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Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Blaise
MEYER
Jr
Birth: 17 Aug 1830 Oberentzen, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Immigratn:
29 May 1844 (w); Jean Michel GSELL and Catherine HABY; Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."
Traveling with Michel were his wife, Catherine, children--Xavier, Marie
Anne, Therese and Andre, and Catherine's children from her marriage to
Blaise Meyer Sr--Catherine, Blaise Jr, Josephine and Marie Anne.2
Census: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas;
Householed #8, Medina River Division.3
Marriage: 13 Apr 1852 St Louis Catholic Church,
Castroville, Medina County.4
Deed: 30 Jan 1854 Medina County, Texas; File
1849, Abstract 679, 320 acres. Grantee - Blaise Meyer - Patentee - Blaise
Meyer. CC Cert. #49.5
Burial: __ Sep 1855 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4
Death: __ Sep 1855 Quihi, Medina County, Texas.6
Father: Blaise
MEYER Sr (circa 1803-4 Apr 1836)
Mother:
Catherine HABY (2 Mar 1805-16 Jul 1844)
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Spouse:
Barbe
CHRISTILLES
Birth: 12 Aug 1833 Lampertsloch, Bas Rhin,
Alsace, France.7
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Pierre Georges CHRISTILLES and Marie Salome FORST; New
Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."2
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Pierre Georges
CHRISTILLES and Marie Salome FORST; Medina County, Texas; household #20
Castroville.8
2nd
Marriage: 8 Sep 1857 Frederick HAASS (1 Jan 1834-29 Aug
1903); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.9
Death: 16 Dec 1869 Medina County, Texas.4
Burial: 17 Dec 1869 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.4
Father: Pierre
Georges CHRISTILLES (1805-5 Oct 1856)
Mother: Marie
Salome FORST (1802-27 Jul 1892)
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Two Known Children
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F
Mary MEYER
Birth: 23 Jan 1853 Medina County, Texas.4
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F
Catherine MEYER
Birth: 16 Jul 1855 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Marriage: 24 Apr 1877 Henri VONFLIE (7 Feb 1849-4
Feb 1944), son of Henri VONFLIE Jr and Catherine GROSS; St Louis Catholic
Church, Castroville, Medina County.4
Death: 14 Mar 1936 Medina County, Texas.4
Burial: 16 Mar 1936 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4
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Endnotes
1.
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.
2.
Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County,
Texas.
3.
Multiple, 1850 Federal Census for Texas, Houston, Harris County, Texas,
Clayton Library for Genealogical Research Roll # M-908, M-910, M-913,
M-916.
4.
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.
5.
Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
6.
Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
7.
LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Cem.
8.
Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850
Census.
9.
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.
10.
Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. |
