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John Christopher SPECKELS
1817 - 1894 (76 years)-
Name John Christopher SPECKELS Birth 19 Dec 1817 Jaderbollenhagen, Rastede, Oldenburg [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Also Known As Johann Christoph SPECKELS Baptism 26 Dec 1817 Jade, Rastede, Oldenburg [1] Immigration 7 Dec 1847 Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA [4] - aboard the “Helen and Elise”
Census Sep 1850 Colorado County, Texas, USA [5] Naturalization 1 Nov 1853 La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [6] Census 30 Jun 1860 Fayette County, Texas, USA [3] - P.O. Round Top
Census 16 Nov 1870 Fayette County, Texas, USA [7] - Beat No. 3, P.O. Neese’s Store
Census 2 Jul 1880 Fayette County, Texas, USA - Justice Precinct 3
Religion Lutheran Occupation Farmer Occupation Tenant (Heuermann) Death 6 Sep 1894 La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [2] Burial La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [2] Person ID I2809 Dyal and Speckels Last Modified 27 Jul 2016
Father Eilerd SPECKELS, b. 9 Jan 1782, Jaderaußendeich, Duchy of Oldenburg, Holy Roman Empire d. 16 Oct 1861, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 79 years) Mother Gesche Margarete DETMERS, b. 5 Dec 1791, Rastede-Bekhausen, Duchy of Oldenburg, Holy Roman Empire d. 11 Mar 1827, Jaderbollenhagen, Rastede, Neuenburg, Oldenburg (Age 35 years) Marriage 14 Mar 1811 Jade, Rastede, Oldenburg, Bouches-du-Weser, French Empire [8] Family ID F4268 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gesche Margarethe IMKEN, b. 24 Dec 1822, Delfshausen, Rastede, Oldenburg d. 14 Oct 1907, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 84 years) Marriage 3 Jun 1842 Jade, Rastede, Oldenburg [9] Children + 1. Gerhard Eilert SPECKELS, b. 9 Jan 1843, Jaderkreuzmoor, Rastede, Oldenburg d. 9 Mar 1909, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) 2. Margrete Cathrine SPECKELS, b. 8 Aug 1844, Jaderberg, Rastede, Oldenburg d. Bef Sep 1850 (Age < 6 years) + 3. John Christian SPECKELS, b. 20 Sep 1847, Jaderbollenhagen, Rastede, Oldenburg d. 2 Dec 1935, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 88 years) 4. Caroline SPECKELS, b. Abt 1850, Texas, USA + 5. George Henry SPECKELS, b. 21 Feb 1853, Texas, USA d. 5 Aug 1922 (Age 69 years) + 6. Johanne C. SPECKELS, b. 30 Nov 1854, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 7 Feb 1945, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 90 years) + 7. Meta W. SPECKELS, b. 18 Feb 1857, Texas, USA d. 7 Sep 1948 (Age 91 years) + 8. Mary Bertha SPECKELS, b. 20 Feb 1859, Texas, USA d. 20 Aug 1906, Walhalla, Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 47 years) 9. Anna L. SPECKELS, b. 14 Sep 1861, Texas, USA d. 21 Aug 1888 (Age 26 years) + 10. Henry William SPECKELS, b. 15 Jan 1864, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 7 Nov 1931, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 67 years) Family ID F917 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 May 2011
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Photos John Speckels
Headstones Speckels, John Sr. Speckels - Walter monument
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Sources - [S349] Baptism, Marriage, and Death Register, Baptisms, 1817, no. 73.
- [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 14 Apr 2007.
- [S9] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Fayette County, Texas, p. 287, line 4.
- [S1036] Ethel Hander Geue, (1970).
- [S8] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Colorado County, Texas, p. 35.
- [S86] District Clerk, Civil Minutes, Vol. F, p. 263.
- [S10] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Fayette County, Texas, p. 311.
- [S349] Baptism, Marriage, and Death Register, Marriages, 1811 no. 3.
- [S350] Baptism, Marriage, and Death Register, Marriages, p 125, no. 8.
- [S349] Baptism, Marriage, and Death Register, Baptisms, 1817, no. 73.