Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Francois Joseph
RIEBER
Birth: __ ___ 1820 Meyenheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Passport: 4 Aug 1846 Meyenheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:3072.2
Marriage:
before __ ___ 1847
3
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov
1846 on the "Schanunga."1
Occupation: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas; wagon
maker.3
Census: __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas;
household #3 D'Hanis.3
Deed: 8 Jan 1852 Medina County, Texas; File
979, Sections 55 (Abstract 1953) and 56 (Abstract 1954) 640 acres; Grantee -
Joseph Rieber. Patentee - Joseph Rieber. CC Cert. 155.4
Natlzation:
14 May 1854 Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 1, p 100 (grant).5
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #208 D'Hanis.6
Voter Reg:
10 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.7
Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County, Texas;
household #313 D'Hanis.8
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic Catholic
Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.9
Father:
Mother:
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Spouse:
Marie Agathe
WIPFF
Birth: 22 Apr 1822 Niederentzen, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.10
Death: 26 Jan 1907 Maverick County, Texas.10
Father: Jean
Baptiste WIPFF (20 Sep 1788-17 Oct 1838)
Mother: Marie
Agathe JAEGY (27 Dec 1792-11 Apr 1829)
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One
Known Child
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M Theophil
RIEBER
Birth: circa __ ___ 1850 Medina County, Texas.6
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Francois Joseph RIEBER
and Marie Agathe WIPFF; Medina County, Texas; household #208 D'Hanis.6
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Francois Joseph RIEBER
and Marie Agathe WIPFF; Medina County, Texas; household #313 D'Hanis.8
Marriage: 6 Jan 1873 Louisa KEMPF (18 Jul 1855-20
Oct 1915), daughter of Joseph KEMPF and Theresa WOLFF; Medina County, Texas.11
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Endnotes
1.
Talisman, Diamont and Schanunga, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1846, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
2.
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.
3.
Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850
Census.
4.
Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
5.
WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA:
Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn.
6.
Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860
Census.
7.
Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and
Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as
"Voters-Medina County."
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.
Grave Visited and Marker Personally Recorded; Margaret Simpson.
10.
Frank Hedrick, "Francis Joseph Wipff Family," e-mail message from
fhedrick38@cox.net to Margaret Simpson, 20 May 2006. Hereinafter cited as "Wipff
Family."
11.
Calvin D Foster, compiler, Marriage License Book D, Medina County, Texas
(San Antonio, Texas: Our Heritage, 1978). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co
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