Old Catholic or Pioneer Cemetery

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 <[email protected]> and Cynthia Phillips <[email protected]> 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 Donna Schulte Loth

NAME	BIRTHDATE	DEATHDATE	COMMENTS	Picture
BECKER, Franz	1827	27 Aug 1873		Picture
BERG, Jacob		04 Apr 1862	Killed by indians	Picture
BIRDSHELL, Elisabeth	01 Aug 1872	01 Oct 1872		Picture
BRINKROLF, Maria	09 Sep 1849	24 Oct 1860		Picture
BRINKROLF, Sophie	14 May 1854	10 Oct 1860		Picture
BURG, Wilhelmus	24 Jul 1855	21 Oct 1871		Picture
CRUZ, Antonio Fefugio		30 Nov 1872		Picture
CRUZ, Joseph	19 Mar 1870	12 Jun 1870		Picture
DECKER, Elizabeth Theresia	13 Feb 1850	09 Feb 1866		Picture
DEGEL, Maria		19 Jan 1861	3 years old	Picture
DIETZ, Sophie	05 May 1852	08 Jul 1863		Picture
EDWARD, Frederick	31 Mar 1870	07 Nov 1870
EMMERSON, Peter Henry Robert	17 Feb 1871	14 Jun 1871		Picture
FEILER, Barbara	1803	06 Jun 1870	age 67 born in Germany	Picture
FRIES, Anna Maria	08 May 1871	16 Sep 1872		Picture
FRIES, Baby	15 Apr 1870	15 Apr 1870		Picture
FRIES, Joseph	09 Oct 1839	23 Jan 1864		Picture
FRIES, Margaretha	13 Dec 1865	29 Dec 1865		Picture
FRITZ, Clara	07 Nov 1863	31 Sep 1864		Picture
FRITZ, Johann	182?	Oct 28 186?
FRITZ, Wilhelm	18 Nov 1871	12 Feb 1872		Picture
GENTEMANN, Cristina	01 Jul 1872			Picture
GENTEMANN, Jacob	30 Mar 1859	02 Jun 1860		Picture
HAHN, Anna	08 Apr 1872	04 Nov 1872		Picture
HARTMANN, Maria Anna			can't read dates Picture	Picture
HEINEMANN, Catharina	1803	18 May 1872	nee: Brodmann age 79 wife of Valentin	Picture
HEINEMANN, Heinrich	17 Feb 1872	04 Nov 1872	s/o Martin and Maria Raulz Heinemann	Picture
HEINEMANN, Valentin	1797	09 Mar 1873	see note 1 and note 2	Picture
HERBORT, Theresia		13 Aug 1865	age 64 Nee: Freitag See note 3	Picture
HERZOG, Joseph	1850	24 Oct 1870	age 20 native of Germany	Picture
HULSE, John J.		10 Mar 1869	age 34 born in Florida	Picture
JAKMUND, Ida	14 Nov 1870	06 Dec 1872		Picture
JENSCHKE, Aug.	02 Apr 1816	21 Mar 1866		Picture
JUNG, Anna Catherina	16 Nov 1871	23 Apr 1873		Picture
JUNG, Helena		19 Apr 1873		Picture
JUNG, John Arthur	08 Aug 1860	26 Feb 1870	Picture	Picture
KELLER, Franciska	03 Jul 1857	28 Nov 1860		Picture
KELLER, Anna Maria	1788	Oct 28 1860		Picture
KIRSCHFINK, Moritz	22 Sep 1859	11 Oct 1860		Picture
KNOPP, Christian		06 Dec 1872		Picture
KNOPP, Elisa Margaratha	04 Feb 1874	17 Nov 1874		Picture
KNOPP, Mrs. John		26 Dec 1873	Eva age 68	Picture
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	Picture
KRAUS, Anton	10 Jul 1859	12 Sep 1860	s/o Anton & Elizabeth Kraus	Picture
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	Picture
KRAUSKOPF, Alfred	1868	13 Nov 1872		Picture
KRIEGER, Frau		11 Oct 1865		Picture
KUNZ, Catharina	14 Nov 1868	19 Dec 1870		Picture
LANG, Albert Joseph	17 Nov 1871	06 Jan 1872		Picture
LANG, Louis Welhelm	26 Sep 1870	26 Sep 1870		Picture
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		Picture
LEYENDECKER, Maria Magdalena	1803	1873	Grossmutter - Tombstone in excellent shape but is very old	Picture
MAIER, Mrs. Edward		22 Feb 1874	nee Louise Adela Van Der Stucken Age 36 See Note 8	Picture
MAIER, Florient	17 Jul 1869	17 Aug 1870	probably the d/o Edward and Louise Adela Maier	Picture
MAURER, Joseph	15 July 1869	01 Aug 1874		Picture
MECKEL, Jacob	27 Mar 1860	18 Jul 1860		Picture
MENGES, Adam		21 Feb 1867	27 years old - s/o Anton John and Catherine Meurer Menges See Note 12	Picture Picture
MENGES, Maria	24 Nov 1851	24 Jan 1874	d/o Anton and Catherine Meurer Menges	Picture
MERZ, Maria	06 Apr 1868	12 Apr 1870		Picture
METZGER, Anna Catherine	13 May 1790	16 Jun 1861	nee: Leyendecker born in Germany	Picture
METZGER, Anna Gertruda	Jan 1821	Jan 1865	wife of Johann Metzger nee Stein	Picture
METZGER, Anna Marie	26 Feb 1846	08 Feb 1865	murdered by indians - buried on 10 Feb 1865	Picture
METZGER, Friedrich	07 Nov 1780	09 Feb 1871	Listed in the 1850 Census with son Jacob See Note 1 and Note 11	Picture
METZGER, Jac.	1817	03 Aug 1862	s/o of Freidrich and Catherine Metzger. Died of typhoid fever. See Note 11	Picture
METZGER, Jacob	01 Jan 1852	10 Jul 1867	s/o John and Gertrude Metzger; was listed in the 1850 census.	Picture
METZGER, John	09 Feb 1859	26 Oct 1860	s/o John & Gertrude Stein Metzger	Picture
MEURER, Barbara			probably wife of Johann nee Montzir See Note 9	Picture
MEURER, Catharine				Picture
MEURER, Wilhelm	18 Nov 1871	05 Nov 1872		Picture
MITTEL, Franciscus	20 Jan 1863	24 Jun 1864	Probably s/o Wendelin and Marianne Mittle see Note 10	Picture
MITTEL, William	16 Oct 1822	17 Sep 1868	See Note 10	Picture
MORITZ, Edmund, Sr.		1864	38 Jahre-Alt 1860 Census	Picture
MORITZ, Ferdinand	11 Jan 1858	23 Jul 1863		Picture
MORITZ, Minna	18 Dec 1859	02 Jun 1860	probably d/o of Edward and Anna (Metzger) Moritz	Picture
PARADA, Antonio		21 Jan 1873	Born in Mexico	Picture
PETSCH, Christian			buried 09 Jan 1863 may be Christian listed in 1850 Census	Picture
ROEDER, Jacob Picture	06 Oct 1812	26 Feb 1867	born in Berod, Nassau, Germany 1860 Census	Picture
ROEDER, Maria	01 Dec 1859	16 Jan 1866	d/o Henry and Wilhelmine Roeder See note 7	Picture
ROSENBACH, Peter	05 Mar 1864	12 Jan 1865	Possiably the son of Gustav Rosenbach.	Picture
SCHAETTER, Elisa			no dates	Picture
SCHANDUA, Elizabeth	Aug 08 1851	Nov 28 1860		Picture
SCHANDUA, Katherina	Dec 28 1858	Nov 25 1860		Picture
SCHMITZ, Frederick Edward	MAr 31 1870	Nov 07 1870		Picture
SCHMITZ, Maria	1839	1865	nee: Kunz	Picture
SCHMITZ, Peter	05 Jul 1865	06 Jul 1865		Picture
SCHMITZ, Wilhelm	26 Aug 1867	01 Nov 1867		Picture
SEIDER, Georg	1815	07 Dec 1869	age 44 born in Germany	Picture
SPEIER, Baby	13 Mar 1873	13 Mar 1873	Born and Died same day	Picture
SPEIER, Peter	07 May 1869	18 Jul 1869	s/o John and Anna (Petsch) Speier	Picture
SPEIER, John	1803	19 Mar 1873	age 70 born in Germany See Note 5	Picture
STEHLING, Anna Maria	01 Feb 1861	18 Feb 1861	d/o Amandus and Barbara (Vogel) Stehling See Note 4	Picture
STEHLING, Gertrude	1851	1859	d/o of George and Margaretha (Fuchs) Stehling See Note 4	Picture
STEHLING, John I	16 Apr 1864	30 May 1864	s/o Amandus and Barbara (Vogel) Stehling	Picture
STEHLING, Maria	1853	1860	d/0 of George and Margaretha (Fuchs) Stehling	Picture
STEIN, Katherina	18 Nov 1834	19 Jun 1874		Picture
STEIN, Magadalena	16 Jun 1874	29 Jun 1874		Picture
STEIN, Martha Rosalia				Picture
STUNKEL, Anna Maria Dorothea	05 Jan 1850	15 Apr 1864	See Note 6	Picture
WEINHEIMER, Elizabeth	1853	29 Oct 1863	d/o George and Eleonore Weinheimer listed in the 1860 census	Picture
WILLBAUME, Joseph		16 May 1873		Picture
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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. 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 <[email protected]>

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.

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