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Peter Carl Johann VON ROSENBERG

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Name Peter Carl Johann VON ROSENBERG Born 2 Oct 1794 Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia [1, 2]
Gender Male Baptism 5 Oct 1794 Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia [2]
- in Sankt Johannis Kirche
Emigration 1 Oct 1849 Bremen, Germany Immigration 6 Dec 1849 Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA [3]
- aboard the Bark “Franziska”
Census 2 Sep 1850 Fayette County, Texas, USA [4]
Naturalization 26 Mar 1856 La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [5]
Census 27 Jun 1860 Fayette County, Texas, USA [6]
- P.O. Round Top
Religion Lutheran Occupation Farmer Died 19 Oct 1866 La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [7]
Buried Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA [8]
Person ID I3855 Dyal and Speckels Last Modified 19 Feb 2018
Father Otto VON ROSENBERG, b. 1766, Raddeilen, Memel, Kingdom of Prussia , d. 17 Dec 1817, Jesiorosy, Vilna, Russia
(Age 51 years)
Mother Maria Wilhelmine VON STEMPEL, b. 1768, d. 1831 (Age 63 years) Married 21 Oct 1791 Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia [9]
Divorced 1803 [10] Family ID F2724 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Johanna Dorothea FROELICH, b. 12 Jun 1797, Tilsit, Ostpreußen, Prussia , d. 30 Apr 1826, Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia
(Age 28 years)
Married 2 Jun 1819 Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia [1]
Children 1. Carl Hermann VON ROSENBERG, b. 15 Apr 1820, Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia , d. 23 Apr 1827, Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia
(Age 7 years)
+ 2. Carl Wilhelm VON ROSENBERG, b. 14 Oct 1821, Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia , d. 4 Dec 1901, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
(Age 80 years)
+ 3. Johanna Carolina VON ROSENBERG, b. 22 May 1824, Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia , d. 1856, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA
(Age 31 years)
+ 4. Johannes Carl VON ROSENBERG, b. 21 Mar 1826, Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia , d. 9 Nov 1906, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
(Age 80 years)
Last Modified 9 May 2011 Family ID F2723 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER, b. 6 Sep 1806, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia , d. 22 Apr 1864, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
(Age 57 years)
Married 11 Feb 1830 Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia [11]
Children + 1. Carl Eugen VON ROSENBERG, b. 13 Dec 1830, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia , d. 15 Oct 1913, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
(Age 82 years)
+ 2. Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG, b. 15 Jun 1832, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia , d. 29 Aug 1911, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
(Age 79 years)
3. Carl Alexander VON ROSENBERG, b. 27 Oct 1833, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia , d. 2 Oct 1864, Liberty, Liberty, Texas, USA
(Age 30 years)
+ 4. Carl August Walter VON ROSENBERG, b. 31 Aug 1839, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia , d. 15 Sep 1903, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
(Age 64 years)
5. Carl Freidrich Wilhelm VON ROSENBERG, b. 11 Oct 1844, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia + 6. Charlotte Wilhelmine Libussa FROELICH, b. 9 Nov 1839, Ragnit, Ragnit, Preußen, Prussia , d. 26 Jun 1918, Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, USA
(Age 78 years)
Photos Peter Carl von Rosenberg family
front (L to R): Alexander, Peter Carl, Amanda, Libussa Froelich, Walter; back (L to R): Johannes, Johanna, Lina, EugenLast Modified 9 May 2011 Family ID F2718 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Peter Carl von Rosenberg Peter Carl von Rosenberg
Documents Carl von Rosenberg naturalization - Declaration of Intent
Headstones von Rosenberg, Peter Carl Johann
Inscription: A soldier of Waterloo. A pioneer of Texas.
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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.” [12]
- “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.
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Sources - [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. 16.
- [S1441] Kirchenbuch, 1788-1815, p. 186, no. 4.
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- [S8] Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, p. 193.
- [S1442] Naturalization Civil Minutes, District Clerk, Vol. G–1, pp. 118-119.
- [S9] Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, p. 283.
- [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 16.
- [S77] Headstone survey, conducted by Robert C. Barritt.
- [S970] Jon Todd Koenig’s Family Tree, Jon Todd Koenig, 5 Jun 2011.
- [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. 13.
- [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. 90.
- [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. 17.
- [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. 16.