Mathias Koch

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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.

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