Family Group
Sheet
Subject:
Peter
KOCH
Birth: 9 Oct 1802 Wahlen, Kreis
Merzig, Prussia, Germany.1
Marriage: 2 Jan 1827 Prussia, Germany.2
Immigratn:
22 Dec 1851 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen
1851 on the "Hermann Theodor."3
Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas;
household #179 D'Hanis.4
Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County, Texas;
household #301 D'Hanis.5
Death: 25 Mar 1874 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic
Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
Father: Phillip KOCH
Mother:
Anna KRUTTEN
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Spouse:
Helena
ENGEL
Birth: 5 Feb 1796 Prussia,
Germany.1
Death: 19 Mar 1879 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic
Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
Father: Mathias ENGEL (1737-30 Jul 1817)
Mother:
Helena SCHMITT (1747-16 Nov 1818)
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Three Known
Children
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M
Mathias KOCH
Birth: 20 Oct 1822 Wahlen, Kreis
Merzig, Prussia, Germany.1
Marriage: 11 Feb 1851 Helena MEIERS (6 Mar
1822-3 Mar 1905), daughter of Johann MEIERS and Helena STEFFENS;
Wahlen, Kreis Merzig, Prussia, Germany.2
Immigratn:
3 May 1851 Helena MEIERS (6 Mar 1822-3 Mar 1905); New York, New
York; departing Antwerp 1851 on the "Peter Hattrick."6
Son: 23 Dec 1853 Mathias M KOCH;
Pennsylvania.7
Son: 31 Jul 1857 Peter Mathias
KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Natlzation:
29 Jul 1858 Medina County, Texas; Com Ct Min No 2, p 143 (grant).9
Son: 7 Oct 1859 John Matthew
KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7
Census: __ ___ 1860 Helena MEIERS (6 Mar
1822-3 Mar 1905); Medina County, Texas; household #177 D'Hanis.4
Son: 9 Mar 1862 Jacob M KOCH;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Voter Reg:
9 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: Commissioners
Court.10
Census: __ ___ 1870 Helena MEIERS (6 Mar
1822-3 Mar 1905); Medina County, Texas; household #307 D'Hanis.5
Death: 27 Nov 1881 Medina County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic
Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
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F
Maria Anna KOCH
Birth: 23 Dec 1827 Wahlen, Kreis
Merzig, Prussia, Germany.1
Daughter: circa __ ___ 1851 Bertha Mary BRITZ;
5
Immigratn:
22 Dec 1851 (w); Peter KOCH and Helena ENGEL; Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 1851 on the "Hermann
Theodor."3
Marriage: __ ___ 1852 Peter BRITZ (28 Feb
1825-13 Feb 1899)7
Daughter: __ ___ 1853 Anna Maria Catherine
BRITZ; Texas.7
Daughter: 12 Feb 1855 Catharina Gertrude
BRITZ; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.11
Son: 13 Mar 1857 Leopold BRITZ;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7
Daughter: 29 Jan 1859 Regina Maria BRITZ;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1860 Peter BRITZ (28 Feb
1825-13 Feb 1899); Medina County, Texas; household #180 D'Hanis.4
Daughter: 23 Dec 1860 Therese BRITZ; D'Hanis,
Medina County, Texas.1
Daughter: 6 May 1863 Helena BRITZ; D'Hanis,
Medina County, Texas.1
Daughter: 23 Oct 1865 Elizabeth BRITZ;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.12
Daughter: 30 May 1868 Anna Mary BRITZ;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1870 Peter BRITZ (28 Feb
1825-13 Feb 1899); Medina County, Texas; household #296 D'Hanis.5
Daughter: __ Nov 1873 Bertha BRITZ; D'Hanis,
Medina County, Texas.11
Census: __ ___ 1880 Peter BRITZ (28 Feb
1825-13 Feb 1899); D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Death: 13 May 1889 Medina County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Dominic
Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1
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M
Stephen KOCH
Birth: 20 Oct 1833 Wahlen, Kreis
Merzig, Prussia, Germany.7
Immigratn:
22 Dec 1851 (w); Peter KOCH and Helena ENGEL; Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 1851 on the "Hermann
Theodor."3
Marriage: 11 Nov 1857 Margaretha FOHN (9 Nov
1836-5 Feb 1920), daughter of Nicolaus FOHN and Salome KUPPER; St
Dominic Catholic Church, D'Hanis, Medina County.13
Son: 16 Nov 1858 Nicholaus KOCH;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7
Son: 29 May 1860 Mathias S KOCH;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Son: 30 Dec 1861 John Stephen KOCH;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Son: 21 Nov 1863 Peter Joseph KOCH;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Daughter: 7 Nov 1865 Helena KOCH; Medina
County, Texas.1
Son: 27 Oct 1871 Toby Stephan KOCH;
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.8
Daughter: 2 Mar 1874 Regina KOCH;
7
Daughter: 29 Mar 1876 Mary KOCH;
7
Death: 27 Apr 1902 Medina County,
Texas.7
Burial: __ ___ ____ Holy Cross
Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.7
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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. Eva Lembcke,
compiler, Volume 1 Passenger Lists for Galveston 1850-1855 (n.p.:
Private, September, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Passenger
Lists-Galv.
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. 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.
7. Castro
Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
8. Family Search
- Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
9. WPA Index
to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA: Texas
District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn.
10. Jim Memke,
"List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and Acorns,
No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as "Voters-Medina
County."
11. Family
Search, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as Fam
Search.
12. TXGenWeb -
Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/.
Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina.
13. Helen B
Bland, "Marriage Records St Dominic Catholic Church D'Hanis," Our
Heritage volume IX. Hereinafter cited as "St Dominic Marriages." |