Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Jean
BIEDIGER
Birth: 23 Oct 1807 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Marriage: 23 Apr 1833 Alsace, France.2
Passport: 28 Aug 1844 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:1393 (with 5 children).3
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas;
household #24 Castroville.5
Occupation: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas; farmer.5
Grant: __ ___ 1851 Medina County, Texas; File
958 for 640 acres; Grantee - Jean Biediger.6
Census: __ ___ 1854 St Louis Catholic Church,
Castroville, Medina County; family #23 (7 children).7
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #61 Castroville town.8
Voter Reg:
24 Nov 1869 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: Annexation.9
Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County, Texas;
household #117 Castroville town.10
Census: __ ___ 1880 Medina County, Texas;
household #23 Precinct 1.11
Death: 4 Jul 1880 Medina County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
Father: Henri
BIEDIGER
Mother: Anne
Marie WALBERT
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Spouse:
Agathe Marie
MARTINI
Birth: 9 Aug 1810 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Death: 23 Jan 1886 Medina County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
Father: Jean
MARTINI
Mother:
Catherine ZURCHER
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Ten
Known Children
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M Jean Michel
BIEDIGER
Birth: 29 Sep 1833 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.12
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.5
Marriage: 30 Aug 1859 Catherine MUELLER; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Marriage: 18 May 1867 Louise LIEBER (27 Dec 1849-17
Aug 1919), daughter of Dominique LIEBER and Catherine SUNGAUER; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Daughter: 8 Dec 1869 Mathilda BIEDIGER; Medina
County, Texas.2
Death: 19 Feb 1902 Medina County, Texas.2
Burial: 20 Feb 1902 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.2
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M Jacques
BIEDIGER
Birth: 7 May 1835 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.12
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.5
Marriage: 21 Nov 1865 Marie Anne HALTY (12 Aug
1843-27 Jul 1906), daughter of Joseph Leonard HALTY and Catherine HALLER; St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Daughter: 23 Sep 1866 Theresa B BIEDIGER;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.13
Son: 4 Mar 1868 Joseph A BIEDIGER;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.1
Daughter: 31 Aug 1873 Catherine BIEDIGER;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.13
Son: 7 Jul 1875 Albert BIEDIGER;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.13
Death: 11 Dec 1876 Medina County, Texas.2
Burial: 11 Dec 1876 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.2
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F Marie Anne
BIEDIGER
Birth: 29 Dec 1836 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.5
Marriage: 12 Apr 1853 Ambroise ZIMMERMANN (1 Jul
1826-before 1860), son of Joseph ZIMMERMANN and Marie Anne LEHERR; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Census: __ ___ 1854 Ambroise ZIMMERMANN (1 Jul
1826-before 1860); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County;
family #55 (no children).7
Daughter:
before 14 Jan 1854 Agathe ZIMMERMANN;
2
Daughter: 3 Feb 1855 Emalia Anastasia ZIMMERMANN;
Medina County, Texas.2
Daughter: 22 May 1855 Louise Mary ZIMMERMANN;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.13
Son: 17 Sep 1857 Emil ZIMMERMANN;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.2
Daughter:
circa __ ___ 1861 Juliana ZIMMERMANN; Medina County, Texas.10
Death: 27 Dec 1917 Medina County, Texas.2
Burial: 28 Dec 1917 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.2
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F Agathe
BIEDIGER
Birth: 5 Feb 1841 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4
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M Francois
Joseph BIEDIGER
Birth: 30 May 1843 Falkwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.12
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.5
Marriage: 4 Feb 1869 Maria Anna BOHL (25 Nov
1848-7 Nov 1924), daughter of Francois Joseph BOHL and Marie Agathe ZURCHER;
St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Son: 17 Sep 1873 William BIEDIGER;
2
Daughter: 8 Mar 1878 Ida BIEDIGER; Castroville,
Medina County, Texas.13
Death: 10 Mar 1918 Medina County, Texas.2
Burial: 11 Mar 1918 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.2
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M Leonard
Lawrence BIEDIGER
Birth: 11 Aug 1846 Medina County, Texas.2
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #117 Castroville town.10
Death: __ Dec 1870 Medina County, Texas.2
Burial: 25 Dec 1870 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.2
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M Augustin
BIEDIGER
Birth: 25 Jul 1849 Medina County, Texas.2
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.5
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #61 Castroville town.8
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #117 Castroville town.10
Marriage: 25 Feb 1875 Mary Catherine RIHN (25 Sep
1858-2 Sep 1919), daughter of Laurent RIHN Jr and Marie Anne GRIMSINGER; St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Death: 7 Dec 1930 Frio County, Texas.14
Burial: __ ___ ____ Moore Memorial Cemetery,
Frio County.14
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M Apollinar
BIEDIGER
Birth: 19 Nov 1851 Medina County, Texas.2
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F Catherine
BIEDIGER
Birth: 18 Feb 1854 Medina County, Texas.2
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #61 Castroville town.8
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #117 Castroville town.10
Marriage: 11 Nov 1878 Emil September OBETS
(1852- ); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #23 Precinct 1.11
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M Stephen
BIEDIGER
Birth: 26 Dec 1858 Medina County, Texas.2
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #61 Castroville town.8
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #117 Castroville town.10
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe
Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #23 Precinct 1.11
Marriage: 6 May 1884 Caroline BOHL (5 Jan 1864-18 Mar 1918), daughter of Joseph BOHL and Theodora MEYER; St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Death: 15 Jan 1935
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Endnotes
1.
Ralph Stenzel, "Descendants of Jean Biediger," e-mail message from rwstenzel@aol.com
to Margaret Simpson, May 16, 2000. Hereinafter cited as "Biediger, Jean."
2.
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.
3.
Clifford Neal Smith, compiler, Emigrants from France (Haut-Rhin
Department) to America, Part 1: 1837-1844 (McNeal, Arizona: Westland
Publications, 1986). Hereinafter cited as Emigrants from France.
4.
Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County,
Texas.
5.
Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850
Census.
6.
Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
7.
Ted Gittinger, Connie Rihn, Roberta Haby and Charlene Snavely, compiler,
St Louis Church, Castroville, Texas (San Antonio, Texas: Graphic Arts,
1973). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church.
8.
Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860
Census.
9.
Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and
Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as
"Voters-Medina County."
10.
Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870
Census.
11.
Family Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880
Census.
12.
LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Cem.
13.
Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
14.
Frio County TXGenWeb, online https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txfrio/. Hereinafter
cited as TXGenWeb - Frio. |