Family Group Sheet

Subject:          Ambroise REITZER Sr

Birth:                             17 Mar 1804    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Marriage:                      30 Aug 1832    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Passport:                       31 Oct 1844    Masevaux, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France; # 8:1569 (with 3 children).3

Immigratn:                     27 Jan 1845    New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; household #10 Quihi.5

Deed:                                1 Jul 1856    Medina County, Texas; File 1369, Sections 189 (Abstract 794) and 190 (Abstract 795) 640 acres; Grantee - Ambroise Reitzer.  Patentee - Ambroise Reitzer.  CC Cert. #75.6

Occupation:                   __ ___ 1860    Medina County, Texas; farmer.7

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Medina County, Texas; household #318 New Fountain.7

Voter Reg:                      4 Sep 1867    Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: Annexation.8

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Medina County, Texas; household #202 New Fountain.9

Death:                            26 Apr 1874    Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Father:            Jean Henri REITZER

Mother:           Marguerite NAEGELIN (2 Nov 1771-10 Oct 1830)

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Spouse:          Marguerite MANGOLD

Birth:                               3 Sep 1807    Stoecken, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Death:                           28 Dec 1881    Texas.1

Father:            Francois Jacques Nicolas MANGOLD

Mother:           Agnes ZURCHER

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Eleven Known Children

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M           Ambroise REITZER Jr

Birth:                               7 Mar 1832    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.10

Passport:                       __ Aug 1853    Masevaux, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.11

Immigratn:            after __ Aug 1853    Texas.12

Natlzation:                     19 Mar 1859    Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 148 (grant).13

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #318 New Fountain.7

Voter Reg:                    31 Aug 1867    Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.8

Marriage:                      25 Mar 1868    Ottalia BIHL (10 Nov 1852-5 Sep 1929), daughter of Francois Joseph BIHL and Anne Catherine FUEHRLING; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.14

Son:                               28 Apr 1868    Charles August REITZER; Medina County, Texas.15

Daughter:                       21 Apr 1869    Lucy REITZER; Vandenburg, Medina County, Texas.16

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Ottalia BIHL (10 Nov 1852-5 Sep 1929); Medina County, Texas; household #247 New Fountain.9

Daughter:                      11 Oct 1871    Mary Theckla REITZER; Medina County, Texas.17

Son:                                6 Dec 1872    Dominic George REITZER; Vandenburg, Medina County, Texas.18

Son:                               20 Apr 1874    Frank Xavier REITZER; Medina County, Texas.17

Daughter:                      12 Dec 1876    Mary Odilia REITZER; Medina County, Texas.17

Daughter:                        8 Jun 1878    Anna Catherine REITZER; Medina County, Texas.17

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    Ottalia BIHL (10 Nov 1852-5 Sep 1929); Medina County, Texas; household #51 Precinct 2.19

Death:                              9 Apr 1880    Medina County, Texas.20

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Dominic Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.20

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F            Francoise REITZER

Birth:                              27 Feb 1834    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.21

Marriage:                      22 Nov 1855    Bernhard BECK (circa 1828-19 Oct 1872), son of Georges Joseph BECK and Therese ROTH; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.17

Daughter:                      23 Aug 1856    Theresa BECK; Medina County, Texas.17

Daughter:                      11 Oct 1857    Mary Josephine BECK; Castroville, Medina County, Texas.18

Daughter:                      17 Dec 1859    Isabella BECK; Medina County, Texas.17

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Bernhard BECK (circa 1828-19 Oct 1872); Medina County, Texas; household #149 Castroville area.7

Daughter:                        8 Feb 1861    Mary Johana Eugenia BECK; Castroville, Medina County, Texas.18

Son:                               10 Feb 1862    Bernard BECK; Medina County, Texas.18

Son:                               28 Feb 1862    Stephan Alois BECK; Medina County, Texas.17

Daughter:                      12 Oct 1864    Odilia BECK; Medina County, Texas.22

Son:                               17 Oct 1866    Louis Amand BECK; Medina County, Texas.17

Son:                               31 Oct 1868    Albert BECK; Haby Settlement, Medina County, Texas.18

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Bernhard BECK (circa 1828-19 Oct 1872); Medina County, Texas; household #148 Castroville area.9

Daughter:                        30 Jul 1870    Adelina BECK; Medina County, Texas.17

Daughter:                      27 Feb 1872    Mathilda BECK; Medina County, Texas.17

Death:                             1 Feb 1917    Medina County, Texas.17

Burial:                              2 Feb 1917    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.17

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M           Joseph REITZER

Birth:                               6 Nov 1835    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Death:                              5 Jan 1836    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

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M           Joseph REITZER

Birth:                                9 Jan 1837    Niederbruck, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Immigratn:                     27 Jan 1845    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #10 Quihi.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #318 New Fountain.7

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F            Barbe REITZER

Birth:                                 4 Jul 1838    Masevaux, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Death:                           20 Mar 1839    Masevaux, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

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M           Jean REITZER

Birth:                             24 Dec 1840    Stoecken, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.15

Immigratn:                     27 Jan 1845    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #10 Quihi.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #318 New Fountain.7

Marriage:                      11 Sep 1862    Elizabeth LOESSBERG (24 Mar 1843-30 Apr 1899), daughter of Georg LOESSBERG and Anna Gertrude KERSTE; Medina County, Texas.14

Daughter:                        1 Feb 1871    Wilhelmina REITZER; Medina County, Texas.15

Death:                           29 Dec 1924    Dunlay, Medina County, Texas.18

Burial:                           30 Dec 1924    Quihi Community Cemetery, Medina County.18

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F            Anne Marie REITZER

Birth:                              28 Jan 1842    Stoecken, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                     27 Jan 1845    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4

Death:                            __ ___ 1850    1

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M           Augustin L REITZER

Birth:                               2 Dec 1843    Stoecken, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                     27 Jan 1845    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."4

Son:                                 6 Apr 1869    William REITZER; 15

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Christian ECKHART and Regina BINDER; Medina County, Texas; household #167 New Fountain.9

Marriage:                        9 Aug 1870    Anna Elizabeth ECKHART (9 May 1853-        ), daughter of Christian ECKHART and Regina BINDER; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.2

Daughter:                      30 Sep 1872    Katharina REITZER; 15

Death:                           10 Nov 1885    Bandera County, Texas.2

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M           Louis REITZER

Birth:                             18 Dec 1848    Medina County, Texas.17

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #10 Quihi.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #318 New Fountain.7

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F            Mary Josephine REITZER

Birth:                             17 Mar 1850    Medina County, Texas.18

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #10 Quihi.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Ambroise REITZER Sr and Marguerite MANGOLD; Medina County, Texas; household #318 New Fountain.7

Marriage:                        2 May 1868    Johan Friedrich NEUMANN (1 Dec 1843-20 Aug 1905), son of Friedrich Oldmann NEUMANN and Trintje EILRES (GLASSKER); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.14

Death:                            23 Jan 1929    Hondo, Medina County, Texas.18

Burial:                            24 Jan 1929    Oakwood Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County.18

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F            Frances REITZER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1852    Castroville, Medina County, Texas.17

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Endnotes 

1. Family Search, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as Fam Search. 

2. Alsatian Genealogical Interests of Robert Behra, online http://members.aol.com/rcbsuppl1/AlsaceA-Z/RBint.htm. Hereinafter cited as Alsatian Interests. 

3. 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. 

4. Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1844, 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. Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census. 

8. Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as "Voters-Medina County." 

9. Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census. 

10. International Genealogical Index Files, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as IGI. 

11. Nicole Fouche, compiler, Retrouvez Votre Cousin d'Amerique (n.p.: n.pub.). Hereinafter cited as Cousin d'Amerique. 

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

13. WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA: Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn. 

14. 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. 

15. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina. 

16. GenCircles, online www.gencircles.com. Hereinafter cited as GenCircles. 

17. 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. 

18. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. 

19. Family Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880 Census. 

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

21. LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Cem. 

22. Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, compiler, Con Can Cemetery and Sabinal Hwy 90 Cemetery (Utopia, Texas: Sabinal Canyon Chapter NSDAR, 1991). Hereinafter cited as Uvalde Co Cems.