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The Genealogy of Robert and Christina Barritt
Anna MEERSCHEIDT

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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. 292Children + 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, BernardLast Modified 12 Feb 2009 Family ID F987 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Anna Meerscheidt Speckels Henry William Speckels and Anna Meerscheidt wedding photo
Headstones Speckels, Anna Meerscheidt
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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]
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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.
- [S77] Headstone survey, conducted by Robert C. Barritt, 14 Apr 2007.