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“Emma Aurelia Saunders Hornberger was a descendant of Thomas Sherman, who lived in Diss County, Norfolk, England, and died in the year 1493. The arms and crest of the Sherman family were conferred by Oliver Crombwell. Philip Sherman came to America in 1633 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. One of her ancestors, James Sherman, was married to Ruth Brewster, a direct descendant of the Elder William Brewster who came to this country on the Mayflower.
“Emma enjoyed music and as a young woman taught the piano. Her special talent was as a homemaker and devoted wife and mother, but her love of people and willingness to help others was also an important part of her life.
“She spent many hours at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio. Among her responsibilities were teaching Sunday School and serving as secretary of the parish and regional Woman’s Guilds. A favorite hobby was quilting, and in the Quilting Circle it was said that her stitches were the tiniest of all.
“Emma was honored as a worker for Christ when following her death her name was inscribed in the ‘Book of Remembrances’ at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio.” | SAUNDERS, Emma Aurelia (I12508)
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| 1952 |
“Esther was born in Austin, baptized there in St. David’s Episcopal Church and confirmed in All Saints’ Chapel some years later. She learned her A B C’s at the private kindergarten and primary school of Miss Numbers. In 1904 she entered the private Whitis Prepatory School, affiliated with the University of Texas, and graduated in Jun 1911. She entered the University of Texas that fall and was soon initiated into the National Sorority, Pi Beta Phi.
“In September 1913 she entered the Domestic Science Department of Newcomb College, the co-ed division of Tulane University in New Orleans, La. There she affiliated with the Newcomb chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Weekends were for social life and taking advantage of the cultural side of that historical city, such as attending the French Opera, concerts, ballets, and the theater.
“The next year Esther elected to stay at home to join in the social life of young ladies. In 1916 she was a charter member of the Settlement Club, a charitable organization composed of her friends, that is still in existence. World War I found her helping with Red Cross work and other activities associated with the war effort and later taking part in civic and cultural projects. She is still an active member of the Austin Art League, Group II, organized in 1925, a small social and study group of old-time friends.
“From 1943 through 1947 she held a War Service position in the Austin Post Office. During the Korean War she was called back on War Service, remaining until 1963. The year 1973 finds her and her single brother living in the family home in Austin.” | VON ROSENBERG, Esther May (I12527)
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| 1953 |
“Frederick Charles von Rosenberg, though not tall, carried himself with military bearing. His face, especially the large blue eyes, expressed intellectual vigor. He attended private schools in Austin until he entered the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, graduating in 1884 at seventeen with scholastic and military honors. In 1884-1885 he studied law at the University of Texas and helped organize Tau chapter of Kappa Sigma, a national Greek-letter college fraternity.
“The next two years he studied civil engineering at Maryland Military and Naval Academy, Oxford, Maryland, where he was student assistant in English, cadet colonel and assistant commandant. He entered the School of Law at Georgetown University in Washington, D. C., in October, 1887. At this time he became a charter member of the “President’s Troop,” District of Columbia National Guard. The summer vacation of 1888 was spent as a civil engineer with a silver mining company in Chihuahua, Mexico.
“The year 1889 had special import for him for in that year he received his Bachelor of Law Degree from Georgetown University and was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the Dist. of Columbia on May 13. He was elected Worthy Grand Master of the national organization of Kappa Sigma, and received as a graduation gift from his father a four month’s tour of Europe. In 1889 he also began his long and successful legal career in Austin.
“Frederick specialized in land title practice for which his engineering education particularly fitted him. Under Governor Campbell, he served as Chairman of the Board for the State School for the Blind, and later Chairman of the State Mining Board, resigning to fill an unexpired term as Commissioner of Insurance and Banking.
“On December 19, 1892, in Boise City, Idaho, Frederick married Miss Nina Electa Stephens, daughter of Dr. John Livingston Stephens and Cordelia Beatrice Greene-Stephens. Two children were born to them, Esther May and Frederick Gotthardt. Frederick Charles was confirmed in the Episcopal Church April 5, 1903, and for 28 years served as a vestryman of his parish church. He was a member of the A. A. S. R. Freemasonry, Thirty-Second Degree, and the Shrine.
“We quote from ‘The Austin American’ newspaper for November 18, 1931: ‘Fundamentally he believed in constitutional government and constitutional liberty. His ideals were of the highest and his practices of the best. He was cultured, dignified, broadminded, a man of sturdy convictions but ever generous in his charity and his criticism and his belief in justice between man and man.’” | VON ROSENBERG, Frederick Charles (I3932)
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| 1954 |
“Frederick was christened in the Episcopal church and confirmed in All Saints’ Chapel on May 6, 1917. He started his school days in the private Whitis School in 1911. In September 1920, he entered the Junior Class of the private Terrill School of Dallas. His vacation was spent at the summer school camp of the Terrill School in the Muskokas Lake region in Canada. This experience he remembers as one of the highlights of his school days. In Jun 1922 he graduated from the Terrill School and entered the University of Texas that fall and was initiated into the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
“After attending the University for four years, he entered his father’s law office as a law clerk in 1927. After the death of his father, Frederick managed his father’s estate.
“In 1942 he was inducted into the United States Army to serve in World War II. After basic training, he was assigned to Army Ordnance attached to the Air Corps. Soon thereafter, he was sent to the South Pacific where he served for twenty months — the whole time in a combat area. Since his discharge he has resided in the family home in Austin.” | VON ROSENBERG, Frederick Gotthardt (I12528)
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| 1955 |
“George Gordon Bissell was born August 29, 1863, in Rome, New York. His father was Charles Forman Bissell, and his mother’s maiden name was Julia Ann Barnard. He was a descendant of John Bissell, Jr., eldest son of John Bissell (called John the Settler), who was born in England and emigrated with his father to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1628, and to Windsor, Connecticut, in 1639.
“George Gordon Bissell was the youngest child in a family of five children. There were two of these five children living when the family came to Austin, Texas, in 1880. He attended Bickler Academy for young men, from which he graduated. He married Lina von Rosenberg on December 25, 1890. The marriage service was performed by the Episcopal minister, Rev. Lee.
“While living in Ft. Worth, he was with C. H. Sillerman Brokerage Company, taking care of their legal affairs. On his return to Austin, he was with the law firm of Judge D. W. Doom, under the name of Doom and Bissell. After Judge Doom’s death George continued in business with Dave Doom, son of D. W. Doom. He was in this business until his death on November 7, 1923.” | BISSELL, George Gordon (I3931)
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| 1956 |
“Harvie was born in Llano, Texas. She had a brother and three sisters. She completed her education in Austin before marriage and relocation to Fort Worth.
“She was a mother and housewife who devoted full time to guiding and caring for a family of six. Through her cooking and baking, she became well known in the family circle for her Christmas fruit cakes and Boston rock cookies.
“Not only was she a devoted mother who organized and participated in family activities, she was a member of the Presbyterian faith and participated regularly in its religious services.” | PHILLIPS, Harvie Irene (I12509)
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| 1957 |
“Helen was raised in San Antonio, graduated from Brackenridge High School, and became a switchboard operator for the Perry Shankle Company. She met Clint Meerscheidt at a dance, and when Clint arrived home from the dance, he informed his mother that he'd met the girl he was going to marry. Helen and Clint were married on April 12, 1941, and had 56 years of wedded bliss before Clint's death in January, 1998.
“Helen was a member of the Beta Lambda Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority in San Antonio for 26 years, helping to raise money for various charities. After Clint retired, they moved to Austin, Texas in 1983 to be near their daughter and her family. Helen was a member of Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, where for many years she was part of a group of avid quilters who make quilts to send overseas to needy families. In her later years, she crocheted baby blankets for the neonatal unit at Seton Hospital.
“Helen was much loved by her family and friends for her warmth and sense of humor and well-known for her passion for UT Longhorns football and San Antonio Spurs basketball.” | LEHMAN, Helen (I17909)
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| 1958 |
“Herbert graduated from Austin High School before attending the University of Texas. He was in World War II in the Army 32nd Infantry Division. After returning from the service, he went to work for a wholesale plumbing company in Austin, and later worked for the Cronk Company in Dallas, which is also a plumbing supply company. He enjoys golf and traveling around the country.” | HORNBERGER, Hugo Herbert (I13227)
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| 1959 |
“Hermann graduated from Austin High School in 1943 where he played cornet in the Maroon Band. He attended the University of Texas for one year prior to serving two years in the U.S. Navy during the final years of World War II. After that, he returned to the University of Texas, obtaining a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1949. He was a member of the Longhorn Band when it took a trip to Miami for the 1949 Orange Bowl where Texas defeated Georgia 41-28. Hermann did graduate work both at the University of Texas and the University of Delaware, receiving a PhD in 1955. His entire professional career was with Exxon Research and Engineering Company in Baytown, Texas. He worked in process development on the catalytic cracking of petroleum stocks and on the conversion of coal and shale to distillate fuels. He was also responsible for the design and construction of new facilities at the Baytown Labs. He and Annelle have always enjoyed the arts and have held season tickets to the Alley Theater for many years. They are members of the Houston Fine Arts Museum and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Hermann inherited an antique Texas desk that his grandfather won in a charity raffle in Austin in about 1880. The desk was featured on the Antiques Roadshow which was shown on PBS in April 1999.” | VON ROSENBERG, Hermann Eugene (I12933)
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| 1960 |
“Homer, a kindly man, was a cabinet maker employed by the State of Texas. Later he had a furniture repair shop at his home in Austin.” | JORDAN, Homer Wesley (I13326)
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| 1961 |
“In 1938, at the age of twenty, Alene Buck left her Coleman County roots for the oil boom town of Midland, Texas where she met Aubrey Henry Rabensburg, who was an aspiring young petroleum geologist, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and at the time working for Continental Oil Company (now Conoco). The two were married at her parents' home in Coleman County before moving to Houston in 1939 where Aubrey had recently received an offer from a well-known oil company that in turn led to an even better offer with independent oil operator John W. Mecom, who was in need of a qualified petroleum geologist. Thus a long career with the Mecom companies commenced and continued for a quarter of a century.
“Alene and Aubrey made Houston their permanent home. They initially lived in the historic neighborhoods of Woodland and Houston Heights where they started their family with the birth of Barbara Gayle in 1943 followed by Aubrey Neale in 1946. In 1949 they bought a new home in the Houston subdivision of Garden Oaks where they lived for four years before starting construction in the winter of 1952 on a much larger home in the Tanglewood Subdivision located along Houston's western fringes. Alene kept a beautiful home and was good mother. She was very involved in church, social and civic activities and supported her husband during his business career. She and Aubrey entertained regularly and had many friends. They were both avid bridge players and were members of a number of amateur bridge groups that managed to stay active for decades. Alene continued to play bridge on a regular basis until she was well into her 90's.
“Alene was particularly proud of her civic and social accomplishments. Foremost among these was as a Board member of the Tanglewood Garden Club where she served as its President. She was also an active member of the Houston Geological Society Auxillary (HGSA) for many years. Aubrey had served as both Vice-President and President of the HGS during the mid-1950's. Besides her church work and aforementioned social activities, Alene was a longtime member of the Anime Book Club of Houston, a Patron of the Junior League of Houston and a member of local women's sewing club. She was also a Girl Scout Assistant Leader during her daughter's years as an active Girl Scout.
“When Aubrey at age sixty-nine died prematurely in June 1986 of an aneurism, Alene was unprepared for such an early and an abrupt departure. They had been married for almost 48 years at the time of his death, and Aubrey had only pronounced the night before "that he planned to live forever". However, Alene managed to adjust to the life of a widow and turned to her children, grandchildren, friends and church for comfort and love. She kept busy with her bridge games playing with different groups often twice a week. Alene continued to travel with family and friends to such faraway places as the Caribbean and Hawaii and within the United States to Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Natchez, Mississippi, Natchitoches, Louisiana, Branson, Missouri as well as to many towns and regions in Texas.” | BUCK, Ruby Alene (I2923)
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| 1962 |
“In childhood and youth Hugo learned dairying, and after marriage did some in Austin and in Waco. There he also worked with a dairy products and ice cream concern for seven years.
“Returning to Austin, Hugo entered wholesale freight salesmanship, working with the English Freight Company for some five years and the Brown Express Company for many years before retirement.
“He is serious-minded, a good Baptist and helpful to others. Hugo is fortunate in having children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, with jolly visits from them all.” | HORNBERGER, Hugo (I12504)
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| 1963 |
“Jean was educated in Temple and Belton, Texas where she graduated as valedictorian from Belton High School in 1947. She attended the University of Texas at Arlington. After being married, the couple moved to Houston, Texas where she worked until her son was born. Her proudest accomplishment was having her son receive a four-year scholarship and graduate with both a bachelors and masters degree. She enjoys reading, travel, cooking, and fashion…”
“She was an active member of the Houston Assembly of Delphians, Point Counter Point, the Houston Wives of Engineers, the Presbyterian Church, as well as various book clubs. She also volunteered at the Houston Museum of Art and M. D. Anderson. Jean and Edgar formed the Von Rosenberg Foundation for promising young college students to help them achieve their educational goals. She was passionate about her family, travel, fashion, politics, and reading. All who knew her could appreciate her sassy sense of humor.” | WARD, Jean Lee (I36178)
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| 1964 |
“Jim was raised by his mother and stepfather in a small town in Missouri. He attended school until the eighth grade and helped on the farm. His first job was the Connor Hotel in Joplin, not from where he grew up. In the late 1920’s he was working in Chicago, Illinois and was there during the time of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. He made a career of hotel work and in 1947 went with this daughter to Tulsa to be close to his ailing father. During his stay in Tulsa, Oklahoma he worked at the Mayo Hotel and was a member and moved back to Arizona where he spent several years at the Westward Ho in Phoenix. Hotel work was seasonal in Phoenix because of the hot weather so Jim would work in Las Vegas, Nevada during the summer returning to Phoenix when the season started again. He moved permanently to Las Vegas in 1957 to work at the Flamingo Hotel. He eventually became assistant manager of the hotel and remained there while the hotel was owned by Bugsy Segal of mafia fame. Upon the sale of the hotel, several of his associates and he moved to the Frontier Hotel where he worked until his retirement in 1971. Jim was an avid horse lover and loved horse racing. He also loved music and was an avid reader. His favorite books were westerns, especially those written by Louis L’Amour. He liked to cook, especially fried chicken, for his friends and family.” | ISBELL, James Ethmur (I13105)
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| 1965 |
“Joanne attended Pease School, Allen Junior High School, and Austin High School. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1949 with a degree in nutrition. Soon after she was married, the couple moved to Dallas where her husband studied medicine. They moved to East Point, Georgia when Travis was in the service. Joanne later lived in Hyattsville, Maryland while Travis was overseas, working in cancer research at a hospital in nearby Washington D.C. She and Travis were divorced in January, 1967 and she died tragically only one month later. Her request to be buried in the Blackwell family cemetery in Crystal Springs, Mississippi was honored by Travis. Her hobby was cats, from the alley-cat variety to Siamese.” | KIRKLEY, Joanne (I13311)
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| 1966 |
“John was a graduate of the University of Minnesota. He taught art in the Minneapolis Public Schools for twenty years. Being an accomplished painter, he had a one man show in New York. He was particularly interested in water colors.” | SOCHA, John Martin (I13126)
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| 1967 |
“Known as Shuff by everyone, Eldon spent his childhood in Shamrock, Texas, where he graduated from high school. He then attended Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1935 he moved to Galveston, Texas where he remained. Shuff was a Mason and served on the Administrative Board of the Methodist Church. He was employed with the federal government for 30 years. A civil engineer, Shuff retired for health reasons and died two years later. He enjoyed fishing, bird hunting and working in his workshop.” | SHUFFLEBARGER, Eldon David (I13215)
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| 1968 |
“Known by family members as Ocie, and also called Jack by some, Ocie attended Winn Elementary School, Austin High School and the University of Texas. He served in World War II and worked many years for the John Bremond Grocery Distributor, Nelson-Davis Wholesale Groceries and the Lone Star Paper Company. Ocie was a member of the Parker Lane Methodist Church and after his retirement did volunteer work.” | JACKSON, William Ocie (I13200)
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| 1969 |
“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. | MEERSCHEIDT, Louise (I2974)
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| 1970 |
“Like his father, Otto is a hard worker, beginning at the age of ten delivering afternoon newspapers in Galveston and later on arising at 3:30 am to deliver morning newspapers before school. He also had the responsibility of collecting for the papers as well. After high school he went to work for a large hardware company in Galveston and subsequently became a traveling salesman for a bolt company in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. From that experience he became self-employed in construction equipment rental which he still operates in Texas City. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.” | MARSCHNER, Otto Frederick Jr. (I13214)
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| 1971 |
“Lina von Rosenberg was born on October 27, 1864, in the 300 block of West Second Street, Austin, Texas. Lina is the tenth child in a family of twelve. She seems to have been a favorite, being especially close to her father. This must have been because of their mutual love for flowers. She had a beautiful flower garden at the old home on West Sixteenth; there her father would go walking in the early morning during the warm weather. He seemed to be able to face the problems of the day better after enjoying the beauty of the garden at early sunrise.
“As early as the age of six Lina helped with the family chores. The boys had to get off to work early in those days, and she and her sisters helped their mother get breakfast. They didn’t have just toast and coffee. They ate a big square meal consisting of steaks, biscuits, etc.
“Lina graduated from Alta Vista Institute, located on West Fifteenth and Guadalupe Streets. This was run by Mrs. Helen Marr Kirby. She took private painting lessons from Professor Lungkwitz in her home three times a week. Later when she attended Alta Vista he gave her advanced lessons there. She also studied voice and piano. When she was about five or six years old, her first piano teacher was Professor Besserer. This was another mutual interest she had with her father, who was very fond of good music. William von Rosenberg saw to it that his beautiful daughters were well accomplished in the fine things of life, such as voice, piano and art.
“In her youth Lina had slightly curly auburn hair and fair skin. Her blue eyes seem to have a twinkle in them. Their friends, when speaking of the sisters, would always refer to Lina as ‘the one with the laughing eyes.’
“Lina married George Gordon Bissell on Christmas morning in 1890. The young couple went to Ft. Worth, Texas, to live for about a year and a half. Then they returned to Austin. She bore five children: Julia, Charles, Roland, George and Grace. Three of these are still living.
“Now at the age of eighty-four she is enjoying good health and continues to raise flowers. The visits of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren add to her enjoyments.” | VON ROSENBERG, Lina (I3930)
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| 1972 |
“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. | VON ROSENBERG, Amanda Karoline (I2814)
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| 1973 |
“Loraine was proud of her Swedish ancestry. She lived in Corpus Christi for more than 40 years where she worked as an accountant for Columbia Southern, a division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass. After the death of her husband, Loraine moved back to Austin to care for her two spinster sisters until each one passed away. She kept busy with her gardening and was instrumental in keeping the Hornberger’s in contact with one another. Since she and Roy were unable to have children, they were very close to their nieces and nephews, staying very active in their lives. She was a member of the Methodist Church.” | ANDERSON, Ida Loraine (I13102)
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| 1974 |
“Margaret’s father, W. H. Cullen, was quite jolly, as was Margaret. She worked with Gracy Abstract & Title Co. She also worked for the State in the Capitol Building.
“She and Paul had no children.” | CULLEN, Margaret May (I12512)
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| 1975 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I12939)
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| 1976 |
“Martin spent his school years in New York City, but his adult life took him back to Texas. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II and fought in the South Pacific. He was in the Third Photo Recognizance Squadron. At the end of the war he was in Germany and participated in the Berlin airlift. He retired as a major in 1955 and began a career as a control chief at the Federal Aviation Administration in San Antonio. He moved to Conroe, Texas when the FAA moved their main center to Houston. When Martin retired from the FAA, he obtained a degree in education from Sam Houston State University and taught Texas history. He was involved in his community working in the Red Cross, Conroe Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and the Montgomery County Republican party. He was a member of the St. James Episcopal Church. He passed away as a result of cancer of the esophagus.” | VON ROSENBERG, Martin Arnold (I13702)
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| 1977 |
“Mary did most of her growing up in Del Rio, Texas as the only girl in a family of four children. Her oldest brother was killed by allied forces while a POW on an unmarked Nazi train during the Battle of the Bulge. That same year, 1944, their house was completely destroyed by fire. The only thing that was saved was the ice box which was taken out with no milk spilled. After she graduated from Del Rio High School, she attended Sul Ross University. She worked during and after the war in Del Rio and San Antonio at a car dealership and as a bank teller. She met Martin on a blind date, and after he retired from teaching, they spent the rest of their lives traveling around the world and extensively in North America. Mary was active in her church and the Montgomery County Republican party.” | WALK, Mary Elizabeth (I13710)
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| 1978 |
“Minna was born in Austin, Texas. She was the youngest child of the family of twelve children. She grew up in an atmosphere of prosperity compared to the hardships of the older children during the Civil War and Reconstruction days. She received her education at St. Mary’s Academy in Austin and was very proficient in needlework. She attended St. Martin’s Lutheran Church from early childhood and later was a Sunday school teacher and treasurer.
“She was tall and neat, with a frank and kindly disposition. In the prime of life she was fond of hunting and fishing and adept at handling horses. She loved pets, especially dogs and canaries.
“For some years she kept house competently for her parents, and after her mother’s death she cared for her aging father. At various times after her father’s death one or another of her brothers and their families lived in the old home with her. Later she disposed of her property and lived comfortably in the Altenheim, where she was visited by her nieces and nephews, who still fondly remember the pleasant times with her in the old stone house on Guadalupe Street.” | VON ROSENBERG, Minna Agnes (I3934)
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| 1979 |
“Nina Electa Stephens-von Rosenberg possessed something of the spirit of her pioneer parents and grandparents, for when she was only nineteen she married and left her home in the far northwest to begin life in Austin, Texas, as the beautiful and charming young wife of Frederick Charles von Rosenberg. Her quiet charm, gentleness of character and agreeable personality soon won for her a warm place in the large family connections of her husband.
“Her father was Dr. John Livingston Stephens, who moved from his home state of Pennsylvania to begin a medical career in the progressive western town of Boise, Idaho. He became a prosperous and eminent physician, establishing a sanatorium at Warm Springs, Idaho. He maintained a beautiful home in the city, which was furnished in the manner of his ancestral home in Pennsylvania.
“Her mother’s parents were pioneers, also of the west. For, although they had been prosperous plantation owners in Louisiana and Alabama before the Civil War, cultured and educated in the professions-they moved to Idaho after the close of the war. Her maternal grandfather, John Hoyt Taylor Greene, supported the Confederacy and was a blood cousin of General Nathaniel Greene of American Revolutionary War fame. Her maternal grandmother was a Wilcox, descended from some of the distinguished old families of Alabama and South Carolina.
“When her mother died, Nina was only five years old. From that time until she was about thirteen, when her father remarried, she made her home with her grandparents. She was confirmed in the Episcopal Church at the age of fourteen. About the time she was sixteen her stepmother, of whom she was very fond, took her to Washington, D. C., to place her in school. It was there in 1888 that Nina met her future husband.
“Perhaps her most outstanding characteristics are her cheerfulness and kindness. Her soft brown eyes, delicate, regular features and lovely wavy hair seem to suit perfectly her small stature. The atmosphere of her home reflects this cheerfulness and even temper, tact and hospitality. Her son and daughter, Frederick and Esther, live with her in the family home.” | STEPHENS, Nina Electa (I3933)
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| 1980 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I13313)
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| 1981 |
“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” | VON ROSENBERG, Otto Bohlschwing (I3864)
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| 1982 |
“Otto was born in Austin, Texas. He attended schools in that area before marriage and relocation to Fort Worth.
“For most of his adult life he was a salesman by profession, developing his own small independent business in the 1940’s. In addition to his native language, he had the ability to converse in German and Spanish, a factor which enhanced his effectiveness in the business world.
“He followed the Presbyterian religion and encouraged his family to participate in Sunday religious services.
“Though and avid radio fan, he was a devoted father who spent evenings and weekends participating in family activities.” | HORNBERGER, Otto George (I12500)
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| 1983 |
“Otto was born in Galveston, Texas, the youngest of nine children of Charles Frederick Marschner, who with his wife Marie Ophelia Seidel, arrived in Galveston from Germany prior to the 1900 storm where they settled and later established a bottling works.
“While serving in the Army in Austin, Texas, during World War I, Otto met and married Wallie Mae Hornberger and returned to Galveston to engage n the root beer and distilled water bottling business. With his honesty, conscientiousness, and kindness combined with dependability and a good sense of humor, he made many friends. His real joy was his fine family.” | MARSCHNER, Otto Frederick (I12511)
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| 1984 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I17878)
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| 1985 |
“Paul is remembered gratefully for his humor and for his visits, especially with the sick. When young he worked for his brother Robert on Robert’s dairy. Later he had a dairy of his own and also engaged in the real estate business in Austin.
“In World War I Paul saw action in France in the 36th Division, and was later in the American Legion.” | HORNBERGER, Paul (I12503)
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| 1986 |
“Peggy graduated from Austin High School and attended the University of Texas. She enjoys square dancing, aerobics, tap dancing and traveling with her husband.” | WHITT, Peggy Lou (I13242)
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| 1987 |
“Quintin was an animal lover and a nature enthusiast. He enjoyed fishing, camping, riding ATV'S, and traveling to other states and Mexico to see the ocean, snorkel and collect seashells. Quintin loved dragons as well as reading, particularly fantasy books and could often be found entertaining friends and family with his latest magic tricks. He was an avid aggie basketball fan and had a passion for playing the trombone. As a member of the Cub Scouts, he received his arrow of light. Quintin was a good student in the 8th grade at Zia Middle School and was set to start high school at Las Cruces High in the fall. His family describes him as a curious, gentle and caring person who was fun loving and kind hearted.” | COLE, Quintin Grayson (I17924)
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| 1988 |
“Raised in Baton Rouge, LA, by her single-parent mother, Flo often had to take care of her younger brother, David, and this childhood experience imbued her with a strong sense of responsibility, a protective nature, and a compassionate heart.
“In 1954, Flo graduated from Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge; she was a varsity cheerleader and was named ‘Best All-Around’ senior. She treasured her high school friendships her entire life and rarely missed a class reunion. After attending Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Flo returned to Baton Rouge, where she met and married Joseph Leslie von Rosenberg, Jr. They lived in Lexington, KY, Corpus Christi, TX, and Austin, TX, before settling in Clemson, SC.
“Flo spent the last three decades of her life on a ten-acre farm near Belton, where she lovingly cared for horses, dogs, and cats. A neighbor once remarked, ‘When I die, I want to come back as one of Flo's animals.’ Flo traveled extensively throughout Europe and the US; she played piano at her church (‘I don't play songs with sharps’); arranged summer jobs for her kids--whether they liked those jobs or not--and she loved to dance. She also enjoyed sitting on her front porch, sipping coffee or sweet tea while she visited with her friends.” | STUART, Flo (I12663)
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| 1989 |
“Robert was jolly, like his father and brother Paul. He did some buying and selling of cattle and ran a dairy and farm at Pecan Springs, north of Austin.
“Robert was a Methodist. Dengue fever and a stroke took him in the prime of his life. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on the Dunson lot.” | HORNBERGER, Robert Charles (I12498)
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| 1990 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I13258)
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| 1991 |
“Roy’s mother died when he was very young and was left in the care of both his paternal and maternal grandparents. He attended school in Austin and served in World War II in Europe. He lived in Corpus Christi, Texas for 46 years where he worked or the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a clerk for 40 years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks. Roy’s hobby was woodworking. He enjoyed making many things from wood, but one of his favorite was his handmade wood domino set.” | HORNBERGER, Roy August (I13100)
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| 1992 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I13310)
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| 1993 |
“Susan graduated from high school in Dallas, Texas and worked as a personnel officer. She enjoys playing bridge and does extensive volunteer work. Susan really likes to travel and is an avid reader.” | HORNBERGER, Susan (I13159)
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| 1994 |
“The Bissell brothers were average sized and blond. George attended Miss Carrington’s private school and Austin public schools. An early employment was with E. M. Scarborough and Sons Department Store, after which he saw soldier service against Pancho Villa in about 1916. In World War I George joined the infantry and served in France for 26 months.
“Returned, he was employed with the Walter Tips Hardware Company. He married Miss Daphne Heath, about whom no information is available, except that she bore George a son who died, aged about six weeks. George later married a Miss Adams, about whom again, regrettably, there is no information.
“In World War II George joined the Air Force, but saw no foreign action. When he returned, he joined the Baptist church and married Dixie Daugherty, with whom he lived happily the rest of his life.” | BISSELL, George Anders (I12519)
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| 1995 |
“The eldest of four children, [Joe] was born on August 22, 1932, in Lockhart, Texas, and was raised in Austin, Texas, where he graduated from Austin High School in 1950. After receiving his undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Texas, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where he was stationed at Coronado Island, California, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from 1954 until 1957. Following his honorable discharge, he moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and married Flo Stuart, with whom he had three children during their 33-year marriage. He returned to Austin in 1959, earning his Ph.D. degree and completing post-doctoral work at the University of Texas before joining the faculty at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, where he raised his family and was a professor of organic chemistry for 27 years. In 1992, he retired from the U.S. Naval Reserves as a Lieutenant Commander. Upon retiring from Clemson in 1992 – having been asked for 27 years, ‘If Texas is so great, why don’t you go back there?’ – he did just that: first, to Austin, then (after determining that Austin had become ‘too liberal’) to San Antonio. During his final illness, he moved to Georgia to be near his two daughters.
“[His] interests were wide-ranging and he pursued them all with intensity and passion. These interests included, at various times during his life, collecting stamps and pocketknives; hand-loading rifle cartridges; classical music; photography; military history; and travel. He had a strong appreciation for the art of cooking. Although right-handed, he was a left-handed shooter who was a wonderful shot with either a rifle or a shotgun. He read for several hours every day of his life; there was hardly a subject about which he was not conversant. He loved Mexican food and margaritas, barbeque and draft beer, bird hunting in South Texas, and saltwater fishing in the Laguna Madre. He especially loved to take family members or friends with him on long, meandering drives through the Blue Ridge Mountains or the Texas Hill Country and he liked to stop and read all of the historical markers.” | VON ROSENBERG, Joseph Leslie Jr. (I12659)
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| 1996 |
“The younger brother of the pioneer father, Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg, named Ernst Christoph Ludwig von Rosenberg, was born at Eckitten Estate in 1800. His parents were divorced when he was three years old. He spent his youth in the service of the Russian army and later was a Prussian artillery lieutenant, but he relinquished his commission and came to America in 1821.
“He landed on the Texas coast about October, 1821. The party was known as Long’s Expedition. They took possession of La Bahia (Goliad) and then were taken prisoners by Mexican troops. They were released upon promising that they would settle peacefully in the country.
“Ernst Christoph joined the Mexican Army and became a lieutenant colonel, but espoused the cause of Iturbide. He may have been shot upon the downfall of Iturbide, because he was never heard from again.” | VON ROSENBERG, Ludwig Christopher Ernst (I3871)
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| 1997 |
“This remarkable little lady spoke only German until she started school, when she quickly mastered English. She attended Villa Maria Academy for girls in Bryan, Texas, where, being musical, she studied piano and voice. Julia had dark hair and a fair complexion, was gentle, quite, somewhat introverted, highly intelligent and artistic.
“She had a natural talent for bookkeeping and worked for T. H. Williams, a fashionable women’s store, in Austin. Her abilities brought frequent promotions. She was also given leaves of absence from her job to bear her three children — a practice rare in business in those days. Even when she was at home and not working, Mr. Williams insisted that she come and manage the office while he was on buying trips.
“Julia had a lifelong hobby, “fancy work” — embroidery, crochet, etc. How fortunate were those who knew her.” | BISSELL, Julia Emma (I12516)
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| 1998 |
“This small bundle of a woman should not be underestimated. A lot of drive and energy were bound up into the five-foot-two frame that was Grace. She had beautiful blue eyes that twinkled and naturally curly red hair that began graying in her twenties. She always looked as if she had stepped out of a ‘band-box’ — so neat, spotless and always smiling.
“When in her twenties she was the sole support of her two children and her mother and sometimes a brother. She was employed by the State Comptroller’s Department in Austin (then located in the State Capitol) and was within sight of retirement after 30 years when the tragedy of the Big C (cancer) struck her down. She was forced to take early retirement and lived the last few months of her life with her son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren in Austin.
“Her courage and faith shine forth as an example to be followed by all.” | BISSELL, Grace Lina (I12520)
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| 1999 |
“Using her middle name of Ann rather than her first name of Virginia, she graduated from Austin High School in 1952. She was attending the University of Texas when she married. They lived in Austin for six months before moving to Houston where he worked for Foley’s Department Store. They moved back to Austin when Bob got a job as an auditor for the Texas Liquor Control Board. In 1956, he was transferred to San Antonio until 1962. Ann has been a homemaker for 45 years and is a member of Berkeley United Methodist Church. She is an avid gardener and loves bowling and quilting. She also loves traveling and has visited most of the European countries as well as Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. Ann also likes to watch sporting events and news programs on television. She likes being in Austin where she is close to family.” | VON ROSENBERG, Virginia Ann (I12660)
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| 2000 |
“Vernice attended school in Brady, Washington where her family had settled in 1850. She attended Bellingham State Normal School, and taught for two years. She currently lives in a retirement home. Vernice is a member of the Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington. In the past, she has also enjoyed doing family history.” | GLENN, Vernice Aileen (I17993)
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