Karl Dietrich Kothmann

Karl Dietrich Kothmann was born in Wedelhine, Germany, on 14 February 1837. He was one of the children of Heinrich Konrad Kothmann and Ilse Katherine Pahlmann. The boy was only 9 when he came with his parents and siblings to Texas. During their stay in Indianola, due to miserable living conditions there, both Karl and his 3-year-younger sister Marie Karoline got seriously ill. The boy recovered after a long time of suffering, but the girl passed away.

In his young days, Karl Dietrich and his two-year-older brother Heinrich Friedrich spent most of their time together. After the older's brother marriage, Karl assisted his father in the day-to-day duties, helping him take care of the cattle and haul freight from San Antonio to Waco and Brenham. The latter supported the family budget.

18 September 1850, Dietrich and his family (father, laborer, age 53, mother, age 40, and four siblings) were recorded during the Census (1). They lived in Fredericksburg, TX.

♡ 11 October 1862 (2), Karl Dietrich married Miss Clara Luise Stahl (born on 1 March 1845 in Germany). She was the daughter of J. Friedrich Stahl and Henriette Nickel.

The 17-year-old bride was 5 feet tall and had dark hair and brown eyes. The groom (age 35) was 6'4", and had blue eyes and a goatee. He enjoyed smoking a pipe and playing the violin.

The couple settled on the Llano River, where Dietrich built a log house. There also was a piece of land for a garden that both spouses attended to. Since there was no well, they carried water from the river situated about 400 hundred yards from the house.

Dietrich continued hauling freight to Austin. During one of those trips, the man was robbed by two strangers who, at first, pretended to be friendly. The villains took away Dietrich's brand-new Navy Six-Shooter.

♦ 15 October 1863 - the first child,  daughter Clara Emilia Hulda was born in Mason (3).

February 1864 - Karl Dietrich Kothmann joined the Mason County Minute Men (4).

♦ 19 May 1865 - daughter Alvina was born.

♦ 8 January 1867 - another daughter, Clara, came. 

In the same year, Karl Dietrich arranged a government contract to cut wood (for McKavett and Chadbourne Forts) and to mow hay prairie grass for Fort Griffin. The contract participants were also Heinrich Friedrich Kothmann, Dietrich's brother, and Charles Lehmberg. Dietrich hired men and completed the commitment. After that, he looked after his cattle. Besides being a farmer, the man was also a cattle raiser.

♦ 29 January 1868 - Theodore Louise was born (5).

♦ 5 May 1869 - Dietrich Adolph joined the family (6).

1870 - with the help of his two brothers, Karl and Wilhelm, Dietrich drove Mr. Chipman's cattle to Kansas. When the brothers were coming back home, Karl contracted typhoid and sadly, he died.

1871 - Dietrich, his brother Wilhelm and Major Lewis drove two herds (1500 heads each) of Mr. Chipman's cattle to Kansas again. Initially, Dietrich was the boss of one of the herds only. When they all reach the Forth Wort area, due to the cowboys' strike in Major Lewis' team, Dietrich was assigned as the trail leader of both herds of cattle. They all had to cross the Red River, which was swollen at the time, its current was strong and ran wild. Despite the high water on the rampage, Dietrich and his men (32 riders altogether) managed to transport their provisions to the other side of the river and crossed all the chuck wagons, 3000 heads of cattle, and 150 horses. The party got to Kansas and successfully sold the cattle. Then, Dietrich came home by train and a stagecoach while Wilhelm and the 32 riders traveled on horseback.

Karl Dietrich Kothamnn drove cattle to Kansas two more times - in 1872, and a year later.

♦ 20 January 1870 - Little Clara passed. She was 3 years old.

1 June 1870 - census time. The family lived in Mason, Mason, TX (7).

♦ 22 October 1870 - a daughter was born. They named her Clara, after the late baby girl who passed a few months earlier.

♦ 31 December 1872 - son Frank was born.

1873 - having driven the cattle to the Kansas market, Dietrich bought a pair of fine horses and a brand-new hack, then started his journey back home. The man was accompanied by Mr. Adolph Reichenau, Sr.  The Llano River was up and still raising when they reached it. With major difficulties, the men managed to cross the wild river stream. While the horses when resting at the Llano bank, the water rose, and a big tree came brought by the river current hit the back of the hack, turned it down, and pulled the vehicle and the horses into the wild water. Dietrich tried to save the horses, but despite all his effort, the animals drowned.

About that time, all the horses and mules Dietrich had were stolen by the Indians.

1874 - Hoo Doo war started.

♦ 8 November 1874 - Emil came to this world

♦ 14 February 1876 - Alexander Friedrich arrived (8).

1878 - Dietrich sold the land on the Llano River for $1000. The purchaser was Mr. Bernhard Durst. Dietrich Kothmann also sold the hogs he owned and the range mark to Mr. August Meckel (for $600). Subsequently, Karl Dietrich obtained a large tract of land at Fly Gap where he built a two-story house made of stone and cleared the land.

♦ 22 June 1878 - daughter Anna joined the family.

♦ 6 August 1879 - Albert was born.

Dietrich and his family raised hogs again. The lard, ham, and bacon from butchered hogs were sold at the market in Austin or San Antonio. At that time, the products were more profitable than beef.

18 June 1880 - the family of Dietrich Ktohmann was registered by a census clerk in Justice Precinct #4, ED 104, Mason, TX. John Kothmann (age 18), Dietrich's nephew, lived in the family house. He was a farm laborer (9).

♦ 27 August 1881 - Dietrich's father (age 77) passed. 

♦ 9 September 1881 - daughter Lillie was born.

♦ 19 January 1883 - Nellie came to this world.

♦ 15 August 1884 - 16-year-old Louisa died.

♦ 15 March 1885 - the youngest son, Sam was born.

In the same year, ♡ Hulda married Mr. John Muennek (Muennink), born on 1 August 1859 in New Fountain, Medina, TX, to Frederich F Muennink and Antje Freden Schoen.

♡ 1887 - Alvina married 8-year-older Mr. John Schneider. Around that time, Dietrich began fencing his property.

♡ 1892 - Adolph married Lydia Sophie Hoerster, the daughter of Daniel Hoerster and Wilhelmina Jordan.
♡ 1897 - Clara married Fritz Charles Grote (born 3 February 1870), the son of Friedrich Adolph Grote and Conradina Bertha Lemberg.

♡ 1899 - Lillie married her brother-in-law Emil Louis Charles Hoerster (born 8 May 1874, Mason County, TX), the brother of Lydia Hoerster.
 

1900 - Census - Dietrich and the family had a boarder, 16-year-old Alonzo Keller, who had been attending school for three years. They all lived in justice Precinct #1, ED 50, Mason, TX (10).

♦ 9 January 1901 - 15-year old son, Sam died.

A few weeks later, on 23 January, a merry event in the family, ♡ 25-year-old Alexander married Alma Sophie Kothmann (born 3 August 1882, Castell, Llano, TX), who was the daughter of Heinrich Friederich Kothmann and Konradina Pluennneke (11).

♡ 9 October 1903 - Nellie married Ernest Frank Karl Leifeste (born 21 August 1880), the son of Karl Leifeste and Fredericka Jordan.

 

Clipping source: The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1903, newspaper, October 10, 1903; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1454722/: accessed January 4, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;. 

 

♡ 1905 - Albert married his sister-in-law, 6-year-younger Milda Kothmann (born 15 July 1885), the daughter of Heinrich Friederich Kothmann and Konradina Pluennneke.

 

♦ 15 February 1905 - Dietrich's mother died (age 94).

 

 

Clipping source: The Fort Worth Record and Register (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 127, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 19, 1905, newspaper, February 19, 1905; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1494374/: accessed January 4, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;. 

 
About a year later, mourning came on ♦ 20 May, when Albert's 20-year-old wife died.

♡ 25 June 1908 - Albert remarried in Hilda, Mason, TX. His second wife was Lena Hulda Wiedemann, the daughter of Theodore Karl Wiedemann and Sophia Emma Pluenneke (12).

♦ 10 Nov. 1908 - daughter Hulda died at the age of 45.

♦ 14 July 1914 - Karl Dietrich Kothmann left this world at the age of 77. He was a good-hearted and hard-working man who was not afraid of life's obstacles. He took risks and applied discipline when it was necessary. Besides his own children, eight girls and six boys, he also raised his nephew, John W. Kothmann.

Dietrich's wife, Louise lived 4 years longer until ♦ 4 November 1918. Mrs. Kothmann passed due to liver cancer (13). She was buried next to her husband at the Kothmann cemetery in Art, Mason, TX.

 

Sources:

 "The Kothmanns of Texas 1845-1931", Selma Metzenthin Raunick and Margaret Schade, Press of Boeckmann-Jones Company, Austin, Texas,

1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-PQL : 23 December 2020), Deidrick Kothman in household of Henry Kothman, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-HSX : 22 January 2020), Dietrich Kothmann, 1862.
3. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-46W2 : 14 February 2020), Diedrich Kothmann in entry for Clara Em. Hulda Kothmann, 1863.
4. "Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z4NW-NH2M : 18 June 2020), Dederick Kathman, 1864.
5. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LG4-J43Z : 14 February 2020), Diedrich Kothmann in entry for Theodora Louyse Kothmann, 1868.
6. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L2Q-T9ZM : 14 February 2020), Diedrich Kothmann in entry for Diedrich Adolph Kothmann, 1869.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K372-ZXG : 20 February 2021), Dietrich Kothmann in entry for Adolph Dietrich Kothmann, 06 Mar 1954; citing certificate number 12076, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,146.
7. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-41H : 29 May 2021), Dietrich Kothman, 1870.
8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QG-Q6L : 20 February 2021), Dietrich Kothmann in entry for Alexander Fredrick Kothmann, 24 Nov 1954; citing certificate number 56529, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,284.
9. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJM-LGN : 15 January 2022), D. Kothmann, Justice Precinct 4, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
10. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PK-HYN : 14 January 2022), Dietrich Kothmann, 1900.
11. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-PXLW : 10 March 2021), A F Kothmann and Alma Kothmann, 23 Jan 1901; citing Llano, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,995.
12. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HCMV-VMN2 : 22 January 2020), Albert Kothmann, 1908.
13. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SZ-13L : 20 February 2021), Louise Kothmann, 04 Nov 1918; citing certificate number 51535, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,413.

• Mason County Marriages 1 
• Mason County marriages 2
• Findagrave.com 

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Photos included in the text were taken during one of our walks, on 29 July 2020.

Heinrich Konrad Pluenneke

Heinrich Konrad Plünneke (Pluenneke) was born on 26 December 1819 in the village Klein Lafferde, Kingdom of Hanover (nowadays Kreis Peine, Niederschasen).

In 1845,  Konrad, his parents, and 7 siblings left for America. They encountered a storm when they were reaching Galveston and their ship was wrecked at the Texas coast. The family lost their belongings, nevertheless, they all survived the wreck. However, Konrad's sister got separated from her people. Tragically, later, the parents and three of Konrad's siblings died of cholera. The Plünneke orphans continued their travel until they reached Fredericksburg. Konrad obtained a town lot and 10 acres of land in the settlement area, which would have been granted by the German Emigration Company to his late father.

When the war with Mexico started, Konrad became one of the Texas Mounted Volunteers.  His wartime comrades were, among others, Christian, Fritz, and Henry Leifeste (Leiweste). Konrad was introduced to their sister Sophie Christina (born 7 January 1824). He was very much taken with the young lady and the two got married on 23 August 1847.

After the war, Heinrich Konrad came back to Fredericksburg. 

♦ Sophia Emma was born to Sophie and Konrad in Fredericksburg on 1 March 1850. 

In 1850, Konrad and Sophie moved to the Llano River area, Mason County, where they made their dwelling. 

♦ Son Heinrich Conrad was born on 17 May 1852.

♦ Son Henry was born on 9 June 1854 (1).

♦ Daughter Dina (Conradine) was born to Konrad and Sophie on 1 April 1856 (2). 

♦ Johanna was born on 28 November 1857 (3).

1859 - Konrad obtained 640 acres of land, which had been granted to his father (Fisher-Miller grant).

♦ Son Heinrich August was born in Hilda, Mason, TX on 5 August 1859 (4). 

♦ Son Carl Friedrich was born on 28 December 1860 in Hilda (5).

♦ Son John Friedrich was born on 16 August 1862 in Hilda (6).

Due to the common demand soon, the Methodist Mission was founded at the Llano River. Heinrich Konrad Puenneke was its minister for 45 years. Since there was no doctor there, besides spiritual service, Konrad helped local people with his homeopathy based healing treatment when it was needed. Visiting members of his congregation, minister Pluenneke always carried not only the Bible, but a bag with herbal medicine as well.

♦ Maria Elizabeth was born on 5 February 1865, Hilda, Mason, TX (7). Grievously, the girl did not live long. She passed a few days after her 1st birthday anniversary, on 17 February 1866.

A joyful day - ♦ Daniel was born on 26 May 1867 (8). The youngest child of Konrad and Sophie did not have a chance to grow up. Sorrow came again when the baby died on 7 December 1867.

In 1870, the family lived in the town of Mason, Mason County. Conrad Sr. was registered as a Methodist Preacher, his son Conrad Jr. did the farming (9) with the help of the family.

20 March 1872 - a family event and celebrations - the eldest daughter Sophie Emma was married to Theodor Wiedemann (10).

Two years later, on 11 June 1874, Heinrich Konrad Jr. married Miss Elise Brandenberger in Hilda, Mason, TX (11).

2 December 1878 - Death visited the family - Konrad Jr.'s wife Elise passed. The widower and their three little children were left behind. A year later Konrad Jr. remarried. Karoline Henrietta Wiesemann was his second wife.

Johanna married John Henry Brandenberger in 1880, before the Census. The groom's parents were Rudolph Gottlieb Brandenberger and Maria Katherine Bierschwale.

18 June 1880, the Census recorded Conrad (farmer and stock raiser) and Sophie, who lived with their children at Precinct #4, Mason, Texas. Dena (Dina), August, Charles, and John still lived at the parents' home (12).

A year later, Dina left the family home - she married Mr. Heinrich Friedrich Kothmann, the son of Heinrich Friedrich Kothmann Sr. and Sophie Anna Hartwig. 

4 May 1886 - the family in mourning - Sophie Christine Leifeste Pluenneke, the mother of the family, Konrad' s wife passed.

A few months later, on Christmas Day 1886, Karl Friedrich married Miss Emilie Lemberg (13). After her death (which came in 1914), his second wife was Annie Willenberg nee Raesener, widow of Edward Bruno Willenberg. Karl (Chas) and Annie married on 20 August 1917 (14).

 

Heinrich August married Miss Mina Pape on 28 February 1889 at the Bethel Methodist Church in Hilda, Mason County (15). His in-laws were Mr. Heinrich Friedrich Simon Pape and Ms. Johanna Georgine Sievers.

John Friedrich started his family in the next year. His spouse was Miss Emma Mathilda Heins. John became a minister. He was President of Blinn College in Brenham, TX from 1901 to 1909.

Minister Heinrich Konrad Pluenneke retired in 1895. He passed two years later, on 13 May 1897. Konrad Sr. was buried at Lower Creek Willow Cemetery, Mason County, TX.

 

Resources: 

• "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.
• "Homestead: German Family Makes Texas Home"
  
• Findagrave.com 

1. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3WQ-VJB : 20 February 2021), Conrad Pluenneke in entry for Henry Pluenneke, 14 Aug 1913; citing certificate number 18835, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,050,996.

2. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-43T2 : 14 February 2020), C. Pluenneke in entry for Dina Pluenneke, 1856.

3. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LG8-83MM : 14 February 2020), C. Pluenneke in entry for Johanna Pluenneke, 1857.

4. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-MN3Z : 14 February 2020), Conrand Pluenneke in entry for H. August Pluenneke, 1859.

5. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-DLZM : 14 February 2020), Conrad Pluenneke in entry for Carl Friedrich Pluenneke, 1860.

6. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-XN3Z : 14 February 2020), C. Pluenneke in entry for John Friedrich Pluenneke, 1862.

7. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-DC2M : 14 February 2020), Conrad Pluenneke in entry for Maria Elisabeth Pluenneke, 1865.

8. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-FLPZ : 14 February 2020), C. Pluenneke in entry for Daniel Pluenneke, 1867. 

9. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-4BV : 2 January 2021), Dina Pluneke in entry for Conrad Pluneke, 1870.

10. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-48C : 22 January 2020), Sophie Pluenneke in entry for Theodor Wiedemann, 1872.

11. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-F6P : 22 January 2020), Elise Brandenberger in entry for H. Conrad Plunneke, 1874.

12. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJM-LGW : 20 February 2021), Conrad Pluenneke, Precinct 4, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 104, sheet 502D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,319.

13. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-W2X : 22 January 2020), Carl Pluenneke, 1886.

 14. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-88QT : 23 February 2021), Chas Pluenneke and Annie Willenberg, 20 Aug 1917; citing Marriage, citing Llano, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 982,996. 

15. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-4ZT : 22 January 2020), August Pluenneke, 1889.

August Heinrich Leifeste Sr. & Family

The surname Lifeste has its origins in France where it was originally "la Feste". In Germany, it was changed to Leiweste, and later the name transformed to "Leifeste" (1).

August Heinrich Leifeste Sr. was born on 1 August 1812 in Broistedt, Grossherzogtum, Braunschweig, Hanover. He was the second oldest child and son of Johann Heinrich Konrad Leiweste (b. 11 July 1782/d. 1 February 1867) and Johanna Sophie Wöbekind (b. 1786/d. 4 July 1827). August's parents got married on 27 January 1774. The boy had 7 siblings, 4 brothers, and 3 sisters:

Johann Konrad (b. 18 April 1810), Johann Heinrich Karl Christian (b. 6 December 1814/d. 11 November 1897), Marie Christine Elizabeth (b. 19 January 1817/d. 2 March 1823), Johann Heinrich Gottfried (b. 2 May 1819/d. 18 March 1908), Johann Friedrich (b. 1 September 1821/d. 30 July 1896), Sophie Christine Elizabeth (b. 7 January 1824/d. 9 January 1898), Johanna Sophie Elizabeth (b. 13 September 1826/d. about 1847).

On 4 July 1827, August's mother Johanna Sophie died. On 30 November in the same year, his father Johann Heinrich Konrad remarried. The step-mother of August and his siblings became Marie Karoline Dorothea Juliane Heike. Johann Heinrich Konrad Leiweste and his second wife had 5 children.

August's step-siblings were (2):

Johann Heinrich Julius (b. 22 December 1828), Karoline Henriette Dorothea (b. 1 December 1830), Sophie Dorothea Henriette (b. 18 May 1837), Ernst Friedrich Christian (b. 25 March 1840), and Heinrich Julius Theodore (b. 4 December 1841).

In 1838, August Heinrich Leifeste married Elizabeth Viedt (b. 1 January 1816). The couple had 5 children born in Boistedt: 

• Sophie Christine Henriette (b. 5 December 1839), 
• Friedericke Henriette Elizabeth (b. 5 March 1842),
• Heinrich August Konrad (b. 11 November 1844), 
• Wilhelmine (b. 5 May 1849), 
• and Johanna Dorothea Friederike (b. 27 March 1850).

 

In winter 1845, Johann Heinrich Gottfried, Johann Friedrich, and their sister Sophie Christine Elizabeth emigrated to Texas. Another brother of August's, Johann Heinrich Karl Christian, followed their siblings and relocated to Texas in 1848 (3).

August and his wife decided to leave their home area and seek a better life in Texas as well. The family landed in Indianola in 1852, next they traveled to Mason County by an ox-driven wagon. August, Elizabeth, and their children settled by the Llano River (on its north bank) where forty-three-year-old August built a log cabin for his family.

Four more children were born to the couple in Texas:

• Sophie Conradina - b. 12 February 1854 (4, 5),
• Auguste - b. 28 January 1856 (6),
  
• Fritz - Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - b. 14 February 1858 (7),
  
• and Charles Hermann - b. 31 October 1861 (8).

Henrietta (Sophie Christine Henrietta) married Karl Lehmberg on 7 Nov 1856 (9). 

Elizabeth (Friederike Henriette Elizabeth) married Christian Winkel on 25 May 1860 (10).

August (Heinrich August Konrad) married Ida Wiedemann in Hilda, Mason County on 17 August 1868 (11).

In 1870, August Leifeste and his wife joined the Bethel Methodist Church in Hilda (12). In that year, on 1 August they were registered during the census. The August Leifeste family lived in Castell, Llano, TX. August was a farmer and the value of his real estate was $1500. The estimated value of their personal estate was also $1500 (13).

Johanna married Fritz Hoerster in Hilda Methodist Church on 5 January 1871 (14). Fritz was the son of Johann Heinrich Hoerster and Mary Christina Gelhausen.

Mina (Wilhelmine) married Herman Schüssler in Gillespie County on 8 October 1874 (15). Herman's parents were Johann Adam Schüssler and Eva Katharina Dieschinger.

 

Augusta married Friedrich Bode, son of Robert Emil Bode and Johanna Carolina Radetzky.

 

Sophie married John Brandenberger on 20 April 1877 - in Hilda Bethel Methodist Church (16).  Sophie's in-laws were Rudolf Gottlieb Brandenberger and Maria Katherine Bierschwale.

 

Fritz  (Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm) married Wilhelmina Geistweidt in 1879.

 

Charles H. married Emilie Lehmberg on 6 June 1883. The ceremony took place in Hilda, Methodist Church (17).  After Emilie's death Charles married Louise Vasterling, daughter of Heinrich Vasterling and Mary Frederike Werthmann on 10 April 1901 (18).

Elizabeth, the mother of the family, died on 11 June 1883, a few days after Charles's marriage. August Heinrich Leifeste passed 11 years later, on 25 June 1894.

Resources:

1. "Mason County Historical Book", Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Historical Commission, 1976.

2,3. leifeste.net

4. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L2Q-236Z : 14 February 2020), August Leifeste in entry for Sophie Leifeste, 1854.

5. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CP-ZM2 : 13 March 2018), August Leifeste in entry for Sophie Conradina Brandenbergeu, 10 Feb 1935; citing certificate number 9228, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,312.http://augustleifeste.org/sketch_august.htm

6. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-C33Z : 14 February 2020), August Leifeste in entry for Auguste Leifeste, 1854.

7. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HK-33Q : 13 March 2018), August Leifeste in entry for Fritz William Leifeste, 12 Jan 1937; citing certificate number 3977, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,126.

8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HD-L6T : 13 March 2018), August Leifeste in entry for Charles Herman Leifeste, 31 Jul 1936; citing certificate number 37194, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,938.

9.  "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1T-ZG9 : 22 January 2020), Henrietta Leifeste in entry for Charles Lehmberg, 1856.

10. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-LQK : 17 January 2021), Christian Winkel and Elisabeth Leifeste, 25 May 1860; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

11. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-WLM : 22 January 2020), August Leifeste, 1868.

12.  http://augustleifeste.org/sketch_august.htm

13. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG3-Y45 : 2 January 2021), August Leifeste, 1870.

14. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-WL3 : 22 January 2020), Johanna Leifeste in entry for Fritz Horster, 1871.

15. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGC-LSQ : 17 January 2021), Herrman Schüssler and Mina Leifeste, 08 Oct 1874; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,801.

16. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-487 : 22 January 2020), Sophie Leifeste in entry for John Brandenberger, 1877.

17. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-F6B : 22 January 2020), Carl H. Leifeste, 1883.

18.  "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-487 : 22 January 2020), Sophie Leifeste in entry for John Brandenberger, 1877."Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HCMJ-R7W2 : 22 January 2020), Charles Leifeste, 1901.

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