Family Group Sheet

Subject:           Barbe BARTZ

Birth:                                2 Feb 1825    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Immigratn:                       8 Apr 1844    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."2

Passport:                       16 Sep 1846    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France; # 8:3126.3

Marriage:                       10 Oct 1847    St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.1

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Bexar County, Texas; household #2586 Castroville.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.5

Death:                             15 Jul 1911    Hondo, Medina County, Texas.6

Burial:                             16 Jul 1911    Graff Family Cemetery, Medina County.6

Father:            Steve BARTZ

Mother:

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Spouse:           Ludwig GRAFF Sr

Birth:                                9 Apr 1826    Neufreistadt, Offenburg, Baden, Germany.7

Immigratn:                    30 Dec 1843    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 25 Oct 1843 on the "Jean Key."8

Document:                    12 Sep 1844    Castroville, Medina County, Texas; signer of the document that named and founded the town.9

Deed:                            30 Mar 1857    Medina County, Texas; File 4194, section 52 (Abstract 426) 320 acres; Grantee - Louis Graff.  Patentee - Louis Graff.  CC Cert. #28.10

Death:                           23 Dec 1908    Medina County, Texas.11

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Graff Family Cemetery, Medina County.7

Father:            Friedrich GRAFF

Mother:           Elizabeth HAUS

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Seven Known Children

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M           Joseph GRAFF

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M           Charles Louis GRAFF

Birth:                               8 Aug 1848    Medina County, Texas.1

Death:                          15 May 1849    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                           16 May 1849    1

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M           Charles (Carl) GRAFF

Birth:                               13 Jul 1852    Bexar County, Texas.6

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr and Barbe BARTZ; Bexar County, Texas; household #2586 Castroville.4

Marriage:                       27 Feb 1875    Justina KELLER (20 Sep 1852-23 May 1928), daughter of Andre KELLER and Catherine DREYER; Medina County, Texas.12

Daughter:                      21 Dec 1875    Caroline GRAFF; Medina County, Texas.6

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.5

Death:                             9 Dec 1934    Hondo, Medina County, Texas.6

Burial:                           10 Dec 1934    Oakwood Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County.6

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M           Fred Louis GRAFF Sr

Birth:                             29 May 1855    Medina County, Texas.6

Marriage:                      26 May 1881    Elisabetha LEINWEBER (6 Sep 1861-15 Mar 1934), daughter of John George LEINWEBER and Anna Barbe GROSSENBACHER7

Death:                           13 Dec 1920    Hondo, Medina County, Texas.6

Burial:                           14 Dec 1920    Oakwood Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County.6

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F            Emilia GRAFF

Birth:                               7 Sep 1857    Medina County, Texas.13

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr and Barbe BARTZ; Bexar County, Texas; household #2586 Castroville.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.5

Marriage:                      19 May 1881    George Hermann BENDELE (10 Mar 1859-5 Oct 1935), son of Jean Jacques BENDELE Jr and Sybilla HAASS; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.12

Death:                             2 Feb 1895    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Graff Family Cemetery, Medina County.7

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F            Lena GRAFF

Birth:                                8 Jan 1861    Medina County, Texas.7

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.5

Death:                             30 Jul 1902    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Graff Family Cemetery, Medina County.7

Marriage:                       __ ___ ____    C L DWYER1

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M           Emil GRAFF

Birth:                              30 Jan 1861    Medina County, Texas.7

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.5

Marriage:                       14 Jan 1892    Wilhelmina BOEHLE (1 Sep 1873-27 Aug 1894), daughter of Friedrich Ludwig BOEHLE and Antje M ADEN; Medina County, Texas.11

Death:                            20 Oct 1916    San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.6

Burial:                            21 Oct 1916    Oakwood Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County.6

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Endnotes 

1. Tom Pichot, "Graff Family," e-mail message from pichot@netscorp.net to Margaret Simpson, October 9, 2001. Hereinafter cited as "Graff." 

2. Indianola Immigrant Database, online http://vhrc.uhv.edu/manuscripts/indianola/home.cfm. Hereinafter cited as Indianola Immigrants. 

3. Clifford Neal Smith, compiler, Emigrants from France (Haut Rhin Department) to America Part 2: 1845-1847 (McNeal, Arizona: Westland Publications, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Emigrnts from France 2. 

4. Heritage Quest, 1860 Census of Bexar County, Texas., CD-ROM (Sierra OnLine: Generations Archives), Bexar County. Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census - Bexar. 

5. Family Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880 Census. 

6. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. 

7. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina. 

8. Cornelia English Crook, Henry Castro, A Study of Early Colonization in Texas (San Antonio, Texas: St Mary's University Press, 1988). Hereinafter cited as Castro. 

9. A J Sowell, compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers. 

10. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 

11. Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co. 

12. Calvin D Foster, compiler, Marriage License Book D, Medina County, Texas (San Antonio, Texas: Our Heritage, 1978). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Marrs Bk D. 

13. LDS Microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church Gedcom.