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The Genealogy of Robert and Christina Barritt
Herman August NEUMANN
1883 - 1967 (83 years)-
Name Herman August NEUMANN Birth 19 Jul 1883 New Ulm, Austin, Texas, USA [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Baptism 5 Apr 1884 Frelsburg, Colorado, Texas, USA [4] - by Pastor F. Gerstmann
Census 26 Jun 1900 Frelsburg, Colorado, Texas, USA [4] - Justice Precinct 5
Census 21 Apr 1910 Colorado County, Texas, USA [5] - Justice Precinct 5, with his parents
Census 3 Feb 1920 Austin County, Texas, USA [6] - Justice Precinct 5
Occupation Farm Laborer, Farmer Death 19 Feb 1967 La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [1, 3, 7] Burial New Ulm Cemetery, New Ulm, Austin, Texas, USA [1] Person ID I10174 Dyal and Speckels Last Modified 26 Sep 2007
Father Wilhelm NEUMANN, b. 10 Nov 1854, Industry, Austin, Texas, USA d. 26 Dec 1923, Bell County, Texas, USA (Age 69 years) Mother Wilhelmina ECKERMANN, b. 28 Jan 1860, Westerwald, Hessen, Germany d. 21 Mar 1950, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 90 years) Marriage 27 Jan 1879 Austin County, Texas, USA [8] - Vol. F, p. 399
Family ID F9720 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Augusta Paula VOGELSANG, b. 22 Dec 1885, Shelby, Austin, Texas, USA d. 11 May 1967, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 81 years) Marriage 3 Jan 1911 Shelby, Austin, Texas, USA [9] Children + 1. Wilson George NEUMANN, b. 29 Jul 1912, New Ulm, Austin, Texas, USA d. 8 Apr 1980, Bellville, Austin, Texas, USA (Age 67 years) + 2. Morris Leon NEUMANN, b. 22 Dec 1917, New Ulm, Austin, Texas, USA d. 20 Dec 1997, Bellville, Austin, Texas, USA (Age 79 years) Family ID F7201 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Sep 2007
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Headstones Neumann, Herman A. and Augusta P.
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Notes - Hermann’s godparents were Heinrich Eckermann, August Eckermann, Fr. Minna Eckermann, and Charlotte Mieth.
Herman was raised on the farm. As he got older, he and his brother worked as painters and wallpaper hangers. After he married Augusta, they moved to a farm near New Ulm. They moved into town in 1923 to operate a cafe. They ran the cafe until their retirement in 1960. [2, 3]
- Hermann’s godparents were Heinrich Eckermann, August Eckermann, Fr. Minna Eckermann, and Charlotte Mieth.
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Sources - [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 23 Sep 2007.
- [S391] Martha Prince, Kari Ready, Bill Stein, Jim Kearney, and Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski, Trinity Lutheran Church, Frelsburg, Colorado County, Texas, Records of Baptisms, Part 2, 1878-1889, 25 Sep 2007.
- [S371] ed., Charles Wilburn von Rosenberg, The Von Rosenberg Family Record, (Texian Press (Waco, TX, 1974)), p. 210.
- [S12] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Colorado County, Texas, ED 21, p. 13.
- [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Colorado County, Texas, ED 28, p. 4.
- [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Austin County, Texas, ED 10, p. 19.
- [S312] Ancestry.com, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).
- [S56] USGenWeb, Early Marriages of Austin County 1824-1920, 25 Sep 2007.
- [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 105.
- [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 23 Sep 2007.