Gerhard Eilert SPECKELS

1843 - 1909  (66 years)

• Name	Gerhard Eilert SPECKELS
  Birth	9 Jan 1843	Jaderkreuzmoor, Rastede, Neuenburg, Oldenburg
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Mar 1909	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
  	at 8 a.m.
  Burial	La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I2944	von Rosenberg Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 May 2011

  
  

  Father	John Christopher SPECKELS,   b. 19 Dec 1817, Jaderbollenhagen, Rastede, Oldenburg d. 6 Sep 1894, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Gesche Margarethe IMKEN,   b. 24 Dec 1822, Delfshausen, Rastede, Oldenburg d. 14 Oct 1907, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1842	Jade, Rastede, Neuenburg, Oldenburg
  Family ID	F917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johanna Marie M. FRELS,   b. 21 Aug 1843, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg d. 13 Apr 1937 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1867	Fayette County, Texas, USA
  	by Joseph Spocensky
  Children	+ 1. Anna E. SPECKELS,   b. 10 Nov 1867, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 25 Jan 1950, Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

  
  

• Notes

  After returning from his service in the Civil War, G. E. went to Mexico early in 1865, returning on August 7. The following year he made a crop on his father’s farm, receiving 30 cents per pound for his cotton in Galveston. He married in 1867 and became engaged in carpentry as well as farming. By 1900 he had moved into La Grange. In March, 1896, he took the position of traveling agent for Mr. O. E. Stolz’s marble yard in La Grange.