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.

Danish Family Story

 This is a family ancestry story shared by late Ms. Karna Ch., a dear Friend of Denmark.

"Ready for a true (or almost true) story ??????????

Find Vejle on the map. The mansion Tirsbæk is situated near that city. This mansion was once owned by a gentleman named Niels de Linde (1678 - 1746).

Map of Denmark - Vejle marked in red

"Lind" is the Danish word for the tree Linden.

There were many people in the household, of course. One of them was a girl named Maren, who took care of the hens and milked the cows. She was the daughter of a very poor shoemaker.

Maren was very beautiful, which was soon noted by Sir Niels. He promoted her to a position inside the mansion.
(If you now have naughty thoughts – it's YOUR problem!!!!! I never even whispered anything!!!!)
Christen de Linde was the son and heir to wealthy Tirsbæk. He saw Maren's beauty too and fell so much in love that he wanted to marry her.

Tirsbæk Gods manor house, situated in Egnum Parish, Hattum Herdeg, Vejle Municipality. The farm is mentioned in the document written in 1410, however, the main mansion building was built in 1550. Seven years later a park (12 hectares) was created around the house. The entire estate covers 414 hectares.
In the 1770s Niels de Linde modernized and beautified the building structure. He also built a big barn around the mansion and turned the hill around Tirsbæk into an impressive, Italian-style garden.

The entire family and nobility opposed the idea – even hinted that Maren had had an affair with Christen's father – it turned into a major scandal, but they were married in 1752.

 The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, DK -Christen and Maren were married there.

The property had a riding bailiff of course. His name was Jørgen Hvas, and he was a handsome guy.
We'll never know the true story about the events that now happened, but:
Somehow a big spike went through Christen's scull.

Somehow Maren and Jørgen were married about a year later.

Jørgen got a new name more fit for nobility and bought new titles. He was ennobled in 1761 and was from then on 'Chancellery Council and Council of Justice Sir Jørgen Hvas de Lindenpalm'.

They donated lots of valuables to the local church and other charities, BUT Maren may – just MAY – be the one who hammered the spike into the skull, and that's why she to this day can be seen at Tirsbæk as a ghost called 'The Grey Lady'.

 

Jørgen turned out to be a poor businessman and managed to lose all his money and properties before he died."

 

Dear Karna, thanks for sharing the story! 

The additional info (in green and below) added by myself to complete the family tale shared by my Friend.

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More about the people mentioned above:

Christen de Linde was the son of Niels de Linde (b. 1678/d. 12 August 1746, Engum, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark), nobleman and his wife Karen Andersdatter Rosenkrantz (b. 1694/d. 6 May 1736 - Tirsbæk Gods, Engum, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark).

 

 Niels de Linde's parents: Christen de Linde (1626/1706) and his wife Dorothea Nielsdatter Solgaard (1639/1685) - the epitaph in Holstebro church, Hjerm, Ringkøbing, Denmark

Church in Engum

Christen de Linde was born  in 1725, in Kærgårdsholm, Håsum, Rødding, Viborg, Denmark. When he was 27, on 5 January 1752, Christen married Maren Jørgensdatter Loss (b. 1721/d. 1778, Horsens Købstad, Nim, Skanderborg, Denmark). The marriage took place in the Church of Our Lady (the cathedral) in Copenhagen (1). Christen was 31 when he died. The man was buried on 10 May 1756 in the Engum church, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark.

Sir Jørgen Hvas de Lindenpalm and Maren had a daughter Christine Linde Hvas de Lindenpalm (born on 9 September 1758). On 23 January 1774, Christine married William Halling, a landowner who was known to be "a peasant tormentor". Halling bought the Tirsbæk and Bryskesborg mansions from Christen's father when the latter was in financial distress. Tirsbæk was named Williamsborg then.

de Linde family tomb in Holsterbro church

Additional Source:

Geneanet.org,
Wikipedia
1. "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FKS9-6W1: 20 February 2020), Maren Jorgensdr Lohs in the entry for Christen Linde, 1752.
: 20 February 2020), Maren Jorgensdr Lohs in entry for Christen Linde, 1752.

Photos:

• Map of Denmark: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• Tirsbæk Gods manor house: JEK, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons ,
• The Church of Our lady, Copenhagen: Photo: by Yalcin, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• Niels de Linde's parents: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• Engum church: Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• de Linde family tomb in Holsterbro church: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jan Labus & Paulina Bronder

We found the photo of Jan Labus and his wife Paulina on the wall of the old Polish Heritage Museum in Panna Maria, TX.

 

Jan's parents were Adam Labus (born 1 July 1829, Jasiona, Silesia, Poland) and Józefa Knopp (born 24 January 1821, Jasiona, Poland). Possibly the original spelling of the surname Labus was Łabuś.

Jan had two younger brothers, Ignatz (born 3 February 1851, Jasiona, PL/died 20 Sept. 1852, Jasiona) and Filip (born 1854/died 21 December 1854, Jasiona).

Jan Labus came to Galveston, Texas with his parents on board the vessel "Weser", on 3 June 1855 (1). They were accompanied by his uncle Franek (Adam's brother), his wife, and children. They settled in Panna Maria, Karnes, TX.

Soon, Jan's siblings were born:

• Franciszek (Francis) - on 8 March 1857,
• Magdalena Maria - baptized on 24 July 1857, Panna Maria Catholic Church, and
• Konstantyna, who was baptized at the same place on 12 April 1862.

👉 By 1860 Jan's father, Adam, had cultivated 25 acres of improved land. Eleven years later, on 30 September, Adam Labus purchased 10 acres of land on the Cibolo River in Panna Maria.

Jan married ⚭ Apolonia Paulina Bronder on 10 February 1874 (2). She was born on 9 February 1855 in Panna Maria, to Simon Bronder and Julianna Poloczek. The baby girl was the first child born in Panna Maria.

Paulina's parents were married in Wisnicze parish, Poland in 1852.

🏠 The young couple, Jan and Apolonia Paulina, settled in Justice Precinct #2, Karnes, TX (3).

Children were born to Jan and Apolonia in Panna Maria:

♦ Marta - 6 November 1874,
♦ Gertruda - 10 January 1876 (died by 1880?),
♦ Jan - 8 March 1877 (?),
♦ Agnes P - 13 June 1879,
♦ Marianna - 24 March 1881,
♦ Kunegunda Helena - 2 March 1883,
♦ Albina - 1 December 1884,
♦ Sophia - 12 May 1887,
♦ Pelagia - 8 June 1889,
♦ Philomena - 25 June 1891,
♦ Magdalena - 19 July 1893,
♦ Jerome - 22 July 1895, and
♦ Vincent Joseph - 19 July 1898.

Jan's mother, Józefa, died on ♦ 7 September 1892. His father, Adam, passed on ♦ 10 May 1898.

⚭ Marta married Alexander Korzekwa on 14 November 1899 (4).

⚭ Agnes P married VS Kowalik on 25 November 1902,
⚭ Marianna married Frank Mzyk on 4 February 1904 (5),

⚭ Albina married Stanislaus Moczygemba on 25 October 1904 (6),

⚭ Kunegunda Helena married Michael Moczygemba on 19 November 1907 (7),

⚭ Sophia married Simon Brysch on 25 November 1908 (8),

⚭ Pelagia married W F Gawlik in 1912,
⚭ Jerome married Gertrude Elizabeth Mika in 1918,
⚭ Philomena married Paul Banduch,
⚭ Magdalena married Izydor Gawlik,
⚭ Jerome married Gertrude Elizabeth Mika in 1918,
⚭ Vincent Joseph married Irene Pollok.

John Labus passed on ♦ 12 October 1909 (9). In 1920, his wife Pauline lived in Hobson with her son Vincent and his wife Irene (10).

 

Apolonia Pauline Labus left this world on ♦ 13 March 1929 (11).

Sources:
Silesian Texans
familysearch.org

Geneteka

1. Galveston Immigration Database
2. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-JD1N: Mon Oct 23 13:50:24 UTC 2023), Entry for John Labus and Paulina Brouder, 10 Feb 1874.
3. "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNR-48C : Wed Oct 04 08:24:27 UTC 2023), Entry for John Labus and Apolonia Labus, 1880.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-JRFB : Mon Oct 23 13:54:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander Korgekera and Marta Labus, 14 Nov 1899.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-JBYG : Mon Oct 23 13:10:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Frank Mzyk and Mary Labus, 04 Feb 1902.
6. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-JT6Z : Mon Oct 23 13:07:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Stanik Or Stanislaus Maczygeniba and Albina Labus, 25 Oct 1904.
7. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-JB8V : Mon Oct 23 13:05:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Michael Moczygemba and Conegonda Labus, 19 Nov 1907.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-JVKQ : Mon Oct 23 13:08:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Sam Brysch and Sophie Labus, 25 Nov 1908.
9. "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZV9-27W : 24 May 2014), John Labus, 12 Oct 1909; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 36738, Karnes, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
10. "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9X-WK6 : Fri Dec 08 02:00:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Vincent Labus and Irene Labus, 1920.
11. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QK-XBK : Tue Nov 28 01:49:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Paulina Labus and Simon Bronder, 13 Mar 1929.

Jan Josef Migl and Anastazie Koudelka

Another post inspired by a wedding photo we saw at the Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange, TX.

Jan Josef Migl has already been mentioned on this page when we talked about his parents - František A Migl and Johanna Ježek.

He was born on 8 June 1855 in Dubenec, České Budějovice, Bohemia, then Austria.

Jan was married twice. His first wife was Marie Holub (born on 29 April 1859). The two were married on 21 November 1879 in Lavaca, TX (0).

 

Jan and Marie had nine children:

• Anna Marie - born on 23 March 1882, Praha, Lava, TX,
• Josef V - born on 18 September 1884,
• Anastasia - born on 18 September 1887,
• Ružena - born on 23 January 1892,
• Albina - born on 19 January 1894,
• William J - born on 6 April 1896,
• Clara S - born on 3 August 1898,
• Anton Joseph - born on 12 June 1903,
• Frank Charles - born on 15 July 1907.

Jan was a farmer. He was granted the US citizenship in 1877 (1). Marie died on ♦ 17 June 1909 (2). 

Two years later, on 6 November 1911, 56-year-old Jan remarried. His second spouse became 26-year-old Anastasie Koudelka (3). She was born on 24 February 1885 (Rakov, Pišek, Bohemia, Austria), to Antonin Koudelka and Katerina Koncaba.

Anastasie was taking care of her 5 youngest stepchildren. ⚭ 21-year-old Albina got married to Alois Jasek on 12 October 1915 (4). When WWI started, Willie was drafted and sent overseas (5). He started his own family after the war, on ⚭ 14 October 1919 (6). His sister Clara started her family on ⚭ 11 October 1921 (7). Then, Anton left the family home on ⚭ 13 October 1925. He was married to Lillie Jašek (8).

Anastasie bore 7 children to Jan:

• Rosa - born 3 September 1913,
• Jaroslav - born 2 April 1915,
• Sophie - born 24 May 1917,
• George J - born 16 March 1919 (9),
• Annie - born 18 July 1921,
• Lillie Christine - born 5 July 1923,
• Agnes Rose - born 29 November 1924.

🏠 The family lived in Justice Precinct #5, Fayette County, TX (10).

♦ 13 April 1933 - Jan and Anastasie's daughter Sophie died. Tetanus took her from this world (11).

About a year later, on ⚭  29 May, 26-year-old Frank Charles married 17-year-old Miss Ella Kubicek (12).

♦ 15 August 1935 - Willie J, Jan's son from his first marriage, passed at the age of 39.

Clipping source: Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1935, newspaper, August 22, 1935; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1048757/: accessed January 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.

♦ 1 April 1936 - Jan (John Joseph) passed away at the age of 80 (13).

Clipping source: La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1936, newspaper, April 9, 1936; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998122/: accessed January 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. 

Clipping source: Malec, Walter. The Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 7, 1936, newspaper, April 7, 1936; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1036724/: accessed January 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.

⚭  26 October 1936 - Rosina married Joe Firasek in Flatonia, Fayette, TX (14).

👉 Census - 3 May 1940 - after John's death, his wife Anastasia (age 53) ran the family farm with the help of her children Jerry, George, Anna, Lillie, and Agnes. Anastasia's mother Catherine (age 83) lived with the family (15). Within the next 10 years, all the children (but George) left the family home.

 

⚭ 2 September 1940 - 25-year-old Jaroslav (Jerry) Joe married Marie Ann Wagner (16). She was born on 21 June 1916 in TX, to Anton Wagner and Frantiska Pesek. 

In the same year, on ⚭ 26 October, Rosina was married to Joe Firasek. He was born on 17 October 1911 (17).

⚭  George married Henrietta Jasek (born on 25 July 1923 in Moulton, Lavaca, TX) in about 1946.
⚭  Annie married Joe Ludwig Stryk (born on 14 February 1922) in about 1947.
⚭  Lillie married Alois Cyril Dornak who was born on 8 December 1925.

 

👉 In 1950, Anastasia lived with her son George, his wife, and children (18).

👉 June 1976, the lady's health deteriorated.

Clipping source: Janacek, John E. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1976, newspaper, June 10, 1976; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424284/: accessed January 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.

Clipping source: Brice, Mack. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1976, newspaper, June 17, 1976; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424286/: accessed January 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.

Anastasie Koudelka Migl died on ♦ 1 August 1976 (1(9). She lived 91 years.

Sources:
0. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6YB-X2K : 22 January 2020), Mary Hoheb in entry for John Migil, 1879.
1. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G7-711 : Thu Oct 05 05:45:43 UTC 2023), Entry for John Migl and Marie Migl, 1900.
2. "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZVQ-4S7 : 24 May 2014), Mary Migl, 17 Jun 1909; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 29966, Fayette, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
3. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9C-DY5 : 22 January 2020), Jan Migl, 1911.
4."Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-561V : Thu Nov 30 12:42:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Alois Jasek and Albina Migl, 12 Oct 1915.
5."Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-FW6B : Thu Oct 12 08:49:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Willie Migl, 06 Jul 1918.
6."Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-KL3G : Thu Nov 30 12:49:02 UTC 2023), Entry for William J Migl and Rosie Klekar, 14 Oct 1919.
7."Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXML-MWG : 22 January 2020), Anton J. Migl, 1925.
8."Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-JM2J : 22 July 2021), John St Jasek and Klara Migl, 11 Oct 1921; citing Marriage, citing Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 5,853,989.
9. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2JD-TL9 : Mon Oct 30 12:22:16 UTC 2023), Entry for George Migl and John Migl, 16 Mar 1919.
10. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HT3P-1ZM : Fri Oct 06 07:46:48 UTC 2023), Entry for John Migl and Anna S Migl, 1930.
11."Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K331-BLL : Tue Nov 28 02:46:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Sophie Migl and John Migl, 13 Apr 1933.
12."Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-35TB : Mon Oct 23 13:26:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Frank C Migl and Ella Kubicek, 29 May 1934.
13.Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZDV-KL9 : 24 May 2014), John Migl, 01 Apr 1936; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 20161, Fayette, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
14. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-NLHG : 22 July 2021), Joe Firasek and Rosie Migl, 26 Oct 1936; citing Marriage, citing Flatonia, Fayette, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 5,853,999.
15."United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVZ-5H3: Tue Nov 28 13:30:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Anna Stasia Migl and Jerry Migl, 1940.
16. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-3VCQ : Mon Oct 23 14:09:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Jerry Migl and Mary Wagner, 02 Sep 1940.
17. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-NLHG: 22 July 2021), Joe Firasek and Rosie Migl, 26 Oct 1936; citing Marriage, citing Flatonia, Fayette, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 5,853,999.
18. "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGT-GMLH : Tue Oct 03 21:42:30 UTC 2023), Entry for George J Migl and Henrietta Migl, 10 April 1950.
19. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78G-94V : Wed Jan 17 23:04:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Annastazie Migl and Leslie Greive, 1 Aug 1976.

Alberico Family

This post is dedicated to a certain family of Italian descent. Primarily, the only information I had was that one of its members, Thomas Alberico, lived in Pueblo and died on his birthday.

Here is what I have found out.

🔹 Thomas Alberico was born on 19 December 1915 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado. His parents were Chris Crescenzo Alberico (born 19 April 1881, Canzano, Terramo, Abruzzo, Italy) and his wife Angelina Irene Inglese (born 9 September 1880, Roccacaramonico, Piescarra Providence, Abruzzo, Italy [1]).

Crescenzo came to the US via Ellis Island Immigration Point 🚢 on 22 June 1901. The man was 20 years old and he had $ 20 on him. The Immigration registration card informs that his last place of residence was Canzano - the town where he was born. Crescenzo was a peasant, his father's name was Tomasso. The man came to New York on SS Belgravia and his planned destination was Ludlow in Colorado (2), a coal mines area.

According to my findings, quite a lot of Alberico family members (citizens of Roccocarramonico) came to the USA in 1901 as well.

Thomas's mother Irene (age 22) arrived in Boston, Suffolk, MA in 1903. She traveled on the board of  🚢 SS Cambroman together with other members of her family. The party sailed from Naples, Italy on 9 April 1903. Irene's passage was paid by her brother Silvano Inglese, she was going to join him in Pueblo, CO. By that time Crescenzo most likely had relocated there too.

The persons who accompanied Irene during her journey to America were:

Elizabetta Inglese (age 33), wife of Gianfelice Inglese, Irene's sister-in-law, wife (age 31) of Battista Inglese, and their two children Ernesta (age 6), and Arturo (age 4). All of them originated from the village of Roccacaramanico, and all of them but Elisabetta headed to Pueblo (3).

 

Irene and Crescenzo married soon after the lady arrived in Pueblo. The marriage took place on ⚭19 July 1903. In the marriage record, they appear as Alberico Crecencio and Inglese Lena (4, 5),

The couple's first son ♦ Fiorino was born in 1904.

👉 The 1910  census (record made on 26 April) mentions that Crescenzo (age 28) worked as a furnace man at a local zinc smelter. Angelina (age 27) was a staying-at-home mom/housewife and looked after their two children Fiorino (age 6) and Michaela (age 4). Crescenzo and Irene had one more child who had passed by 1910 (6). It was baby girl Ernestina who was born/died on ♦ 9 April 1909.

Sadly, two days later, on ♦ 28 April 1910, another child of Chris and Irene, little Fiorino (Georgi), passed.

♦ 22 November 1918 - Chris' mother died.
♦ 9 February 1920 - Chris' father Tomasso passed away. He and his wife apparently had lived in Pueblo too. I have not found any information regarding their arrival in the USA.

👉 1920, Chris Crescenzo worked at a steel mill (7).

⚭ On 31 December 1923, the eldest daughter Mary Michaela (born on 15 January 1908 in Pueblo)  married 32-year-old Mr. Antonio Zaccardi (8).

 

🏠 In 1930, Chris owned a house in which he lived with his wife and 5 children. The estimated value of his property was $800 (9).

👉 1940 - Thomas (mentioned at the beginning of the post), age 24, lived with his parents and sisters Nell, age 26, and Lena, age 22. Nell was a teacher and worked at a public school, while Thomas' father Chris still worked at a steel mill, The father earned $1200 yearly and Lena $800 (10).

WW2 came and Crescenzo, now Chris, was registered by the Army. The draft registration card gives the family address: 1028 Elm St. in Pueblo. At that time, Chris was employed at the Fuel and Iron Company, his supervisor's name was Mr. Johnson (foreman).

Reading the card, we can also learn that Chris was about 5/5.5 feet tall, he had grey eyes and grey hair. The man's complexion was fair and he weighed approx. 160 pounds (11).

⚭ Fred Joseph was married before 21 May 1942 (12). His spouse was Marie Pedas. On that day in May, Fred was enlisted in the US Army and Air Corps and was registered as married. After the war, Fred worked as a Forest Ranger for 38 years and Eagle Lake District ranger for 23 years.

Charles Thomas was drafted into the Army, enlisted on 13 June 1944 at Jefferson Barracks in MO (13). He was an aeronautical engineer and during WW2 served as an Aeronautical Engineer at Martin-Marietta in Baltimore, MD, and as a Warrant Officer in the Army Corps of Engineers. Charles married Ms. Melba Edna Bronestine (who was born in Illinois, in 1921).

Thomas Adam enlisted in the Navy and served on the board of the USS Salt Lake City CA25.
He was commissioned Seamen 2nd class, USN, 1940; Seamen 1st class, 1942, and Fire Controlman 3rd class, WWII (14).

 ⚭ Thomas got married in about 1945 (?). He worked as a bartender and lived with his wife Pauline nee Covington and children in Pueblo. Pauline was born on 26 April 1922 in Young, TX. She was the daughter of Clyde Cecil Covington and Anna May Grey.

👉 6 April 1950 census - Nellie (age 36) and Lena (age 31) lived with their parents in the family house. Lena was the principal of the city school (15).

Later, Nellie (born 9 April 1913) married Mr. Carl Parlapiano.
Lena (born 16 February 1918) married Dr. Charles Thompson Pollard.

Mr. Christo Crescenzo Alberico lived 79 years. He died on ♦ 8 June 1959. His wife Angelina lived about 10 years longer, she died on ♦ 4 April. They were both buried at the Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo, Pueblo. CO.

All their children are long gone as well.

Fred Joseph left this world on ♦ 4 August 1997 in Reno, Nevada (16).

Thomas Adam departed on ♦ 19 December 1992 (17). His wife Pauline joined him on ♦ 10 November 2017 (18).

Mary Michaela passed on ♦ 7 November 1995 (19).

Charles Thomas died on ♦ 2 August 1997 (20).

Nellie followed her parents and siblings on ♦ 9 July 2005 (21).

Lena Yolanda passed about two years ago on ♦ 14 May 2021 (22).

 

Update 

Found this little piece going through old newspapers.

 

 

Clipping source: The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1952, newspaper, May 29, 1952; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708216/: accessed January 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library. 

 

The persons mentioned in it:

Mrs. Tom Pace - Jewell Covington (born on 9 January 1920, Olney, Young, TX),

Mrs. Tom Alberico - her sister - Pauline mentioned above,

J. W. Covington - the ladies' brother - James William Covington (born on 27 August 1916, Young County, TX).

Sources:

1. "Italia, Pescara, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1809-1929", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9N-Z45H : Fri Oct 06 22:07:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Irene Inglese and Tommaso Inglese, 09 Sep 1880.
2. "New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZXH-7BP7: Fri Oct 06 18:46:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Crescenzo Alberico, 1901.
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4. https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p16079coll37/id/3184/rec/4
5. "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN35-RT3 : 19 February 2021), Crecencio Alberico and Lena Inglese, 19 Jul 1903, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing no. 7054, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,047.
6. "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4N-17B : Fri Oct 06 02:57:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Cresenzio Alberico and Angelina Alberico, 1910.

7."United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLZ-K92 : Fri Dec 22 23:05:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Chris Alberico and Angelina Alberico, 1920.8.  "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006,", 

 8. FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQY-17G: 19 February 2021), Antonio Zaccardi and Mary Alberico, 31 Dec 1923, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing no. 20631, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,152.. 

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10. "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRD4-5XB : Tue Nov 28 18:29:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Chris Alberico and Angelina Alberico, 1940.

11. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-SH2G : 10 March 2021), Chris Alberico, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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14. SLC VETERAN's ROSTER FROM "A-AL"
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19. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGS-ZZZL : 13 June 2023), Mary Micheala Alberico Zaccardi, ; Burial, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States of America, Roselawn Cemetery; citing record ID 111130391, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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Roselawn Genealogy

Arthur Norman Howard

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.

 

Clipping source: The Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 343, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 23, 1919, newspaper, February 23, 1919; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1498366/: accessed August 14, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.

 
♡ 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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