Family Group Sheet

Subject:           Francois Joseph FINGER Sr

Birth:                               5 May 1816    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Marriage:                      17 Aug 1842    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Passport:                         8 Sep 1846    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France; # 8:3085 (with 1 child).3

Immigratn:                    __ Nov 1846    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; household #1 D'Hanis.5

Deed:                              15 Jul 1852    Medina County, Texas; File 916, Sections 256 (Abstract 386) and 371 (Abstract 387) 640 acres; Grantee - Joseph Finger.  Patentee - Joseph Finger.  CC Cert. #80.6

Natlzation:                    15 May 1859    Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 1, p 81 (intent).7

Occupation:                   __ ___ 1860    Medina County, Texas; farmer.8

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Medina County, Texas; household #195 D'Hanis.8

Voter Reg:                      9 Sep 1867    Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.9

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Medina County, Texas; household #316 D'Hanis.10

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    Medina County, Texas; household #23 D'Hanis.11

Death:                           27 Aug 1886    Medina County, Texas.12

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Dominic Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.12

Father:            Michel FINGER (7 Jun 1789-16 Jan 1858)

Mother:           Marie Agathe BELTZ

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Spouse:           Reine ZURCHER

Birth:                               8 Sep 1818    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Immigratn:                     __ ___ 1846    Leopold ZURCHER (5 Nov 1821-2 Oct 1885); Texas.13

Death:                           11 Feb 1882    Medina County, Texas.12

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Dominic Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.12

Father:            Jean Michel ZURCHER (25 Oct 1780-19 Jun 1853)

Mother:           Catherine ROMANN (17 Jun 1780-29 Apr 1849)

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Two Known Children

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M           Joseph FINGER Jr

Birth:                                7 Jun 1843    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.14

Immigratn:                    __ Nov 1846    (w); Francois Joseph FINGER Sr and Reine ZURCHER; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Francois Joseph FINGER Sr and Reine ZURCHER; Medina County, Texas; household #1 D'Hanis.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Francois Joseph FINGER Sr and Reine ZURCHER; Medina County, Texas; household #195 D'Hanis.8

Marriage:                      29 Dec 1867    Mary Anna ENDERLE (11 Dec 1849-25 Mar 1921), daughter of Fidele ENDERLE and Johanna BAUMGARTNER; St Dominic Catholic Church, D'Hanis, Medina County.15

Death:                          17 May 1917    D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.4

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F            Marguerite FINGER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1845    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.8

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Francois Joseph FINGER Sr and Reine ZURCHER; Medina County, Texas; household #195 D'Hanis.8

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Endnotes 

1. Family History Library, Oberentzen Births 1793-1819, Roll #720077, Family History Library, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Oberentzen b. 1793-1819. 

2. Family History Library, Oberentzen Births 1820-1862, Marriages 1793-1862, Roll #720078, Family History Library, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Oberentzen b. 1820-1862 m. 1793-1862. 

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

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. 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. Grave Visited and Marker Personally Recorded; Margaret Simpson. 

13. Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, compiler, The Alsace Emigration Book Volume I (n.p.: Closson Press, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Alsace Em Bk I. 

14. unknown, Oberentzen, Alsace Civil Registration to Marriages, Births and Deaths 1793 - 1872 (n.p.: LDS microfilm, n.d.). Hereinafter cited as Oberentzen BMD. 

15. 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.