It has been a while since I discovered any new family tree branches and connections leading to our direct ancestors. Not long ago, while looking at my notes related to the people who lived in the Hill Country, I realized there was such a connection I had overlooked earlier. First, it was the surname that caught my attention. Howard is one of our direct ancestry lines. The place where that man was born, North Carolina, matched too. Investigating deeper, meaning the predecessors of Arthur Norman Howard, led me (7 generations back) to John N Howard (born in 1718, in Virginia). He was the brother of our paternal 4 x great-grandfather Stephen. Arthur Norman Howard was John N's great-great-great-grandson and our 5th cousin twice removed. If it was not enough, there is also a family connection on our maternal side, via the Sigman family. According to the family tree software we have our family tree on, Arthur is the 3rd cousin of an uncle by marriage (Richard Lee Sigman).
Arthur was born on 24 August 1875 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina.
1880, the boy lived with his parents, Edward Edmond (27) and Fannie Elizabeth (Gabriel) Howard (26), and siblings, in Mountain Creek Township, Catawba, North Carolina (1). The siblings were Gertrude (age 4), Franklin (age 2), and Chattie (1-month-old).
By 1899, Arthur had been in Texas. On♡ 8 November of this year, the 24-year-old man married 17-year-old Mary Emma Cook. It was in Caldwell, TX (2).
Mary was born on 9 August 1882 in Houston, TX.
After the marriage, the couple lived in Justice Precinct #4, Caldwell, TX (3). Arthur was a farmer. Soon, children were born to them: ♦ Norman Franklin - born on 10 January 1902, ♦ Gertrude Francis, born in Martindale on 19 March 1904, ♦ Edward Troy, born in Lockhart on 11 October 1906, and ♦ George Martindale, born on 26 August 1910.
Tragedy struck - Norman died on ♦ 24 August 1918.
Clipping source:San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 27, 1918,
newspaper,
August 27, 1918;
San Antonio, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430428/:
accessed August 14, 2023),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
About two weeks later, WW1 was still going on and on 12 September Arthur was registered by the Army (3).
Apparently, after Norman's death, Arthur and Mary drifted apart and their marriage did not survive. When exactly they got divorced, I do not know, but on 14 January 1920, Mary (age 37) had already lived with Gertrude (age 16) and George (age 9) in San Antonio, Justice Precinct #19. In the census record, Mary is listed as a "widow" (4).
At the same time, on 12 January, Arthur (age 44) and Troy (age 13) still lived in Lockhart, TX. However, they no longer had their own house. The father and son were boarders at Mr. and Mrs. John Clark's household. Arthur Howard was employed as a farmer there (5).
The records read that later, Mary with Gertrude and George moved to Los Angeles, California, and in February 1921, Mary remarried (6).
♡ 6 July 1921 - Arthur married again as well. His second wife was Miss Caroline Mathilde Willmann (age 29). The two got married in a Baptist Church in Lockhart, TX (7).
Carrie was born on 11 July 1891 in Hilda, Mason, Mason, TX. She was the daughter of William Anton Willmann and Christine Wilhelmine Leifeste.
Caroline went to school in Mason and was confirmed at the Methodist Church. Later, young Carrie worked at the Deaf and Dumb Institute and then, enrolled in a nursing school. The lady graduated from the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital at the beginning of 1919.
Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 2, 1919,
newspaper,
February 2, 1919;
San Antonio, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430576/:
accessed August 14, 2023),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
♡ 15 September 1922, 18-year-old Gertrude got married as well (8). Her spouse was James Lacy McGee.
8 April 1930 census - Arthur and Caroline lived in Justice Precinct #1, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX (9).
♡ 12 December 1933 - Troy married Lillian Motheral in Caldwell, TX (10).
♡ 5 October 1934 - George married Virginia E Yates in LA, California (11).
♦ 12 January 1938 - Arthur's father Edward Edmond died in Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina (12).
4 April 1940 - Arthur (age 64) owned a house and farmed in Justice Precinct #1, Caldwell, TX. Caroline (age 48) was a homemaker (13).
♦ 17 May 1941 - Arthur's mother, Fannie Elizabeth passed away (14).
♦ 2 February 1949 - Caroline died in Lockhart at the age of 57 years 8 months and 21 days, after a year-long illness (15).
It seems, after Carrie's passing, Arthur sold the house and farm. Census 10 April 1950 - the man (age 74) lived as a boarder at the house of John A Schaper, a meat cutter, in Caldwell, TX (16).
♦ 7 November 1959 - Arthur passed at the Lockhart Hospital, due to heart failure (17).
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Daniel was born on 8 December 1860 in Mason County (1), to the family of Johann Ernst Christian Franz Jordan /Yordan/ and Lisette Bickenbach.
The boy attended the community school where lessons were taught in German.
On 28 November 1883, Daniel married Miss Emilie Willmann (born 21 September 1863). The ceremony took place at the ranch of Emilie's parents, Anton H Willman and Christina Nies. The Willmann family settled on Comanche Creek in 1883. However, the Ernst Jordans and the Anton Willmanns were no strangers as 5 years earlier, August Willmann, son of Anton's, married Daniel Jordan's sister, Sophie.
At first, Daniel and Emilie lived at Ernst Jordan's house.
Daniel was a strong man and hard-working man who always kept his head straight. Besides building barns and sheds for the ranch and farm needs and taking care of the livestock, the man butchered meat and cured it, build fences, hauled items needed at home, and did many more things, being busy from sunrise to sundown. He liked singing to himself while he was working. One of Daniel's favorite songs was a piece written by Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel, a German writer. The song, "Wie lieblich ist´s hienieden", Daniel sang most often.
Emilie was a short, vigorous and kind lady. She was also a dilligent woman, taking care of her family, doing not only all the usual home chores, which among others included cooking, baking, making preserves, cheese and sausage, but also sewing, feeding chicken and hogs, milking cows, taking care of the garden and orchard, and more. In her childhood, Emily completed 3 years of the elementary school (2) in Danville. She liked music and singing as well. According to the book* written by her son Gilbert, Emilie's favorite song "Jesus Heiland, meiner Seele" was the one included below (text by Charles Wesley/translated by Friedrich Schwarz).
♦ The first child and daughter, Ida Wilhelmina was born to Dan and Emilie on 21 August 1884 (3).
In 1885, Daniel built a house for his family on the land (320 acres) given to him by his father Ernst. The house had 2 rooms and a kind of attic.
♦ Daughter Annie Hulda was born on 2 August 1886 (4).
♦ Third daughter Dina H arrived on 1 February 1888 (5).
♦ Hulda was born on 14 December 1890 (6).
In the same year, Daniel donated 10 acres of his land on which a new church building was constructed.
Within the years 1891/1912, the house was expanded, and some more rooms were added to the main structure. Finally, the Jordans' house had nine rooms, a bath, a cellar, two attics, and two porches. An old type well was situated not far from the house.
♦ On 28 October 1892, finally a son was born to Emilie and Daniel. They named him Daniel Anton (7).
♦ Daughter Olga Rose was born on 3 November 1894 (8).
♦ The second son, Frank Emil Jordan came to this world on 19 November 1896 (9).
3 June 1900, a census clerk, Mr. Louis J Kettner visited the home of
Daniel and Emilie's. They were recorded in Justice Precinct #5, Mason
County. At that time, Emilie's uncle Daniel Willmann lived with the
Jordans, he was a farm laborer. (10).
♦ Milton Carl was born on 12 November 1900 (11).
♦ 1902 - a very happy Christmas in the family - Gilbert John Jordan, the youngest son of Daniel and Emilie was born on 23 December (12).
♡ 21-year-old Ida, the first daughter, married 16 years older, Mr. John Hermann Schuessler (born 25 September 1878), the son of Herman Ludwig Schuessler and Wilhelmine Leifeste. The wedding ceremony took place at the bride's home, and the following party was a big, all-day lasting event.
The youngest child, Emily Christine was born in Plehweville, Mason County on 22 February 1906 (13).
The front room was also Daniel and Emilie's bedroom. Among various pieces of furniture, there was a pedal-foot-operated Singer sewing machine that belonged to Mrs. Emilie. The attic area served as an accommodation place of the hired farm/ranch hands and men in general. There was also a storage room and a place for children where they played. The main room, which these days could be called a sitting-room/living-room, was the parlor. It was the area where guests were entertained, family ceremonies/gatherings such as weddings for example, and parties took place. The family pump organ was there. The Jordan girls played the instrument (they were taught music by Mr. Otto von Plehwe), Milton Jordan, their brother, played the German mouth harmonica.
1908 - a modern type well was drilled near Daniel Jordan's house by Christian Vater. All in all, there were three wells around the house - the modern one and two old fashioned ones.
The Jordans were members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Daniel was the church superintendent, teacher, and an exhorter as well.
In the 1860s, the Mason County German Methodist settlers started the
annual summer camp meetings (in which the Jordan family took an active part
too). At first, the meetings took place by the Llano River. Later, in the 1870s, circus tents were set by the Willow Creek, for the people who attended the religious gatherings. Such a camp meeting was a week-long event. In the 20th century, metal-roofed pavilions were built for the summer meeting purposes. Some families camped under their own tents or brush arbors as well. People arrived at the camp by wagons filled with food (including the food for the pastor), clothes to change, and various items which they would need during the week of revival. It was a time of prayers, Gospel readings, songs singing, and socializing as well.
Some of the songs sang then
"Ich weiß einen Strom"/ "I Know a Stream" - written by Richard Torry Jr. in 1864/ translated by Ernst Gebhardt; music by Asa Hull
"Süße Gewißheit"/ "Blessed Assurance" text by Fanny J Crosby, translated by EC Margaret; music Phoebe Palmer Knapp
"Lässt mich gehn"/"Let Me Go" - lyrics by Gustav Friedrich Ludwig Knak; music by Karl Voigtländer
On Sunday, the last day of the camp meeting, at the end of the evening service, the farewell song came which the congregation members sang while walking in two circles (the inner and outer one).
"Gott mit euch, bis wir uns wiedersehn" / "God Be with You till We Meet Again" - text by Jeremiah Eames Rankin, translated by W. Rauschenbusch
The family attended the Sunday church service regularly. Actually, it was not only religious but a social event as well. Members of the congregation came from far and near to participate in Sunday church day - which lasted all Sunday.
First, there was morning church service,
then, Sunday school in the afternoon,
and another church service in the evening.
Families were camping on the church ground where they also had their meals (during the service intervals) brought from home.
During the Sunday mass, Psalm of David was read by the pastor - (Psalm 23 in English).
After a prayer, the hymn "Voran, voran mit Jesus" was sang by the congregation (here - the lyrics in English "Stand up for Jesus"), text George Duffield, music by George J. Webb.
Then, a song after the offering receiving came - "Segensströme"/"Showers of Blessings"lyrics in English - text by DH Whittle/translated by EC Margaret, music by James McGranaham
Another song was sang after the sermon -"Auf denn die Nacht wird kommen"/"Work for the Night is Coming"lyrics in English - text author Anna L Coghill/translated by Theodor Kuebbler, music Lowell Mason.
Work from sunset to sundown was the settlers' everyday reality, so they could easily relate to the song lyrics.
And another one at the end of the service - "So nimm denn meine Hände" - text by Julie von Hausmann, music Friedrich Silcher/"Oh, Take My Hand Dear Father"lyrics in English
During the Sunday school time, children were taught songs such as "Gott ist die Liebe"/"God is All Loving" - lyrics by August Rische,
At Sunday school, the children learned songs in English as well. One of them was "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam", text Nellie Talbot, music E O Excell.
Younger generation enjoyed more lively songs such as "Immer Fröhlich"notes + lyrics in Gemran/"Always Joyful" - lyrics by Fanny Crosby, translated by JA Reitz, music Robert Lowry.
or "Count Your Blessings" - text Johnson Oatman, music by Excell.
Children and young people sang songs both in English and German. Gradually, with time passing by, the youngest members of the congregation sang mostly in English, though.
"Shall We Gather at the River" - written by Robert Lowry
Prayer meetings took place in the home of the Jordans and other members of the German Methodist congregation. The meetings took place in the afternoon, on Tuesday or Wednesday. Daniel hosted the religious gatherings in the parlor of his house. Then, there was Bible reading, prayers, and song singing. One of them was "Welch ein treuer Freund ist Jesus" - text by Joseph Medlicott Scriven/translated by A Flamman , music Charles C Converse/"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" lyrics in English.
After the religious part of the meeting, a less serious one - coffee and cake - took place as well.
Occasionally, when there were things to do in Mason, the family traveled there on a wagon. Usually, it was only Mr. Jordan who went to the town to get supplies such as flour, sugar, salt or prune, or anything else they needed and they could not produce themselves. During his visit in Mason, Daniel enjoyed talking to people who met, store clerks, and other town inhabitants. Although Emilie always prepared food for Daniel that he would have for lunch when in town, sometimes, he tended to forget to take it (on purpose likely). The man simply liked having a bowl of chili with beans served in one of the Mason food establishments.
Daniel Jordan was a great story and anecdotes teller, he also sang German songs to his children. One of them was "Droben auf Gruner heide steht ain Birnbaum" about a pear tree that stood on a meadow. I could not find a video with the original lyrics, here is a modern version of the song.
Children had their time to play, but they also helped with ranch and farm chores before going to school and in the afternoon. One of the jobs (neither pleasant nor easy) they did, was pulling up cockleburs to prevent the stickers to get in the sheep wool. Plenty of sticky cockleburs grew along Willow Creek.
cockleburs
16 April 1910, the census took place again. The clerk, Mr. Otto H Mebus recorded Fred Bickenbach as a member of Daniel Jordan's household. Fred was Daniel's cousin, the man was a laborer who did odd jobs. Young Dan and Frank, Daniel's sons, worked on the family farm as well (14). 20-year-old Fred Bickenbach owned a phonograph which stood in the parlor of Jordans' house. The quality of the sound/music coming from the phonograph tube was poor and Daniel Jordan Sr. did not particularly like it.
In the same year, the telephone line was installed and the Jordans got a telephone. It was a so-called party line with 14 other families on it.
Daughters Anna and Dina were the first of Daniel and Emilie's children who became college students. Dina studied at the Southwestern University of Georgetown. Later, she served as a Southwestern Methodist Church missionary (of the German Mission Conference).
Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 203, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 21, 1912,
newspaper,
July 21, 1912;
San Antonio, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth432669/:
accessed June 30, 2021),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Her health deteriorated, about which she informed her family in letters. She suffered for some time and had premonitions of her death coming. At that time she was assigned to An Marcos Street German Methodist Church (San Antonio). Daniel and Emily took the 25-year-old daughter to Austin, where the girl was operated on. Tragically, ♦ Dina died on 3 November 1913 due to the complications which came after the surgery. Dina's brother, Gilbert, mentions in his book (15) it was pneumonia that finally ended the young lady's suffering and took her from this side of life. The death certificate (16) informs that Dina died of Perotinitis (Peritonitis) which lasted 8 days. Anyhow, Daniel brought the daughter's body home (by train which stopped in Llano, then, by the hack. She was buried at the local cemetery. The song "In dem Himmel ist's wunderschön" - lyrics by James L Nicholson/translated by Ernst Gebhardt, music by William U Butcher/"It's Bueautiful in Heaven"was sung during Dina's funeral.
The grief in the Jordans' family was even more unbearable when a few days after Dina's funeral, Emilie's mother passed on 9 November 1913. They all attended another funeral ceremony.
1916, Daniel Sr. purchased an automobile. After the first attempt of
learning how to drive the machine, the father of the family never drove
it again. He simply did not find it enjoyable.
♡ 22 November 1916, Daniel Anton married Estella Sophie Pluenneke (17). Stella was born on 16 September 1893 in Mason County, to parents Heinrich August Pluenneke and Wilhelmina Pape.
1917/1918 - WW1 draft registrations reached the sons of Daniel Sr.'s.
Dan Anton (age 24) was registered on 5 June 1917. As a married man, he was exempted from the service. Besides, his health was not very good (18).
21-year-old Frank Emil was registered exactly a year later (19).
The man was single so he was sent to a training base and assigned to Head Quarters Detachment 18th Artillery Brigade. Luckily, he was not sent to war. Private Frank E Jordan, serial number 4,854,749 came back home in 1919, after his honorable discharge on 7 February (20).
27 January 1920 - the census again. Only Milton, Gilbert, and Emilie lived with the parents, Daniel and Emilie Jordan. They had a hired man Dan Elbracht (age 24), who also dwelled with them (21). Other children had already left home.
♡ Frank Emil married Miss Ella Lillie Eckert, daughter of John Dietrich Eckert and Mathilde Kothmann,
♡ Annie married Richard Durst (born 1 February 1884),son of Gottlieb Durst and Mary Schnautz,
♡ Hulda married Edwin Otto Donop (born on 3 July 1891), son of Otto von Donop and Susanne Meckel,
♡ Olga married Rev. Wesley Schulze (born 16 May 1896), son of Gustav Adolf Schulze and Emma Stiehl.
Daniel was an accomplished rancher and farmer. He accumulated about 5000 acres of land in Mason County. With the help of hired men and his children, he raised cattle and doctored his livestock. Daniel Jordan Sr.'s brand was the letter J with a bar beneath it. It was placed on the left hip of the animal, the burn was treated then, with axle grease. Daniel sometimes sold his cattle to cattle drivers/buyers. Occasionally, he shipped the animals to cattle markets (e.g. in Fort Worth) and sold them there.
When Jordan's children reached their teenage years, Daniel let each of them choose a heifer with which they could develop their own herd. Besides the cattle, Mr. Jordan raised sheep and hogs as well. The family also kept cats and dogs for practical purposes. The previous ones caught pests, the latter guarded livestock among others (e.g. hog dogs, cow dogs). Emilie raised chickens for meat and eggs. The lady sold both every now and then. Turkeys and ducks were also kept by the Jordans.
The farming included raising cotton for sale, however, the majority of the grain crops were grown to feed the family members. Other types served as the fodder for the livestock. Horses were used in the fieldwork.
Black-eyed-peas/Cowpeas and Sudan grass were aslo raised by Mr. Jordan
Despite being very busy doing ranching and farming, he had time to play with his children. When they were little he took them on his lap and sang songs such as "Hopp, hopp, hopp".
Both Emilie and Daniel taught their kids various traditional kiddy rhymes in German. One of them was "Backe, backe Kuchen".
In 1930, Daniel and Emily lived on their own. All their children had left the family nest already.
♡Milton married Miss Janie Bohmfalk (born on 22 June 2897),
♡ Gilbert married Miss Vera Tiller (born in 1907), daughter of Albert Carroll Tiller and Malicca Pearl Weeks,
♡ Emily married Mr. Francis Asbury Wood.
♡ Dan Jr. remarried. His second wife was Dina Treibs.
Daniel Jordan Sr. lived 77 years, 6 months and 9 days. The man died on ♦ 17 June 1938, he suffered from hypertension-related heart disease and arteriosclerosis (22).
At the end of her life, Mrs. Emilie Willmann Jordan lived at 512 Post Oak Street in Mason. She passed at the age of 95, on ♦ 9 June 1960, due to respiratory arrest caused by pulmonary edema (23). She was buried at Art Cemetery in Mason, where Daniel had been laid as well. During the late years of her life, Emilie's favorite song became "Heimatland, Heimatland", music by Joseph Barnby (lyrics in German here). The lady had sung it also whenever the time of sorrow came. The very song was performed at her funeral as well.
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Gott mit euch, bis wir uns wiedersehn...
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Photoof cockleburs by Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=342527
Photo of black-eyed-peas/cowpeas by Toby Hudson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18417691
Photo of Sudan grass by Markus Hagenlocher - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2764551
Resources:
"Yesterday in The Texas Hill Country" by Gilbert Jordan, Texas A&M University Press, College Station and London, 1979,
"Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976,
Findagrave.com,
Hymnary.org
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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.
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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),
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and Wrocław, the capital of the region (about 50 miles from Ruszowice).
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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 shipand 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
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