Andrew Wos & Agnes Zdeb

Andrew and Agnes did not live in Texas. However, some of their descendants do reside in the Lone Star State.

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Andrew (Andrzej) Woś was born in (or near) Nisko, Subcarpatian region, Poland (then Galicia, Austria), on 27 November 1884. On 🚢1 March 1902, 27-year-old Andrzej left the port of Hamburg, Germany on deck of the vessel "Milano". The man arrived in New York on 17 March of the same year.

13 June 1908 - Andrew filed an application/declaration of intention to become a US citizen. At that time, he resided in Wallingford, Connecticut (1,2).

 

⚭ 26 November 1908 (3) Andrew married Miss Agnes (Agnieszka) ZDEB, born on 1 February 1887 (4). The marriage took place in Wallingford (I did not find any records confirming the year when Agnieszka came to the US).

👉 Mr. Andrew Wos signed a petition for naturalization on 15 June 1910 (5). On 7 October of the same year, he became a US citizen (6, 7). 

Andrew lived with his wife at 52 Pearl Street (New Haven, Connecticut), and worked as a spinner. The man was 5 feet 6/8 inches tall and had grey eyes and brown hair.

On ♦ 26 March 1915, a daughter, Jeanne Evelyn, was born in Wallingford to Andrew and Agnes (8).

By September 1918, the young couple had moved to Passaic, New Jersey where some of Andrew's relatives lived as well. In the WW1 registration draft, he stated that he worked at the "saloon business" at 131 Passaic St., and he resided at that address with his wife Agnes. The record reads also that Andrew Wos had blue eyes and black hair (9).

👉 Census 1920 - the family was registered at Wallington (borough), New Jersey. Andrew owned a soft drink cafe there (10).

👉 Census - 4 April 1930 - Mr. Andrew Wos owned a restaurant in Passaic Ward #1, Passaic, New Jersey (11).

♦ 1937 - the man passed - I did not find any records regarding his death.

 

After that, Jeannie was married to Mr. Richard F Wilderotter, born on 10 August 1914, in New Jersey (12), to Philipp J Wilderotter and his wife Caroline Becker. The young couple traveled to the Bahamas in July and August 1939 (13,14).

👉 Census 1940 - Mrs. Agnes Wos (age 52) still lived in the same place in Passaic. She had 3 lodgers who lived at her place (15).

Ten years later, the lady lived with the family of her daughter Jeannie in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey. Mrs. Agnes worked as a housekeeper at the local college (16).

Agnes Wos passed in ♦ January 1978 in South Orange, Essex, New Jersey (17).

Sources:

1."Connecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZFHG-28MM : Sun Mar 10 10:32:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Wos, 13 Jun 1908.
2. "Connecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8LR-7MMM : Sun Mar 10 06:06:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Wos and Agnes Wos, 13 Jun 1908.
3. Connecticut marriages
4. "Connecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KRM-RDRC : Sat Mar 09 01:32:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Wos, 7 Oct 1910.
5. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKT2-S2C : 8 January 2021), Agnes Wos, Jan 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. "Connecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KBZ-S8FR : Sat Mar 09 05:55:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Wos and Agnes, 15 Jun 1910.
7. "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX5T-5RK : Fri Mar 08 10:15:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Wos, 1910.
8. "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KMG-Y6GY : 10 February 2023), Andrew Wos in entry for Jeanne Evelyn Wos, .
9. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJB-M7X : 31 December 2021), Andro Wos, 1917-1918.
10. "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PR-2S4 : Mon Mar 11 01:40:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Wos and Agnes Wos, 1920.
11. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4FD-54D : Sat Mar 09 23:17:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Was and Agnes Was, 1930.
12. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY9T-BQQ : 7 January 2021), Richard F Wilderotter, 17 Dec 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
13."United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4TT-WC8 : Sat Mar 09 12:48:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Agnes Wos and Michael Petrabuska, 1940.
13. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24L4-KPS : Sun Mar 10 03:47:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Jeanne Wilderotter, 1939.
14. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24L4-B6R : Sat Mar 09 15:19:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Jeanne Wilderotter, 1939.
15. "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4TT-WC8 : Sat Mar 09 12:48:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Agnes Wos and Michael Petrabuska, 1940.

 16. "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F92-X5SH : Mon Mar 18 21:22:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Richard Wilderotter and Jeane Wilderotter, 15 April 1950.

17. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKT2-S2C : 8 January 2021), Agnes Wos, Jan 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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Louis Peter Vitek

 About one couple whose marriage certificate is on display at the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange, TX. 

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Louis (Alois) Peter Vitek, the son of Joe Vitek and Antonia Novak, was born on 8 July 1914 in Texas (0). 

 Louis' grandparents, Martin Vitek and Anna Slansky were born in Moravia.

 

🏠 Census 1920 - Louis lived with his parents (age 33 and 30) and siblings, Bohumil (age 7) and Emil (age 5), in Justice Precinct #3, Austin, TX. Mr. Joe Vitek was a farmer (1).

On ⚭ 24 November 1936, the young man married Miss Edith Rita Bohac. It happened in Austin, TX (2). Edith, born on 31 July 1918 in Granger, Williamson, TX, was the daughter of Vinc E Bohac and Antonia Marek (3).

👉 1940 Census, on April 6, Louis Vitek worked as a truck driver for road construction and lived at the home of Mr. Albert G Kulhanek in the town of Bedias, Justice Precinct #7, Grimes County (4).

👉 April 22 - The young couple, Louis and Edith, was registered in Justice Precinct #2, Williamson County (5).

Louis passed on ♦ 3 November 1986 in Williamson, Texas (6). Edith lived much longer, until ♦ 23 August 2007.

According to my finds, the couple had one son.

 Sources:

0. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDVW-6PB : 1 January 2015), Alois Vitek, 08 Jul 1914; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

1. "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHY2-RYG : Sun Mar 10 08:34:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Joe Vitek and Tonie Vitek, 1920.

2. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLZN-FZK : Sat Mar 09 07:23:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis P Vitek and Edith Bohac, 24 Nov 1936.

3. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LJ6-42MM : 14 February 2020), Edith Rita Bohac, 1918.

4. "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWV1-994 : Sun Mar 10 21:09:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Albert G Kulhanek and Ruby A Kulhanek, 1940.

5. "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4QV-P36 : Sun Mar 10 07:56:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Louis P Vitek and Edith Vitek, 1940.

6. "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVT6-JJF : 5 December 2014), Louis Peter Vitek, Williamson, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.

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.

Johann Leyendecker

Johann Leyendecker (Leiendecker) was born in the community of Kadenbach (Duchy of Nassau, Prussia), on 17 October 1794. His parents were Franz Leyendecker and Anna Elizabetha Backhauss. 

 

Johann did his time in the Prussian army - among others, he fought in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The man became a school teacher. On 18 May 1825, at about 31, he married Maria Magdalena Zirvas, the daughter of Matthias Zirvas and Anna Maria Herbel (1). The bride was a bit younger than Johann, she was born on 19 June 1803. Their marriage ceremony took place in the Catholic church in Niederelbert, Unterwesterwaldkreis (2).

 

St. Joseph Catholic Church, Niederelbert*

 

 Johan and Maria Magdalena's children were:

• Anna Maria, born 1825,
• Johann, born on 10 September 1827/baptized on 15 September 1827 (3),
• Franz Josef, born on 21 December 1829,
• Katharina died on 1 April 1834/buried on 4 April 1834 (4),
• Matthias Jakobus, born on 12 January 1835 (5),
• Johann Karl, born on 25 June 1837 (6),
• Johann Adam, born on 27 October 1839 - died on 30 September 1841/buried on 2 October (7, #8),
• Johann Adam, born on 16 July 1842, was baptized on 19 July in the same year (9).

In November, Johann, his wife, and children left Prussia and went to Antwerp where they boarded the ship Riga. The vessel departed from the port of Antwerp on 🚢 11 November 1845. 138 emigrants were on the sip. On 8 January 1846, they reached Galveston (10).

On the passengers manifest, the members of the Leyendecker family were listed:

• 51-year-old Johann, wife Maria and children,
• Johann (Johann Zirvas) Leyendecker, son of Johann and Maria, age 18,
• Matthias Leyendecker of Kadenbach, age 71,
• Catherine Leyendecker, her husband Friedrich Metzger of Kadenbach, and their 5 children (11).

Indianola records give the names of Johann and Maria's children who arrived in Texas: Anna, Johann, Franz, Jakob, Karl, Maria (12).

The latter child was probably born at the sea or in Galveston. There is a record of Maria Magdalena Leyendecker, daughter of Johann and Maria Magdalena, who was christened on 20 January 1846 in Galveston, at St Mary's Catholic Church (13).

 

 

They all went to Gillespie county, nowadays the Fredericksburg area. Only Johann Zirvas didn't. The young man probably went straight to the Texas garrison in Matamoros, Mexico, and joined the army to fight in the war with Mexico. At that time, many German volunteers did a six-month or a year-long term, serving in the army for the same cause. Later (by 1847), John Z. went to Laredo, where he settled (14).

 

 

Johann Sr. became a teacher of the newly created school in the building of Vereins Kirche in Fredericksburg. He worked in the school until 1847, when another teacher, Jakob Brodbeck, succeeded him. His home was a place of the Catholic church service before the church building came into being (15).

 

1847 - 4 town lots in Fredericksburg belonged to Johann Leyendecker #224, 313, 337, and 380 (16). In the same year, daughter Ellen was born to Johann and Maria Magdalena Leyendecker.

 

 

In 1850, during the census, Johann and his family were registered. They had a boarder, a 14-year-old Gertrude Knapp, born in Germany as well (17).

Another record (18) mentions Johann Sr. in 1869 (Texas Voters List). The man served as the first Gillespie County Treasurer and also Justice of the Peace.

Mary Magdalena Leyendecker lived 70 years. She passed on 1 July 1873.
Professor Johann Leyendecker died at the age of 80, on 19 June 1876, in Fredericksburg.

Prof. Leyendecker's eternal resting place, St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery, Fredericksburg.

* Photo of St. Joseph Church: Dieterwick, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Resources:

1. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W7-63PZ : 2 October 2020), Johann Lagendecker, 1825.
2. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-P6ZM : 2 October 2020), Johann Leyendecker in entry for Johann Adam Leyendecker, 1842.
3. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D47T-K4ZM : 2 October 2020), Johann Leiendecker in entry for Johann Leiendecker, 1827.
4. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WX-7K3Z : 2 October 2020), Johann Leyendecker in entry for Katharina Leyendecker, 1834.
5. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WX-SMPZ : 2 October 2020), Johann Leyendecker in entry for Mathias Jakobus Leyendecker.
6. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WF-7P6Z : 2 October 2020), Johann Leiendecker in entry for Johann Karl Leiendecker.
7. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4WN-FG2M : 2 October 2020), Johann Leiendeker in entry for Johann Adam Leiendeker.
8. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W8-D62M : 2 October 2020), Johann Leyendecker in entry for Johann Adam Leyendecker, 1841.
9. "Deutschland, Hesse-Nassau, Diözese Limburg, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1601-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4W6-P6ZM : 2 October 2020), Johann Leyendecker in entry for Johann Adam Leyendecker, 1842.
10. Ships from Europe to Galveston
11. "A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847" by Chester Geue, Chester William Geue, Ethel Hander Geue, 1966,
12. Indianola Immigrant Database
13. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRS5-75Y : 13 February 2020), Johann Leyendeker in entry for Maria Magdelena Leyendeker, 1846.
14. The Children of John Z Leyendecker" by Felix Garcia, 1984.
15. "History of the German Element in Texas from 1820 - 1850 And Historical Sketches of the German Texas Singers' League and Houston Turnverein from 1853-1913", Moritz Tiling, Published by Moritz Tiling, 1913.
16. 1847 Fredericksburg townlots: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txgilles/townlot.htm
17. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-GM4 : 23 December 2020), Gertrude Knap in household of John Leyandecker, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
18.  "Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:48S9-3HMM: 15 December 2020), Johann Leyendecker, 1869.
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Photos included in the post were taken during our walk on 10 August 2020.

Charles Montague Jr. & Family

From time to time, I write here about late persons of various family backgrounds. Despite many differences, they all have one thing in common: at some point in their lives, those people came to and lived in Texas.  One of them was Charles Montague, Jr.

Charles Montague was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina on 10 April 1845. His father, Charles Sr. (son of Hugh Montague and Rosa Lamb), was born in Ireland, County Tyrone, in 1800 and came to America in 1822. Sarah Ann Newton (of English and French descent) was Charles Jr.'s mother.

🏡1850 - the Census - 5-year-old Charles with his parents and siblings (Mary, Agnes, Francenia, and Ann) in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina. Charles. Sr. operated a store (1). 

 

 

Little Charlie had more brothers - James and William died young, John was born in 1851/ died in 1878, and Andrew Eugene (born in 1856/died in 1862).

👉 Charles Montague, Jr. received his education at Spring Hill College, Alabama. 

In 1859, the young man came to Bandera, where his father operated a ranch. 

 

Two years later, in July, Charles Montague Jr. joined Company C of the 2nd Regiment Texas Mounted Riflemen (2). He served with the Texas unit from 15 July 1861 (enlisted in Pedro Pinto) until 8 June 1862 (3). Later, he returned to North Carolina (via the Mississippi River near Vicksburg) and enlisted (4) in Company B, 6th South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Regiment). His afterward service included MC Butler's Brigade and Stuart's Cavalry (Hampton's division) of the Northern Virginia army. Charles never took a day off or a furlough during his five-year-long service. On 27 April 1865, the soldier/and his army division was surrendered by General JE Johnston in North Carolina.

 

After the war, Charles Montague worked in a mercantile business in Columbia, South Carolina for 18 months. Furthermore, he moved to New York, where (for about two years' time) he was a salesman with "Early & Lane". The company belonged to one of his cousins (by marriage). When Charles' health weakened, he came back to Bandera, TX.

On 30 August 1870, 25-yeard-old Charles Montague Jr. and his 69 father were registered during the Census. They both lived in Justice Precinct #1, Bandera, and both worked in a store run by Charles Sr (5).

Two years later, on ⚭ 25 September 1871 (6), in Medina County, TX, Charles Jr. married Miss Laura Lytle (born on 23 Sept. 1854 in Pennsylvania), daughter of Francis and Margaret Collins Lytle. 

Laura was also a sister of John Thomas Lytle, a cattle baron. In 1872, Charles became Bandera County and District clerk. Later, he was reelected a few times.

Soon, children were born to Charles and Laura:

• Rosa (born on 13 June 1873), 
• Margaret (b. 6 June 1876), 
• John Vincent (b. 5 April 1878), and
• Charles Leonidas (b. 15 May 1880).

🏡 26 June 1880, another Census took place - Charles (age 34), a district clerk, his wife Laura (age 25), their 4 kids, and Charles Montague, Sr. (and 80), a surveyor, were recorded in the same household by the Census clerk, Mr. A O Knight (7).

More children arrived in the family:

• Ellen (b. 7 November 1871/d. 1 July 1884), 
• Mary Victoria (b. 1 January 1886), and 
• Francis Mitchell (b. 21 July 1887).

Death took Charles Montague, Sr. on ♦ 14 June 1889. 

About a month later, on 17 July, another son, Eugene, was born to Charles, Jr. and his wife. Later, Brian, Joseph and Joseph Gardiner (8) joined the family (on 26 March 1892, 7 February 1894, and on 12 December 1895).

🏡 Census 1900 - Charles Jr. (age 54) appears in the record as a lawyer. He, Laura (age 45) + children lived in Precinct #1, Badera County (9).

 

🏡 Census 1910 - Margaret, Brian, Frank, Lawrence, Joseph S, and Rose were recorded at their parents' home (10). Rose had been married in 1901 to JE Gardiner (11).

Six years later, on ♦ 25 April, Charles Montague, Jr. passed. He had suffered from prostate disease and uremia which were the cause of his death (12). His body was buried at the Catholic cemetery in Bandera.

 

 

 

Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 117, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1916, newspaper, April 26, 1916; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth434157/: accessed January 21, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

 

Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 118, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1916, newspaper, April 27, 1916; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth434024/: accessed January 21, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

Sources:

"History and genealogy of Peter Montague of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties and his Descendants 1621-1894", George William Montague, Amherst, Mass., USA: Press of Carpenter and Morehouse, 1894.

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1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Y1-G73: 23 December 2020), Charles Montague in the household of Chas Montague, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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11. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLZK-S3X: 22 December 2016), J E Gardiner and Rose Montague, 11 Sep 1901; citing Bandera, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,017,641.
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Photos from our walks on 8/10 August 2020

Johann Joachim Schmidt and Family

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

 

T W R Fiedler

Theodor Wilhelm Renatus Fiedler was born on July 9, 1855 in Lautenthal, Zellerfeld, Hanover, Prussia, German Empire . His parents were Georg Ludwig Adelbert Fiedler (a pastor) and his wife Antoinette Therese Marie Büttger.
The baby boy was baptized on 5 July 1855 at Evangelische Kirche in Clausthal, Clausthal, Landkreis Zellerfeld, Provinz Hannover, Prussia, German Empire (1). Renatus grew up in Lautenthal, Hannover. However, his father's ministerial work took the family to Hahndorf, South Australia, where Renatus was confirmed as well.
Renatus Fiedler came back to Germany. He studied at the University of Goettingen and Prediger-Seminar at Brecklum.

In 1884, Rev. Fiedler started his pastoral ministry at Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, TX.
♡ On 25 February 1885, Rev. Renatus Fiedler married Miss Amalia Weber (born on October 30, 1865, in Fredericksburg, TX), the daughter of Johann Jacob Weber and Mathilde Christina Schlaudt.

Two sons of Rev. Fiedler and his wife Amalia were born in Fredericksburg. Adelbert Marius came to this world on 19 November, 1886, and Gottlieb Jacob was born on 8 May 1889 (2).

In 1890, Pastor Renatus Fiedler finished his work at Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg.
During his service at the church, the clergyman officiated 170 baptisms, 76 confirmations, 40 weddings, and 24 funerals.

Later, Rev. Fiedler continued his ministry at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Phillipsburg, Texas, and in Sandy Hill, Texas.

In 1894/1895, Pastor Fiedler paid taxes for 1 carriage/buggy and 1 horse in Austin, TX (3,4).

The 1896 tax record paced Renatus Fielder in Justice precinct #1, Eastland, TX (5).

More children born to the Fiedlers:

• Lionel Theodore - on 1 October 1892, in Washington County, TX
• Matilde - on 22 September 1895, in Austin, TX
• Ernest Christian - on 2 February 1895, in Brenham, Washington, TX
• and Verena - on 26 December 1899 in Washington County, TX.

13 June 1900 - census clerk recorded the Fiedler family (Rev. Fiedler, age 44; his wife Amalia, age 34; Adelbert, age 13; Gottlieb, age 11; Lionel, age 7; Matilda, age 4; Ernest, age 2, and Verena, 5 months old) in Justice Precinct #5, Washington County, TX (6).

Pastor Renatus Fiedler passed on ♦ September 2, 1906. He was buried in Fredericksburg, TX.

 

 

Clipping source: The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 250, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 1906, newspaper, September 7, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth440972/: accessed August 25, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

After his passing, Amalia with her children lived in Justice Precinct #4, Gillespie, TX. The lady worked as a Post Mistress at the US Post Office. Adelbert and Gottlieb were school teachers (7). The previous became a minister later.

Source:

1. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPD9-9P67 : 14 August 2023), Theodor Wilhelm Renatus Fiedler, 5 Jul 1855; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Clausthal, Clausthal, Landkreis Zellerfeld, Provinz Hannover, Preußen, Deutsches Reich, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

2. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LK6-P72M : 14 February 2020), Renatus Theodor Fiedler in entry for Adelbert Marius Fiedler, 1886.

3. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMC-7BS : 20 February 2021), R Fiedler, 1894.

 4. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMC-86Y : 20 February 2021), R Fiedler, 1895. 

5. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-Z5MK : 20 February 2021), R Fiedler, 1896.

6. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35F-5TD : Thu Aug 03 18:14:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Renalus Fiedler and Amalia Fiedler, 1900.

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- "150 Years of God's Grace 1852-2002", Zion Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, TX;
- https://swtsynod.pastperfectonline.com/