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Family Group Sheet
Subject:
Michel
GROFF
Birth: __ Jun 1821 Munwiller, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.1
Passport: __ Sep 1851 Munwiller, Haut Rhin, Alsace,
France.2
Immigratn:
26 Nov 1851 New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Havre Sep 1851 on the
"State of Maine."3
Marriage: 20 Jun 1852 Medina County, Texas.4
Census: __ ___ 1854 St Louis Catholic Church,
Castroville, Medina County; family #27 (2 children).5
Census: __ ___ 1860 Bexar County, Texas;
household #2608 Castroville.6
Natlzation:
19 May 1860 Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 76 (grant).7
Voter Reg:
2 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court; Remarks:
Removed to Bexar Co.8
Census: __ ___ 1880 Medina County, Texas;
household #192 Precinct 1.9
Occupation: __ ___ 1880 Medina County, Texas; farmer.9
Death: 17 Nov 1897 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 19 Nov 1897 St Louis Catholic Cemetery,
Castroville, Medina County.10
Father:
Mother:
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Spouse:
Marie Anne
GSELL
Birth: 30 Nov 1832 Oberentzen, Haut Rhin,
Alsace, France.11
Immigratn:
29 May 1844 (w); Jean Michel GSELL and Catherine HABY; Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."
Traveling with Michel were his wife, Catherine, children--Xavier, Marie
Anne, Therese and Andre, and Catherine's children from her marriage to
Blaise Meyer Sr--Catherine, Blaise Jr, Josephine and Marie Anne.12
Death: 29 Aug 1914 Castroville, Medina County,
Texas.13
Burial: 29 Aug 1914 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
Father: Jean
Michel GSELL (12 Feb 1807-14 Jul 1844)
Mother: Anne
Marie MATHIAS (-7 Dec 1838)
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Ten Known Children
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M
John Michael GROFF
Birth: 1 Feb 1854 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Bexar County, Texas; household #2608 Castroville.6
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M
Jacob GROFF
Birth: 6 Apr 1856 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Bexar County, Texas; household #2608 Castroville.6
Marriage: 18 Feb 1879 Mary Anna SCHNEIDER (6 Dec
1858-1 Feb 1944), daughter of Francois Antoine SCHNEIDER and Catherine AHR;
St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 1 May 1925 Castroville, Medina County,
Texas.13
Burial: 2 May 1925 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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M
John Claud GROFF
Birth: 16 Dec 1857 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Bexar County, Texas; household #2608 Castroville.6
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F
Catherine Mary GROFF
Birth: 18 Sep 1859 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Bexar County, Texas; household #2608 Castroville.6
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Medina County, Texas; household #192 Precinct 1.9
Marriage: 7 Nov 1882 John Baptist AHR (23 Jul
1860- ), son of Etienne AHR and Anne Marie BILHARTZ; St Louis
Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
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F
Mary Magdalena GROFF
Birth: 6 Aug 1861 Medina County, Texas.10
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M
Peter GROFF
Birth: circa __ ___ 1864 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Medina County, Texas; household #192 Precinct 1.9
Marriage: 13 Jul 1898 Mary Gertrude TSCHIRHART (31
Aug 1879-27 Nov 1941), daughter of Edward Edgar TSCHIRHART and Mary
Catherine JUNGMANN; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
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M
Francis Joseph GROFF
Birth: 6 Aug 1866 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.13
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Medina County, Texas; household #192 Precinct 1.9
Marriage: 29 Mar 1910 Elizabeth Catherine BARTZ (7
Aug 1852-9 Oct 1939), daughter of Adam BARTZ and Caroline ZIMMERMANN; St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
Death: 28 Aug 1933 Castroville, Medina County,
Texas.13
Burial: 30 Aug 1933 San Fernando Cemetery, San
Antonio, Bexar County.13
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M
Emil GROFF
Birth: 7 Jun 1868 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Medina County, Texas; household #192 Precinct 1.9
Death: 1 Jul 1888 Medina County, Texas.10
Burial: 2 Jul 1888 St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10
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M
Louis GROFF
Birth: 10 Jul 1870 Medina County, Texas.10
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Medina County, Texas; household #192 Precinct 1.9
Marriage: 29 Nov 1906 Emma VANN (1869- ); St
Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.10
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M
August GROFF
Birth: 3 Aug 1873 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas.13
Census: __ ___ 1880 (w); Michel GROFF and Marie
Anne GSELL; Medina County, Texas; household #192 Precinct 1.9
Death: 21 Jul 1948 San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas.13
Burial: __ ___ ____ City Cemetery #1, San
Antonio, Bexar County.14
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Endnotes
1.
LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Cem.
2.
Nicole Fouche, compiler, Retrouvez Votre Cousin d'Amerique (n.p.:
n.pub.). Hereinafter cited as Cousin d'Amerique.
3.
Multiple entry; Samuel Dyer, Cornelia, State of Maine, Atala and Zanon
Passenger List; in Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans,
Louisiana, 1820-1902; M-259 (n.p.: U. S. National Archives), Roll No.
34.
4.
Calvin D Foster, compiler, Marriage License Book D, Medina County, Texas
(San Antonio, Texas: Our Heritage, 1978). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co
Marrs Bk D.
5.
Ted Gittinger, Connie Rihn, Roberta Haby and Charlene Snavely, compiler,
St Louis Church, Castroville, Texas (San Antonio, Texas: Graphic Arts,
1973). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church.
6.
Heritage Quest, 1860 Census of Bexar County, Texas., CD-ROM (Sierra
OnLine: Generations Archives), Bexar County. Hereinafter cited as 1860
Census - Bexar.
7.
WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA:
Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn.
8.
Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and
Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as
"Voters-Medina County."
9.
Family Quest, 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas.,
CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1880
Census.
10.
LDS Microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina
County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Church Gedcom.
11.
Family History Library, Oberentzen Births 1820-1862, Marriages 1793-1862,
Roll #720078, Family History Library, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Hereinafter cited as Oberentzen b. 1820-1862 m. 1793-1862.
12.
Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County,
Texas.
13.
Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.
14.
Frances T Ingmire, compiler, Bexar County, Texas Selected Cemeteries
(Early Burials) (St Louis Missouri: Frances T Ingmire, 1985).
Hereinafter cited as Bexar Cems. |
