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Alexander Eugen VON ROSENBERG

Alexander Eugen VON ROSENBERG

Male 1857 - 1930  (72 years)

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  • Name Alexander Eugen VON ROSENBERG 
    Birth 27 Oct 1857  Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Alex 
    Census 27 Jun 1860  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • P.O. Round Top
    Census 17 Mar 1871  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Beat 3, P.O. Round Top
    Census 11 Jun 1880  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Justice Precinct 2 Round Top
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 21 Mar 1904  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 18 May 1910  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Horton St.
    Residence 15 Oct 1913  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Baptism 1914  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church
    Census 2 Feb 1920  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Justice Precinct 1, Washington St.
    Census 25 Apr 1930  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • Justice Precinct 1
    Residence Jun 1860: P.O. Round Top, Fayette, Texas
    Jun 1880: Justice Precinct 2 Round Top, Fayette, Texas  [3, 5
    Religion Lutheran 
    Occupation Store Clerk, General Merchant, Cattle and Horse Trader, Real Estate, Farmer, Stockman 
    Death 11 Jun 1930  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 10
    • early in the morning at his home in the old W. W. Ligon home north of the city
    Burial 13 Jun 1930  La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I3883  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father Carl Eugen VON ROSENBERG,   b. 13 Dec 1830, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1913, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Theodora Anna Henriette SACK,   b. 7 May 1829, Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1904, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 17 Dec 1853  Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 13
    Photos
    Carl Eugen and Theodora von Rosenberg
    Carl Eugen and Theodora von Rosenberg
    Carl Eugen and Theodora von Rosenberg
    Carl Eugen and Theodora von Rosenberg
    Family ID F2719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma WEYAND,   b. 12 Jun 1858, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1943, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 8 Apr 1880  Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10
    • by Squire Henkel
    Children 
    +1. George Alexander VON ROSENBERG,   b. 2 Feb 1881, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1960, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Albert Frederick VON ROSENBERG,   b. 23 Aug 1884, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1967, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Louise Lina VON ROSENBERG,   b. 9 Aug 1888, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1953, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     4. Alexander Eugen VON ROSENBERG, Jr.,   b. 20 Jan 1893, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1981, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +5. Max Alexander VON ROSENBERG,   b. 17 Jul 1895, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1967, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     6. Leona VON ROSENBERG,   b. 6 Nov 1897, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1921, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F2739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2008 

  • Photos
    Alex Eugen von Rosenberg
    Alex Eugen von Rosenberg
    Alex Eugen von Rosenberg as a young groom
    Alex Eugen von Rosenberg as a young groom
    Carl Eugen von Rosenberg: 4 generations of von Rosenbergs
    Carl Eugen von Rosenberg: 4 generations of von Rosenbergs
    Carl Eugen, Alex, George and Edgar
    Alex von Rosenberg home in Round Top
    Alex von Rosenberg home in Round Top
    Alex von Rosenberg home in La Grange
    Alex von Rosenberg home in La Grange
    Alex von Rosenberg store in La Grange
    Alex von Rosenberg store in La Grange
    Alex Eugen von Rosenberg
    Alex Eugen von Rosenberg

    Headstones
    von Rosenberg, Alex
    von Rosenberg, Alex
    Rosenberg
    Rosenberg

  • Notes 
    • Alexander’s first job was that of clerk at George Weyand’s general store at Nassau. There he met Emma Weyand, who would become his wife. After several years, he became employed by Knittle’s General Store in Burton. He then bought the Zapp store in Round Top, before selling the operation in 1900. At that time he moved his family to La Grange and bought the White Dairy. He ran this business as a dairy and meat market, then later as a general store. Later, he became successful at trading horses and cattle, and then real estate. It was from him that the land for the La Grange Fairgrounds was purchased.

      Alexander enjoyed music, especially playing the piano. Although an active Democrat, he never sought public office. In 1914 he became a member of La Grange’s St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Late in high life it was necessary for him to undergo a delicate eye operation which likely hastened his death. [1, 14, 15]

  • Sources 
    1. [S967] Thursday, June 12, 1930.

    2. [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 14 Apr 2007.

    3. [S9] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Fayette County, Texas, p. 283.

    4. [S10] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Fayette County, Texas, p. 389, line 18.

    5. [S11] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Fayette County, Texas, ED 56, p. 17.

    6. [S12] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Fayette County, Texas, ED 36, p. 1.

    7. [S971] La Grange Deutsche Zeitung, Thursday, March 31, 1904, p. 5.

    8. [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Fayette County, Texas, ED 50, p. 19.

    9. [S967] Thursday, October 23, 1913.

    10. [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 102.

    11. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Fayette County, Texas, ED 51, p. 16.

    12. [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Fayette County, Texas, ED 3, p. 15.

    13. [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 96.

    14. [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 103.

    15. [S970] Jon Todd Koenig, Jon Todd Koenig’s Family Tree, 5 Jul 2008.