Johann Heinrich Strackbein and Family

The research related to creating this post took me quite a lot of time.

As usual, I first tried to find as many sources of information on the family members as possible. Then, I analyzed and compared the data to discard discrepancies and possible errors. It was again followed by more research to complete the missing pieces of information and possibly find new threads. The fact that quite a few family members (both men and women) used the same given names, did not help at all. Quite contrary. All in all, here are the results of my work.

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Heinrich Strackbein was born on 9 September 1807 in Frohnhausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia. He was the son of Georg Andreas Strackbein (b. 2 November 1776, Frohnhausen/d. 28 November 1851, Frohnhausen), a miner and Marie Elisabethe Kunz (b. 18 July 1771, Frohnhausen/d. 26 September 1836, Frohnhausen).
Heinrich worked as a weaver in Frohnhausen and was also a citizen of Steinbrücken.

⚭ On 28 November 1830, he married Elisabeth Anna Eckhardt (born on 25 December 1809 in Steinbrücken), She was the daughter of Johann Philipp Eckhardt (b. 1 May 1783, Strassersbach/d. 3 February 1828, Steinbrücken) and A. Katharina Bräuer (b. 6 February 1778, Steinbrücken/d. 18 February 1833, Steinbrücken). The marriage ceremony took place in Steinbrücken.

Clipping source: Frohnhausen - religious marriage records 1817-1874

Children born to the couple in Steinbrücken:
♦ 27 November 1831 - daughter Elisabeth Katharine,
♦ 4 March 1834 - daughter Katharine Margarethe came to this world.

♦ Son Friedrich was born on 16 April 1836/ ♦ died 10 May 1836
♦ Christian was born on 7 May 1838/ ♦ died 13 June 1838.

♦ 22 November 1839 - Heinrich Johannes was born,
♦ 16 December 1842 - the oldest child/son, Christian Johann Heinrich, arrived.

🚢 On 15 August 1845, the family boarded brig Semiramus (Arminius) and sailed to Galveston where they arrived on 25 October of the same year (1). Heinrich had obtained a Fisher-Miller grant

The family traveled with other persons of their area, including Elisabeth's brother, Heinrich Anton Eckhardt, born in 1821 in Steinbrücken, and the Wickel, von Reede, Scholl, and Kraft families.

Jakob Aurand (b. on 19 December 1801 in Ebersbach), farmer and innkeeper in Steinbrücken, traveled with his wife Elizabeth Anna and their 6 children (all born in Steinbrücken):
♦ Jakob - born 10 June 1827,
♦ Friedrich -  born on 14 January 1830,
♦ Wilhelm Friedrich - 14 February 1835,
♦ Christine - b. on 22 March 1838,
♦ Wilhelmine - b. on 3 February 1841,
and ♦ Karl - born on 5 August 1844.

Their son, Daniel - born 4 July 1832/died on ♦ 10 September 1834 in Steinbrücken.
 
Jakob Aurand Sr. died on ♦ 10 June 1846* in New Braunfels (2) and was buried there (grave without a marker.)  He was the son of Johann Danie Aurand (b. 1756/d. 1813), church elder of Ebersbach and Anna Christine Blecher (b. 1760/d. 1885) of  Mandeln/lived in Ebersbach.

Before 1847, Heinrich's wife, Elisabeth Anna passed, too. Some time after that, the man remarried. His second wife was Elisabeth Aurand nee Wickel of Ebersbach, widow of Jakob Aurand. She was the daughter of Jakob Wickel the younger (b. 1777/d. 1813) and Anna Christine Nassauer (b. 1878/d. 1823). Elizabeth Anna was born on 18 July 1804*, in Steinbrücken.

1847 - Heinrich received town lot #147 in Fredericksburg, TX. Jakob Aurand owned lot #492 (3).

👉 Heinrich Strackbein (age 43), his second wife Elisabeth (age 45), and children were recorded in Fredericksburg during the 1850 census. The children were: Elisabeth (age 18), Christiana (Aurand? age 15), Henry (age 10), Christian (age 8), and Minna Aurand (age 8). The family name is given as Strackbein (4). I am not sure what happened to Karl Aurand. At first, I thought he might have died on their way to Texas, but another source** gives that Karl lived until 1934.

⚭ Elisabeth Katharine was married on 18 August 1851, to Johann Georg Steubing, Comal County, TX (5)

⚭ 15 December 1851, Gillespie, TX - Katharine Margarethe married Johann Durst (6) of Dettenhausen (born on 13 January 1829). Johan was the son of Johannes Durst and Christine Margaretha Binder.

👉 1855 - Heinrich paid taxes for 53 acres of land and 53 acres granted to J. Aurand (7)
18 November 1859 - Christine Aurand married Theodor Schlaudt from Westerburg (8), the son of Georg Schlaudt. Theodor was born on 6 March 1835.

⚭ 18 November 1859, in Gillespie, TX, Christine Aurand married Theodor Schlaudt (9). He was the son of Georg Schlaudt and was born on 6 March 1835.

👉 1860 - Henry Strackbein (age 52), Elizabeth (age 56), Henry (age 20), Christian (age 17), Fritz Aurand (age 30), a wagoner, and Minna Aurand (age 17) were registered in Precinct #2, Fredericksburg during the census (9).

The Civil War came - Christian Johann Heinrich and his brother Heinrich Johannes Strackbein served in the CA (10):

•     Company E, 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Yager's) (1st Mounted Rifles),
•     Company C, 8th Battalion, Texas Cavalry (Taylor's Battalion, Mounted Rifles).

⚭ 4 December 1865 - Wilhelmine Aurand married Wilhelm Wiedmann (11), the son of Christina Lauterwarser Wiedmann.

⚭ 2 April 1866 - Johann Heinrich Strackbein married Katherine Elisabeth Crenwelge (born on 26 March 1844), the daughter of Johann Peter Crenwelge and Katharine Henriette Siegmund (12).

♦ 29 Ferbuary 1868 - Heinrich Strackbein Sr., the father of the family, died.

👉 1870 Census -  Elizabeth Strackbein, the widow of Henry, lived with her daughter Minna and her husband Wilhelm (13).

⚭ 16 December 1870 - Christian Strackbein married Katharine Eckert (14), the daughter of Karl Friedrich Eckert and Eva Katharine Guthörle. 

♦ 2 December 1878 - Anna Elizabeth Wickel Aurand - Strackbein passed away. Interestingly, her gravemarker does not include the name Strackbein (?).

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According to the info given on findagrave.com, Friedrich Aurand received 320 acres of land between Fort Mason and Fort McKavett. Later, he relocated to Williamson county where he married Eliza Jane Montgomery on ⚭ 23 January 1862 (15).  Elisa died on 19 September 1889.

 

⚭ 24 December 1890 F. Aurand married Mrs. M J Haskeill (16). 

 

 

 

Another record reads that on ⚭ 4 August 1897, F. R. Aurand married Mrs. M. J.Williams (17). 

 

 

Unfortunately, I have not found much information on Friedrich Aurand. Nothing more on his brothers Jakob, Wilhelm Friedrich, and Karl either. In case of new founds, I will post an update below this post.

 

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*Dates according to the book mentioned below. Galveston database gives different dates:

Jakob Aurnad's death - 5 June 1846,  Elisabeth Wickel Aurand's birth date as 12 July 1804.

** geneanet.org

Sources:
"From Dillenburg to Texas. Emigration in the District of Dillenburg from 1845 to 1846" Ursula Hatzfeld, translated by Henry Salzhandler, El Gritodel Lobo Press, 2015.

1. Arminus passengers list
2. Deaths in New Braunfeld 1845-46
3. Fredericksburg, TX town lots - 18474. "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-LNG : Sun Mar 10 18:10:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Strachbine and Elizabeth Strachbine, 1850.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL43-PV3 : Fri Mar 08 16:49:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Mr. Johann G Henbing and Miss Cath Elizabeth Strackbei, 18 Aug 1851.
6. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX3B-BMJ : 22 January 2020), Katharine Strackbein in entry for John Durst, 1851.
7. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RNKV : Sun Mar 10 19:56:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Strackbein, 1855.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VC1 : Fri Mar 08 05:57:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Theodor Schlaudt and Christine Aurand, 18 Nov 1859.
9. "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFX-BTM : Fri Mar 08 16:48:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Strackbein and Elizabeth Strackbein, 1860.
10. Soldiers database
11. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-L8L : Sun Mar 10 22:30:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Wilhelm Wiedmann and Wilhelmine Aurant, 04 Dec 1865.
12. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1T-Q8T : 22 January 2020), Johann Heinrich Strackbein, 1866.
13. "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL5-NLN : Tue Mar 05 12:44:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Wm Wiedmann and Wilhelmina Wiedmann, 1870.
14. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VKZ : Sun Mar 10 21:06:32 UTC 2024), Entry for Christian Strackbein and Katharine Eckert, 16 Dec 1870.
15. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MK-H8L : 22 January 2020), Eliza Jane Montgomery in entry for Frederick Arrand, 1862.
16 "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-G6TQ : Sun Mar 10 10:28:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Mr F Aurand and M J Haskeill, 24 Dec 1890.
17. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6BW-L22 : Thu Mar 21 00:34:08 UTC 2024), Entry for F. R. Aurand and M. J. Williams, 04 Aug 1897.

Johann Keller and Katharine Menges

Johann Keller was the son of Johann Adam Keller (b. 1776) and Anna Maria Sanner, daughter of Johann Sanner and Anna Barbara Lembers. He was born on 25 March 1815 in Niederelbert, Unterwesterwaldkreis, Heese-Nassau, Prussia (1).

Johann had at least 5 siblings:

• Anna b. 1800 (2) - on 13 November 1821, she married Johhan Vogel son of Johann Matthew Vogel and Anna Margaretha Hört (3).
  
• Barbara b. 1807/ d. 28 Jan 1854. On 2 July 1833, she married Adam Klein, son of Johann Klein and Katharine Kapitein (4,5).
• Anton b. 1809 (6), married Maria Hertz, daughter of Johann Hertz and Maria Eva Baal, on 23 June 1835 (7).
  
• Margareth b. 12 July 1819 (8)/ d. 24 February 1820 (9).
  
• Christian b. 21 August 1822 (10)/ d. 9 May 1823 (11).

When Johann was 8, his mother Anna Maria Sanner Keller passed. It was on 14 May 1823. Mrs Keller was buried three days later (12).

Johann Adam Keller, the father of the family, remarried on 6 November 1827. His second spouse was Anna Maria Menges (b. 1795), daughter of Peter Philippi and Margratha Veit (13). Anna Maria was the widow of Herr Anton Menges, the son of Christian Menges and Anna Barbara Lorn, who passed over on 23 October 1819 (14). 

Anna Maria's children from the first marriage were:

Anna Maria Menges born in 1810 - married Anton Merz (b. 1812) on  13 Jan 1835 (15),

Elisabetha Menges b. 1813 - married Johann Mahr (b. 1802) on 6 November 1832 (16),

Katharine Menges (b. 21 August 1815),

Anton Menges b. 29 January 1820 in Niedelelbert - two months after his father's passing. Anton married Anna Catharina Muller (b. 1817) on 10 August 1841 (17).

Johann Keller, the son, tied the knot at the age of 24. His sweetheart was (his stepsister) Katharina Menges (b. 1815), daughter of Anton Menges and Anna Maria Philippi on 14 May 1839. Their marriage took place in Niederelbert Catholic church which belonged to the Diocese of Limburg, Hesse-Nassau (18). 

On 15 November 1839, the couple's first child was born. The baby girl was named Maria Magdalena, she was baptized on 18 November (19).

Three year's later, on 23 February 1842, Johann's father died. The man was buried on 25 February in Niederelbert where the family lived. Johann Adam Keller's informs that his parent's (and young Johann's grandparents) were Johann Adam Keller and maria Margaretha Lindscheid (20).

Three months after Johann Adam's departure - there was joy in the family.

Anna Keller, daughter of Johann and Katharina's was born on 4 May 1842. The baby girl was baptized on 7 May 1842 (21). Their son Johann Adam came to this world on 20 January 1844/baptized on 21 January 1844 (22).

 

1845 - Johann (a wheelwright and farmer), Katharina and their children emigrated to Texas. They were accompanied by Johann's stepmother Anna Maria and his half-brother Johann Adam Keller, born on 12 October 1827/baptized on 18 October 1827 in Niedelelbert. Johann Adam was the son of our Johann's father and Anna Maria Menges (23). The family traveled on the barque "Straba" - from Antwerp which they left on 13 September 1845 - they arrived in Galveston on 20 November. Maria Magdalena Keller, the oldest daughter of Johann and Katherina's, appears on the passengers list as Helena (24).

The family settled in Live Oak Community and Johann became a Texas farmer.

1849 - the fourth child was born to Johann and Katherina. They named him Karl.

1850 - Johann his wife and children were registered during the census in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County.

1851 - another son was born to the family on 10 February. His name was John. 

1854 - on 9 June Johann Adam Keller, Johann's half-brother, married Katherina Lang (25).

In the same year,  on 11 June, the son Adolph Adam was born to Katharina and Johann.

1855 - the Johann Kellers moved to Schepp Creek situated not far from Simonsville.

1856 - August William was born. 

1857 - Helena (Maria Magdalena), the oldest daughter of Johann and Katherina's was married to William Jung (b. 8 February 1830), on 9 July 1857. He was the son of Philipp Jung and and Anna Katherina Kunz (26).

1860 - another Census - Johann is still a farmer (27).

On 16 October, Anna Keller was married to Jacob Jung (b. 1. January 1835), a younger brother of Wilhelm Jung, Maria Magdalena's husband (28).

 

Johann built a house at Hedwig's Hill, north of the Llano River.

He  was now called John, and he ran a store in one of the rooms in the new house. The family  kitchen was situated in a log house behind the main house. Johann enjoyed the company of visitors who often stopped by. They entertained themselves with beer, wine, card games, and dancing. 

1870 Census - Johann and family lived in Mason, Mason County. Johann registered as "dealer of merchandise" (29).

1873 - the family became members of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Before the church in Mason was constructed, the Sunday service had been often held ( and conducted by traveling priests) in Johann's house.

1872 John Keller married Magdalena Stehling on 1 May 1872 in Gillespie, TX (30).

1876 - Adolph Adam married Emma Katherine Reichenau - more about the couple here.

1877 - Catherine Keller, mother of the family passed on 16 May. After the wife's death, Johann (John) lived at his son Charles' (31), and he ran the store with the help of his granddaughters until 1890. 

1890 - on 29 December, Johann (John) Keller died of a heart attack during a visit at his half-brother Johann Adam Keller. He was buried not far from his wife Catherine in the St. Mary's Catholic Church cemetery.

As for Johann and Katherine's sons:

August William married Miss Ida Kettner, daughter of Francis and Catharine Kettner.

Karl/ Charles P married Caroline Keiser, daughter of Heinrich Keiser and Catherine Kothmann.

 Meta Barbara and Teclara Ida were daughters of John and Magdalena (Stehling) Keller.

Johann Keller's stepbrother

Anton Johann Menges (mentioned above) emigrated to Texas as well. However, I do not know what happened to his wife Anna Catharina Müller  - the two married on 10 August 1841 in Niederelbert (31).

Anna C Müller was the daughter of John Adam Müller and Margareta Nebgen.

The couple's first child, Anna Maria was born on 30 October 1841 (32), died on 26 November 1841 (33). Their second daughter Katherina was born on 2 October 1843 (34).

Probably Anton's first wife Anna Catharina passed before or during their emigration to Texas. Later, Anton married Maria Catharina Josephina Meurer (b. 1825). She traveled on Straba together with her parents and siblings, and the Kellers. During my research, I noticed that the Meurer family were related to the Kellers via Johann Keller's mother Anna Maria Sanner.

Anyway, in 1850 Anton lived in Fredericksburg with his second wife, daughter from the prior marriage Katherine, and Adam, the son born to him and his second wife in 1848.

The daughter married Mr. Reinhard Reh on 29 June 1863 (35).

In 1870 Anton, his second wife Catharine + their 10 children (all born in Texas) were registered during the Census in Gillespie County, Texas (36).

 Anton Johann Keller passed on 15 February 1899 in Junction, Texas.

Johan Adam Keller died in Fredericksburg, five years after his half-brother Johann's passing, on 20 April 1905. He was buried at the Catholic Cemetery as well.

Otto was one of the children of Johann Adam and Katharina (Lang) Keller's.

Resources:

1. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WF-FY2M : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Anna Maria Keller Sanner, 1823.

2. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WC-6DZM : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Margareth Keller, 1819.

3. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4QM-9QZM : 2 October 2020), Joh Adam Keller in entry for Joh Vogel, 1821. 

 4. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WJ-FBN2 : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Adam Klein, 1833.

5. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-8YMM : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Barbara Keller, 1854. 

6. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WF-CGT2 : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Anton Keller, 1835.

7. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D49Z-32T2 : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Anton Keller, 1835. 

8. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WC-6DZM : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Margareth Keller, 1819.

9. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-C9PZ : 2 October 2020), Joh Adam Keller in entry for Margaretha Keller, 1820.

10. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-F76Z : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Christian Keller, 1822. 

11. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-TNMM : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Christian Keller, 1823.

12. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WF-FY2M : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller in entry for Anna Maria Keller Sanner, 1823.

13. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-P5N2 : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller, 1827.

14. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-Z3N2 : 2 October 2020), Anna Maria Phillipp in entry for Anton Menges, 1819.

14. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-5KT2 : 2 October 2020), Johannes Keller, 1839.

15. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4CX-ZS2M : 2 October 2020), Anna Maria Philipp in entry for Anton Merz, 1835. 

16. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WJ-FTPZ : 2 October 2020), Anna Maria Philippi in entry for Anton Mahr, 1832.

17.  "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-1XT2 : 2 October 2020), A Maria Philippi in entry for Anton Menges.

18. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-3ZZM : 2 October 2020), Johannes Keller in entry for Maria Magdalena Keller, 1839.

19. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W8-DFT2 : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Keller, 1842.

20. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-P82M : 2 October 2020), Johann Keller in entry for Anna Keller, 1842.

21. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WX-GWZM : 2 October 2020), Johann Keller in entry for Johann Adam Keller, 1844. 

22. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WX-M2T2 : 2 October 2020), Johann Adam Menges Or Keller, 1827.

23. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txgilles/s-stra.html 

24. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1R-54H : 22 January 2020), J. A. Keller, 1854.

25. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-LHD : 22 December 2016), William Jung and Maria Magdalena Keller, 09 Jul 1857; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

26. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFV-Q7G : 11 November 2020), Carl Keller in entry for John Keller, 1860.

27. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-L7F : 22 December 2016), Jacob Jung and Anna Keller, 16 Oct 1860; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801. 

28. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-2GN : 22 December 2016), John Keller and Magdalena Stehling, 01 May 1872; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

29. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG3-1SP : 2 January 2021), John Keller, 1870. 

30. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJM-BJQ : 14 November 2020), John Keller in household of Charles Keller, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 104, sheet 498D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,319.

31. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WD-FST2 : 2 October 2020), Anton Menges, 1841.

32. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-PWPZ : 2 October 2020), Anna Müller in entry for Maria Anna Menges, 1841. 

33. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W8-DF3Z : 2 October 2020), Anna Müller in entry for Anna Maria Menges, 1841.

34. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WX-4YZM : 2 October 2020), Anna Müller in entry for Katharina Menges, 1843. 

35. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-VFM : 22 December 2016), Reinhart Reh and Katharina Or Catharina Menges, 29 Jun 1863; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

36. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL5-KSS : 2 January 2021), Anton Menges, 1870.

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