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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