Notes: The von Rosenberg Family

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1051	Gustav was a Lieutenant for the Royal Prussian Army and the Imperial Russian Army, as well as a pawnbroker in Gilsen, Livonia.	VON ROSENBERG, Gustav Gotthard Hieronymous (I3874)
1052	H. H. married Elize Schulze on 14 Nov 1934 in Austin County, Texas.	BOELSCHE, Henry Herman (I9019)
1053	Harold attended Crockett Elementary and Lanier Middle School in San Antonio, Texas. He also attended the Austin State school. He worked in several laundromats and car washes, and did his own lawn work as well. Harold also worked at his sister's swimming club. He cared for his mother until the time of her death. Harold loved his nieces and nephews and especially enjoyed taking them places and attending their birthday parties. Harold never married.	CAMPBELL, Harold Lee (I198)
1054	Harry was born in the family home on the corner of Lafayette and Madison Streets in La Grange, Texas. He played football and was the team captain in high school football. In 1917, he earned his B.S. degree in in mechanical engineering and also electrical engineering. Later he returned to school and obtained an M.S. in the mechanical engineering. He was a member of the Ramshorn Association and Pi Tau Sigma Fraternity, an honorary mechanical engineering fraternity. Harry worked for Westinghouse in Pennsylvania and Fluor in Houston before starting his own company in 1948, the Texas Metal Fabricating Company in Houston, Texas. The company continued under his leadership until 1977 when he retired. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Professional Engineers Society of Houston. Upon retirement Harry moved to the Moss (Maas) farm in Fayette County between Ledbetter and La Grange. He moved his childhood home from Lafayette Street in La Grange to the farm. There he expanded and remodeled the home. Harry was active in the Houston Power Squadron and the Houston Yacht Club. He included the entire family in boating, which was his hobby. In 1986, Harry was diagnosed with lung cancer. Nine months later he passed away in the same bedroom in which he was born.	MOSS, Edward Harry (I13557)
1055	Harry was the first Ford dealer in Calhoun County. He was a member of the Smith Brothers Seafoods Co., a family partnership. With his brother-in-law, W. H. Bauer, he founded the Bauer-Smith Dredging Co. in 1935. Owning extensive property, he and Bauer sold the 3,000-acre Mitchell Point Ranch to Aluminum Company of Amercia in 1947, for the site of the company’s Point Comfort operations. He retained and continued to operate his Wolfe Point Ranch where he also maintained a ranch home. Harry was a member of the board of directors of First State Bank & Trust Co. in Port Lavaca for over 25 years. He was also a charter director of the Bank of Commerce in Point Comfort. He was a member of the Texas Cattlemen’s Association, the Texas Centennial Commission, the parole board, and Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church.	SMITH, Harry Carlos (I13569)
1056	Haven of Rest Mausoleum	VON ROSENBERG, Emily Laura (I10114)
1057	Haven of Rest Mausoleum	BOCK, Dr. Otto Frank (I13724)
1058	Haven of Rest Mausoleum	HABERMACHER, Herman Gale (I10125)
1059	Haven of Rest Mausoleum	HABERMACHER, Harold Gale (I13837)
1060	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I24912)
1061	Hazel graduated from Bellville High School, Bellville, Texas and then attended Texas Women's College for one year before marrying. She was employed as a secretary for the Superintendent of Bellville ISD and also did secretarial work at A.J. Smith Furniture Company. She was active in the United Methodist Women's group at the Bellville Methodist Church. She loved to cook and visit with friends.	HELLMUTH, Hazel Frances (I13354)
1062	Hazel was previously married to Argus Van Osdol.	CRESSWELL, Hazel (I2844)
1063	headstone: 2 Jun 1881	MYERS, Robert Lee (I42172)
1064	headstone: 25 Apr 1921; censuses support a birth year abt 1915	POPPY, Eva J. (I2849)
1065	headstone: 4 Nov 1878	GREENE, Cordelia Beatrice (I12526)
1066	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I13642)
1067	Helen moved with her parents to Waco, Texas when she was four years old. She graduated from Waco High School, and attended Baylor University. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B. A. and a Masters degree. After she and Newt were married and he finished his medical training, they moved to El Paso where Newt began his practice. During World War II, Helen returned to the University of Michigan and received a degree in Library Science. She worked at the Public Library in Lakewood, Ohio and later at the library of the University of Texas in Austin. After the war, they returned to El Paso. Helen was president of the Auxiliary of the El Paso County Medical Society and served as a member of the Board of the El Paso Library for 20 years. She was a member and past director of the Pan American Round Table of El Paso; a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority, and a member of the PEO Sisterhood. She was active in the First Presbyterian Church where she started a library and served as Deaconess and Elder. She was a member of the History and the Tuesday Book Club. For many years she was asked to review books for various organizations in the community.	HELLMUTH, Helen Eleanor (I13467)
1068	Helene and her twin sister, Alice, were born November 29, 1857, on a farm located on the Pedernales River near Fredericksburg, Texas. It was here that they spent their early childhood, gathering wild flowers and playing along the banks of the river. When the twins were about seven, the family moved to San Antonio where the father, Herman Lungkwitz, a landscape artist, opened a studio and photograph gallery. Most of Helene’s childhood was spent in San Antonio where she received her early education. When she was fifteen, the family moved to Austin and her education was completed at B. J. Smith’s, a fashionable school for young ladies. It was at a dance at the Turner Halle, at Lavaca and Eighteenth Streets in Austin, that Helene first met Ernst von Rosenberg. On October 18, 1879, they were married by the Rev. T. B. Lee, Episcopal minister, at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Professor and Mrs. Jacob Bickler. Helene and Ernst were a very striking couple—he tall, erect, and handsome with blond hair and blue eyes, and she petite with brown hair and hazel eyes. Their eight children are: Else Cornelia, Mary, Hannah, Ernest, Ralph, Emma and Herman. Helene and Ernst both lived to see seven children grown, and to enjoy the company of several grandchildren. It was ten years after her husband’s death that Helene passed away on January 22, 1925. She was a great lover of nature. In her younger days, she was an art pupil of her father and showed considerable talent. Her children treasured several of her lovely pencil sketches. Helene had a wonderful sense of humor, was gentle and kind-hearted, and was a most hospitable hostess. She was affectionately known to all her nieces and nephews as “Aunt Ellen.”	LUNGKWITZ, Helene Clara (I3917)
1069	Henrietta attended school in Blanco, Texas in 1950. She obtained a degree in sociology from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1980. She worked for Carnation Fresh, Alamo Iron Works, and as a substitute teacher for the Harlandale ISD. In December of 1974, she began working for the Texas Department of Human Resources where she became a supervisor. She retired in 1993 as the result of an accident.	PIPER, Henrietta Novella (I434)
1070	Henry attended school in Comfort, studied both German and English. He worked in a drug store when quite young, then came to San Antonio, Texas, and worked for Ed. Steves & Son Lumber Yard. As his health was failing he later went to Boerne, Texas, and worked in the Wilkes Drug Store. Then he attended the college of pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland, where he received a Degree of Doctor of Pharmacy in 1912. He returned to San Antonio and went into business himself. After many years in the drug business, he sold his store and entered politics serving as Park Commissioner for 12 years. After being defeated he went back into the drug business and has to his credit about 50 years of service. He was active in the Masons, the American Legion and St. John’s Lutheran Church of San Antonio. His hobby was traveling and seeing the country, both foreign and local.	HEIN, Henry Felix (I9652)
1071	Henry attended school in San Antonio, Texas where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1942. He worked for the US District Engineers in San Antonio before being drafted into the Army and attended A.A.F. Cadet School in California. After being discharged in 1946, he worked for Pacific Telephone Company, retiring 34 years later in 1980.	MEERSCHEIDT, Henry Sinclair (I14507)
1072	Henry grew up in San Antonio where he attended Brackenridge High School and played the French horn in the high school band. He was a talented musician and a member of an accordion quartet that performed for various functions in San Antonio. Henry attended San Antonio College before being drafted into the Infantry in 1944. He served n the 328th Infantry, 26th Division in the European Theater where was killed in action in February 1945.	HEIN, Henry Meerscheidt (I443)
1073	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.	SCHOLZ, Henry Max Theodor (I2973)
1074	Herman attended school in Round Top, La Grange, and Bellville. He worked as a clerk for many years in the Bellville grocery store owned by his half-brother, Charles. He later moved to Uvalde where he lived with his nephew Herman Frederick Hellmuth who owned a ranch there. When Herman F. and his wife moved to Coupland, Herman G. went along. There he clerked in the Hellmuth-von Rosenberg store. Herman G. tagged along again when Herman F. and Eleanor moved to Waco. In August, 1929, after the death of Eleanor, Herman G. moved to Hallettsville where he lived with his sister, Ella Young. He stayed there for the remainder of his life. Herman Gustav was a member of the Sons of Hermann when he lived at Coupland.	HELLMUTH, Herman Gustav (I10232)
1075	Herman Dyal worked at the San Antonio Light for 25 years, the Houston Post for nine years, and the Houston Chronicle for 17 years. At his retirement he served as Manager of the Advertising Service Department. His newspaper career began shortly after his father died when Herman began delivering papers for the Light to help support his nine siblings. In 1953 he helped organize and became a lifetime member of the Spring Branch I.S.D. Bear Backers. He was also inducted into the Spring Branch I.S.D. Hall of Fame for his outstanding service to Spring Branch High School. He represented Houston Baptist University in the New Braunfels, Texas area from 1979 until his death. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church, New Braunfels at the time of his death.	DYAL, Herman Ellis (I3011)
1076	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.	VON ROSENBERG, Herman Eugen (I3882)
1077	Hermann’s godparents were Heinrich Eckermann, August Eckermann, Fr. Minna Eckermann, and Charlotte Mieth. Herman was raised on the farm. As he got older, he and his brother worked as painters and wallpaper hangers. After he married Augusta, they moved to a farm near New Ulm. They moved into town in 1923 to operate a cafe. They ran the cafe until their retirement in 1960.	NEUMANN, Herman August (I10174)
1078	Hildegard and her siblings were raised in Austin. She attended University Junior High School, was active in Girl Scouts, sang in the choir, and took ballet. After graduating from Austin Senior High School in 1938 she spent two years at the University of Texas. She worked at her brother’s veterinary hospital on North Lamar in Austin. She met her future husband, Earl (Buddy) Vogelsong Lindsay, at a square dance where he was the caller, and they married in 1941. Buddy was a petroleum engineer, and together they lived in many places such as Austin, Houston, Palestine, Eastland, Midland, Brenham, and Corsicana in Texas where they were with Tex Harvey Oil Co. with their growing family in tow. Hilde and Buddy always wanted a large family, and they were blessed to have seven children. The family moved from Denver, Colorado, to Titusville, Florida, in 1962 when Buddy was hired as an electrical engineer by Pan American at Cape Canaveral. Hilde was a loving mom, teaching her children and grandchildren traditional homemaking skills, including cooking and sewing, and she taught the importance of shared holiday celebrations and traditions. She loved telling stories about her German heritage, and she talked of her childhood, her friends, relatives, the family farm, and her famous uncles who were Texas landscape artists. She was so proud of her heritage – the von Rosenberg Family of Texas - German immigrants who first settled in Austin in the early 1800’s. She attended the von Rosenberg Family reunions in Texas, even after moving to Florida. Hilde had many friends who would say she was loyal, faithful, generous and caring. She could be feisty at times and spoke her mind. She could be funny and had a wonderful sense of humor. She was a “real lady,” and always tried to look her very best. Her social life was full of activities and no one was ever a stranger; she could make a friend of everyone. One of the main activities she shared with her husband, for over 50 years, was Square dancing, Scottish and Folk dancing. Each week Hilde looked forward with eager anticipation to her Friday night dancing. She was a talented seamstress who loved to sew and made beautiful garments including many of their dancing outfits. She fashioned works of art like quilts, wall hangings, pillows, doll clothes, baby clothes and blankets, and stuffed animals. She was a charter member of Space Coast Quilters and spent many enjoyable hours quilting on a quilting frame set up in her living room. Hilde enjoyed music and the lovely flowers and birds in her gardens. She was active in the TOPS club, and was a long-time volunteer at the North Brevard Historical Museum. Hilde and Buddy traveled the U.S. in their camper van upon Buddy’s retirement. She valued her independence and drove herself around Titusville into her 90’s. She loved attending church services and Sunday school and was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church of Titusville.	WUPPERMAN, Viola Hildegard (I12713)
1079	Hilmar was a member of the Western Irrigated Pecan Growers and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau. He was also active for many years in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars including managing the Legion’s baseball league. On behalf of his volunteer with the city of Las Cruces’s recreational program, the city named its newly build recreation center after him in August, 1973. Hilmar was also a member of the NMSU Aggie Booster Club serving as its director, as well as being a member of a the Century Club, a unit of the Booster Club.	MEERSCHEIDT, Hilmar Frank (I9638)
1080	Hilmar was an invalid from the age of 22.	FRICKE, Hilmer George (I13799)
1081	His birth name was Johann Heinrich Koenig	KOENIG, Johann Heinrich (I29020)
1082	Homer attended school in Port Lavaca where he developed an aptitude for math. His parents were talented musicians, but Homer was orphaned at 15 and separated from his siblings. He moved from relative to another. His trust in God and the help from relatives and Masonic friends gave him a source of strength. During the Great Depression, he traveled the rails, as many did, looking for work. He was hired as a bookkeeper and timekeeper with the WPA in La Grange. Homer and his family were active in the First Baptist Church where he served as treasurer. He was a Bible scholar and had exquisite handwriting. As a result, he was often asked to pen special awards given by the church. He was a Free Mason which he considered a noble means of serving others. Homer worked as a public accountant for the Fayette County Auditor for over 30 years. His biggest regret was being rejected as a soldier, so to compensate, he sought to protect the integrity of our Constitution. He enjoyed visiting and traveling with family.	ECK, Homer D. (I13886)
1083	Hugh attended Texas A&I College in Kingsville and volunteered as a pilot cadet in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1941. In 1944, he earned his pilot wings and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and served as an advanced flying instructor. In 1945, he flew combat in the P-47 with the Fifth Air Force, 310 Squadron, 58th fighter group in New Guinea, Okinawa and the Philippines. In 1946, he was discharged as a First Lieutenant. He was a postmaster with the U.S. Postal Service from 1947-1980. From 1940 until his death, he was involved in a 50-year battle with the U.S. government concerning federal seizure of his home and ranch lands on Matagorda Island.	HAWES, Hugh Adrian (I18976)
1084	Hugo was born on the family’s farm near Round Top, but moved with his family to Ellinger when he was four years old. They lived there about four years then moved to Rockdale where he attended school. He also engaged in some hunting and fishing in the San Gabriel River, as well as working on the farm. After marrying Minna, they lived on a farm near Sharp. However, in 1905, he and his brother Edgar purchased a quarter section of land on Lipan Flat near Wall, Texas. Minna did not like the wind and dust of West Texas, and she prevailed on Hugo to return to Central Texas. Hugo sold his interest in the land to his mother and brother and moved the family to a small farm near Temple in 1906. They lived on this farm for thirteen years. He farmed this land and worked several other jobs. He was employed by Temple Candy Company, he worked as rural postman, and finally he worked at Laramey Implement Company as a mechanic. In 1919 he moved his family into a home that he had bought in Temple. However, he always liked to farm and even ran one while he lived in the city. He was a member of one fraternal society, the Woodmen of the World.	VON ROSENBERG, Hugo Heinrich (I3891)
1085	Ida attended the Industry, Texas, public schools, graduated from Sam Houston Normal Institute in Huntsville, and received her teaching certificate from Southwest Teachers College. She taught school at Industry, Schoenau, County Line and Raccoon Bend. She retired to her hometown of Industry later in life. She was a member of the Industry United Methodist Church. After Ida and Ralph married, they made their home in the Heights area of Houston. During this time she and her sister, Sallie Hackfield, spent much time together while their husbands were beginning their dental and medical careers. Ralph was a member of a dance orchestra named the “Collegiates.” They would spend many nights on the town, enjoying the music and social activity. In 1941 Ralph and Ida moved to a brick house they had built southeast of downtown Houston, remaining there until 1951 when they moved to the Memorial area. While in Houston, Ida had many friends. Her main interest, however, was her family. She enjoyed spending weekends in Industry, checking on the cows with her brother Dutch, fishing in the family ponds and saltwater fishing with her brother Pat. She also enjoyed the holidays and preparing big dinners for the family.	FORDTRAN, Ida Banks (I24504)
1086	Imogene was employed in the civil service at Fort Hood. Her career was cut short by early medical retirement due to severe allergies. She worked from home as a sales representative for many craft projects and for Avon products. She enjoyed the outdoors and shared her husband's hobby of hunting. She stayed active, even though her allergies resulted in frequent illness. She was an excellent cook and Christmas dinner of the Alexander Adams family was always in their home.	CHAPPELL, Imogene (I29047)
1087	In 1932, after the death of her husband, Johanna and her youngest son, Harlie Thomas, moved to La Grange and lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Speckels. Later in life she lived with her daughter, Vallie Spreen, in Houston, where she died at the age of 85.	SPECKELS, Johanna Clementine (I3622)
1088	in a boarding house on Texas Avenue across from Union Station	VAUGHN, Mary Louise (I8933)
1089	in a hospital	SNOW, Marie Joan (I10185)
1090	in a hospital	VON ROSENBERG, Augusta Frances (I10251)
1091	in a hospital	MUENZLER, Esther Amanda (I13973)
1092	in a hospital	KNUST, Esther Theresie Ottilie (I24553)
1093	in a hospital	KUNKEL, Adolph Michael (I24568)
1094	in a hosptial	HALL, Fred Paul (I13516)
1095	in a Houston hospital, following a short illness	HELLMUTH, Charles Frederick (I12539)
1096	in a local hospital	(WATTS), Florence Madge (I9752)
1097	in a nursing home	WIEDERAENDERS, Anita Minna (I24518)
1098	in a plane crash at 4:50 p.m., 45 miles north of Fort Davis on the Reynolds Bar X Ranch located	SEARCY, Tyson Morey (I898)
1099	in a plane crash off the coast of Santa Monica during flight training	GRINSTEAD, Edward Hall (I18146)
1100	in a rest home	KNUST, Henry L. (I24602)