Family
Group Sheet
Subject:
Harm Hinrich
BALZEN
Birth: 20 Feb 1801 Aurich, Ost
Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.1
Marriage: before __ ___ 1825 Gretje SAATHOFF (circa
1804-13 Dec 1832); Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2
Marriage: 24 Jan 1835 Rickste HENRICH
(20 May 1801-6 Apr 1860); Holtrop, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen,
Germany.3
Immigratn:
15 Nov 1852 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.2
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County,
Texas; household #335 New Fountain.4
Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County,
Texas; household #174 New Fountain.5
Census: __ ___ 1880 Heinrich Harm
BALZEN (11 Jun 1825-7 Dec 1888); Medina County, Texas; Household
#104, Precinct 2.6
Death: 11 May 1891 Medina County,
Texas.7
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bethlehem
Lutheran Cemetery, Quihi, Medina County.1
Father: Hinrich Harms BALZEN (21 Apr 1758-1824)
Mother: Trintje SCHWEER (1766-Feb 1846)
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Spouse:
Gretje
SAATHOFF
Birth: circa __ ___ 1804 Ost Friesland,
Niedersachen, Germany.2
Death: 13 Dec 1832 Aurich, Ost
Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2
Father:
Mother:
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Four Known
Children
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M
Heinrich Harm BALZEN
Birth: 11 Jun 1825 Aurich, Ost
Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.8
Marriage: 9 Dec 1848 Geschee ARKEBAUER
(21 Feb 1826-20 Oct 1897), daughter of Thee Jurgens ARKEBAUER
and Marje HENRICHS; Aurich, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen,
Germany.9
Son: 21 Jun 1851 Harm Hinrich
BALZEN; Germany.9
Immigratn:
circa __ ___ 1852
4
Son: 22 Nov 1853 Mimke Harm
BALZEN; Medina County, Texas.8
Son: 6 Dec 1855 Theodore
Hinrich BALZEN; Medina County, Texas.1
Son: 23 Sep 1857 Herman Harm
BALZEN; Medina County, Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1860 Geschee ARKEBAUER
(21 Feb 1826-20 Oct 1897); Medina County, Texas; household #336
New Fountain.4
Natlzation:
14 May 1860 Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 240
(grant).10
Daughter: 19 Nov 1860 Maria BALZEN;
2
Son: 29 Aug 1863 Heinrich H
BALZEN; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.11
Son: 6 Aug 1865 John BALZEN;
Medina County, Texas.2
Daughter: 19 Mar 1868 Margaretha BALZEN;
Medina County, Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1870 Geschee ARKEBAUER
(21 Feb 1826-20 Oct 1897); Medina County, Texas; household #173
New Fountain.5
Census: __ ___ 1880 Harm Hinrich
BALZEN (20 Feb 1801-11 May 1891); Medina County, Texas;
Household #104, Precinct 2.6
Death: 7 Dec 1888 Medina County,
Texas.8
Burial: __ ___ ____ Bethlehem
Lutheran Cemetery, Quihi, Medina County.1
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M
Reiner BALZEN
Birth: 10 Jun 1826
2
Death: 26 Nov 1826
2
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M
Harm BALZEN
Birth: 12 Feb 1828
12
Death: 18 Jan 1832
2
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M
Harm Harms BALZEN
Birth: 27 Nov 1832 Aurich, Ost
Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.1
Immigratn:
25 Jun 1851 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing
Bremen 17 Apr 1851 on the "Magnet."2
Marriage: 8 Aug 1854 Anna Maria MEYER
( -6 Jun 1858), daughter of Michael MEYER and Elisabeth
MAYER; Medina County, Texas.13
Son: 9 May 1855 Henry Bernard
BALZEN; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1
Daughter: 4 Jan 1857 Catherine BALZEN;
Quihi, Medina County, Texas.4
Census: __ ___ 1860 Henry Bernard
BALZEN (9 May 1855-13 Mar 1934); Medina County, Texas; household
#313 New Fountain.4
Marriage: 4 Jul 1861 Antje DE GRODT
(10 Feb 1844-6 Sep 1900), daughter of Harm Behrens DE GRODT and
Weke ONNEY; Germany.12
Daughter: 16 Sep 1866 Anna BALZEN;
1
Son: 30 Sep 1868 Rolf BALZEN;
2
Census: __ ___ 1870 Antje DE GRODT
(10 Feb 1844-6 Sep 1900); Medina County, Texas; household #165
New Fountain.5
Daughter: 24 Oct 1870 Ricka BALZEN;
Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1
Daughter: 4 Apr 1874 Lena BALZEN;
2
Son: 19 Mar 1876 Fritz BALZEN;
1
Daughter: 29 Dec 1878 Antje BALZEN;
1
Son: 2 Jan 1883 Benard BALZEN;
1
Daughter: 30 Nov 1885 Christina BALZEN;
2
Death: 28 Aug 1906 Quihi, Medina
County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ Quihi
Community Cemetery, Medina County.1
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Spouse:
Rickste
HENRICH
Birth: 20 May 1801 Velde, Ost
Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.3
Death: 6 Apr 1860 Quihi, Medina
County, Texas.2
Father:
Mother:
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No Known
Children
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Endnotes
1. TXGenWeb -
Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/.
Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina.
2. Castro
Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of
Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies
Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
3. Paul Adams
Genealogy, online http://www.summitsoftware.com/pwa/Genealogy.
Hereinafter cited as Paul Adams.
4. Family
Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as
1860 Census.
5. Family
Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as
1870 Census.
6. Family
Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as
1880 Census.
7. Ralph
Stenzel, "Descendants of Jean Biediger," e-mail message from
rwstenzel@aol.com to Margaret Simpson, May 16, 2000. Hereinafter
cited as "Biediger, Jean."
8. G. McLin,
compiler, Medina County, Texas Cemeteries (n.p.: G. McLin,
1985). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Cems I.
9. Family
Search, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as Fam
Search.
10. WPA
Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County:
WPA: Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as
Medina Co Natlztn.
11. Family
Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
12. Castro
Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of
Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies
Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co;
Family Search, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as
Fam Search.
13. 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.
