|
Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Blaise
KIEFFER
Birth: 11 Feb 1825 Obernai, Bas Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Immigratn:
7 Nov 1853 New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Havre 1853 on the "Globe."2
Marriage: 18 Jan 1859 Mary Adeline HALBARDIER (24
Nov 1837-11 Oct 1866); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.3
Natlzation:
28 Mar 1859 Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 169 (grant).4
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #91 Castroville town.5
Occupation: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas; master
baker.5
Voter Reg:
29 Jan 1868 Medina County, Texas; (line through name) Citizenship:
District Court; Remarks: By his own request held office of alderman before &
co. comm. during the war.6
Marriage: 8 Mar 1870 Mary Louisa SCHUEHLE (21 Feb
1849-15 Aug 1937); Medina County, Texas.7
Census: __ ___ 1870 Mary Louisa SCHUEHLE (21 Feb
1849-15 Aug 1937); Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Death: 24 Apr 1880 Medina County, Texas.3
Burial: 25 Apr 1880 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.3
Father: Blaise
KIEFFER (3 Feb 1784- )
Mother: Marie
Anne FRITSCH (2 Sep 1791- )
__________________________________________________________________________
Spouse:
Marie Adeline
HALBARDIER
Birth: 24 Nov 1837 Nancey, France.1
Immigratn:
5 Jan 1843 (w); Jean Baptiste HALBARDIER and Marie Anne CHOISEY;
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Havre 2 Nov 1842 on the "L'Ebro."9
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jean Baptiste HALBARDIER
and Marie Anne CHOISEY; Medina County, Texas; household #71 Castroville.10
Death: 11 Oct 1866 Medina County, Texas.11
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.11
Father: Jean
Baptiste HALBARDIER (1802-4 Dec 1888)
Mother: Marie
Anne CHOISEY (circa 1806-13 Oct 1866)
__________________________________________________________________________
Six Known Children
__________________________________________________________________________
M
Louis KIEFFER
Birth: 1 May 1859 Medina County, Texas.12
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Marie
Adeline HALBARDIER; Medina County, Texas; household #91 Castroville town.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Mary
Louisa SCHUEHLE; Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Death: 9 Dec 1914 Del Rio, Val Verde County,
Texas.12
Burial: __ ___ ____ Sacred Heart Cemetery, Del
Rio, Val Verde County.12
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Carolina HARLORTH (1 Nov
1860-10 Apr 1918); Texas.13
__________________________________________________________________________
M
Joseph KIEFFER
Birth: 17 Jun 1860 Medina County, Texas.3
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Mary
Louisa SCHUEHLE; Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Death: 29 Jun 1915
7
__________________________________________________________________________
M
George KIEFFER
Birth: 10 Jul 1861 Medina County, Texas.3
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Mary
Louisa SCHUEHLE; Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Death: __ Sep 1939
7
__________________________________________________________________________
M
August Herbert KIEFFER
Birth: 12 Aug 1862 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.14
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Mary
Louisa SCHUEHLE; Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Marriage: 12 Jun 1889 Christina WIPFF (2 Dec
1870-25 Dec 1952), daughter of Francois Joseph WIPFF and Maria Anna DERIER;
St Joseph Catholic Church, San Antonio, Bexar County.15
Death: 20 May 1919 San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas.14
Burial: 21 May 1919 St Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.14
__________________________________________________________________________
F
Odilia KIEFFER
Birth: 19 Nov 1863 Medina County, Texas.3
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Mary
Louisa SCHUEHLE; Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Marriage: 23 Jun 1886 Edward SPROWL; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.3
Death: __ ___ 1918
7
__________________________________________________________________________
F
Barbara Adelina KIEFFER
Birth: 11 Mar 1866 Medina County, Texas.3
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Blaise KIEFFER and Mary
Louisa SCHUEHLE; Medina County, Texas; household #37 Castroville town.8
Marriage: 12 Aug 1884 William J PATTON; Medina
County, Texas.16
__________________________________________________________________________
2nd Spouse:
Mary Louisa
SCHUEHLE
Birth: 21 Feb 1849 Berwangen, Baden, Baden,
Germany.7
Death: 15 Aug 1937 Medina County, Texas.14
Burial: 16 Aug 1937 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.14
Father: George
Michael SCHUEHLE (1 Jan 1815-10 Aug 1913)
Mother:
Elizabeth KEIM (4 Oct 1821-27 Jul 1890)
__________________________________________________________________________
Five Known Children
__________________________________________________________________________
F
Theresa KIEFFER
Birth: 18 Jul 1872 Medina County, Texas.11
Death: 6 Jul 1878 Medina County, Texas.11
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.11
__________________________________________________________________________
M
Felix KIEFFER
Birth: 12 Feb 1874 Medina County, Texas.11
Death: 23 Nov 1904 Medina County, Texas.11
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.11
__________________________________________________________________________
F
Mary Elizabeth KIEFFER
Birth: 29 Nov 1876 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.14
Death: 18 Jul 1954 Medina County, Texas.11
Burial: 21 Jul 1954 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.14
__________________________________________________________________________
M
Leo KIEFFER
Birth: 27 Feb 1878 San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas.7
Marriage: 5 Oct 1906 Harriet Viola BALLARD (25
Jul 1877- ); Arizona.13
Death: 18 Jul 1925 Arizona.7
__________________________________________________________________________
F
Anna Johanna KIEFFER
Birth: 7 Jan 1880 Medina County, Texas.17
Marriage: 12 May 1903 Otto J WURZBACH (13 Sep
1870-14 Oct 1950), son of Julius Franz Conrad WURZBACH and Carolina
Charlotta Justine HEUSINGER; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina
County.3
Death: 7 Mar 1968 Castroville, Medina County,
Texas.14
Burial: 10 Mar 1968 Zion Lutheran Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.14
__________________________________________________________________________
Endnotes
1.
International Genealogical Index Files, online www.familysearch.org.
Hereinafter cited as IGI.
2.
Multiple entry; Sea Queen, Johan Schmidt, Anna Delius Globe Passenger
Lists, 1853; in Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans,
Louisiana, 1820-1902; M-259 (n.p.: U. S. Archives), Roll #38.
3.
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.
4.
WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA:
Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn.
5.
Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860
Census.
6.
Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and
Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as
"Voters-Medina County."
7.
Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
8.
Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870
Census.
9.
L'Ebro, Ship Passenger Lists, 1842 departures, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
10.
Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850
Census.
11.
LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Cem.
12.
Billie Ruth Coleman, compiler, Val Verde County Cemeteries Plus Carta
Valley and Whitehead Memorial Museum (Del Rio, Texas: Val Verde County
Genealogy Society of Texas, 1993). Hereinafter cited as Val Verde Co Cems.
13.
Iva Kieffer, "Kieffer" (ikieff@burgoyne.com). unknown memo. Hereinafter
cited as "Kieffer."
14.
Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
15.
Frank Hedrick, "Francis Joseph Wipff Family," e-mail message from
fhedrick38@cox.net to Margaret Simpson, 20 May 2006. Hereinafter cited as "Wipff
Family."
16.
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.
17.
LDS Microfilm, compiler, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
Zion Cem. |
