Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Nicolas
TSCHIRHART
Birth: 4 May 1814 Soppe-le-Haut, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Passport: 5 Sep 1844 Soppe-le-Haut, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:1411.2
Immigratn:
__ Jan 1845 Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas; departing Antwerp 19 Dec
1844 on the "Norwegian."3
Marriage: 7 Feb 1846 Bexar County, Texas.4
Deed: 15 Jul 1852 Medina County, Texas; File
#1135, Section 63 (Abstract 857) 640 acres; Grantee - Nicolas Tschirhart.
Patentee - Nicolas Tschirhart. CC Cert. #182.5
Census: __ ___ 1854 St Louis Catholic Church,
Castroville, Medina County; family #66 (4 children).6
Occupation: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas; stock
raiser.7
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #8 Castroville town.7
Death: __ Dec 1866 Medina County, Texas.8
Burial: __ Dec 1866 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.8
Father: Pierre
Jean TSCHIRHART (17 Sep 1780-19 Jan 1817)
Mother: Marie
Elisabeth LUGENBUHLER (23 Nov 1780-25 Jul 1846)
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Spouse:
Catherine
MEYER
Birth: 2 Feb 1827 Wittelsheim, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.9
Immigratn:
27 Jan 1845 (w); Joseph Etienne MEYER and Catherine SCHOTT; New Orleans,
Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."3
Death: 10 Nov 1890 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 11 Nov 1890 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.10
Father: Joseph
Etienne MEYER (5 Jul 1801-29 Mar 1883)
Mother:
Catherine SCHOTT (12 Feb 1804-1879)
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Twelve Known Children
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Joseph Edward TSCHIRHART
Birth: 25 Nov 1846 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 7 Nov 1876 Mary Catherine JUNGMANN (9
Feb 1859-28 Dec 1934), daughter of John JUNGMANN Sr and Emerantia Genevieve
MEYER; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 27 Feb 1940 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 1 Mar 1940 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Sebastian Gerard TSCHIRHART
Birth: 10 Apr 1849 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 12 May 1874 Theresa Johana BIRY (17 May
1857-11 May 1898), daughter of Benjamin BIRY and Marie Anne SIMON; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Son: 25 Nov 1889 Thomas Martin TSCHIRHART;
Medina County, Texas.11
Marriage: __ ___ 1901 Mary Johana Eugenia BECK (8
Feb 1861-28 Apr 1938), daughter of Bernhard BECK and Francoise REITZER;
Texas.10
Death: 18 Mar 1931 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 20 Mar 1931 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Edward Edgar TSCHIRHART
Birth: 21 Apr 1851 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 7 Nov 1876 Mary Catherine JUNGMANN (13
Oct 1857-21 Feb 1880), daughter of Mathias JUNGMANN and Gertrudt GUENTHER;
Medina County, Texas.12
Daughter: 31 Aug 1879 Mary Gertrude TSCHIRHART;
Medina County, Texas.10
Marriage: 29 Nov 1882 Anna Francisca STEPANEK (26
Jul 1852-8 Sep 1907); St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 24 Jun 1943 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 26 Jun 1943 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Leo L TSCHIRHART
Birth: 17 Jan 1853 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 12 Apr 1875 Mary Catherine SCHNEIDER (19
Sep 1854-22 Jan 1925), daughter of Francois Antoine SCHNEIDER and Catherine
AHR; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Daughter: 2 Oct 1881 Emilia TSCHIRHART; Medina
County, Texas.10
Death: 18 Jan 1925 San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas.13
Burial: 20 Jan 1925 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Henry Erasmus TSCHIRHART
Birth: 6 Jan 1855 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 29 Oct 1877 Maria Anna AHR (28 Jan
1856-27 Jan 1906), daughter of Laurent Thomas AHR and Anne Marie BISCHOFF;
St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.14
Marriage: 23 Nov 1911 Anna Mary Louise NAEGELIN (7
Jun 1873-25 May 1949), daughter of Joseph NAEGELIN and Theresa MECHLER; St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 5 Mar 1918 Castroville, Medina County,
Texas.13
Burial: 6 Mar 1918 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Joseph Nicolaus TSCHIRHART
Birth: 6 Jun 1855 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Death: 5 Jan 1918 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 7 Jan 1918 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Louisa Dorothy Adaline RENKEN
(17 Jul 1868-9 Mar 1890), daughter of Heinrich Theodore RENKEN and Elisabeth
Dorothea KUECK; Texas.8
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Louise LOESSBERG (6 Jan
1861-7 Jan 1937); Texas.8
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Louis Michael TSCHIRHART
Birth: 18 Jun 1858 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 6 Nov 1882 Mary Louisa AHR (6 Jan 1861-7
Jan 1937), daughter of Laurent Thomas AHR and Anne Marie BISCHOFF; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.14
Son: 8 Feb 1883 Edward August TSCHIRHART;
Medina County, Texas.10
Death: 27 Jun 1926 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 29 Jun 1926 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Carolina TSCHIRHART
Birth: 20 Apr 1860 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Nicolas TSCHIRHART and
Catherine MEYER; Medina County, Texas; household #8 Castroville town.7
Marriage: 10 Jun 1879 Amand F JAGGE (6 Dec 1856-8
Jan 1926), son of Phillipe Charles JAGGE and Elisabeth MEURET; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 9 Apr 1915 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 10 Apr 1915 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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August TSCHIRHART
Birth: 2 Dec 1862 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Marriage: 8 Oct 1888 Mary Catherine BENDELE (17
May 1868-25 Oct 1913), daughter of Joseph BENDELE and Maria BRAUCH; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Marriage: 8 Jan 1920 Mary Apolonia HUTZLER (26
Feb 1875-25 Feb 1967), daughter of Augustin HUTZLER Jr and Anastasia MEHR;
St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 13 Jun 1949 Castroville, Medina County,
Texas.13
Burial: 15 Jun 1949 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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Michael TSCHIRHART
Birth: __ ___ 1865 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.15
Death: 9 Nov 1866 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 10 Nov 1866 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.10
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Emil Peter TSCHIRHART
Birth: __ ___ 1866 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.13
Marriage: __ ___ 1891 Gabriela FOUTRELL; Texas.15
Death: 10 Dec 1914 San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas.13
Burial: 11 Dec 1914 St Mary's Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.13
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Mary Catherine TSCHIRHART
Birth: 6 Jul 1867 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.10
Marriage: 11 Jan 1887 Wilhelm Henry RENKEN (28 Aug
1865-1 Feb 1933), son of Heinrich Theodore RENKEN and Elisabeth Dorothea
KUECK; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 3 Jan 1934 Medina County, Texas.8
Burial: __ ___ ____ Roselawn Cemetery, San
Antonio, Bexar County.16
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Endnotes
1.
International Genealogical Index Files, online www.familysearch.org.
Hereinafter cited as IGI.
2.
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.
3.
Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County,
Texas.
4. J
McMinus, compiler, Bexar County, Texas Marriage Records 1837-1866 (St
Louis, Missouri: Frances T Ingmire, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Bexar Co
Marrs.
5.
Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
6.
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.
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.
Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
9.
Alsace, Wittelsheim Births 1799-1844, Roll # 0764841, Family History
Library, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as
Wittelsheim b.1799-1844.
10.
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.
11.
LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Cem.
12.
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.
13.
Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
14.
Fay C Bluhm, "Ahr Family," e-mail message from fayb@tisd.net to unknown
recipient, Nov 17, 2000. Hereinafter cited as "Ahr Family."
15.
Margaret Grammer, "Kempf & Mann Families," e-mail message from mgrammer@gte.net
to Margaret Simpson, April 10, 2001. Hereinafter cited as "Kempf, Mann."
16.
GenCircles, online www.gencircles.com. Hereinafter cited as GenCircles. |