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Dorothy BENGENER

Dorothy BENGENER

Female 1836 - 1913  (77 years)

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  • Name Dorothy BENGENER 
    Birth 2 Apr 1836  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 Aug 1913  Laredo, Webb, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at 8 p.m. at 1814 Victoria
    Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Section 3 Lot 929
    Person ID I12496  von Rosenberg Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 

    Family Jacob C. HORNBERGER,   b. Abt 1829, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1911, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1855  Travis County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. William Christian HORNBERGER,   b. 14 Sep 1856, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1917, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F8797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2014 

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    Dorothy Bengener Hornberger
    Dorothy Bengener Hornberger

  • Notes 
    • Dorothy and her family arrived from Peine, Hanover aboard the “Hercules” in November 1845. They landed in Galveston. She was the only daughter, having 4 brothers. In less than 6 months after arriving in Texas both her parents and two of her brothers died of either cholera or yellow fever. Their deaths are listed in the New Braunfels church records. Dorothy was 10 at the time. Her oldest brother Heinrich was 19 and the youngest, Wilhelm, was 5. Evidently Heinrich struck out on his own. Dorothy went to live with the Scholzburg family and Wilhelm with the Willcox family.
       
      Her family was accompanied by four other families by the name of Pape, which is the surname of Dorothy\'s mother. In 1855 she married Jacob Hornberger. She was 20 years old. It is not known how they met or when she came to Travis County. Evidently according to court records they had some property in Austin. Dorothy inherited 640 acres, but it is not known from whom as yet.
       
      In 1884 she filed for divorce from Jacob and requested that she be given their homestead. After the divorce was granted and after her daughter Lena was married she lived alone. She lived for many years at 1203 Cotton in Austin.