Herman Eugen VON ROSENBERG

Notes:

Herman was educated in Round Top and La Grange. While attending school in La Grange, he stayed with his aunt, Amanda Meerscheidt. At the La Grange school he won a five dollar gold coin as most outstanding pupil in his math class.

He went to work at the age of sixteen as a clerk at George Weyand’s store at Nassau. He later clerked at Marburger’s store, located between Fayetteville and Industry. Herman bought C. F. Hellmuth’s interest in the Hellmuth and Umland store in Round Top. He later sold his interest to Umland and took over the barroom and cigar factory part of the business.

The cigar business became Herman’s main interest. He brought the tobacco in from Havana, employing as many as twenty-four men at a time. As his business increased, he added groceries to the store. He sold the liquor business as prohibition became an issue. He bought his brother Alexander’s dry goods, moving them to his own store. He also sold cotton and produce.

About 1892 he built a two story home on six acres adjoining the public square in Round Top. He also bought farms a mile from town. He was a pencil sketch artist, and he served as secretary, treasurer, and president of the Round Top Rifle Association.

Herman married Louise Marie LEVIEN on 1 Jun 1880 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. Louise (daughter of Carl Heinrich LEVIEN and Margaretha DURR) was born on 31 Jul 1862 in Greenvine, Washington, Texas, USA; died on 6 Dec 1950 in Bellville, Austin, Texas, USA; was buried in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Herman Theodor VON ROSENBERG was born on 15 Jun 1881 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was christened on 16 Jul 1882 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 16 Jan 1967 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin, Texas, USA.
2. Walter Herman VON ROSENBERG was born on 18 Nov 1883 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 22 Apr 1953 in Runge, Karnes, Texas, USA; was buried on 23 Apr 1953 in Runge City Cemetery, Runge, Karnes, Texas, USA.
3. Anna Louise VON ROSENBERG was born on 9 Apr 1886 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 10 Jun 1973 in Bellville, Austin, Texas, USA; was buried in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA.
4. Ernest Herman VON ROSENBERG was born on 1 Feb 1888 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 20 Mar 1931 in Palmer Lake, El Paso, Colorado, USA; was buried on 25 Mar 1931 in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.
5. Louise Laura VON ROSENBERG was born on 10 Jan 1890 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 6 Jun 1964 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 8 Jun 1964 in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA.
6. Martha Eugenia VON ROSENBERG was born on 1 Jun 1892 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 27 Sep 1981 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 30 Sep 1981 in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
7. Ella Agnes VON ROSENBERG was born on 1 Sep 1894 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 5 Jul 1946 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.
8. Theodora Emma VON ROSENBERG was born on 24 Aug 1896 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 24 May 1972 in Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas, USA; was buried on 26 May 1972 in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Rosenberg, Fort Bend, Texas, USA.
9. Emily Laura VON ROSENBERG was born on 22 Nov 1898 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 30 Dec 1993 in Austin County, Texas, USA; was buried in Sealy Cemetery, Sealy, Austin, Texas, USA.
10. Olga Bertha VON ROSENBERG was born on 5 Dec 1900 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 29 Aug 1981 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 31 Aug 1981 in Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.
11. Marcus Herman VON ROSENBERG was born on 13 May 1905 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 9 Sep 1977 in Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA; was buried on 11 Sep 1977 in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA.

Notes:

Eugen arrived in Texas with his parents in 1849, settling on the Nassau Plantation. Soon he owned his own livestock. In adulthood he farmed and ran a freight express to the nearest railroad station. After serving in the Civil War, he made trips to Mexico to sell cotton. He enjoyed smoking a pipe, keeping a small patch of tobacco in his garden.

Carl married Theodore Anna Arnoldine Henriette (Dorchen) SACK on 17 Dec 1853 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. Theodore (daughter of Eduard Wilhelm Hieronimus Maximilian SACK and Dorothea Catharina Elisabeth FICKER) was born on 7 May 1829 in Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Prussia, Germany; died on 21 Mar 1904 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1904 in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Theodora was educated in Dusseldorf, Germany, specializing in music. She arrived in Texas in 1849, settling near Round Top. She moved into town after marrying Wilhelm von Roeder. They had one child, a daughter named Marie, who married Tony van Hutton. After von Roeder’s death, she married Carl Eugen von Rosenberg.

Theodora taught piano and voice for more than forty years. She directed the Round Top Mixed Choir for many years, entertained at her home, painted, and engaged in filet. Many members of her family called her “Tante Dorchen.”

Died:
at 4 a.m.

Notes:

Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg was the third son of Otto von Rosenberg and his second wife, Maria Wilhelmine von Stempel-von Rosenberg, of Raddeilen and Eckitten Estates. He was nine years old when his parents were divorced and we know nothing of his early life and education. He enlisted in the Prussian Army at an early ago and at twenty-one he became a lieutenant in the cavalry. He was a member of the Uhlans and on the old scroll he is called a Jager, which was a title given to certain German cavalry regiments.

He later told his grandson Arthur von Rosenberg that in the Battle of Leipzig his horse's mouth was shot away, but he quickly mounted another horse whose rider had been killed.

He fought with the Prussian guards under Bluecher with Wellington. When Napoleon faced the English on Belgian soil at Waterloo, with the remnant of the once-defeated Prussians and the fresh Prussian forces under Bluecher, the tide of the battle turned on June 18, 1815. The histories tell us this Prussian Guard knew how to die but not how to surrender.

The Uhlans fought with lances. They were chiefly employed for reconnoitering, skirmishing, and outpost duty. Originally they were light cavalry. Peter Carl was a Lieutenant in this company at Waterloo, we learn from the old scroll and from letters.

In 1819 he inherited Eckitten Estate after the death of his widowed stepmother, and the same year he married Johanna Dorothea Froelich. They had four children before she died at the age of twenty-nine, six weeks after the birth of Johannes.

Peter Carl was a "Frei Denker" and in the disturbing days of 1848 was severely criticized for his political views. The consequent humiliation of the family was the direct cause of the immigration to Texas.



The family of Carl von Rosenberg departed from Bremen, Germany on 1 Oct 1849 and arrived at Galveston, Texas on 2 Dec 1849. They travelled on the ship Franziska.

Peter married Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER on 11 Feb 1830 in Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia. Amanda (daughter of Jean Pierre FALLIER and Anne Caroline MARQUARDT) was born on 6 Sep 1806 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died on 22 Apr 1864 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Richters Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amanda was baptized Amande Henriette Louise. Her godparents at the French Reformed Church in Königsberg were Mr. Jean Frédéric Marquart, Mr. Guillaume Schubert, Mrs. Marie Hagen, councillor and secretary, and Mrs. Marie Anne Matz.

Eduard married Dorothea Catharina Elisabeth FICKER. Dorothea (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 14 Dec 1799; died on 22 Oct 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Otto von Rosenberg was born on the Radeilen estate which was near the village of Krottingen near Memel in Kurland, East Prussia.  He was a Baron of the East Prussian nobility.  He married three times and was divorced twice.  Upon the dissolution of his second marriage to Maria Wilhelmine von Stempel, he kept the Eckitten estate as well as a mill on the estate, and a brewery and hotel in Memel which he had received as a part of the dowery from the von Stempel family.  He was appointed the Royal Forester of the Royal Braslausten Estate in the then Kingdom of Prussia by King Friedrich Wilhelm III towards the end of his life.  The estate was located far east of Memel near the village of Sarasen (now present day Jeziorosy in Lithuania).  Shortly after his arrival on the Royal Estate with his second wife, Catharina Borkenhagen and their children, Baron Otto suffered a stroke and was buried three days later in the local Lutheran churchyard.  He was a Lieutenant in the Infantry of the Royal Prussian Army.  JTK”

Buried:
on the Braslausten Estate

Otto married Maria Wilhelmine VON STEMPEL on 21 Oct 1791 in Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia, and was divorced in 1803. Maria (daughter of Gotthard Melchior Johann VON STEMPEL and Marie Charlotte VON STEMPEL) was born on 6 Jul 1768 in Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia; was christened on 11 Jul 1768; died on 3 Oct 1831 in Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jean Pierre’s marriage record indicates that he was a native of Landsberg, Ostprueßen, Germany (now Górowo Ilaweckie (Bartoszyce), Olsztyn, Poland), and that he was residing there when he married. His death record indicates that he was born in Sorau, Brandenburg, Germany (now Zary, Poland). Church records for that period of time in Sorau are not available through the Family History Center. An examination of the Evangelisch church records at Landsberg may shed some light on this contradiction. At this time the birth in Sorau seems the most probable with his residence in Landsberg at the time of his marriage plausible.

Died:
at 4:30 p.m.

Buried:
in the French Reformed cemetery

Jean married Anne Caroline MARQUARDT on 11 May 1804 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia. Anne (daughter of Johann Friedrich MARQUARDT and Regine Charlotte HEIN) was born about 1785 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died on 31 Oct 1828 in Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia; was buried on 9 Nov 1828 in Königsberg, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
at 3:30 a.m.

Buried:
in the French Reformed cemetery

Notes:

Married:
at the French Reformed church by Pastor Schlick

Philipp married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]