Family
Group Sheet
Subject:
Mathias
FUOS
Birth: 2 May 1832 Aldingen,
Kreis Schwarzwald, Wurttemberg, Germany.1
Immigratn:
14 Jul 1853 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing
Bremen 1853 on the "Henriette."2
Marriage: 17 Apr 1856 Zion Lutheran
Church, Castroville, Medina County.3
Natlzation:
22 Sep 1858 Dist Ct Min No 2, p 117 (grant).4
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County,
Texas; household #38 Castroville.5
Voter Reg:
28 Aug 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District
Court.6
Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County,
Texas; household #41 Castroville.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 Medina County,
Texas; Household #93, Castroville.8
Death: 1 Jul 1913 Medina
County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
Father: Mathias FUOS
Mother: Anna RODACH
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Spouse:
Elizabeth
ETTER
Birth: 9 Mar 1834 Ulmitz,
Freiburg, Switzerland.1
Death: 10 Aug 1923 Castroville,
Medina County, Texas.9
Burial: __ ___ ____ Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
Father: Samuel ETTER Sr (29 Dec 1800-4 Oct 1874)
Mother: Elizabeth ROEBET (Jan 1811-May 1864)
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Eight Known
Children
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M
Louis FUOS
Birth: 6 Apr 1857 Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #38
Castroville.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #41
Castroville.7
Marriage: 5 Mar 1884 Catherine
LOESSBERG (21 Oct 1861-31 May 1939), daughter of John George
LOESSBERG and Anna Catharine WAGNER; Medina County, Texas.3
Death: 6 Jan 1941 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
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M
Adolph FUOS
Birth: 16 Apr 1859 Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #38
Castroville.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #41
Castroville.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; Household #93,
Castroville.8
Death: 19 Jun 1913
10
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M
Carl FUOS
Birth: 13 Jan 1861 Medina
County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #41
Castroville.7
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F
Lina Theresia FUOS
Birth: 11 Sep 1862 Medina County,
Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #41
Castroville.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; Household #93,
Castroville.8
Marriage: 5 Mar 1884 Otto Julius
Werner Gotfried Adolph HEUSINGER (29 Aug 1857-30 Jun 1885), son
of Dr Julius HEUSINGER and Marie QUENTIN; Medina County, Texas.3
Death: 13 May 1940 Medina County,
Texas.10
Burial: __ ___ ____ Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
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M
William Heinrich FUOS
Birth: 16 Oct 1866 Castroville,
Medina County.9
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #41
Castroville.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; Household #93,
Castroville.8
Death: 4 Apr 1951 Castroville,
Medina County, Texas.9
Burial: 6 Apr 1951 Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.9
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Lillian Dietrich
VON DORF10
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F
Emma FUOS
Birth: 26 Sep 1868 Medina County,
Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; household #41
Castroville.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; Household #93,
Castroville.8
Death: 18 Mar 1942 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
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F
Ida Marie FUOS
Birth: 17 Aug 1871 Medina County,
Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; Household #93,
Castroville.8
Marriage: 30 Nov 1892 John STRICKER10
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M
Friedrich Wilhelm FUOS
Birth: 4 Sep 1873 Medina
County, Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias FUOS
and Elizabeth ETTER; Medina County, Texas; Household #93,
Castroville.8
Death: 5 Mar 1942 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1
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Endnotes
1. LDS
Microfilm, compiler, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville,
Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person).
Hereinafter cited as Zion Cem.
2. Ethel
Hander Geue, compiler, New Homes in a New Land: German
Immigration to Texas 1847-1861 (Waco, Texas: Texian Press,
1970). Hereinafter cited as New Homes in New Land.
3. 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.
4. WPA
Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County:
WPA: Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as
Medina Co Natlztn.
5. Family
Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as
1860 Census.
6. Jim Menke,
"List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and
Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as
"Voters-Medina County."
7. Family
Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as
1870 Census.
8. Family
Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as
1880 Census.
9. Family
Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
10. Castro
Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of
Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies
Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
