Family Group Sheet Subject: Dr George Charles CUPPLES Birth: 13 Oct 1815 Lugerwood Manse, Berwick, Scotland.1 Marriage: before __ ___ 1844 Alexia BOURLAND (circa 1820- ); Paris, Ile-de-France, France.1 Immigratn: 8 Apr 1844 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."2 Document: 12 Sep 1844 Castroville, Medina County, Texas; signor of the document that named and founded the town.3 Census: __ ___ 1850 Bexar County, Texas.4 Deed: 11 Mar 1854 Medina County, Texas; File 1518, Section 6 (Abstract 241) and 21 (Abstract 242) 640 acres; Grantee - George Cupples. Patentee - George Cupples. CC Cert. #1.5 Marriage: 18 Jun 1874 Laura L (nee ?) SHEAHAN (14 Nov 1837-14 Dec 1903); Bexar County, Texas.6 Death: 19 Apr 1895 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.1 Burial: __ ___ ____ San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.1 Father: Robert CUPPLES Mother: Camelia ? __________________________________________________________________________ Spouse: Alexia BOURLAND Birth: circa __ ___ 1820 Belgium.7 Father: Mother: __________________________________________________________________________ One Known Child __________________________________________________________________________ M Robert CUPPLES Birth: circa __ ___ 1838 England.4 Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Dr George Charles CUPPLES and Alexia BOURLAND; Bexar County, Texas.4 __________________________________________________________________________ 2nd Spouse: Laura L (nee ?) SHEAHAN Birth: 14 Nov 1837 8 Death: 14 Dec 1903 Bexar County, Texas.8 Burial: __ ___ ____ San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County.8 Father: Mother: __________________________________________________________________________ No Known Children __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. Dr R Maurice Hood, editor, Early Texas Physicians (Austin, Texas: State House Press, 1999). Hereinafter cited as Texas Physicians. 2. Lyons, Louis Phillipe, Jean Key and Heinrich, Ship Passenger Lists, 1843 departures, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 3. A J Sowell, compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers. 4. Multiple, 1850 Federal Census for Texas, Houston, Harris County, Texas, Clayton Library for Genealogical Research Roll # M-908, M-910, M-913, M-916. 5. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 6. San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society, compiler, Marriages of Bexar County, Texas Books E & F Aug 27 1866 - May 29 1879 (San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society, 1998). Hereinafter cited as Marrs - Bexar Co E, F. 7. Multiple, 1860 Federal Census for Texas,, Clayton Library for Genealogical Research M-653. 8. Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society, compiler, San Fernando Cemetery No. 1, Volume I, History & Tombstone Index (San Antonio, Texas: Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society, 1993). Hereinafter cited as San Fernando Cem #1. | 
