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Earl was a petroleum engineer with Tex Harvey Oil Co. in Texas and an electrical engineer with Pan American at Cape Kennedy, Florida. | LINDSAY, Earl Vogelsong (I12764)
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Early in childhood Patricia developed a life long love of reading, learning the arts, theater and engaging in outdoor activities. She spent many summers on Puget Sound and going to girls’ camp. Patricia attended the University of Washington, where she was elected to Mortar Board, (active honorary), and graduated cum laude. She worked for magazines two years in New York, including the New Yorker before joining the American Red Cross during World War II serving in England and Germany. After the war, Patricia obtained her Master’s in Psychiatric Social Work and for over 20 years worked with emotionally disturbed children and their parents. She enjoys decorating and landscaping her home, entertaining, beach combing, traveling, and cruising the Northwest waterways. She also attended to the needs of her mother who lived to be 96 years old. Since she retired in 1979, Patricia continues to be physically active and continues to hike, swim, travel and creating driftwood sculpture. She loved spending time with her nieces, nephews and siblings, and later in life lived with an old college friend on a salt-water bay near Tacoma. | WEEKS, Patricia (I14224)
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early in the morning at his home in the old W. W. Ligon home north of the city | VON ROSENBERG, Alexander Eugen (I3883)
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Edgar began his general dentistry practice in Ballinger in 1929 following his earning a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree (DDS) from the University of Texas Dental School in Houston. He was a member of the American Dental Association, the Texas State Dental Association, the San Angelo District Dental Society, of which he was president, and the Southwestern Society of Dental Medicine. He practiced dentistry for 54 years in Ballinger. His professional affiliations included Omicron Kappa Upsilon, and honorary dental fraternity in the Pierre Fauchard Academy, which elected him to the membership. Edgar was a retired major in the U.S. Army Air Force Dental Corps, having served from 1942 to 1946.
Edgar was active in civic affairs. He served as president of the Ballinger Rotary Club, of which he was a member for over 50 years. He was also a member of the Ballinger chamber of commerce. He was a charter member of the Ballinger Industrial Board. He was active in the First Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He had also been a participant in public service, including the Carnegie Library, the Ethnic Festival, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and FFA. | BOELSCHE, Dr. Edgar Henry (I24471)
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Edgar graduated from Temple High School and immediately enrolled at Texas A&M. He was a member of the Corps of Cadets and the ROTC, thereby securing a commission in the Army upon graduation in 1948. World War II had ended so he was never assigned to active duty. He married Jean immediately after graduation and became employed in an oil field equipment concern first in Houston and later in Oklahoma City. Although Edgar had a degree in mechanical engineering, he became an expert in metallurgical engineering, particularly in welding, which he pursued energetically for the balance of his career. While in Oklahoma he received patents on a new welding process known as friction welding. In 1963 the family moved back to Houston where he was involved in a US Government scientific research program, Project Mohole, aimed at drilling the world’s deepest exploration well to the mantle of the earth. unfortunately his project was canceled because of budget problems during the Vietnam War. He then transferred to Exxon Production Research Laboratory where for 20 years he continued to develop technology for offshore platforms and pipelines. The most notable was the Alyeska Pipeline, which was controversial. The construction took almost ten years and was considered to be the achievement of the decade of the ‘70s. Edgar retired from Exxon in 1986 after a serious illness, but soon began his own consulting company. In 1994 he was appointed to chair a committee to prepare an international pipeline welding code, having to travel to Europe, therefore, enjoying a mini-vacation at times. | VON ROSENBERG, Edgar Lynn (I36177)
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Edgar, born on a farm near Ellinger, moved with his family at the age of five to a farm in Milam County about ten miles west of Rockdale. While a child he enjoyed hunting and fishing on the San Gabriel River. He was a 1898 graduate of La Grange High School and of Toby Business College in Waco in 1899. He then was employed by William and Otto von Rosenberg at Hallettsville. After three years there he contracted typhoid fever which was complicated by a gastric ulcer, and his mother came to take care of him. His doctor advised him to go to West Texas to help him heal.
So, in 1905 Edgar and his brother Hugo bought a farm near San Angelo. In 1906, Hugo’s wife convinced Hugo to move back to Central Texas, and Edgar and his mother bought Hugo’s interest in the farm. He farmed the land and was able to become well again. However, he wanted to move back into town. He gained employment with the Walker-Smith Company in San Angelo where he worked as a shipping clerk. He worked for a time for Probandt & Company, but went back to Walker-Smith. In 1909 he opened a retail grocery with Max Pantel and built a successful business.
That same year he married Maggie. As the grocery business improved, he and Pantel opened another store, and after several years of managing that store, he bought Pantel’s interest. The business did well until the Great Depression hit. He had to sell his business in 1932, selling it for next to nothing. At that time the family moved to Austin where two of their children, Clark and Julia, were attending the University of Texas. After each earned their degrees in 1935, Edgar and Maggie moved back to San Angelo. He raised sheep for a few years, then worked at airfield contruction for World War II before going to work for Burton-Lingo Lumber Company in 1943.
Edgar was baptized at Park Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Woodmen of the World. | VON ROSENBERG, Edgar Reinhard (I3905)
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Edith was working in a bank when she meet Cohen. They were married at the home of the Rev. George Brown of Temple, Texas. They were living in Wichita, Kansas when their first child was born and were back in Texas by the time their second child arrived. She was a homemaker and enjoyed playing Bridge and Scrabble with the neighbors. Edith was an expert seamstress and did knitting and crocheting as well. As the children grew older, she went to secretarial school. She worked as a secretary for the State Blind Commission. She retired in 1981 as did her husband and they moved to Lampasas where she passed away after a lengthy illness. | MARTIN, Edith Louise (I29073)
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Edna and Arthur “moved to Cameron, in 1940, where Edna became a saleslady, first at Leader Department Store, then McIntosh's, and later at J. C. Penney Company. She has been an active worker in Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Cameron. After Arthur's death in 1987, Edna organized a non-denominational widows group called ‘Widow's Mite’ which has continued to meet monthly.” | VON GONTEN, Edna Lydia (I10205)
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Edna became a school teacher upon completing her education in La Grange, Texas and then Southwest Texas Teacher’s College. She taught in La Grange until she was married at which time she became a homemaker. For many years she was a member of the Yoakum Garden Club. Besides her club work, Edna enjoyed playing card games with friends. | RIPPLE, Edna Christine (I6412)
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Education was important to Barbara as evidenced by her receipt of a degree from the University of Texas and then a Master’s from Trinity University. She was working as a school teacher when she met John. Her quest for education was passed on to her children as well. She taught second grade until her retirement. She enjoyed her family and she and John helped to raise three of her brother’s children as well. Following her husband's death, she moved to Marble Falls to be close to her daughter where she lived until her death. | SCHOLZ, Barbara Katherine (I14228)
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Eleonore received the old von Rosenberg home, Bertulischken or Raddeilen Estate, in her dowry. However, the estate was razed by a nighttime fire. | VON ROSENBERG, Laura Eleonore Rosine (I3873)
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Eléonore was married to a Harder before her marriage to Jean Pierre Fallier. | WILS, Eléonore Philippine (I13392)
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Elisabeth Charlotte’s godparents were Jean Charles Bouissont and Sara Elisabeth Jarry, wife of Etienne Faliès, her sister. | JARRY, Elisabeth Charlotte (I13860)
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Elisabeth Sara’s godparents were Charles Garlin and Elisabeth Mejean. | JARRY, Elizabeth Sara (I13396)
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Elisabeth Sara’s godparents were Jacques Benezet her granduncle and Elisabeth Sara Platz née Jarry her aunt. | JARRY, Elisabeth Sara (I14166)
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Elisabeth was married to Isaac Refault before her marriage to Jessé Bertrand. | MEJEAN, Elisabeth (I14171)
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Elisabeth’s godparents were Francois Nazon, merchant, and Elisabeth Bertrand neé Mejean. | FALIÈS, Elisabeth (I13796)
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Elisabeth’s godparents were Pierre Benezet and Elisabeth Procuveur. | BENEZET, Elisabeth (I14175)
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Elisha lived in Round Top, where he was employed in a store, for the first six years of his marriage to Eugenia. They moved to his birthplace, his father’s plantation near Carmine, where he was a farmer for another six years. He moved his family to Lilac in Milam County where he farmed and ranched, as well as operated a cotton gin. In 1903 he moved the family to near Lake Victor in Burnet County. Here he bought a farm and ranch. He was engaged in this operation until the United States entered World War I. Since his four sons went off to the war, he was unable to continue in this line of work. He rented the land out, bought a hardware store in Lake Victor, and ran this business for several years. After the return of his son Walter, Walter and one of his brothers-in-law bought the business from Elisha. Elisha then returned to the farm near Lake Victor, where he and Eugenia lived for several more years, before being unable to continue farming. They sold their home to their son William and lived in an apartment with him. | ADAMS, Elisha Quincy (I3896)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F408)
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Elizabeth retired from The San Antonio Light newspaper. She was a member of the Texas Order of Hermann Sons and was an active member of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church. She will be remembered as a kind and gentle woman with a wonderful sense of humor. | MANGOLD, Mary Elizabeth (I32527)
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Elizabeth's Autobiography dated September 30, 1939;
Transcribed by Mary M. von Rosenberg (age 23) as her grandmother told the story of her life. Transcript typed by Jannie E. von Rosenberg (age 21).
Note: [Bracketed information for clarification]added by Elizabeth's great grandaughter, G. Miele.
I will try to make a sketch of my life. My parents [Adolph Spengler and Justina unknown-Spengler] came from Germany and settled in Bastrop, Texas-Father, Mother and four children, one sister [Eva/Eve] and two sons [Heinrich and Johann]. The oldest son [name unknown] died when they landed in this country [New Orleans-is not listed on ship manifest]. Father [Adolph] died in 1850 when I was born. So Mother [Justina unknown-Spengler] was left there alone, no friends, no relatives. She had no one to help her support the family so she married again[no record of this marriage has been found], a man by the name of [Stephen] Jones. He took the family and moved to a place by the name of Chisheu Grov [Chicken Grove at the eastern edge of James Winn League near Round Top, Fayette County, TX] where he had a little place of his own. The people there were all very nice to Mother, but Mother [Justina] also died a few years after father [Adolph] and left a two year old half sister [Eley/Ellie/Elise Jones]. So now we were five orphans that stepfather [Stephen Jones] didn’t care enough about to support us. So we were all divided between the neigh-bors. I was the only one who was adopted by an elderly german family, Mr. and Mrs. Earnst Soergel. Brother Henry and little sister [Eley/Ellie/Elise Jones] were taken by an old couple, by the name of Counsell Gait [Councilman Forrest Gaither (Sr.) & Lemira Lemish Caldwell-Gaither], sister Eve had a nice home with Dr. Rangkeus [Dr. Calvin & Mary Ran-kin] family. Only brother John did not like the people [Edward W. & Mary Marlow], he was staying with. So he went to Gonzales county where an old family [Elijah Randolph & Martha Runnels Hurt] took him in. These people were good to him. We all four [Eliza-beth, Eva, Henry and Eley/Ellie/Elise Jones] went to the same school, as we were all in the same neighborhood [Round Top].
My foster parents [Christian Ernst (Sörgel) Soergel and Frédérique Auguste Eléonore Fallier -Soergel] were very good to us. My own parents [Adolph Spengler and Justina inknown-Spengler-‘Jones’] could not have been better. When I was about 14 years old, Mother [Auguste F. Fallier-Soergel] took me to the Pastor G. Kilian. There I took bible lessons and was confirmed into the Evagu Luthern Church. That was in 1864. After that I went back home [Round Top] to school.
In 1868 I married a nephew of my foster mother, Mr. C. W. von Rosenberg [Carl August Walter vR], who had a farm joining ours [Soergel’s farm]. We were married [7 SEP 1868] at home [Soergel’s home] by a Squire Hinkle. We lived there [near Round Top] for 14 years. All of my older children [Alexander Ernst (1869), Eugen Carl (1871-1871), Louise Auguste (1873), Walter Albert (1875), Hugo Heinrich (1876)] were born there near Round Top, a small town where we did our trading.
Alex was the oldest one, who went to school there, as the others were still too small. We lived in a log house, two rooms with a large hall in between the rooms [known as a dog trot],. In 1875 my husband had a large two story house built so Grandpa and Grandma [Ernst and Auguste Soergel] could come to live with us. Grandpa was not with us more than 3 or 4 years. He was fond of children, as was Grandma, too, but she was more stern. She did not do everything like they wanted, like Grandpa did.
He [Ernst Soergel] went pecan hunting one day and they had to cross a little stream. He could not find a suitable place to cross so he had to walk thro the water back and foureth until he had all the pecans carried across. From this expoisoir he took penimonia, and soon after that he died in 1879.
In 1880 we moved to Ellenger [Ellinger, TX], where my husband became manager of a large farm for his nephue Mr. Elex Meecherditle [Alex Meerscheidt]. In 1881 Edgar [Ed-gar Reinhard] was born and son Frank [Frank Johannes] in 1884. Alex [Alexander Ernst] went to the high school in LaGrange, the other three older ones [Louise, Walter, and Hu-go] went to school in Ellenger. We only lived there 6 years. Then my husband had a bad fall from a horse and was sick for many months. He never regained his health. So he had to give up his post as manager. We sold out, and bought a farm in Milam County. That was in 1886.
There were two schools close to where we lived, for the two little ones and one about 8 miles away for the older ones. They had to go horseback. We lived there for a num-ber of years. I was so glad that Grandma [Auguste Soergel], my Mother, was still with us. She did all the [k]netting for the whole family. That was a great help to me.
The boys all grew up to be good men. When Alex [Alexander Ernst] was 18 years old, he went to Austin business college. Walter [Albert] and Hugo [Heinrich] only took post grated business course at home. Edgar [Reinhard] also went to business college in Wa-co. Frank [Johannes] still went to school at home.
As my husband’s health began to fail more and more The Dr. told him to quit work and move to town and take life easy. So he sold out in 1897 and we moved to La-Grange, Texas.
In 1900 the boys all left home, one after the other. Walter [Albert] and Hugo [Heinrich] liked farming best. Edgar [verb?] office work. He [Edgar Reinhard] got back from col-lege and took a position as clerk with the Rosenberg brothers in Hallstiville [Hal-letsville], Tex. After Alex [Alexander Ernst] came back home from Austin he went to work as a clerk in Rockdale for the Searbough and Hix Company [Scarbrough & Hicks Compa-ny, a merchantile]. He worked there for one year and 9 months. Took sick and had to quit. After he got well he worked in Sague [Seguin, TX] from there he went to LaGrange and got in with the Rosenberg company.
Edgar stayed with the Rosenberg brothers 2 years or more. Took typhoid fever and was sick for several months. After he got up He was so weak he could not gain his strength. So the Dr. advised him to go West which he did. He located in San Angelo in 1907. His brother Hugo came with him and bought a little farm near Wall. Hugo’s wife [Minna Pauline Urban] did not like it here. So he sold his farm out to his bro. Edgar and left. [Hugo] Stopped over in Temple. He liked it there so he bought a small farm of 40 acres. There he also worked out in a garage for some company. He had two sons, the oldest one Edgar [Edgar Hugo] worked in the garage with him for a number of years. The second son [Charles Walter] is with the air forces. [Lucille von Rosenberg, daughter, 1902-1902 not mentioned.]
My late son Walter [Albert] also had two sons [Alvin Walter and Arthur Julius].
They both live in around Sharp and Camron. Frank [Johannes] my youngest son was still with us when we moved to LaGrange in 1900. But he only stayed with us a short time after we moved to La Grange. He went to Bellville, Texas where he had a posi-tion as clerk for C. H. Hellmuth. Only a short time [? later he ] came home and bought some books and studied the carpenter trade. He worked with a carpenter to learn the trade for a year or so.
My only daughter Louise Auguste von Rosenberg married [7 Nov 1893, Lilac, TX] a man by the name of Adam George Becker (1857-1944) before we moved to LaGrange. They lived near Sharp [Lilac, TX] two years then moved to Wa-co[,] Texas [Hewitt, TX] where they lived for five years. After they moved to Waco the oldest child died [George John]. They had three more boys [Raymond John, Otto Hugo, Carl Walter] and one girl [Louise Elizabeth Margaret ‘Lizzie’] besides the one that died. And the other oldest [living] son [Raymond] died [Coblenz (now Koblenz)Germany]in the army of oceppation [occupation] on the 5 of June 1920.
Louise [Auguste] and her husband moved to west Texas in 1904. Located on a farm near San Angelo, at Wall, Texas. The youngest one [Charlie] owned a garage in Wall. The other one [Otto - after Raymond died] works on the farm. The daughter [Louise Eliza-beth Margaret ‘Lizzie’ (1896-1977] married [Eli Roberts (1896-1997)] and lives in Enid Oklahoma.
My husband passed away in 1903. I did not like town life, and after my husband left me it did not seem the same any more. Alex [Alexander Ernst] married Martha Kainer in Nov. 22. 1905 and lived with me until I left them. Louise and children stayed with me for weeks while her husband [George Adam Becker] and Frank were building their house on the farm he [Becker] bought at Wall. I felt so lonely after they [Louise and her chil-dren] left. So I planned to go out west to San Angelo to keep house for Frank and Ed-gar. I didn’t get to go as soon as I had planned. But when Edgar married Maggie Mae Clark on June.22, 1909 I went out there a week later. They had the house all fixed up, when I got there. So I was house keeper and they boarded with me.
Frank worked at Bellenger [Ballinger, TX] for a while. Edgar worked for a grocery man by the name of Proband[t], and later for Max Pantel. He went into pardering slipt [partnership] with Max Pantel in the grocery business. Maggie did the book work for them. Frank came back home and made his home with me. Later the boys bought the two lots and built a house here in parkhights on South Austin St., and I have lived here on this place ever since 1911.
I was housekeeper until the summer of 1915 when I took typhoid fever and was never very strong after that. So I had to turn my housework over to my daughter-in-law Maggie. Edgar and Maggie have 5 children two boys [Henry Clark, Marcus Alexander] and three girls [Julia Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, Jannie Eloise]. They were all born here in San Angelo.
After Max Pantel died Edgar bought the grocery business, finally had a store built on my lot. They did quite well until the depresation started. The business got so bad he [Edgar] sold out what he had [the grocery inventory, not the building or farm] and they [Edgar, Maggie Mae, Clark, Julia] moved to Austin [TX] and took in boarders [in order for Clark and Julia to attend UTA]. But ever thing was so high, they coulden hardly make expenses. My son Frank and a granddaughter May Margaret [Mary Margaret] with a girl to help was my standby while they [Edgar, Maggie Mae, Clark, Julia] lived in Austin. They [Edgar and Maggie Mae] came back in 1935. All have been very nice to me. Altho, I have been sick so much lately. My daughter-in-law Maggie had so much to do, but waited on me like my own daughter would. Edgar still had his farm to fall back on. He stayed out there by his self lots while Maggie had to stay here with me. My oldest son [Alexan-der Ernst] passed away in August 1937. It would have been much better if it had been me. But we has to sumit to the Lord will.
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Elizabeth's autobiography states she was only a "few" months old when her father died. Elizabeth was born in 27 June 1850.
Bastrop County Court Records: No record of Adolph's death or probate; no guardianship records for minor children. | SPENGLER, Adolph (I3901)
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Elizabeth's parents were second generation Polish immigrants who reared their family in San Antonio, Texas, where she attended St. Gerard's Parish and graduated from Brackenridge High School in 1937. After graduation she obtained a job in the accounting department at Southwestern Bell. She worked there for seven years until her marriage. Elizabeth was a traditional 1950's homemaker. She ran an efficient home, being an excellent cook, housekeeper, seamstress and gardener. Her love of flowers was a life-long passion. She was active in the PTA while the children were in school. She also was secretary for St. Ann's Parochial School and the bookkeeper for her son-in-law's law firm. Elizabeth enjoyed her cat, the daily newspaper, crossword puzzles, the Dallas Cowboys and tracking the weather. She favored radio over television. She was known to her grandchildren as "Grandma JP." | KOSUB, Elizabeth Susan (I9655)
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Elizabeth's Spengler brother, Henry, and sister, Eva, Anglicized or Americanized their last name to Spangler during the mid-1860s. Elizabeth's brother John continued using Spengler the latter 1800s. Elizabeth continued to spell the name Spengler until the early 1900s.
All of the Spengler children, except Elizabeth and her younger step-sister, Elley, were born in Germany. It is doubtful any of the children were in possession of the Spengler family's immigration papers after their father died in 1850 and then their mother 'remarried*' and died soon after in c1853. Subsequently, all of the Spengler children, except Elizabeth, were then 'placed' in the homes of non-German families. And later, all, except Elizabeth, married into families of non-German heritage . . .
Eva Spengler aka Eve Spangler, spouses McGuire and Cox;
Heinrich Spengler aka Henry Spangler, spouse Dawson;
Johann Spengler aka John Spangler, spouses Hurt and Reese;
and Elley Jones, the stepsister, if married, unknown. | SPENGLER, Franziska Elisabeth (I3861)
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Ella attended school in Bellville. She, like her sister, was talented musically, being fond of the piano.She sang contralto in the church choir and community choruses. Ella was also gifted at sewing. | HELLMUTH, Ella Louise (I10233)
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Ellie attended Texas Presbyterian College where she majored in mathematics and played volleyball and tennis. Following graduation she worked at her father’s store as a bookkeeper. She was married on her 21st birthday and moved with her husband to Uvalde, Coupland, and in 1916 to Waco. She was an avid reader of items from light fiction to heavy non-fiction. It was this interest that caused her to become a staunch supporter of the Waco Public Library. She was also a booster of Baylor University, supporting and attending cultural events brought to Waco by the university.
In addition to reading, Ellie enjoyed handwork, including embroidery, knitting, and crocheting. She lived near an old ladies’ home and she often had several of these women spent time in her home. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Mothers’ Club of the schools and organizations with which her daughter was associated. She was an active member of the Order of Eastern Star and wa a past Worthy Matron of the Waco Chapter No. 7. At the time of her death she was District Deputy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Texas. | VON ROSENBERG, Eleanor Anna (I12566)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I29038)
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Else, a lovely, jolly person, respected learning, art and music. She also was practical, energetic and resourceful. This was more important, for, in frugal years, their orchard, garden and chickens became very helpful to her family and sometimes others. One wonders how many school lunches she prepared, over the years, each with loving concern for balanced nutrition. Her perseverance enabled husband and three children to earn university degrees.
Else and Walter were much loved and respected by their children, relatives and friends. They had membership in the Congregational Church. Else was never enabled to make the hoped for trip to Germany to visit Walter’s kin, but later had lovely visits with children and grandchildren to New York, Florida and California. There were also congenial visits with numerous Austin kin and fine art and music available to enjoy. Thus, even with some hardships and disappointments, was Else’s life full and blessed in many ways. | VON ROSENBERG, Elisabeth Marie (I10269)
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Elva was raised in Glidden, Texas, and Abbott’s Grove near present-day Ammansville, Texas. After she married Johnnie they lived near Swiss Alp until 1967 when she and her husband moved to the Black Jack Springs/O’Quinn community off FM 609. She was active in her church, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Swiss Alp, where she played the organ. This congregation is the second oldest Lutheran body in Texas. She served as a precinct election judge in Swiss Alp until the Black Jack Springs precinct was merged into the La Grange precinct. She raised crops and cattle for many years and tended her vegetable and flower gardens from which she won many blue ribbons at the Fayette County Fair. | OEDING, Elva Marguerite (I29021)
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Emma attended school at Buchanan, New Mexico and taught school in New Mexico before marrying Carl Jones. She enjoyed fishing, gardening and flowers. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Grand Junction. | HARRINGTON, Emma Velma (I12640)
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Emma emigrated to the United States with her parents. They entered at the Port of Baltimore, Maryland, soon settling in La Grange. A few years later the family moved to near Sharp in Milam County, which is where Emma attended school. Her main hobby was flower gardening. She and her husband, Walter, lived at Leechville for the first few years of the marriage. They then moved to Sharp, where Emma lived until 1940 at which time she moved to Rockdale. | URBAN, Emma Louise (I3903)
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Emma enjoyed her early life on the plantation at Nassau, especially the animals. She was also quite popular with the young people. After marrying Alexander, she raised her six children, and remained a devoted companion to her husband, who was often ill. In 1914, she, along with the remainder of her family, received the rites of baptism and confirmation, becoming members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in La Grange.
In April, 1930, the family celebrated Emma’s and Alex’s golden wedding anniversary. A few days later they visited their daughter Louise and her husband in El Paso. During this visit they also traveled into Mexico. Before returning home, Alexander submitted to a delicate eye operation from which he never fully recovered. After Alex died, Emma lost interest in many things, living resignedly and quiet. In October, 1942, she had a severe fall, became an invalid, and died months later. | WEYAND, Emma (I3894)
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Emma married Gustav Siebel after the death of her first husband August Vogelsang. | DAHLGRUEN, Emma (I10142)
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Emma’s godparents were Lieutenant Théodore Schomer, the merchant Ernst Brettschneider, Mrs. Wilhelmine Schubert, Mrs. Henriette Dorthée Reinhard, and Mrs. Dor. Sophie Kaschewsky. | FALLIER, Emma Françoise Berthe (I9608)
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Emmie was born on Nassau Farm, lived on Evergreen Farm, and moved to Round Top with her parents when her father entered the mercantile business there. She attended a school taught by her uncle, Herman Hellmuth. She and her husband Adolph lived on the old Kneip farm near Round Top, then moved into town for five years. Later they went to live with their son Gus in Coupland, Texas, and after 1920 with their daughter Lillie. After Adolph’s death in 1921 Emmie became ill. She was bedridden until her death in 1924. She was named for her aunt, Emilie Groos, and her step-grandmother, Amanda Fallier von Rosenberg. | VON ROSENBERG, Emilie Amanda (I3945)
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Erna moved from her native Lee County, Texas, to Clifton with her family in 1904. She was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Ladies Aid Society in Clifton. | WIEDERAENDERS, Erna Clara (I24511)
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Ernest (Red) lived on a farm outside of Roscoe, Texas. He met Faye in Sweetwater. After they were married, they left the farm and he went to work for a lumberyard. He had his own lumberyard in Monahans, and bought oil leases and royalties. | WATT, Ernest Eugene (I29099)
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Ernest graduated from Reagan High School in 1936, then attended Metropolitan Business College in Dallas, where he studied Business Administration. He was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company from 1937 until his retirement in 1974. He is active in the Masons and received a 50 year pin in 1994. He liked to hunt, spend time in the country in his camp house, attend church, and visit his friends and family. | EVANS, Ernest Connally (I13355)
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Ernest Mark was in the shower getting ready to go on his senior trip when he went into cardiac arrest and passed away at the young age of 18. | HENDERSON, Ernest Mark (I1481)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I1480)
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Ernst Johann, the third son of Karl William and Auguste Anders-von Rosenberg, was born on a farm near Round Top, Fayette County, Texas, on November 25, 1852.
When he was three years old the family moved to Austin. Here Ernst received the limited schooling which was available in this section just before, during and right after the Civil War. He was too young to participate in that war.
As a young man he was a member of the Travis Rifles, a local military company. This company was called out early in 1873 to uphold Governor-elect Richard Coke in the dispute with the incumbent carpetbag governor, E. J. Davis, as to when Coke should be inaugurated into office. Davis had placed colored troops in the Capitol to support him. The Travis Rifles were instructed to avoid a clash if possible. Ernst related that they spiked the Capitol cannons so as to render them useless. No violence occurred.
One of the first positions he held was with the Johns Bank. He was appointed draftsman in the General Land Office on December 21, 1876, by Commissioner J. J. Gross. In 1913 Commissioner J. T. Robison appointed him chief draftsman. Except for the period from January, 1891, to June, 1893, he was an employee of the Land Office continuously from 1876 until his death. Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, the short story writer, was a co-worker with Ernst in the Land Office.
Ernst married Helene Lungkwitz in October, 1879.
As a member and for forty years treasurer of Austin Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, he took a great interest and active part in the volunteer fire department of Austin. It is said that he turned in the alarm for the fire which destroyed the old Capitol and assisted in fighting the fire.
In about 1903 he was elected to the City Council as Alderman from the Third Ward.
He helped found the First Congregational Church of Austin.
With very little schooling, through extensive reading, he was self-educated, and attained a remarkably well-rounded knowledge of many subjects. He was a conscientious, energetic, and industrious citizen. He was of medium height, blond, and of a rather military bearing like his father and brothers. Ernst was a loving and devoted husband and father.
He died in August, 1915, following an illness of three months. His wife, four daughters, and three sons survived him. | VON ROSENBERG, Ernst Johann (I3916)
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Esther and Erwin ran a truck farm and the Mermaid Swimming Pool for more than 40 years. | KNUST, Esther Theresie Ottilie (I24553)
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Esther Elisabeth was baptized Hester Elizabeth. Later records, including that of a niece for whom Esther was the namesake, indicate that the name was Esther.
Esther’s godparents were Michel Fournié and Hester Champions who were living in Paris at the time. Esther was presented for baptism by Jessé Bertrand and by Elisabeth Mejean his wife in place of the absent godparents.
Esther was unmarried when she presented her niece for baptism in May 1770. | JARRY, Hester Elisabeth (I14131)
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Esther Elisabeth’s godparents were Pierre Benezet and by Esther Elisabeth Jarry her aunt. | JARRY, Esther Elisabeth (I14170)
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Esther was a lifelong resident of New Ulm, Texas. She and her husband operated the New Ulm Electric Shop for more than 30 years. She was also an employee of the U. S. Postal service, retiring in 1984 with 36 years of service. She was a lifelong and active member of the Industry United Methodist Church, in Industry, Texas, where she served on committees and had remained active in the Bertha Circle. She had served as the secretary of the New Ulm Sons of Hermann Lodge and past president of the New Ulm Cemetery Association, as well as being active in the New Ulm Firemen’s Auxiliary. | MUENZLER, Esther Amanda (I13973)
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Esther was a teacher of science and mathematics for twenty years at Court Junior High School in Las Cruces. After her retirement she became interested in handcrafts through her association with the NMSU Newcomers group. A love for ceramics then branched into other handcrafts such as flower design. She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and was active in Women’s Society of Christian Service. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and related groups, Eight and Forty and Past Presidents. | STUART, Esther Irene (I9654)
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Etienne’s godparents were Etienne Crebasac and Marie Jaladiere.
The death record that I used to document the date of this child is actually an entry for an Anthoine Fallier, daughter of Mathieu, aged about two years. There was no corresponding baptismal entry for an Anthoine, nor was there a death entry for Etienne in either Lausanne or Berlin (Geneva has not yet been checked). In addition the listed age of Anthoine would match the baptismal record for Etienne. Pending a check of the death records in Geneva, I will assume that the Etienne on the baptism record and the Anthoine from the death record are the same person. | FALIÈS, Etienne Jaques Mathieu (I14247)
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Etienne’s godparents were his father and Marie Bertrand, widow of Rampon. | JARRY, Etienne (I13859)
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Etienne’s godparents were Mr. Etienne Pally, embroiderer for the court, and Marianne Grubet his wife. | FALIÈS, Etienne (I14136)
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