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Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Louis
FRITZ
Sr
Birth: circa __ ___ 1802 Bretten, Haut Rhin, Alsace,
France.1
Occupation: __ ___ 1844 Bretten, Haut Rhin, Alsace,
France; carpenter.1
Passport: 21 Oct 1844 Bretten, Haut Rhin, Alsace,
France; # 8:1548.2
Immigratn:
__ Jan 1845 Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas; departing Antwerp 19 Dec
1844 on the "Norwegian."3
Marriage:
after __ ___ 1845 Texas.4
Census: __ ___ 1850 Victoria County, Texas;
household #128 Victoria.5
Deed: 14 Apr 1862 Medina County, Texas; File
4607, Section 463 (Abstract 396) 640 acres; Grantee - Louis Fritz. Patentee
- Louis Fritz. CC Cert. #44.6
Father:
Mother:
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Spouse:
Catherine
WANTZ
Birth: 25 Nov 1819 Offendorf, Bas Rhin,
Alsace, France.7
Death: 26 Dec 1888 Victoria County, Texas.8
Father: Ignace
WANTZ (31 Jan 1796-1859)
Mother:
Francoise HILD (-1832)
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Two
Known Children
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F Catherine
FRITZ
Birth: __ ___ 1850 Texas.8
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Louis FRITZ Sr and
Catherine WANTZ; Victoria County, Texas; household #128 Victoria.5
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M Louis A FRITZ
Birth: 30 Aug 1854 Victoria County, Texas.8
Death: 11 Jan 1948 Victoria County, Texas.8
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Rosa Mary SITTERLE (28 Jun
1858-25 Dec 1923), daughter of Stephen SITTERLE and Anna KEHL8
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Endnotes
1.
Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, compiler, The Alsace Emigration Book
Volume I (n.p.: Closson Press, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Alsace Em
Bk I.
2.
Clifford Neal Smith, compiler, Emigrants from France (Haut-Rhin
Department) to America, Part 1: 1837-1844 (McNeal, Arizona: Westland
Publications, 1986). Hereinafter cited as Emigrants from France.
3.
Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County,
Texas.
4.
Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
5.
Multiple, 1850 Federal Census for Texas, Houston, Harris County, Texas,
Clayton Library for Genealogical Research Roll # M-908, M-910, M-913,
M-916.
6.
Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
7.
International Genealogical Index Files, online www.familysearch.org.
Hereinafter cited as IGI.
8.
Victoria County Genealogical Society, compiler, The History and Heritage
of Victoria County (Victoria,Texas: Victoria County Genealogical
Society, 2000). Hereinafter cited as Victoria Co Hist. |
