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1875 - 1945 (70 years)
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Name |
Martha Caroline MEERSCHEIDT |
Birth |
24 Jan 1875 |
La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
28 Jun 1945 |
San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA |
Burial |
29 Jun 1945 |
Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA |
Person ID |
I2815 |
von Rosenberg Family Tree |
Last Modified |
2 Sep 2013 |
Father |
Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM, b. 16 Apr 1827, Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany d. 7 Apr 1887, Boerne, Kendall, Texas, USA (Age 59 years) |
Mother |
Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG, b. 15 Jun 1832, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia d. 29 Aug 1911, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 79 years) |
Marriage |
9 Nov 1850 |
Fayette County, Texas, USA |
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Family ID |
F918 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Martha was born at the family home in La Grange and attended the Casino School while growing up. She loved and studied music. In 1892 she and her mother moved to San Antonio. Martha planned on teaching piano. However, her brother Max’s wife soon died, and he and his six-week-old twin sons moved in with them. Martha and her mother raised the boys, Martha taking most of the responsibility as her mother was in failing health. She continued to study music under the tutelage of Prof. Schemmel. She also was able to teach piano.
She moved back to La Grange in 1902 to live her sister, Lieschen Scholz. Again she taught piano. In 1907 she became the organist at the Lutheran Church, and she became active in other church work.
In 1911 her mother died and the twins were grown. So she moved back to San Antonio to teach and study music, also teaching a large Sunday school class. She got her greatest pleasure from her hobby of establishing and preserving the von Rosenberg family history.
As a result of her strenuous life in San Antonio, her health soon began to fail. So she moved into the Lutheran Home in Round Rock. Even though her health had become a real problem by 1940, she was able to bring joy to her companions at the home through her musical talent and Bible teaching. She developed inflammatory cancer and died in a San Antonio convalescent home.
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