Other Events and Attributes:

• Godparents: Frau Scholz
• Godparents: Marta Meerscheidt
• Religion: Presbyterian
• Education: Southwest Texas State Teachers College
• Occupation: Public School Teacher
• Cause of death: Pulmonary Embolism
• Baptism: 20 Mar 1892, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 9 Jun 1900, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 22 Jan 1920, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Census: 8 Apr 1930, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Residence: 13 Oct 1962, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

Notes:

Olga attended the public schools in La Grange and after her graduation attended Southwest Texas Teachers College in San Marcos. After receiving her degree she went to San Antonio where she began teaching. She taught art and music, teaching school for about thirty-five years. In San Antonio she met Miss Lydia Pagel with whom she lived for many years. Olga was a member of the Presbyterian Church in San Antonio and spent many hours devoted to its work. She also enjoyed her home and flowers, spending many hours tending her yard. She retired from teaching at the age of sixty-five. Soon after retirement her health began to fail. She eventually died in 1962. Olga was also a member of the Retired Teachers Association.

Baptism:
at St. John Lutheran Church

Census:
Franklin St.

Census:
315 W. Myrtle St.

Census:
Franklin St. with her mother

Census:
318 S. Presa (boarder)

Census:
241 W. Mulberry (lodger)

Residence:
414 W. Hollywood

Census:
414 W. Hollywood

Residence:
414 W. Hollywood Ave.

Died:
at 6:50 a.m. at Nix Memorial Hospital

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Beer Saloon Clerk, Grocer
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Henry, an only child, came to the United States from Germany with his parents in 1849. They landed in Galveston and settled in La Grange. He and his father enlisted in same company of Oswald Battalion, Confederate Army on November 4, 1861. Since he was too young to fight, Henry served as a drummer boy. He was discharged at San Jacinto on April 30, 1862.

After the war, he assisted his parents with their general merchandise business. He continued the business with his mother after his father died. He married Lieschen in 1874, spending many evenings with his family. He would play the cornet and his wife the piano. He was bandmaster of the La Grange Band for many years. His hobbies were gardening and duck hunting. While on a hunting trip he contracted a severe cold, as he was not fully recovered from a case of the mumps. He died shortly afterwards.

Henry married Louise MEERSCHEIDT on 16 Apr 1874 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Louise (daughter of Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM and Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG) was born on 25 Jan 1855 in Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 26 Feb 1927 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 28 Feb 1927 in Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Lieschen
• Religion: Lutheran
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 23 Jun 1870, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 9 Jun 1900, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Jan 1920, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 24 Mar 1920, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Lieschen” was born on the Nassau Farm near Round Top. She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church by Pastor Bauer and remained of this faith throughout her life. She attended school in Round Top and, later, La Grange. Immediately after marrying Henry Scholz, they began living in the home he had bought. She lived the rest of her life in this house.

She was left to care for her six children after Henry died. After they reached adulthood, her mother, her sister Martha, and the twin sons of her brother Max, came from San Antonio to live with them.

She was a dedicated church worker, serving as president of the Lutheran “Frauen Verein” for many years. She also served as president of the La Grange Ladies Cemetery Association. During the time she cared for her mother she was able to partake more in her hobbies of crocheting and tatting. She also enjoyed flowers, loving to tell of the gardens she visited when she and sister Martha travelled to Seattle, Washington.

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Franklin St.

Census:
Franklin St.

Census:
Franklin St. with her daughter and son-in-law, Lena and Carl Krause

Died:
at 11 p.m.

Notes:

Married:
by E. Henkel, J. P.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Baker
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Birth:
(unsure which Leuben)

Theodor married Pauline HOEPTNER. Pauline was born on 22 Jun 1817 in Germany; died on 19 Feb 1895; was buried in Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife, Beer Saloon Proprietor, Grocery Clerk
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Census:
with her son Henry

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Arthur MEERSCHEIDT
• Also Known As: Otto
• Religion: Lutheran
• Occupation: Laborer, Farmer, Postmaster
• Immigration: 2 Jan 1850, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 23 Jun 1870, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Arthur Meerscheidt’s given name was Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald von Meerscheidt-von Huellessem. He was educated in Braunschweig. At sixteen years of age he became a cadet in Prince Wasa’s Hungarian regiment and age nineteen became an officer in the Hungarian army. He was wounded while fighting as a revolutionary at Czegedin. After recovering from his wound, he traveled down the Danube en route to Constantinople when he was captured by Serbians. He was spared by a friendly Hungarian and was allowed to continue his journey. He then returned home to Germany where he attempted to join the army of Schleswig-Holstein, at his mother’s bidding. However, the war that army was in had ended. Shortly after he sailed for the United States.

He arrived at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana aboard the “Ohio” on 2 Jan 1850. From there he met an acquaintance, a man named Jenski, who was from near Nassau in northern Fayette County, Texas. Arthur settled in that area and became a farmer and family man. He later became a merchant in nearby Round Top before moving to La Grange in 1874. There he was appointed Postmaster, in which office he remained until his death. He took a trip west because of ill health, but saw little improvement. He died in Boerne, Texas due to a heart ailment.

Immigration:
aboard the “Ohio”

Census:
in the Carl von Rosenberg household

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Arthur married Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG on 9 Nov 1850 in Fayette County, Texas, USA. Amanda (daughter of Peter Carl Johann VON ROSENBERG and Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER) was born on 15 Jun 1832 in Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia; died on 29 Aug 1911 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Lina
• Confirmation: Crottingen, Memel, Preußen, Prussia
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 8 Apr 1838, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia
• Immigration: 6 Dec 1849, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 23 Jun 1870, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1895, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Census: 12 Jun 1900, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Lina” von Rosenberg was born at Eckitten Estate, was baptized at St. Johannis Kirche in Memel, and was confirmed at the Landkirche in Crottingen. She spent much of her youth with her mother’s relatives in Königsburg where she attended school and enjoyed musical entertainment.

She came with her family to Texas in 1849 and married Arthur Meerscheidt a year later. They lived in a log house near Nassau, but later moved to La Grange. After the death of her husband, Lina moved to San Antonio where she kept house for three of her children, Max, Otto, and Martha. She and Martha also raised Max’s two sons after his wife passed away. In old age she returned to La Grange to live out her days in an invalid’s chair, cared for at the home of her daughter, Lieschen Scholz. She enjoyed reading and stayed abreast of politics.

Birth:
at Eckitten Estate

Confirmation:
in the Landkirche

Baptism:
in Sankt Johannis Kirche

Immigration:
aboard the Bark “Franziska”

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Residence:
630 Guenther

Census:
302 Adams

Census:
Franklin St. with her daughter, Louise Scholz

Notes:

Married:
by F. Ernst, J. P.

Carl married Louise VON GIRSEWALD in 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Occupation: Farmer
• Baptism: 5 Oct 1794, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia
• Emigration: 1 Oct 1849, Bremen, Germany
• Immigration: 6 Dec 1849, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Naturalization: 26 Mar 1856, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg was the third son of Otto von Rosenberg and his second wife, Maria Wilhelmine von Stempel-von Rosenberg, of Raddeilen and Eckitten Estates. He was nine years old when his parents were divorced and we know nothing of his early life and education. He enlisted in the Prussian Army at an early age and at twenty-one he became a lieutenant in the cavalry. He was a member of the Uhlans and on the old scroll he is called a Jager, which was a title given to certain German cavalry regiments.

“He later told his grandson Arthur von Rosenberg that in the Battle of Leipzig his horse’s mouth was shot away, but he quickly mounted another horse whose rider had been killed.

“He fought with the Prussian guards under Bluecher with Wellington. When Napoleon faced the English on Belgian soil at Waterloo, with the remnant of the once-defeated Prussians and the fresh Prussian forces under Bluecher, the tide of battle turned on June 18, 1815. The histories tell us this Prussian Guard knew how to die but not how to surrender.

“The Uhlans fought with lances. They were chiefly employed for reconnoitering, skirmishing, and outpost duty. Originally they were light cavalry. Peter Carl was a Lieutenant in this company at Waterloo, we learn from the old scroll and from letters.

“In 1819 he inherited Eckitten Estate after the death of his widowed stepmother, and the same year he married Johanna Dorothea Froelich. They had four children before she died at the age of twenty-nine, six weeks after the birth of Johannes.

“Peter Carl was a “Frei Denker” and in the disturbing days of 1848 was severely criticized for his political views. The consequent humiliation of the family was the direct cause of the immigration to Texas.”

Baptism:
in Sankt Johannis Kirche

Immigration:
aboard the Bark “Franziska”

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Peter married Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER on 11 Feb 1830 in Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia. Amanda (daughter of Jean Pierre FALLIER and Anne Caroline MARQUARDT) was born on 6 Sep 1806 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died on 22 Apr 1864 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Richters Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1806, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia
• Immigration: 6 Dec 1849, Galveston County, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Amanda was baptized Amande Henriette Louise. Her godparents at the French Reformed Church in Königsberg were Mr. Jean Frédéric Marquart, Mr. Guillaume Schubert, Mrs. Marie Hagen, councillor and secretary, and Mrs. Marie Anne Matz.

Baptism:
in the French Reformed church by Pastor Foussiqué LaCanal

Immigration:
aboard the Bark “Franziska”

Census:
P.O. Round Top