Francois Joseph Rieber

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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 Marrs Bk D.

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Francois Joseph Rieber updated on 11/06/13

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