Family Group Sheet

Subject:           Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE

Birth:                             13 Sep 1827    Wolfenbuettel, Brunswick, Germany.1

Immigratn:                    21 May 1849    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 1849 on the "Herschel."2

Marriage:                        13 Jul 1856    Medina County, Texas.3

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

Death:                            19 Apr 1882    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    New Fountain Methodist Cemetery, Medina County.1

Father:            Johann August Christoph TAMPKE (21 Apr 1792-        )

Mother:           Louise Johanna Wilhemina LANGENHAGEN (22 Mar 1795-20 Jun 1835)

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Spouse:           Elizabeth STIEGLER

Birth:                               8 Mar 1838    Wurttemberg, Germany.6

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Gottfried Friedrich STIEGLER and Rosina Barbara MUELLER; Medina County, Texas; household #10 Vandenburg.7

Death:                             8 Dec 1923    Houston, Harris County, Texas.6

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    New Fountain Methodist Cemetery, Medina County.1

Father:            Gottfried Friedrich STIEGLER (5 May 1799-        )

Mother:           Christina KORNACKER (21 Aug 1801-18 Mar 1841)

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Ten Known Children

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M           Lumn TAMPKE

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1854    Texas.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

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M           August TAMPKE

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1857    Texas.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

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F            Christina TAMPKE

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1860    Texas.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

Marriage:                      17 Dec 1881    John MYRES3

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F            Bertha TAMPKE

Birth:                              25 Feb 1862    Texas.1

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

Marriage:                      11 Dec 1886    Joseph BRITSCH (11 May 1857-15 Sep 1926), son of Gottlieb BRITSCH and Catherine NIETENHOEFER; Medina County, Texas.8

Death:                            28 Apr 1943    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Oakwood Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County.1

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M           Louis G TAMPKE

Birth:                              21 Jan 1864    Texas.9

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

Death:                            31 Jan 1942    Uvalde County, Texas.9

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Waresville Cemetery, Utopia, Uvalde County.9

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M           Wilhelm F TAMPKE

Birth:                              23 Jan 1866    Medina County, Texas.6

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

Death:                             2 Dec 1947    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Quihi Community Cemetery, Medina County.1

Marriage:                       __ ___ ____    Louisa SCHWEERS (1 Oct 1870-13 May 1927), daughter of Hinrich Balzen SCHWEERS and Johanna F MUENNINK10

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M           Albert L TAMPKE

Birth:                              __ ___ 1868    Texas.11

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

Death:                            __ ___ 1958    Uvalde County, Texas.11

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Waresville Cemetery, Utopia, Uvalde County.11

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M           Ludolph TAMPKE

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1870    Texas.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; household #246 New Fountain.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

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F            Louise TAMPKE

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1872    Texas.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

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F            Laura TAMPKE

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1875    Texas.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1880    (w); Gustav Wilhelm Adolph TAMPKE and Elizabeth STIEGLER; Medina County, Texas; Household #52, precinct 2.5

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Endnotes 

1. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina. 

2. various entry; various transcription of microfilm; in web site (rootsweb: Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild). 

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. Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census. 

5. Family Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880 Census. 

6. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. 

7. Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census. 

8. GenCircles, online www.gencircles.com. Hereinafter cited as GenCircles. 

9. Uvalde County Cemeteries, online http://ftp./rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/uvalde/cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Uvalde Archives. 

10. Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co. 

11. Sabinal Canyon DAR, compiler, Cemeteries of Sabinal Canyon Area (Utopia, Texas: Sabinal Canyon DAR, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Sabinal Canyon Cems.