Old Catholic or Pioneer Cemetery Gillespie County, Texas ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Qualls November 08, 2005 ************************************************************************ OLD CATHOLIC CEMETERY Gillespie County, Texas This is a very old cemetery located on Memory Lane. A lot of Funeral Home Markers on graves that can't be read. A few originial tombstones on some of the graves. They are in poor condition..some broken and unreadable. The Church is in the process of putting small granite markers on each grave. Found 35 unreadable/unmarked graves. Cemetery is enclosed in a fence. Grass needed mowing. This is a partial listing. Surveyed by Faye Herbort and Cynthia Phillips on 17 Mar 2005 Notes and Pictures were provided by Wanda Qualls. More will be taken at a later date. If you have anything to add to the notes contact me Wanda Qualls NAME BIRTHDATE DEATHDATE COMMENTS BECKER, Franz 1827 27 Aug 1873 BERG, Jacob 04 Apr 1862 Killed by indians BIRDSHELL, Elisabeth 01 Aug 1872 01 Oct 1872 BRINKROLF, Maria 09 Sep 1849 24 Oct 1860 BRINKROLF, Sophie 14 May 1854 10 Oct 1860 BURG, Wilhelmus 24 Jul 1855 21 Oct 1871 CRUZ, Antonio Fefugio 30 Nov 1872 CRUZ, Joseph 19 Mar 1870 12 Jun 1870 DECKER, Elizabeth Theresia 13 Feb 1850 09 Feb 1866 DEGEL, Maria 19 Jan 1861 3 years old DIETZ, Sophie 05 May 1852 08 Jul 1863 EDWARD, Frederick 31 Mar 1870 07 Nov 1870 EMMERSON, Peter Henry Robert 17 Feb 1871 14 Jun 1871 FEILER, Barbara 1803 06 Jun 1870 age 67 born in Germany FRIES, Anna Maria 08 May 1871 16 Sep 1872 FRIES, Baby 15 Apr 1870 15 Apr 1870 FRIES, Joseph 09 Oct 1839 23 Jan 1864 FRIES, Margaretha 13 Dec 1865 29 Dec 1865 FRITZ, Clara 07 Nov 1863 31 Sep 1864 FRITZ, Johann 182? Oct 28 186? FRITZ, Wilhelm 18 Nov 1871 12 Feb 1872 GENTEMANN, Cristina 01 Jul 1872 GENTEMANN, Jacob 30 Mar 1859 02 Jun 1860 HAHN, Anna 08 Apr 1872 04 Nov 1872 HARTMANN, Maria Anna can't read dates Picture HEINEMANN, Catharina 1803 18 May 1872 nee: Brodmann age 79 wife of Valentin HEINEMANN, Heinrich 17 Feb 1872 04 Nov 1872 s/o Martin and Maria Raulz Heinemann HEINEMANN, Valentin 1797 09 Mar 1873 see note 1 and note 2 HERBORT, Theresia 13 Aug 1865 age 64 Nee: Freitag See note 3 HERZOG, Joseph 1850 24 Oct 1870 age 20 native of Germany HULSE, John J. 10 Mar 1869 age 34 born in Florida JAKMUND, Ida 14 Nov 1870 06 Dec 1872 JENSCHKE, Aug. 02 Apr 1816 21 Mar 1866 JUNG, Anna Catherina 16 Nov 1871 23 Apr 1873 JUNG, Helena 19 Apr 1873 JUNG, John Arthur 08 Aug 1860 26 Feb 1870 Picture KELLER, Franciska 03 Jul 1857 28 Nov 1860 KELLER, Anna Maria 1788 Oct 28 1860 KIRSCHFINK, Moritz 22 Sep 1859 11 Oct 1860 KNOPP, Christian 06 Dec 1872 KNOPP, Elisa Margaratha 04 Feb 1874 17 Nov 1874 KNOPP, Mrs. John 26 Dec 1873 Eva age 68 KOEHLER, Franz 09 Dec 1856 17 Dec 1862 s/o Franz & Magdalena Koehler KOEHLER, Maria 22 Jan 1862 01 Jan 1863 d/o Franz & Magdalena Koehler KOEHLER, Sophie 12 Oct 1849 10 Jan 1861 d/o Franz & Magdalena Koehler KRAUS, Anton 10 Jul 1859 12 Sep 1860 s/o Anton & Elizabeth Kraus KRAUS, Wendelin I 01 May 1861 02 Oct 1862 s/o Christian & Anna Maria Kraus KRAUS, Wendelin II 20 Mar 1869 25 Oct 1870 s/o Christian & Anna Maria Kraus KRAUSKOPF, Alfred 1868 13 Nov 1872 KRIEGER, Frau 11 Oct 1865 KUNZ, Catharina 14 Nov 1868 19 Dec 1870 LANG, Albert Joseph 17 Nov 1871 06 Jan 1872 LANG, Louis Welhelm 26 Sep 1870 26 Sep 1870 LEYENDECKER, John Z. Jr. 02 Nov 1862 07 Nov 1862 s/o John Z. and Andrea Benavides Leyendecker LEYENDECKER, Margareta 20 Nov 1847 29 Dec 1869 LEYENDECKER, Maria Magdalena 1803 1873 Grossmutter - Tombstone in excellent shape but is very old MAIER, Mrs. Edward 22 Feb 1874 nee Louise Adela Van Der Stucken Age 36 See Note 8 MAIER, Florient 17 Jul 1869 17 Aug 1870 probably the d/o Edward and Louise Adela Maier MAURER, Joseph 15 July 1869 01 Aug 1874 MECKEL, Jacob 27 Mar 1860 18 Jul 1860 MENGES, Adam 21 Feb 1867 27 years old - s/o Anton John and Catherine Meurer Menges See Note 12 MENGES, Maria 24 Nov 1851 24 Jan 1874 d/o Anton and Catherine Meurer Menges MERZ, Maria 06 Apr 1868 12 Apr 1870 METZGER, Anna Catherine 13 May 1790 16 Jun 1861 nee: Leyendecker born in Germany METZGER, Anna Gertruda Jan 1821 Jan 1865 wife of Johann Metzger nee Stein METZGER, Anna Marie 26 Feb 1846 08 Feb 1865 murdered by indians - buried on 10 Feb 1865 METZGER, Friedrich 07 Nov 1780 09 Feb 1871 Listed in the 1850 Census with son Jacob See Note 1 and Note 11 METZGER, Jac. 1817 03 Aug 1862 s/o of Freidrich and Catherine Metzger. Died of typhoid fever. See Note 11 METZGER, Jacob 01 Jan 1852 10 Jul 1867 s/o John and Gertrude Metzger; was listed in the 1850 census. METZGER, John 09 Feb 1859 26 Oct 1860 s/o John & Gertrude Stein Metzger MEURER, Barbara probably wife of Johann nee Montzir See Note 9 MEURER, Catharine MEURER, Wilhelm 18 Nov 1871 05 Nov 1872 MITTEL, Franciscus 20 Jan 1863 24 Jun 1864 Probably s/o Wendelin and Marianne Mittle see Note 10 MITTEL, William 16 Oct 1822 17 Sep 1868 See Note 10 MORITZ, Edmund, Sr. 1864 38 Jahre-Alt 1860 Census MORITZ, Ferdinand 11 Jan 1858 23 Jul 1863 MORITZ, Minna 18 Dec 1859 02 Jun 1860 probably d/o of Edward and Anna (Metzger) Moritz PARADA, Antonio 21 Jan 1873 Born in Mexico PETSCH, Christian buried 09 Jan 1863 may be Christian listed in 1850 Census ROEDER, Jacob Picture 06 Oct 1812 26 Feb 1867 born in Berod, Nassau, Germany 1860 Census ROEDER, Maria 01 Dec 1859 16 Jan 1866 d/o Henry and Wilhelmine Roeder See note 7 ROSENBACH, Peter 05 Mar 1864 12 Jan 1865 Possiably the son of Gustav Rosenbach. SCHAETTER, Elisa no dates SCHANDUA, Elizabeth Aug 08 1851 Nov 28 1860 SCHANDUA, Katherina Dec 28 1858 Nov 25 1860 SCHMITZ, Frederick Edward MAr 31 1870 Nov 07 1870 SCHMITZ, Maria 1839 1865 nee: Kunz SCHMITZ, Peter 05 Jul 1865 06 Jul 1865 SCHMITZ, Wilhelm 26 Aug 1867 01 Nov 1867 SEIDER, Georg 1815 07 Dec 1869 age 44 born in Germany SPEIER, Baby 13 Mar 1873 13 Mar 1873 Born and Died same day SPEIER, Peter 07 May 1869 18 Jul 1869 s/o John and Anna (Petsch) Speier SPEIER, John 1803 19 Mar 1873 age 70 born in Germany See Note 5 STEHLING, Anna Maria 01 Feb 1861 18 Feb 1861 d/o Amandus and Barbara (Vogel) Stehling See Note 4 STEHLING, Gertrude 1851 1859 d/o of George and Margaretha (Fuchs) Stehling See Note 4 STEHLING, John I 16 Apr 1864 30 May 1864 s/o Amandus and Barbara (Vogel) Stehling STEHLING, Maria 1853 1860 d/0 of George and Margaretha (Fuchs) Stehling STEIN, Katherina 18 Nov 1834 19 Jun 1874 STEIN, Magadalena 16 Jun 1874 29 Jun 1874 STEIN, Martha Rosalia STUNKEL, Anna Maria Dorothea 05 Jan 1850 15 Apr 1864 See Note 6 WEINHEIMER, Elizabeth 1853 29 Oct 1863 d/o George and Eleonore Weinheimer listed in the 1860 census WILLBAUME, Joseph 16 May 1873 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unkown Unknown Unknown Note 1: 75th Year Jubilee of St. Mary's, Fredericksburg, Texas by Stephen E. Montgomery, Jr. Copyright @1995 pg. 12 lists the following members as being the first Catholic Families in Gillespie County in 1846 and were the ounders of the Catholic Parish. 1st Caravan : On May 08, 1846, Valentin Heinemann and family and Johann Klein and family. 2nd Caravan: Johann Meurer and his wife Barbara born Montzir, with their children: Margaretha, Catharina, Anna, Jacob, Susanna, Josef, Peter and Adam. 2nd Year: Johann Friedrich Metzger and family; Johann Metzger and wife Gertrud (nee Stein), and his borther Jacob, single; Widow Blank and son, Johann; Georg Weber, single; Christian Leyendecker with family; Jacob Weinheimer and family; the Besier family; the Christof Brinkrolf family; Johann Fritz family; Vogel family; Peter Berg, single. pg 29: Jakob Metzer died on 03 Aug 1963 Note 2: Valentin and wife, Catharina, had three children: Katharina, Martin and Maria. Katharina married Johann Blank and after his death married Anton Novian. Johann married Maria Raulz. Maria born 1842 died about 1850 as she was not listed in the 1850 census. Note 3: 1850 Census Theresia Herbort that is buried in this cemetery is the matriarch of the whole Herbort clan in Gillespie Co. every Herbort descendant comes from her three children...her husband died about ship on the way from Germany. They were the only Herbort's to settle in Gillespie. Faye Herbort Note 4: 1850 Census Amandaus Stehling marrie Barbara Vogel on Mar 20 1852. They had six other children: Magdalena; George; Christian; Adam; Margaretha; and John II. George Franz Stehling married Margaretha Fuchs in a civil ceremony in 1850. They had three other children: Catharina; Franz; and Joseph. Note 5: The Speier listed above is probably Johann Speiers father. Johann Speier married Anna Petsch on Apr 26 1865. He was listed in the 1860 census as Speyer living with his father Henry Speyer. Note 6: The book Bremer and their Kin in Germany and in Texas by Robert R. Robinson on pg 1396 mentions Johann Heinrich Conrad Stuenkel of Metel, Hannover accompanied by his wife Johanna and two children named Dietrich and Maria. Note 7: Found in the 1860 Census Note 8: Edward Maier and Adele van der Stucken were married on May 02 1860. Note 9: Barbara Meurer was 63 in the 1860 Census with son Peter 22 and son Adam 20. Spelled Monsieur in Pioneers in Gods Hills. Johann Adam Meurer married Margaretha Kunz on Nov 21 1867. Note 10: Listed in the 1860 census was Wendelin Mittel age 48 from Baden Germany. With wife Mariannne and son Joseph and daughter Marianne. Also listed in the Census is William Mittel age 36 from Baden with wife Margarethe and daughters Mary and Catherine and son Wendelin. In the 1850 census Wendelin had no children. and William was not listed. William Mittel married Margaretha Wuest on Sep 09 1858. Note 11: Fredericks wife was Catherine Leyendecker who was a relative of John Leyendecker. Fredericks wife died before 1850. Frederick and his wife were from Cadenbach, Germany. They immigrated with children Anna, Nann, Jacob and John. They arrived aboard the "Rigs" on Jan 04, 1846. Anna married Heinrich Jordan Sep 28 1847. Nann married a Teamster. Jacob married Anna Marie Trum in 1847. John's wife was Gertrude Stein. In 1853 Fredericks children; Peter and wife Anna and Anton and wife Katherine Metzger Baumann; arrived in New Orleans and came to Gillespie County. Daughter of Peter; Catherine and Anna; were attacked by indians. Catherine was murdered and Anna was taken captive. She managed to escape and was reunited with her family. There may be some Trum family members in this cemetery as they died before Anna Marie married Jacob. One reference said that Fredericks wife died in 1850 but she was in both the 1850 and 1860 Census with her daughter Anna and husband Heinrich Jordan and may be the Elizabeth Catherine Metzger who is buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery who died in 1875. Note 12: George Menges Maria Barbara Monsieur Meurer is my gg grandmother. She was born on September 29, 1801 in Grüninger, Germany. Her parents were Herman Joseph Monsieur and Maria Barbara Kochlein. She married Johann Meurer on April 1, 1823 at Heiligenroth bei Montabaur, Germany. She died December 26, 1862 at Fredericksburg. Catherine Louisa Meurer was born April 10, 1863 to Peter Blasius Meurer and Anna Maria Josephine Kunz. She died on February 16, 1869 at Fredericksburg. I do not have any Wilhelm Meurer listed. I do have a Wilhemina Meurer with the same dates of birth and death being born to Adam Meurer and Margareth Kunz. She was baptized on December 7, 1871 at St. Mary's Church. The husband of Barbara Meurer and three of their children died in 1848. The children who died were Johann Jacob, born October 14, 1829. Susanna, born March 6, 1832. and Joseph, born in 1833. All were born in Heiligenroth bei Montabaur, Germany. Margaretha Meurer Schandua died in 1849 during the childbirth of her first child. The child also died. Her husband was Peter Schandua. Most of the information came from micro-film tapes that I have on permanent loan at the FHC of the Mormon Church here in Slidell.