Peter Carl Johann VON ROSENBERG

1794 - 1866  (72 years)

• 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, Eugen
  Last Modified	9 May 2011
  Family ID	F2718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Oct 1794 - Eckitten, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia Baptism - 5 Oct 1794 - Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia Married - 2 Jun 1819 - Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia Married - 11 Feb 1830 - Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia Emigration - 1 Oct 1849 - Bremen, Germany Immigration - 6 Dec 1849 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA Census - 2 Sep 1850 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Naturalization - 26 Mar 1856 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Census - 27 Jun 1860 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Died - 19 Oct 1866 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Buried - - Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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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.

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• 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. [S1413] . [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.