Family Group Sheet

Subject:           Francoise SPERISSER

Birth:                              19 Oct 1795    Saint-Amarin, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Marriage:           before __ ___ 1823    Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                       1 Jan 1847    Emilie HALLER (18 Sep 1837-5 May 1927); Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."3

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; household #46 Castroville.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1854    St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County; family #71 (3 children from marriage to Antoine Haller).5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Christome HALLER (20 Mar 1823-        ); Medina County, Texas; household #17 Castroville town.6

Death:                             4 Nov 1866    Medina County, Texas.2

Burial:                             5 Nov 1866    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.2

Father:            Pierre SPERISSER

Mother:           Anne HERRGOTT

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Spouse:           Antoine Francois HALLER

Birth:                             20 Mar 1795    Ranspach, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Immigratn:                     28 Feb 1846    Louis HALLER (24 Aug 1831-1 Sep 1920); New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Havre 1845 on the "Queen Victoria."7

Lot:                       circa __ ___ 1849    Castroville, Medina County, Texas; original owner of Lot #1, Block 3, Range 9.8

Occupation:                   __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; wagoner.4

Natlzation:                     27 Oct 1851    Medina County, Texas; Com Ct Min No 1, p 37 (grant).9

Death:                           13 Dec 1851    Medina County, Texas.10

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10

Deed:                            13 Mar 1855    Medina County, Texas; File 1412, Sections 209 (Abstract 483) and 210 (Abstract 484) 640 acres; Grantee - Antoine Haller, deceased.  Patentee - Heirs of Antoine Haller.  CC Cert. #165.11

Father:            Jean HALLER

Mother:           Barbe GULLY

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Three Known Children

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M           Christome HALLER

Birth:                             20 Mar 1823    Saint-Amarin, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Immigratn:                       1 Jan 1847    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."3

Lot:                       circa __ ___ 1849    Castroville, Medina County, Texas; original owner of Lot #2, Block 3, Range 9.8

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; household #46 Castroville.4

Deed:                            14 Mar 1855    Medina County, Texas; File 1415, Section 242 (Abstract 485) 320 acres; Grantee - Christome Haller.  Patentee - Joseph Ulrich. CC Cert. #164.11

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Francoise SPERISSER (19 Oct 1795-4 Nov 1866); Medina County, Texas; household #17 Castroville town.6

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M           Louis HALLER

Birth:                             24 Aug 1831    Ranspach, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.12

Immigratn:                     28 Feb 1846    Antoine Francois HALLER (20 Mar 1795-13 Dec 1851); New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Havre 1845 on the "Queen Victoria."7

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Antoine Francois HALLER and Francoise SPERISSER; Medina County, Texas; household #46 Castroville.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Francoise SPERISSER and Christome HALLER; Medina County, Texas; household #17 Castroville town.6

Marriage:                         7 Oct 1871    Marie Leona NAEGELIN (10 Feb 1846-28 Nov 1918), daughter of Jean Michel NAEGELIN Sr and Marie Magdalene BAUMANN; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2

Death:                             1 Sep 1920    Castroville, Medina County, Texas.13

Burial:                              1 Sep 1920    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.2

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F            Emilie HALLER

Birth:                             18 Sep 1837    Ranspach, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.10

Immigratn:                       1 Jan 1847    Francoise SPERISSER (19 Oct 1795-4 Nov 1866); Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."3

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Antoine Francois HALLER and Francoise SPERISSER; Medina County, Texas; household #46 Castroville.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Francoise SPERISSER and Christome HALLER; Medina County, Texas; household #17 Castroville town.6

Marriage:                       16 Feb 1865    Charles NAEGELIN (28 May 1836-19 Apr 1874), son of Jean Michel NAEGELIN Sr and Marie Magdalene BAUMANN; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.2

Son:                                1 May 1867    Edmund Edward NAEGELIN; Medina County, Texas.2

Death:                            5 May 1927    Castroville, Medina County, Texas.13

Burial:                             7 May 1927    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.2

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Endnotes 

1. Emigrants to North America from the Vallee de la Thur, online http://members.aol.com/rcbsuppl1/AlsaceA-Z/ThurImmig.htm. Hereinafter cited as Emigrants - Thur. 

2. 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. 

3. Talisman, Diamont and Schanunga, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1846, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 

4. Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census. 

5. Ted Gittinger, Connie Rihn, Roberta Haby and Charlene Snavely, compiler, St Louis Church, Castroville, Texas (San Antonio, Texas: Graphic Arts, 1973). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church. 

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. Ira A Glazier, compiler, Germans to America II  Lists of Passengers Arriving at U. S. Ports in the 1840's, Volume 3 January 1846 - October 1846 (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc, 2002). Hereinafter cited as Germans to Amer II-3. 

8. Ruth Curry Lawler, compiler, The Story of Castroville (Lacoste, Texas: Lacoste Ledger, 1974). Hereinafter cited as Story of Castroville. 

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

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

11. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 

12. Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co. 

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