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Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Simon
FEST
Birth: 26 Oct 1826 Hirtzfelden, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Passport: 21 Sep 1846 Hirtzfelden, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France; # 8:3146.2
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov
1846 on the "Schanunga."3
Marriage: 6 Jul 1848 St Louis Catholic Church,
Castroville, Medina County.1
Deed: 2 Jan 1855 Medina County, Texas; File
1995, Section 473 (Abstract 393) 640 acres; Grantee - Simon Fest. Patentee
- Simon Fest. CC Cert. #282.4
Census: __ ___ 1860 Atascosa County, Texas;
household #26.5
Death: 13 Nov 1899 Bexar County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.1
Father:
Francois Antoine FEST (Jan 1779-26 Oct 1839)
Mother:
Catherine LITSCHGI (Jul 1786- )
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Spouse:
Marie Anne
BIHL
Birth: 16 Apr 1826 Hirtzfelden, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Immigratn:
1 Jan 1847 Jean Michel BIHL (16 Jun 1796-circa 1852); Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 15 Nov 1846 on the "Schanunga."3
Death: 4 Oct 1888 San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas.1
Father: Jean
Michel BIHL (16 Jun 1796-circa 1852)
Mother: Therese
STROSSER (23 Oct 1798-16 Nov 1873)
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Six
Known Children
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M Simon FEST
Birth: 17 Jul 1849 Atascosa County, Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Simon FEST and Marie
Anne BIHL; Atascosa County, Texas; household #26.5
Marriage: 16 Jun 1871 Mary Ann KELLER (9 Dec 1849-4
Dec 1933), daughter of Francois Joseph KELLER and Anne Marie MANN; Bexar
County, Texas.6
Death: 31 Jan 1893 San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.1
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F Caroline
FEST
Birth: __ ___ 1851 Texas.5
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Simon FEST and Marie
Anne BIHL; Atascosa County, Texas; household #26.5
Marriage: 25 Oct 1869 Fred F MILLER (1845-
); Bexar County, Texas.6
Death: __ ___ 1876
1
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F Mary FEST
Birth: __ ___ 1854 Texas.5
Marriage: 28 Sep 1872 Louis KUNKEL; Bexar County,
Texas.6
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.1
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M Henry FEST
Birth: 9 May 1856 Atascosa County, Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Simon FEST and Marie
Anne BIHL; Atascosa County, Texas; household #26.5
Marriage: 22 Sep 1877 Bertha FISCHER (1859-
); Bexar County, Texas.6
Death: 1 Feb 1938 Bexar County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.1
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M Edward FEST
Birth: 9 Mar 1860 Atascosa County, Texas.1
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Simon FEST and Marie
Anne BIHL; Atascosa County, Texas; household #26.5
Death: 30 Apr 1883 Bexar County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.1
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F Louise FEST
Birth: __ ___ 1871 Texas.1
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Endnotes
1.
Bob Wilson, "Bihl, Fest and Strosser families," e-mail message from
[email protected] to Margaret Simpson, August 23, 2001. Hereinafter
cited as "Bihl, Fest, Strosser."
2.
Clifford Neal Smith, compiler, Emigrants from France (Haut Rhin
Department) to America Part 2: 1845-1847 (McNeal, Arizona: Westland
Publications, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Emigrnts from France 2.
3.
Talisman, Diamont and Schanunga, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1846, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
4.
Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
5.
Heritage Quest, 1860 Census of Atascosa and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (Sierra OnLine: Generations Archives), Atascosa County. Hereinafter
cited as 1860 Census - Atascosa.
6.
San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society, compiler, Marriages of
Bexar County, Texas Books E & F Aug 27 1866 - May 29 1879 (San Antonio,
Texas: San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society, 1998). Hereinafter
cited as Marrs - Bexar Co E, F. |
