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Family Group
Sheet
Subject:
Ludwig
GRAFF
Sr
Birth: 9 Apr 1826 Neufreistadt,
Offenburg, Baden, Germany.1
Immigratn:
30 Dec 1843 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp
25 Oct 1843 on the "Jean Key."2
Document: 12 Sep 1844 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas; signer of the document that named and founded the
town.3
Marriage: 10 Oct 1847 St Louis Catholic
Church, Castroville, Medina County.4
Deed: 30 Mar 1857 Medina County,
Texas; File 4194, section 52 (Abstract 426) 320 acres; Grantee -
Louis Graff. Patentee - Louis Graff. CC Cert. #28.5
Census: __ ___ 1860 Bexar County, Texas;
household #2586 Castroville.6
Census: __ ___ 1880 Medina County, Texas;
Household #1, Precinct #2.7
Death: 23 Dec 1908 Medina County,
Texas.8
Burial: __ ___ ____ Graff Family
Cemetery, Medina County.1
Father: Friedrich GRAFF
Mother:
Elizabeth HAUS
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Spouse:
Barbe
BARTZ
Birth: 2 Feb 1825 Mulhouse, Haut
Rhin, Alsace, France.4
Immigratn:
8 Apr 1844 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing
Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."9
Passport: 16 Sep 1846 Mulhouse, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:3126.10
Death: 15 Jul 1911 Hondo, Medina
County, Texas.11
Burial: 16 Jul 1911 Graff Family
Cemetery, Medina County.11
Father: Steve BARTZ
Mother:
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Seven Known
Children
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M
Joseph GRAFF
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M
Charles Louis GRAFF
Birth: 8 Aug 1848 Medina County,
Texas.4
Death: 15 May 1849 Medina County, Texas.4
Burial: 16 May 1849
4
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M
Charles (Carl) GRAFF
Birth: 13 Jul 1852 Bexar County,
Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr
and Barbe BARTZ; Bexar County, Texas; household #2586 Castroville.6
Marriage: 27 Feb 1875 Justina KELLER (20
Sep 1852-23 May 1928), daughter of Andre KELLER and Catherine
DREYER; Medina County, Texas.12
Daughter: 21 Dec 1875 Caroline GRAFF; Medina
County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr
and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.7
Death: 9 Dec 1934 Hondo, Medina
County, Texas.11
Burial: 10 Dec 1934 Oakwood Cemetery,
Hondo, Medina County.11
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M Fred
Louis GRAFF Sr
Birth: 29 May 1855 Medina County,
Texas.11
Marriage: 26 May 1881 Elisabetha LEINWEBER
(6 Sep 1861-15 Mar 1934), daughter of John George LEINWEBER and Anna
Barbe GROSSENBACHER1
Death: 13 Dec 1920 Hondo, Medina
County, Texas.11
Burial: 14 Dec 1920 Oakwood Cemetery,
Hondo, Medina County.11
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F
Emilia GRAFF
Birth: 7 Sep 1857 Medina County,
Texas.13
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr
and Barbe BARTZ; Bexar County, Texas; household #2586 Castroville.6
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr
and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.7
Marriage: 19 May 1881 George Hermann BENDELE
(10 Mar 1859-5 Oct 1935), son of Jean Jacques BENDELE Jr and Sybilla
HAASS; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.12
Death: 2 Feb 1895 Medina County,
Texas.4
Burial: __ ___ ____ Graff Family
Cemetery, Medina County.1
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F Lena
GRAFF
Birth: 8 Jan 1861 Medina County,
Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr
and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.7
Death: 30 Jul 1902 Medina County,
Texas.4
Burial: __ ___ ____ Graff Family
Cemetery, Medina County.1
Marriage: __ ___ ____ C L DWYER4
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M Emil
GRAFF
Birth: 30 Jan 1861 Medina County,
Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Ludwig GRAFF Sr
and Barbe BARTZ; Medina County, Texas; Household #1, Precinct #2.7
Marriage: 14 Jan 1892 Wilhelmina BOEHLE (1
Sep 1873-27 Aug 1894), daughter of Friedrich Ludwig BOEHLE and Antje
M ADEN; Medina County, Texas.8
Death: 20 Oct 1916 San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas.11
Burial: 21 Oct 1916 Oakwood Cemetery,
Hondo, Medina County.11
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Endnotes
1. TXGenWeb -
Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/.
Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina.
2. Cornelia
English Crook, Henry Castro, A Study of Early Colonization in
Texas (San Antonio, Texas: St Mary's University Press, 1988).
Hereinafter cited as Castro.
3. A J Sowell,
compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas
(n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers.
4. Tom Pichot,
"Graff Family," e-mail message from pichot@netscorp.net to Margaret
Simpson, October 9, 2001. Hereinafter cited as "Graff."
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. Heritage
Quest, 1860 Census of Bexar County, Texas., CD-ROM (Sierra
OnLine: Generations Archives), Bexar County. Hereinafter cited as
1860 Census - Bexar.
7. Family Quest,
1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.:
Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880 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. Indianola
Immigrant Database, online http://vhrc.uhv.edu/manuscripts/indianola/home.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as Indianola Immigrants.
10. 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.
11. Family Search
- Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
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. 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. |
