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Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Benoit Jacques
DECKERT
Sr
Birth: __ ___ 1796 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Marriage:
before __ ___ 1822 Alsace, France.2
Passport: 3 Nov 1846 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:3271 (with 4 children & niece).3
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov
1846 on the "Schanunga."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas;
household #12 D'Hanis.5
Deed: 20 Oct 1851 Medina County, Texas; File
993, Sections 146 (Abstract 315), 147 (Abstract 313), 148 (Abstract 314) &
149 (Abstract 316) 640 acres; Grantee - Benoit Deckert. Patentee - Benoit
Decert. CC C ert. #149.6
Natlzation:
6 Oct 1857 Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 36 (grant).7
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #187 D'Hanis.8
Occupation: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas; master
blacksmith.8
Voter Reg:
9 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.9
Census: __ ___ 1870 Joseph DECKERT (circa
1861- ); Medina County, Texas; household #295 D'Hanis.10
Death:
circa __ ___ 1870 Medina County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic Catholic
Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
Father:
Mother:
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Spouse:
Marie Anne
FRITZ
Birth: circa __ ___ 1797 Alsace, France.8
Death: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas.11
Father:
Mother:
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Seven Known Children
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F Marie
Therese DECKERT
Birth: 15 Mar 1822 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.12
Marriage:
before __ ___ 1843 Jean Martin SCHMIDT (4 Aug 1818-13 Nov 1868), son of
Nicolas SCHMIDT and Elisabeth VOELKER; Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace,
France.13
Son: 28 Oct 1843 Emile SCHMIDT; Neuwiller,
Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.14
Passport: 4 Sep 1845 Jean Martin SCHMIDT (4 Aug
1818-13 Nov 1868); Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France; # 8:2163 (with 1
child).3
Immigratn:
27 Nov 1845 Jean Martin SCHMIDT (4 Aug 1818-13 Nov 1868); New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Havre 1845 on the "Narraganset."15
Daughter: 14 Jan 1846 Anna Marie SCHMIDT; Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas.1
Daughter: 8 Jul 1848 Elisabeth Rosa SCHMIDT;
Medina County, Texas.2
Daughter: 28 Mar 1850 Catherine SCHMIDT; Medina
County, Texas.2
Census: __ ___ 1850 Jean Martin SCHMIDT (4 Aug
1818-13 Nov 1868); Medina County, Texas; household #58 Castroville.5
Son: 14 Aug 1851 Louis SCHMIDT; Castroville,
Medina County, Texas.14
Daughter: 8 Apr 1853 Mary Louisa SCHMIDT; Medina
County, Texas.2
Daughter: 15 Jan 1855 Carolina SCHMIDT; Castroville,
Medina County, Texas.2
Daughter: 26 Jul 1856 Amelia SCHMIDT; Medina
County, Texas.2
Daughter: 15 Dec 1857 Barbara SCHMIDT; Medina
County, Texas.14
Son: 3 Jan 1860 Peter SCHMIDT; Medina
County, Texas.14
Census: __ ___ 1860 Jean Martin SCHMIDT (4 Aug
1818-13 Nov 1868); Medina County, Texas; household #110 Castroville area.8
Daughter: 5 Sep 1861 Mary Theresa SCHMIDT;
Castroville, Medina County, Texas.14
Son: 12 Jun 1864 Joseph SCHMIDT; Medina
County, Texas.1
Death: 17 Feb 1893 Medina County, Texas.2
Burial: 18 Feb 1893 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.2
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M Benoit
DECKERT Jr
Birth: 10 Jan 1825 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.16
Passport: 3 Nov 1846 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:3271 (with Benoit Sr).3
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov
1846 on the "Schanunga."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas;
household #12 D'Hanis.5
Deed: 22 Oct 1851 Medina County, Texas; File
995, Sections 219 (Abstract 319) and 220 (Abstract 320) 320 acres; Grantee -
Benedick Deckert. Patentee - Benedick Decert. CC Cert. #150.6
Son: 25 Aug 1852 Benedict DECKERT; Medina
County, Texas.14
Marriage: 8 Sep 1853 Catherine SCHMIDT (24 Jun
1827-30 May 1902), daughter of Nicolas SCHMIDT and Elisabeth VOELKER; St
Dominic Catholic Church, D'Hanis, Medina County.11
Daughter: 25 Aug 1855 Catherine DECKERT; Medina
County, Texas.1
Daughter:
circa __ ___ 1857 Marianne DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.8
Son: __ ___ 1859 Nicholas DECKERT; Medina
County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1860 Catherine SCHMIDT (24 Jun
1827-30 May 1902); Medina County, Texas; household #186 D'Hanis.8
Occupation: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas; farmer.8
Son:
circa __ ___ 1861 Joseph DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.10
Daughter: 21 Oct 1861 Otillia DECKERT; D'Hanis,
Medina County, Texas.2
Daughter:
circa __ ___ 1864 Elisabeth DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.10
Voter Reg:
9 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.9
Census: __ ___ 1870 Catherine SCHMIDT (24 Jun
1827-30 May 1902); Medina County, Texas; household #294 D'Hanis.10
Death: 1 Jun 1879 Medina County, Texas.17
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic Catholic
Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
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M Jean Baptiste
DECKERT
Birth: 20 May 1828 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.16
Passport: 3 Nov 1846 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:3271 (child of Benoit Sr).3
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov
1846 on the "Schanunga."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Benoit Jacques DECKERT
Sr and Marie Anne FRITZ; Medina County, Texas; household #12 D'Hanis.5
Deed: 20 Oct 1851 Medina County, Texas; File
994, Sections 221 (Abstract 317) and 222 (Abstract 318) 320 acres; Grantee -
Jean B Deckert. Batentee - Jean B Deckert. CC Cert. #149.6
Marriage: 19 Jul 1853 Reine WOLFF (21 Jul
1836-1897), daughter of Xavier WOLFF Jr and Reine BALL; St Dominic Catholic
Church, D'Hanis, Medina County.18
Natlzation:
15 May 1854 Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 1, p 119 (grant).7
Son:
circa __ ___ 1855 Jacob DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.8
Son: 12 Dec 1856 Sebastian DECKERT; D'Hanis,
Medina County, Texas.14
Daughter:
circa __ ___ 1858 Regina DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.8
Census: __ ___ 1860 Reine WOLFF (21 Jul
1836-1897); Medina County, Texas; household #188 D'Hanis.8
Son: 19 Aug 1860 Frank Xavier DECKERT;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.14
Son:
circa __ ___ 1862 George DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.19
Son:
circa __ ___ 1863 Ignatius DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.10
Son: __ ___ 1865 Anton DECKERT; Medina
County, Texas.1
Voter Reg:
9 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.9
Daughter:
circa __ ___ 1868 Rosa L DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1870 Reine WOLFF (21 Jul
1836-1897); Medina County, Texas; household #315 D'Hanis.10
Son:
circa __ ___ 1875 Albert DECKERT; Medina County, Texas.19
Census: __ ___ 1880 Reine WOLFF (21 Jul
1836-1897); Medina County, Texas; household #10 D'Hanis.19
Death: 30 Sep 1902 Medina County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ Holy Cross Cemetery,
D'Hanis, Medina County.1
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F Marie Anne
DECKERT
Birth: 29 Jan 1830 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.16
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M Francois
DECKERT
Birth: __ ___ 1831 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.11
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 (w); Benoit Jacques DECKERT Sr and Marie Anne FRITZ;
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."4
Death:
circa __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas.11
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M Jacques
Zacharie DECKERT
Birth: circa __ ___ 1832 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.5
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 (w); Benoit Jacques DECKERT Sr and Marie Anne FRITZ;
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Benoit Jacques DECKERT
Sr and Marie Anne FRITZ; Medina County, Texas; household #12 D'Hanis.5
Marriage: 27 Apr 1857 Catherine LIEBER (4 Aug
1841- ), daughter of Dominique LIEBER and Catherine SUNGAUER; St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2
Death: __ ___ 1862 Texas.11
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic Catholic
Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
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M Ignace
DECKERT
Birth: 17 Feb 1836 Blodelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.16
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 (w); Benoit Jacques DECKERT Sr and Marie Anne FRITZ;
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."4
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Benoit Jacques DECKERT
Sr and Marie Anne FRITZ; Medina County, Texas; household #12 D'Hanis.5
Death: __ ___ 1861 Medina County, Texas.11
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic Catholic
Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
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Endnotes
1.
Grave Visited and Marker Personally Recorded; Margaret Simpson.
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 2: 1845-1847 (McNeal, Arizona: Westland
Publications, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Emigrnts from France 2.
4.
Talisman, Diamont and Schanunga, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1846, 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.
WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA:
Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn.
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.
Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
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.
Nicole Fouche, compiler, Retrouvez Votre Cousin d'Amerique (n.p.:
n.pub.). Hereinafter cited as Cousin d'Amerique.
14.
Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
15.
Multiple entry; Maria Claves Passenger List; in Passenger Lists of
Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; M-259 (n.p.: U.
S. National Archives), Roll No. 24.
16.
International Genealogical Index Files, online www.familysearch.org.
Hereinafter cited as IGI.
17.
unknown, "St Dominic Cemetery, D'Hanis," Branches and Acorns, No 1,
Vol I (September, 1985). Hereinafter cited as "St Dominic Cem."
18.
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.
19.
Family Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880
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