Family Group Sheet

Subject:           Jean Ulrich ZURCHER

Birth:                                 2 Jul 1796    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Marriage:           before __ ___ 1823    Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                       8 Apr 1844    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."3

Document:                    12 Sep 1844    Castroville, Medina County, Texas; signer of the document that named and founded the town.4

Death:                   circa __ ___ 1847    1

Deed:                            26 Feb 1851    Medina County, Texas; File 939, Sections 111 (Abstract 1053) and 379 (Abstract 1054) 640 acres; Grantee - Jean Ulrich Zurcher, deceased.  Patentee - Heirs of Jean Ulrich Zurcher.  CC Cert. #5.5

Father:            Jean Ulrich ZURCHER

Mother:           Catherine Marie SCHOERRER

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Spouse:           Dorothea ?

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1797    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Father:

Mother:

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One Known Child

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F            Maria Anna ZURCHER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1823    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Daughter:             circa __ ___ 1841    Hortense ZURCHER; Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                       8 Apr 1844    (w); Jean Ulrich ZURCHER and Dorothea ?; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."3

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Endnotes 

1. Indianola Immigrant Database, online http://vhrc.uhv.edu/manuscripts/indianola/home.cfm. Hereinafter cited as Indianola Immigrants. 

2. Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, compiler, The Alsace Emigration Book Volume I (n.p.: Closson Press, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Alsace Em Bk I. 

3. Lyons, Louis Phillipe, Jean Key and Heinrich, Ship Passenger Lists, 1843 departures, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 

4. A J Sowell, compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers. 

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