1827 - 1887 (59 years)
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Name |
Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM |
Birth |
16 Apr 1827 |
Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
7 Apr 1887 |
Boerne, Kendall, Texas, USA |
Burial |
9 Apr 1887 |
Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA |
Person ID |
I2813 |
von Rosenberg Family Tree |
Last Modified |
21 Jul 2012 |
Family |
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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Children |
| 1. Infant Daughter MEERSCHEIDT, b. 27 Aug 1851, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 27 Aug 1851, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 0 years) |
+ | 2. Alexander MEERSCHEIDT, b. 3 Jan 1853, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 12 May 1921, Seattle, King, Washington, USA (Age 68 years) |
+ | 3. Louise MEERSCHEIDT, b. 25 Jan 1855, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 26 Feb 1927, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 72 years) |
+ | 4. Paul MEERSCHEIDT, b. 10 Feb 1856, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 23 Oct 1933, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 77 years) |
| 5. Emma MEERSCHEIDT, b. 19 Apr 1858, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 1 Oct 1861, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 3 years) |
+ | 6. Max MEERSCHEIDT, b. 10 Feb 1860, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 24 Mar 1920, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 60 years) |
| 7. Arthur MEERSCHEIDT, b. 9 Oct 1862, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 14 Sep 1867 (Age 4 years) |
| 8. Gerhard MEERSCHEIDT, b. 2 Feb 1864, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. Jun 1864, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 0 years) |
+ | 9. Anna MEERSCHEIDT, b. 2 Aug 1865, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 29 Sep 1895, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 30 years) |
| 10. Lina MEERSCHEIDT, b. 8 Sep 1868, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 24 Aug 1869, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 0 years) |
| 11. Walter MEERSCHEIDT, b. 8 Sep 1868, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 24 Sep 1869, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 1 year) |
| 12. Otto MEERSCHEIDT, b. 21 Jan 1871, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 2 Sep 1939, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (Age 68 years) |
| 13. Martha Caroline MEERSCHEIDT, b. 24 Jan 1875, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 28 Jun 1945, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 70 years) |
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Family ID |
F918 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
3 Mar 2014 |
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Notes |
- Arthur Meerscheidt’s given name was Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald von Meerscheidt-von Huellessem. He was educated in Braunschweig. At sixteen years of age he became a cadet in Prince Wasa’s Hungarian regiment and age nineteen became an officer in the Hungarian army. He was wounded while fighting as a revolutionary at Czegedin. After recovering from his wound, he traveled down the Danube en route to Constantinople when he was captured by Serbians. He was spared by a friendly Hungarian and was allowed to continue his journey. He then returned home to Germany where he attempted to join the army of Schleswig-Holstein, at his mother’s bidding. However, the war that army was in had ended. Shortly after he sailed for the United States.
He arrived at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana aboard the “Ohio” on 2 Jan 1850. From there he met an acquaintance, a man named Jenski, who was from near Nassau in northern Fayette County, Texas. Arthur settled in that area and became a farmer and family man. He later became a merchant in nearby Round Top before moving to La Grange in 1874. There he was appointed Postmaster, in which office he remained until his death. He took a trip west because of ill health, but saw little improvement. He died in Boerne, Texas due to a heart ailment.
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