christie, Harold Morris, Uriah Baxter, and Tom Moseley.

May (b. 3 May 1883 in Loyal Valley, Mason, TX) married Rev. Claude Livingston Smith (b. 26 Dec. 1872, Amacolola, Dawson, Georgia/d. 22 April 1946, Sao Paulo, Brazil), son of Wilbur Fisk Smith. The couple served 50 years in Sao Paulo, Brazil as Methodist missionaries.

Rev. Claude L Smith  1918 (2)

The letter from the Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Missions was attached to Rev. Smith's passport application (3)

May and Claude had four children. Three of them were born in Brazil. The oldest son Wilbur K was later a Methodist Church bishop in Sao Paulo.

Wilbur K Smith - age 5 (2)

George Christie Dye (b. 19 March 1885 in Texas/d. 30 May 1963, Dallas, Dallas, TX) was a carpenter.

Harold Morris Dye (b. 20 June 1888, Loyal Valley, Mason, TX/d. 18 Dec. 1947, Dallas, TX). At the time when he was drafted in the Army (WWI), he was single and worked as a clerk in Dallas. Harold was a tall man with brown hair and brown eyes (4).

Harold was honorably discharged on 31 Dec. 1918 (5).

Uriah Baxter Dye was born on 16 April 1890 in Georgetown, Williamson, Texas (6). He lived in Mason until his death in 1970. Baxter married Florrie Pluenneke on 29 August 1916 in Gillespie, TX (7).

Florentine Emilie was the daughter of Mr. Karl Friedrich Miss Emilie Pluenneke.
Baxter worked as a jitney driver and was self-employed.  He was a tall man of medium built, gray eyes and brown hair. The man had hearing difficulties (8).

The Baxter Dyes had four sons, one son died when he was little. Their oldest son Charlie Henry was born on 6 Dec. 1918 in Dallas. He married Miss Winnie Marie Alexander on 27 Sept. 1940 in Fredericksburg, TX (9).

Winnie was from McCulloch County. The couple had one son Timothy who lived in Denver Colorado, and one daughter Carolyn who married Mr. Calvin Johnson.

Mr. Dye was a livestock farmer. He was elected county commissioner of Precinct 4 twice, in 1970 and 1974.

Richard M Dye (b. 8 Oct. 1920), the second son of Charles and Winnie (10), was born in Mason County. The man married Miss Gloria Clark of El Paso. He was the president of K & D Development and Construction Company in El Paso.

Herbert Thomas, the youngest son of Charlie's, was born in Mason, Mason County on 28 June 1923 in Mason. He married Miss Edith Roberts, a girl from McCulloch County. Herbert T was a farmer-rancher in Trenton, Kentucky.

Henry Mongtomery Jr.'s two sisters married the men from the Keyser family who lived in Keyserville, Mason County, TX.

In 1879, Euphemia Priscella Dye's (b. 17 May 1859, Plano, Collin, TX) spouse became Mr. William G Keyser (b. 7 July 1859).

Minnie May Dye (b. about 1869) married George Christian Keyser (b. 10 Nov. 1864, Mason, TX), a stockman, on 4 Dec.1884. Both William and George were sons of Christian Johann Keyser and Caroline Ottmers.

Minnie and George's children were Myrtle, Flora, Minnie, and Amzie H. George died on 6 March 1938 due to a tragic incident, the man shot himself accidentally (11).

The eulogy published in a local newspaper after his death told more about the accident.

Clipping source: The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1936, newspaper, March 12, 1936; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823821/: accessed July 18, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.

As for the children

Florrie Keyser married Mr. Friedrich Karl Perry Pluenneke.

Minnie Keyser married Rev. Bascom Watts, bishop of the Methodist church.

Amzie Henry Keyser married Miss Minnie Ida Concordia (Cordie) Pluenneke, daughter of Charlie Pluenneke and Emilie Lehmburg. The marriage took place on 30 July 1909 in Llano County (12).

Amzie and Cordie lived in Keyersville. Their son Lester Langford Keyser, MD was a co-founder of Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic.

Lester was born on 20 Oct. 1910 near Castell. He gained his education at Mason High School and Southwestern College in Georgetown and then John Sealy Medical School. Lester graduated from the latter school with a medical degree in 1937.

The internship took him 2 years, later he practiced in Fredericksburg until 1959. In that year he became the head of the Southern Methodist University Medical health Center in Dallas. The end of his earthy life came to Dr. Keyser suddenly on 7 January 1969 when he was enjoying a symphonic concert (13).

Amzie Henry Keyser, Lester's father, died of influenza on 10 Feb. 1937 (14).

Two family lines connect us to Mr. Henry Montgomery Dye Jr.

#1

Henry Montgomery Dye Jr.
⇒ his sister Eliza Belle (Dye) Anglea (b. 21 March 1861, Collin, TX/d. 9 Dec. 1891, Plano, Collin, TX)
⇒ her husband Andrew Benjamin Anglea (6 June 1853, Sumner County, Tennessee/d. 31 May 1928, Birdville, Tarrant, TX) - our 2nd cousin twice removed
⇒ his mother Elizabeth Sarah (Gant) Anglea (b. 4 August 1834, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 22 August 1891) - our 1st cousin 3 times removed
⇒ her father Benjamin Thomas Gant
⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

#2

Henry Montgomery Dye Jr.
⇒ his sister Addie Lee (Dye) Brown (b. 23 June 1866, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 5 Jan 1930, Collin, TX)
⇒ her husband John Wesley Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1858, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 21 March 1934, Plano, Collin, TX)
⇒ his brother Robert Jefferson Davis Brown (b. 11 Sept. 1860, Sumner, TN/d. 23 May 1890, Bethany, Collin, TX)
⇒ his wife Rachel Clementine (Howard) Brown Gant - our grandmother

UPDATE

A message from Maggie M.:

"Hello, I'm a descendant of Andrew Benjamin Anglea and his second wife, Florence. I have some information about that side of the family if you ever want it. His mother's name was actually Sarah Elizabeth Gant and she moved down to Texas with her second husband, Philip Mabry, and her sons after her fist husband was shot at the end of the Civil War. She actually passed away 04/24/1904 in Plano, Texas."

Thank you Maggie for the information.

 
Resources:

1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-F2C: accessed 14 July 2020), Henry N Dye, Justice Precinct 5 (between Dallas/McKinney rd. & Muddy Creek), Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 3A, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621. 

2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2QH-Q8Q: accessed 14 July 2020), Henry M Dye, Justice Precinct 1, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 197, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1576; FHL microfilm 1,375,589.

3. "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-F4L8 : 16 March 2018), Claude Livingstone Smith, 1918; citing Passport Application, South Carolina, United States, source certificate #22743, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 537, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 

4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX3-N81: 24 August 2019), Harold M Dye, 1917-1918.

5. "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-6SLW : 13 March 2018), Harold M Dye, 26 Aug 1918; citing Military Service, Dallas,, Texas, United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.

6. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L24-GXW2: 12 March 2020), Baxter Uriah Dye.

7. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-8MPG : 10 December 2017), Baxter U Dye and Florentine Pleunnecke, 29 Aug 1916; citing Marriage, citing Llano, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 982,996.
8. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX3-N8T: 24 August 2019), Baxter Uriah Dye, 1917-1918. 

9. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8B-SNGM : 10 December 2017), Charles Henry Dye and Winnie Alexander, 27 Sep 1940; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,764,046.

10. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLQL-W7N : 15 July 2020), Richard Dye, 02 Jun 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

11. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HJ-TJ2 : 13 March 2018), George Christian Keyser, 06 Mar 1936; citing certificate number 16293, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,862.

12. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-PVWH : 10 December 2017), A H Keyser and Cordie Phuenneke, 05 Aug 1909; citing Llano, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,995.

13. https://img9.newspapers.com/clip/49018421/obituary-for-lester-l-keyser/

14. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HR-NCR : 13 March 2018), Amzie Henry Keyser, 10 Feb 1937; citing certificate number 10526, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,169.


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

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