Waldeck

Waldeck lies about fourteen miles north of La Grange on the La Grange-Ledbetter road. The country is black land and post-oak. The population is German. It is a voting precinct of the county and a post office. It consists of a store, a saloon, a gin, a blacksmith shop and a Lutheran church, of which Rev. Chas. Baer is pastor. Old settlers: Fritz Weber, Friedrich Schuhmann, A. F. Dornwell, ___ Meiners, Traugott Sommer, Gerh. Albers, (deceased), Carl Schuhmann, (deceased), Dietrich Ahlrich.

Paul Schuhmann Home

Paul and Anna Albers Schuhmann and their daughter Sidone in front of their Waldeck home. Paul was a farmer and a musician who played in the Schuhmann Band.

 

Gustav Schuhmann Home Gustav and Caroline Albers Schuhmann with their children, Alma, Walter and John, in front of their Waldeck home about 1894. Gustav was born in Waldeck and ran a store in Walhalla before moving to Rowena in West Texas in 1899 and starting other businesses.

Minna and Pastor Carl Baer Contributed by Sabra Sauer

  All Waldeck area photos exept church and photo of Pastor and Mrs. Baer were contributed by Sidney Schuhmann Levesque.

Historical Marker

Waldeck Evangelical Lutheran Church Intersection of FM 2145 and FM 1291 Before 1900, the German families of Waldeck, once called Long Prairie, were served by German-speaking Methodist missionaries; by 1885, a congregation had organized. In December 1899, the Rev. August Wenzel led local Lutherans in starting a new congregation, which organized as Waldeck Evangelical Lutheran Zion. Pastor Carl Baer became the church's first salaried minister. The congregation met in the Waldeck schoolhouse until 1926, when it bought the Methodist Episcopal sanctuary from the declining neighbor congregation at this site. By that time, the Lutheran church offered Sunday school classes. Within a few decades, it also celebrated with church picnics, programs and community services, all of which continue today. (2003)

Waldeck Area People

Schuhmann Band Paul, Emil and Gustav Schuhmann of Waldeck. Paul and Gustav were brothers. Emil was their first cousin. The band played at the dedication of the Texas State Capitol in 1883.	Anna Albers Schuhmann 1863-1932 The daughter of Gerhard Albers and Helene Ahlrich, Anna married Paul Schuhmann and they had eight children.	Hedwig and Selma Schuhmann Daughters of Paul and Anna Albers Schuhmann. Hedwig married Max F. Zapp. Selma married William Richard Frenzel.
John, Walter and Alma Schuhmann children of Gustav and Caroline Albers Schuhmann, about 1890	Leonda Schuhmann Leonda was born in Nechanitz in 1879 to G. Friedrich Schuhmann, Jr. She married Anton Matejowsky, the son of Wenzel Matejowsky and Christiana Dietrich, in 1897. Leonda and Anton later moved to Rowena in West Texas along with her family.	Eduard and Wilhelmine Schuhmann Wenzel Wilhelmine was the daughter of Carl Schuhmann. Her first husband, Carl Kreidel, was killed in the Civil War. Eduard was an active member of the Waldeck Evangelical Lutheran Church. They had seven children.
Alma Wenzel	Miss Draube	Lenna Giers [Guehrs?]
William Cassens	Louis Schwartz	Alvina Pfluger Speckles
Friends or Relatives of the Schuhmann or Albers Families of Waldeck Please contact Sidney Levesque if you can identify these photos.
Contact Rox Ann Johnson if you have old photographs you would like to contribute.

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