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Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Francois Joseph
LORENTZ
Birth:
circa __ ___ 1810 Sentheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1
Passport: 10 Sep 1844 Sentheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace,
France; # 8:1422.2
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."3
Marriage: after
__ ___ 1845
4
Occupation: 2 Aug 1852 Medina County, Texas; elected
sheriff. Term ended 7 Aug 1854.5
Deed: 13 Sep 1852 Medina County, Texas; File 1143,
Sections 31 (Abstract 611) and 32 (Abstract 610) 640 acres; Grantee - Francois
Joseph Lorentz. Patentee Francois Joseph Lorentz. CC Cert. #55.6
Death: 13 Sep 1854 Castroville, Medina County.4
Father:
Mother:
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Spouse:
Maria
WEISS
Father:
Mother:
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No
Known Children
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Endnotes
1.
Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, compiler, The Alsace Emigration Book Volume I
(n.p.: Closson Press, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Alsace Em Bk I.
2.
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.
3.
Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County,
Texas.
4. Carol
Henley, compiler, Medina County, Texas Cemeteries Vol II (Signal
Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Cems II.
5. Sammy
Tise, "Texas County Sheriffs Medina County," Branches and Acorns, No 1,
Volume XXIV (Septermber, 2008). Hereinafter cited as "Medina County Sheriffs."
6. Texas
General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. |
