Helen Olga REUTZEL

Helen married James Russell LANG on 27 Dec 1932 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA. James was born on 2 Jun 1910 in Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota, USA; died on 9 Apr 1994 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
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Fred married Agnes SCHOLZ on 27 Dec 1902 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Agnes (daughter of Henry Max Theodor SCHOLZ and Louise MEERSCHEIDT) was born on 15 Mar 1877 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 27 Feb 1960 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry, an only child, came to the United States from Germany with his parents in 1849. They landed in Galveston and settled in La Grange. He and his father enlisted in same company of Oswald Battalion, Confederate Army on November 4, 1861. Since he was too young to fight, Henry served as a drummer boy. He was discharged at San Jacinto on April 30, 1862.

After the war, he assisted his parents with their general merchandise business. He continued the business with his mother after his father died. He married Lieschen in 1874, spending many evenings with his family. He would play the cornet and his wife the piano. He was bandmaster of the La Grange Band for many years. His hobbies were gardening and duck hunting. While on a hunting trip he contracted a severe cold, as he was not fully recovered from a case of the mumps. He died shortly afterwards.

Henry married Louise MEERSCHEIDT on 16 Apr 1874 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Louise (daughter of Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM and Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG) was born on 25 Jan 1855 in Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 26 Feb 1927 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 28 Feb 1927 in Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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“Lieschen” was born on the Nassau Farm near Round Top. She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church by Pastor Bauer and remained of this faith throughout her life. She attended school in Round Top and, later, La Grange. Immediately after marrying Henry Scholz, they began living in the home he had bought. She lived the rest of her life in this house.

She was left to care for her six children after Henry died. After they reached adulthood, her mother, her sister Martha, and the twin sons of her brother Max, came from San Antonio to live with them.

She was a dedicated church worker, serving as president of the Lutheran “Frauen Verein” for many years. She also served as president of the La Grange Ladies Cemetery Association. During the time she cared for her mother she was able to partake more in her hobbies of crocheting and tatting. She also enjoyed flowers, loving to tell of the gardens she visited when she and sister Martha travelled to Seattle, Washington.

Died:
at 11 p.m.

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Married:
by E. Henkel, J. P.

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Birth:
(unsure which Leuben)

Theodor married Pauline HOEPTNER. Pauline was born on 22 Jun 1817 in Germany; died on 19 Feb 1895; was buried in Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Arthur Meerscheidt’s given name was Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald von Meerscheidt-von Huellessem. He was educated in Braunschweig. At sixteen years of age he became a cadet in Prince Wasa’s Hungarian regiment and age nineteen became an officer in the Hungarian army. He was wounded while fighting as a revolutionary at Czegedin. After recovering from his wound, he traveled down the Danube en route to Constantinople when he was captured by Serbians. He was spared by a friendly Hungarian and was allowed to continue his journey. He then returned home to Germany where he attempted to join the army of Schleswig-Holstein, at his mother’s bidding. However, the war that army was in had ended. Shortly after he sailed for the United States.

He arrived at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana aboard the “Ohio” on 2 Jan 1850. From there he met an acquaintance, a man named Jenski, who was from near Nassau in northern Fayette County, Texas. Arthur settled in that area and became a farmer and family man. He later became a merchant in nearby Round Top before moving to La Grange in 1874. There he was appointed Postmaster, in which office he remained until his death. He took a trip west because of ill health, but saw little improvement. He died in Boerne, Texas due to a heart ailment.

Arthur married Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG on 9 Nov 1850 in Fayette County, Texas, USA. Amanda (daughter of Peter Carl Johann VON ROSENBERG and Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER) was born on 15 Jun 1832 in Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia; died on 29 Aug 1911 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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“Lina” von Rosenberg was born at Eckitten Estate, was baptized at St. Johannis Kirche in Memel, and was confirmed at the Landkirche in Crottingen. She spent much of her youth with her mother’s relatives in Königsburg where she attended school and enjoyed musical entertainment.

She came with her family to Texas in 1849 and married Arthur Meerscheidt a year later. They lived in a log house near Nassau, but later moved to La Grange. After the death of her husband, Lina moved to San Antonio where she kept house for three of her children, Max, Otto, and Martha. She and Martha also raised Max’s two sons after his wife passed away. In old age she returned to La Grange to live out her days in an invalid’s chair, cared for at the home of her daughter, Lieschen Scholz. She enjoyed reading and stayed abreast of politics.

Birth:
at Eckitten Estate

in the Landkirche

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Married:
by F. Ernst, J. P.