Alexander Otto LYTTON

Alexander married Joanne Steen HAMIEL on 3 Feb 1951 in Mesilla Park, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA. Joanne (daughter of Glenn Russell HAMIEL and Flora B. STEEN) was born on 2 Dec 1928 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA; died on 30 Dec 2018; was buried on 22 Feb 2019 in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
at St. James Episcopal Church by Rev. Bancroft P. Smith

1. Living
2. Charles Snow LYTTON was born on 19 Nov 1955 in Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA; died on 4 Feb 2024 in Katy, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 26 Feb 2024 in Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.

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Alexander Otto Meerscheidt attended the San Antonio public schools when young, then Peacock Military Academy and the college in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

His first marriage to Marie Joan Snow by whom he had two sons did not prove successful so they were divorced in 1930.

In 1931 he was married to Anna Lucille Lesterjette and two sons were born to this union. At this time Alexander, or Alex as he is called, was farming and raising chickens in Laredo, Texas. As this did not prove profitable, he became a railroad switchman and a the age of 72 retired as yard master. Alex loves sports and was a great baseball player and as a hobby took part in various amateur plays in Laredo.

Alexander married Marie Joan SNOW on 28 Oct 1922 in Mesilla, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA, and was divorced before 16 Apr 1930. Marie (daughter of Oscar Charles SNOW and Marie Justina McGREGOR) was born on 18 Mar 1905 in Mesilla Park, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA; died on 12 Feb 1960 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico; was buried on 16 Feb 1960 in Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marie Joan Snow was born on September 12, 1904, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She attended school in Las Cruces and on November 12, 1921, in El Paso, Texas, she was married to Alexander Otto Meerscheidt. To this union were born, Alexander Otto and Oscar Paul. This marriage did not prove to be a success so they were divorced in 1930.

Marie’s second husband was Lawrence R. Lytton.

Birth:
v. Rosenberg book: 12 Sep 1904

Died:
in a hospital

Buried:
Section 2, Block 5, Plot 37

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Married:
at the home of the bride’s parents by Rev. M. O. Williams

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Paul was born at the Nassau Farm and attended school in Round Top and La Grange. He went to university at Hildesheim, Germany with his brother Axel. However, he returned to Texas the next summer. In La Grange, he studied law under Judge Teichmuller and later at Vanderbilt University, graduating in the class of 1881. At one time he served as deputy sheriff in La Grange for two years. He practiced law in La Grange until 1889 when he moved his family to San Antonio, joining his brother in the real estate business. In 1900 he was elected Bexar County Tax Collector, serving until 1908.

He and his wife celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary while on board ship to Germany. Then at the age of 57 he had a severe case of pneumonia, leaving him very weak. As a result, he was ordered by a physician to spend some time in New Mexico. Years later he acquired diabetes, later dying from complications of this illness.

Died:
at 8:50 a.m. at his residence, 313 W. Park Ave.

Buried:
Block 6, Lot 667, Space 12

Paul married Bertha L. FREDE on 2 Jun 1883 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Bertha (daughter of August FREDE and Barbara FINK) was born on 4 Jul 1862 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 12 Oct 1948 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 14 Oct 1948 in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bertha was orphaned, along with her three brothers, at the age of five. During childhood she lived with her grandmother Elise Frede, her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Schuhmacher of La Grange, and later with another aunt, Mrs. Kate Wurzbach of San Antonio.

She was fond of music, enjoyed crocheting, gardened, and traveled.

Died:
at 1:30 p.m. at her residence, 313 W. Park

Buried:
Block 6, Lot 667, Space 11

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Married:
by L. W. Moore, Judge of 15th District

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Buried:
Section 2, Block 5, Plot 8

Died:
in Mayo brothers’ hospital

Oscar married Marie Justina McGREGOR about 1902. Marie was born on 26 Sep 1882 in Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA; died on 30 Jan 1931 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA; was buried on 31 Jan 1931 in Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Section 2, Block 5, Plot 9

Died:
at 4:05 a.m. at Hotel Dieu Hospital

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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.

August married Barbara FINK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]