Jean Baptiste Spettel

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Subject:          Jean Baptiste SPETTEL

Birth:                              23 Feb 1825    Heiteren, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Passport:                       14 Sep 1846    Heiteren, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France; # 8:3106.2

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

Marriage:                        1 Sep 1852    St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1854    St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County; family #35 (1 child).5

Natlzation:                    15 May 1854    Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 1, p 185 (intent).6

Death:                             7 Feb 1857    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.7

Deed:                            17 Feb 1860    File 5704, Section 1479 (Abstract 905) 320 acres; Grantee - Jean Spettel.  Patentee - Joseph Ball.  CC Cert. #24.8

Father:

Mother:

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Spouse:          Marie Anne HABY

Birth:                             20 Dec 1828    Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.9

Immigratn:                    24 Dec 1846    (w); Francois Joseph HABY Sr and Marie Anne MEYER; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp Oct 1846 on the "Duc deBrabant."10

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Francois Joseph HABY Sr and Bernhard BECK; Medina County, Texas; household #5 Medina River above Castroville.11

Marriage:                      26 Aug 1866    Jacques KOENIG (25 Jul 1837-15 Nov 1927); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Death:                               1 Jul 1903    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1

Father:            Francois Joseph HABY Sr (31 Jul 1793-2 May 1866)

Mother:           Marie Anne MEYER (16 Mar 1796-1846)

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Three Known Children

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M           John Baptist SPETTEL

Birth:                             26 May 1853    Medina County, Texas.4

Marriage:                      12 Sep 1876    Theresa LEBOLD (15 Jun 1854-        ), daughter of Jean LEBOLD and Therese HAEGELIN; St Joseph Catholic Church, San Antonio, Bexar County.4

Daughter:             circa __ ___ 1878    Paulina SPETTEL; 4

Death:                             7 Nov 1909    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                             8 Nov 1909    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4

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F            Mary SPETTEL

Birth:                               5 Sep 1854    Medina County, Texas.4

Marriage:                         8 Jan 1883    Louis SCHORP (18 Jun 1853-29 Dec 1932), son of Joseph SCHORP and Marie Louise TONDRE; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Death:                          13 May 1905    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1

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M           Francis Joseph SPETTEL

Birth:                              16 Apr 1856    Rio Medina, Medina County, Texas.12

Marriage:                        7 May 1881    Mary Catherine SCHORP (11 Jan 1862-25 Apr 1951), daughter of Joseph SCHORP and Marie Louise TONDRE; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.13

Death:                           22 Dec 1939    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                           24 Dec 1939    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4

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Endnotes 

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

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

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

7. Carol Keeney, "Descendants of Francois Joseph Haby and Magdalen Brieden," e-mail message from ckeeney@eircom.net to Margaret Simpson, December 21, 1999. Hereinafter cited as "Haby Family." 

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

9. unknown, Oberentzen, Alsace Civil Registration to Marriages, Births and Deaths 1793 - 1872 (n.p.: LDS microfilm, n.d.). Hereinafter cited as Oberentzen BMD

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

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

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

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

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Jean Baptiste Spettel updated on 11/06/13

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