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Edgar Reinhard VON ROSENBERG

Male 1881 - 1980  (99 years)


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  • Name Edgar Reinhard VON ROSENBERG 
    Birth 15 Sep 1881  Ellinger, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Nov 1980  San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3905  von Rosenberg Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2015 

    Father Carl August Walter VON ROSENBERG,   b. 31 Aug 1839, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1903, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Franziska Elisabeth SPENGLER,   b. 27 Jun 1850, Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1943, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 7 Sep 1868  Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Photos
    Walter and Frances von Rosenberg
    Walter and Frances von Rosenberg
    Walter and Frances von Rosenberg
    Walter and Frances von Rosenberg
    Family ID F2721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maggie Mae CLARK,   b. 21 Feb 1887, Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1978, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1909  Clark Farm, Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Henry Clark VON ROSENBERG,   b. 4 May 1910, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 2006, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    +2. Marcus Alexander VON ROSENBERG,   b. 20 Jan 1912, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1982, Midland, Midland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +3. Living
    +4. Mary Margaret VON ROSENBERG,   b. 4 Jul 1916, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 2007, Schertz, Guadalupe, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +5. Jannie Eloise VON ROSENBERG,   b. 20 Aug 1918, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 2011, Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F2751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2014 

  • Notes 
    • 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.