Old Catholic or Pioneer Cemetery
Gillespie County, Texas
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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 <fherbort@moment.net> and Cynthia Phillips
<cynthiap@ktc.com> 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 <gmenges@bellsouth.net>
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.