Family Group
Sheet
Subject:
Mathias
KOCH
Birth: 20 Oct 1822 Wahlen, Kreis
Merzig, Prussia, Germany.1
Marriage: 11 Feb 1851 Wahlen, Kreis Merzig,
Prussia, Germany.2
Immigratn:
3 May 1851 New York, New York; departing Antwerp 1851 on the
"Peter Hattrick."3
Natlzation:
29 Jul 1858 Medina County, Texas; Com Ct Min No 2, p 143 (grant).4
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #177 D'Hanis.5
Voter Reg:
9 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: Commissioners
Court.6
Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County, Texas;
household #307 D'Hanis.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 Medina County, Texas;
Household #36, D'Hanis.8
Death: 27 Nov 1881 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic
Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
Father: Peter KOCH (9 Oct 1802-25 Mar 1874)
Mother:
Helena ENGEL (5 Feb 1796-19 Mar 1879)
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Spouse:
Helena
MEIERS
Birth: 6 Mar 1822 Niederlossheim,
Kreis Merzig, Prussia, Germany.2
Death: 3 Mar 1905 D'Hanis, Medina
County, Texas.2
Father: Johann MEIERS
Mother:
Helena STEFFENS
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Four Known
Children
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M
Mathias M KOCH
Birth: 23 Dec 1853 Pennsylvania.9
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #177 D'Hanis.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #307 D'Hanis.7
Marriage: 26 Feb 1878 Maria Magdaline ZERR
(6 Dec 1855-11 Oct 1925), daughter of Augustin ZERR and Marie
Madeleine MUTZIGER; St Dominic Catholic Church, D'Hanis, Medina
County.10
Death: 21 Oct 1902 Medina County,
Texas.9
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M Peter
Mathias KOCH
Birth: 31 Jul 1857 D'Hanis, Medina
County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #177 D'Hanis.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #307 D'Hanis.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; Household #36, D'Hanis.8
Marriage: 9 Nov 1881 Theresa KARRER (6 Jul
1859-26 Nov 1954), daughter of Phillipe KARRER and Maria Anna
Catherina FOHN; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina
County.12
Death: 2 Dec 1934 Medina County,
Texas.2
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M John
Matthew KOCH
Birth: 7 Oct 1859 D'Hanis, Medina
County, Texas.9
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #177 D'Hanis.5
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #307 D'Hanis.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; Household #36, D'Hanis.8
Marriage: 12 Apr 1883 Mary Anna KARRER (26
Jul 1864-12 Jun 1949), daughter of Phillipe KARRER and Maria Anna
Catherina FOHN; St Dominic Catholic Church, D'Hanis, Medina County.10
Death: 25 Dec 1930 D'Hanis, Medina
County, Texas.9
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M Jacob
M KOCH
Birth: 9 Mar 1862 D'Hanis, Medina
County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1870 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; household #307 D'Hanis.7
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Mathias KOCH and
Helena MEIERS; Medina County, Texas; Household #36, D'Hanis.8
Death: 20 Jul 1949 San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas.11
Burial: 22 Jul 1949 San Fernando
Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County.11
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Endnotes
1. Grave Visited
and Marker Personally Recorded; Margaret Simpson.
2. Ken Filleman,
"Peter Koch," e-mail message from kenfill@hotmail.com to Margaret
Simpson, May 20, 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Koch."
3. Ira A Glazier
and P William Filby, compiler, Germans to America Lists of
Passengers Arriving at U. S. Ports, 1850 - 1855, Volume 1 January,
1850 - May 1851 (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc,
1988). Hereinafter cited as Germans to Amer I.
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. Castro
Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
10. Helen B
Bland, "Marriage Records St Dominic Catholic Church D'Hanis," Our
Heritage volume IX. Hereinafter cited as "St Dominic
Marriages."
11. Family Search
- Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
12. 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. |