May 2022

I have not done a monthly summary for some time. May was so busy and eventful that I decided to make a post to sum it all up.

Maifest - the Spring Fest with the German Choirs of Fbg, TX.

 

 

175th Anniversary of day when the first European settlers came to the town area - anniversary weekend.

• Lasting Friendship (between the settlers and the Comanche Indians of the area) ceremony.
  

After the official part we enjoyed the lunched sponsored by the local State Fair Council, live music by a country and western band, and the fireworks.

 

• The Peace Treaty - the original document - signed in 1847 by the settlers and the Comanche chiefs was on display at the Nimitz Museum.
  

• Next day, Comanche Indians of Oklahoma presented their traditional dances. 

The last dance was also a community dance.

 

• History of the Lutheran church - exhibition

The display was quite interesting - the collection of items related to the Lutheran religion and the local Lutheran churches. Some of the items (such as a Bible printed in the 1700s) were very old. It was quite cool to see them.

1736 Luther Bible translation

• A few days later - Open day at the Meusebach Historic school was not what we had expected. 

We went there to learn something about the school itself, their first teachers, students, and so on. What we found there was a book presentation (by its author) not related to the school history at all. However, we met some nice people there including acquaintances of ours.

 

• Music concert - pianist and virtuoso Doug Montgomery gave quite a long and very enjoyable show. 

 

• Summertime dance night in the park came back in May as well.

 

We (and other people as well) danced a lot and had a very good time.

 

And I danced schottische for the first time - it is a kind of polka which originates in Bohemia.

 

 

What was your May like?

 Credits:

Schottische played by Rocky King Band

D for Dance

Long ago, in Poland, I learned the Ballroom Dance. Somehow, probably due to the instructor's preferences, we did mostly the cha-cha dance then. At that time, I did not have the faintest idea that in the future, I would dance Polish folk dances in Texas.

A few years ago, we were part of a Texas Polish-American folk dance group. We enjoyed performing the State Fair and other local events. 

 

Plano International Festival 2014

When the ensemble was dissolved, we started learning to dance quite different European dances. We joined the Scottish traditional dance enthusiasts. Later, it was also a Contredance and traditional English dance group and old-styled English dances. Once a week, we met other dancers and simply had fun spinning to live music.

Since we have not found any folk dance ensemble in the Hill Country, these days we do the line dance. It is a light and quite an easy form of exercising and a pleasant socializing time as well. On the other hand, there is little space for self-expression/creativity in a line dance, if there is any at all. Everybody stays in the same place and does the same. Do not get me wrong, I appreciate line dancing, but in one way or another, it makes me think of the times when Poland was a socialist country. Life had so many limitations then and censorship was present everywhere. It was like a constant line dance - you were told what to do and not to do. Stepping out of the line was risky and, needless to say, often dangerous. In the 50s, people were penalized - politically and socially humiliated, shamed, and outcasted - even for looking different (having an American fashion type of hairstyle or wearing such clothes).

 

In the place where we practiced Scottish dances

After a six-day workweek (Saturdays were not off then), from time to time on Sundays, there was a so-called "social deed". It meant that if you were a student you had to go with your school group (being an adult - together with your workplace people) to a given place and do a given work for free. In case of kids, it was always something lighter such as raking leaves or picking up litter for example. If you were a grown-up, it could have been any manual labor up to digging ditches. Saying just "no, I don't feel like doing that on Sunday" or not coming for a "deed" was not an option at all.  Absence brought unpleasant and inconvenient repercussions both at school and in one's workplace as it was seen as politically suspicious/antisocial.

 

School handbooks (including history books) presented the content according to the ruling (Soviet government-related) socialist party. Some high school history teachers dared to teach history and facts which were omitted/changed in the handbooks. Not often it happened, though. Why? Such teachers were arrested shortly after a daring class and that was the end of their teaching careers.

All in all, life was as it was. Of course, there were positives as well, and despite the fact that many goods were hard to come by*, we did try to enjoy the lives we had as much as people in other places in the world. However, perhaps all those limitations/circumstances of the time were a reason why line dance never got popular in Poland.

Dallas International Festival, some years ago

 

* Including white plain T-shirts which parents had to get for their kids for the school sports gear - no, schools did not provide that. By the way, I am thinking of writing more about the school system in Poland which is different from the one in the US. Well, in case you are interested.

Credits: Video shared by K. Gilligan

D for Domino

Domino games are quite popular in the Hill Country. They are played in every community. Especially 42.

I first learned about the 42 game a few years ago when I was doing my ancestry research. It appeared our aunts played the game as well. When they were young, they were involved in a lot of social, charitable, and church-related activities. In connection with that, their names were often mentioned in the social column of the local newspaper. One of such entries informed that our aunt Victoria won every game (out of 14) played during the local 42 tournament (1916), "which was something never done before (...)" (1). At the time when I read the old newspaper, I had no idea what that 42 was, I had to look it up.

Where I grew up adults and teenagers did not play dominoes. They played cards. Dominoes were left to the kids, who played the most simplified domino game only. It was matching the dots, with no score counting. The rules of the game were not complicated: the person who got rid of all the tiles the fastest won the game. Anyway, adults played cards only. No wonder then I had not heard of 42 or chicken foot.

I am not sure whether I am ready to learn how to play 42. Well, I would rather visit with people than focus on the game and counting the score only.

During our visit to the Czech Museum in La Grange, we came across the exact same type of domino set our Texas parents had owned (see above).

1. The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1916, newspaper, May 26, 1916; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601588/: accessed June 5, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

E for Easter Basket

 

 

People in Poland prepare Easter baskets on Easter Saturday (which is part of the Polish Easter customs). Traditionally, pieces (samples) of foods that are eaten/shared by a family at breakfast on Easter Sunday are placed in a nicely decorated basket. In our family, it was some bread, butter, salt and pepper (mixed together), white sausage, a slice of ham, a hard-boiled egg, and some yeast cake. Besides it all, there was always a decorative lamb in the center of the basket.

 

On Saturday morning, the baskets are taken to church to be blessed by a priest. They were placed on a special table, usually in the church hall, and blessed after a short prayer/ceremony. 

When we were little, we enjoyed watching other people's basket contents - chocolate bunnies and eggs covered with colorful tinfoil happened. However, wooden eggs beat everything.

As for the eggs - after a dilemma: "shelled or unshelled hard-boiled egg" in the basket, we chose the latter option. It seemed more OK to us not to toss the "blessed" shell in the trash later.

Our Easter basket lamb - always the same

After the blessing of the baskets, we usually stepped into the church for a short prayer and to visit Christ's grave (church holiday exposition of course). 

When we were old enough to walk to church (at primary school), either my sister or I took the basket to church. Some kids tended to sample the basket foods on their way back from church to their home. Well, I did not do that.

Embroidery by my grandma

When back at home, the basket content went to the fridge. It came back in the basket on the Easter Sunday breakfast table.

How the breakfast started - Mom cut the food samples into pieces and each person sitting at the table took a piece of each sample. Then we ate more - more eggs, more sausage, and more of everything else.

Mazurek - my favorite Polish Easter cake

My Texas Alphabet: C for Comanche

My Texas Alphabet is quite a personal summary of our life in Texas including (among others) the places we visited, and the things we saw and did. The first edition of the Alphabet came into being in 2015/2016. This post is part of the Alphabet second edition - more entries related to us in Texas.

The letter C is for Comanche

Most people have heard about that nomadic tribe who lived in the Southern Plains. They were hunter-gatherers who originated in the mountainous region of the Great Basin region/western US. After the acquisition of horses, the tribe members became more mobile which influenced the life and culture of the Comanche peoples.

 

 

 

 

 

Comanche is also the name of a Texas county organized in 1856. The first county seat was Cora. The town was named after Cora Beeman, the daughter of Major Alonzo Beeman. The courthouse - a log house - was built in Cora in 1856. 

 

 

Two years later, the courthouse was turned into a private house.

 

The 1850s were the frontier era when more and more settlers came to Texas.

Cora prospered until 1858 when the territory of the Comanche county was changed, and part of its land was incorporated into Hamilton County. In May 1859, the town of Comanche (founded in 1858) became the county seat instead of Cora.

 

Comanche County Courthouse

In Comanche, TX

 

In 1983, the old log house which used to be the Cora courthouse was moved to Comanche. We visited it as well.

Time to go home (by bike maybe)?

 

Info source:

• More about Cora, TX: Texas Handbook Online,
• More about Comanche Indians: TSHA,
• More about Comanche, TX: Texas Handbook Online.
  

Three Brothers & Sister

Felix (age 26), Francis (age 28), Adele (age 10), and Emile (age 6) van der Stucken left their home in Belgium and came from Antwerp to Texas in 1846. The three brothers and the girl were the children of  Franciscus Petrus (Francois Pierre) van der Stucken and Anna Cornelia Botterau, born in 1795 (1).

• Frank (Jean Francois) was born on 30 January 1830  (2),
• Felix was born on 21 March 1833,
• Louise Adeline (Adele) was born in about 1836,
• George Emile was born on 17 February 1840.

Like their other siblings who stayed in Belgium, they were born in Antwerp.

Those siblings were:

• Louise Therese - born in about 1820.
• Henricus Jacobus was born in 1823/died on 21 November 1823 (3),
• Anna Catharina Joanna (born in 1821) who married Joannes Franciscus von Edom on ♡ 3 June 1856 (4).

 At first, the van der Stucken siblings stayed with Henri Castro at his colony. 

1850 - Frank (age 20 lived in San Antonio at the household of John Huff (a 40-year-old merchant). Possibly, the latter was Frank's employer. Another clerk, a 47-year-old David Montier, born in France, lived there as well (5). In the early 1850s, Frank van der Stucken relocated to Fredericksburg colony.

Later (since 1859), the other van der Stucken siblings settled in Fredericksburg as well.

Frank van der Stucken helped to build Fort Mason. At the beginning of the 1850s, he opened a store in Fredericksburg. The man was elected (twice) County Commissioner. Francis also had a government contract for supplying military camps in West Texas.

♡ 23 December 1852 - Frank married Miss Sophie Shoenwolf (6).

 

1853 - Frank farmed 10 acres of land (7).

♡ 6 July 1858 - Felix married his sister-in-law, Miss Christine Shoenwolf (8).  

They had 8 children.

• Constance Sophie, born 24 August 1859,
• Marie Elise Auguste, born 30 November 1860,
• Mathilde Franziska, born on 3 July 1863,
• Anna Mathilda, born 29 Jan 1866/died 9 Mar 1866,
• Alfred Emil Burchard, born on 12 September 1867,
• stillborn boy, born/died 12 May 1869,
• Olga, born 14 May 1870,
• Louise Christine, born 11 July 1872.

 

♡ 2 May 1860 - Adele married 5-year-older (9) Edward Maier (born on 7 August 1831 in Fulda, Hessen), the son of Franz Adreas Maier.

In 1860, Edward and Adele lived in Justice Precinct #2, Gillespie County. Edward Maier was recorded as a barkeeper. 13-year-old Peter Staudt lived with the couple (10).

1860 - Frank van der Stucken, age 29 (merchant), and family were recorded by the Census clerk. The family was - wife Sophie (age 23), Louise (age 7), Cornelia (age 4), Frank (age 1). Three more persons lived in the household - Frank's brother 19-year-old Emil was a clerk, Ewen Cameron, a 32-year-old clerk, William Koock, a 22-year-old clerk, and Mary Fuchs, a servant who was then 20-yeard-old (11).

Frank Sr. and his wife had two more children born in Texas: Bertha Sophie born on 6 January 1861, and Hugo Emil born on 20 June 1863.

1862 - Frank and Felix started operating a flour mill. The Reliance mill was steam operated burr mill. It had one cylinder boiler (12). The business was halted by the outbreak of the Civil War.

1863 - Frank paid taxes for 3,950 acres of land (13).

Frank gathered a company of 75 rangers (home guards who were protecting the settlers from Indians). The rangers were ordered to guard prisoners kept in Fort Mason. Some prisoners plotted to escape, however, Frank stopped their attempts.
July 1862 - Frank's unit transported prisoners to Vicksburg (in exchange for the Confederate soldiers who had been imprisoned by the Union).

1862 - There are records of Captain Frank van der Stucken's service with Eighth (Taylor's) Battalion of Texas Cavalry  (14) and First (Yeager's) Cavalry, First Mounted Rifles (15).

1862 - 22-year-old Emil served with Company C Texas Eighth (Taylor's) Battalion, Cavalry (Taylor's Battalion, Mounted Rifles). He started the service as a Private, promoted to Sergeant (16, 17). Then, the man was with Company E 1st Regiment (18), Texas Cavalry (Yager's) (1st Mounted Rifles).

January 1863 - the rangers escorted a different group of prisoners to Baton Rouge. Next, Frank's company served in the Rio Grande area and other parts of Texas.

December 1863 - Captain's Frank's guard unit became Company E (19), 1st Texas Cavalry (Yeager's First Mounted Rifles), CA, then, Company C Eighth Battalion Texas cavalry (Taylor's Battalion
They were given responsibility for bringing for trial Texans supporting the Union. Since quite a few of the ex-rangers shared the pro-Union attitude, they failed to fulfill their task successfully.
After the war, Frank's Company was dissolved and he returned to his prior business venture.
1864 - Emil appears in the CA records. When he joined the army, he owned a shotgun and a pistol (20).

1864 - Frank elected Gillespie County chief of justice. When he collected enough money (in 1865), the man decided to come back to Belgium. Frank gave his store, house, and stables to his father-in-law. Felix (who was taking care of the mill during the Civil War) received the business. In Antwerp, Frank opened another mill.

♦ 24 July 1865 - Felix's 2-year-old daughter Mathilde Franziska passed.

♡ 11 September 1865 - George Emil married Wilhelmine Kordzik (21).

I have found records regarding Frank's daughter - ♦ Mathildis Emilia was born to Frank and Sophie in Antwerp, on 22 Feb. 1866 (22).

30 January 1868 - Felix (23) was registered in Gillespie County (Texas Voter Record).

1868 - Felix paid taxes for 4,365 (24) acres of land, Frank owned about 7312 acres (2,282 acres were assigned to Felix), Emil owned town lot #237 in Fredericksburg (25).

1869 - Felix was assigned a county commissioner. In the same year, his ♦ father Francois Pierre died (26)

Census 1870 - Mr. Edward Maier (age 38) was a merchant and owned a store. He and Adele (age 34) lived with their children in Fredericksburg. The children were: Richard (age 9), Hillmar (age 7), Bertha (age 4), Edward (age 2), and Florent (age 10 months). Emil van der Stucken (age 30), his wife Mina (age 25) + a daughter Felia (age 4), and a baby (age 8 months - name not given in the record) lived next to the Maiers (27).

Felix (age 37), Christine (age 28) and their children Constance (age 10), Maria (age 9), Alfred (age 2), and Olga (1 month old) lived in Fredericksburg as well. Felix was a miller, his real estate was worth $7776. The value of his personal estate was $1200. 14-year-old Sophia Kensing lived with the family. Probably she was a live-in maid (28).

In the same year, Emil had 2 horses, besides the lot (29).

♦ Adelina, the sister immigrant, passed on 21 Feb 1874.

On ♦ 7 May 1875, Anna Cornelia Botterau van der Stucken, the mother, passed in Antwerp. She was the dauhter of Joannes baptista Botterau and Anna Catharina Gelaude (30).

1875 - Emil had 1 horse only (31).

Frank's daughter ♡ Ludovica Mathildis married Nicolaus Johann Maria van Rossum, son of Christoph van Rossum and Mathilda van Ameluxen, on 6 June 1876 (32).

1878 - Emil lived in Menardville and owned a general store (33).

♦ 13 October 1879 - Felix's wife Christine died. She was 38 years old.

10 June 1880 - Felix (a widowed miller), his kids - Mary (age 19), Alfred (age 13), Olga (age 9), and Louisa (age 7), and Mina Crenwelge (19-year-old servant) were registered during the census (34).

3 December 1880 - ♡ Felix married 35-year-old Dora Mueller (35). Friedericke Henriette Sabine  Mueller was born on 6 August 1845 in Darmstadt, Hessen. She was the daughter of Johann Philipp Mueller and Emma Mumm. Felix and Dora had children

• Walter Paul Gustav, born 13 December 1881,
• Eugene, born 8 August 1883.

1881 - 2,586 acres of land, 1 carriage or wagon, and 1 horse (36).

Frank Sr.'s daughter ♡ Bertha Sophie Pauline married Carolus Guilielmus Franciscus Reinemund, the son of Joannes Fredericus Reinemund and Maria Emma Antonia Cramer on 18 November 1882 (37).

1889 - Felix modernized the mill, his son Alfred joined the family business. Felix and his sons made the Gold and Red Star flour popular with the customers.

1892 - Felix applied for a passport (38). Maybe he visited the family in Belgium? Note Felix's signature on the copy of the document (below).

 ♦ 14 January 1902 - Frank (Jean Francois) van der Stucken passed in Antwerp (39).

1904 - Felix organized the Citizens Bank of Fredericksburg. He was the bank president until 1912.

1910 - Census - Felix (age 77) lived with his wife (age 64) only. They had a servant, 19-year-old Llina Burns. Felix's son Alfred (age 42), his wife Cornelia (age 46), their 5 children (Dora, Lisele, Edgar, Margarette, and Catherine) + a servant Ella Saenger (age 21) lived nearby. Eugene van der Stucken (age 26) and his wife Ella (age 27) lived close to Felix as well (40).

♦ 3 December 1912 - Felix died (41).

Clipping source: Hollingsworth, R. G. The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1912, newspaper, December 13, 1912; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726274/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library. 

 

Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 343, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 8, 1912, newspaper, December 8, 1912; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth432024/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

♦ Emil died on 13 February 1906 (42).

Clipping source: Hanschke, Robert. Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 7243, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1906, newspaper, February 15, 1906; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1089489/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

After Emil's death, his son Emil Felix took over the store.

Clipping source: Woodruff, D. B. The Sonora Sun. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1906, newspaper, February 24, 1906; Sonora, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018049/: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

 

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