Anna MEERSCHEIDT

1865 - 1895  (30 years)

• Name	Anna MEERSCHEIDT
  Born	2 Aug 1865	Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	23 Jun 1870	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [3]
  Census	1 Jun 1880	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [4]
  Baptism	31 May 1888	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [5]
  Religion	Lutheran
  Died	29 Sep 1895	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I2972	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM,   b. 16 Apr 1827, Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany ,   d. 7 Apr 1887, Boerne, Kendall, Texas, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG,   b. 15 Jun 1832, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia ,   d. 29 Aug 1911, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1850	Fayette County, Texas, USA   [6]
  	by F. Ernst, J. P.
  Family ID	F918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry William SPECKELS,   b. 15 Jan 1864, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 1931, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1890	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [5, 7]
  	by William Hess, M. G.
  		Henry W. Speckels and Anna Meerscheidt marriage license Fayette County, Texas, vol. 5, p. 292
  Children	+ 1. Lillian Edna SPECKELS,   b. 10 Jul 1891, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1969, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA  (Age 77 years) + 2. Gilbert Otto SPECKELS,   b. 10 Sep 1892, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 20 Aug 1969, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Photos		Children of Henry William Speckels from left to right: Gilbert, Irwin, Lillian, Bernard
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Aug 1865 - Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA Census - 23 Jun 1870 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Census - 1 Jun 1880 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Baptism - 31 May 1888 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Married - 2 Jul 1890 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Died - 29 Sep 1895 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Buried - - Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Anna Meerscheidt Speckels
  		Henry William Speckels and Anna Meerscheidt wedding photo

  
  

  Headstones

  Speckels, Anna Meerscheidt

  
  

• Notes

  Anna attended school in La Grange. She was known in the community for having a fine contralto voice. However, never being very strong, she contracted tuberculosis after her two children were born. She went to San Antonio to recuperate, but never really did. Being homesick for her Henry and her children, she returned to La Grange where she died. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Headstone survey, conducted by Robert C. Barritt, 14 Apr 2007. [S370] The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 113. [S10] Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, p. 508, line 8. [S11] Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, ED 55, p. 2. [S370] The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 127. [S248] Marriage Records, Fayette County, Texas, Vol. B, p. 17. [S248] Marriage Records, Fayette County, Texas, vol. 5, p. 292.