Family Group Sheet Subject: Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN Birth: 8 Oct 1808 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.1 Marriage: 24 Sep 1829 Holtrop, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Immigratn: circa __ ___ 1856 New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas; household #344 New Fountain.4 Census: __ ___ 1870 Medina County, Texas; household #178 New Fountain.5 Death: 7 Nov 1900 Medina County, Texas.1 Burial: __ ___ ____ Scweers Family Cemetery, Quihi, Medina County.1 Father: Hinrich Harms BALZEN (21 Apr 1758-1824) Mother: Trintje SCHWEER (1766-Feb 1846) __________________________________________________________________________ Spouse: Zeda HEYEN Birth: 14 Sep 1808 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Death: 17 Jul 1879 Medina County, Texas.1 Burial: __ ___ ____ Scweers Family Cemetery, Quihi, Medina County.1 Father: Mother: __________________________________________________________________________ Eight Known Children __________________________________________________________________________ F Trentje SCHWEERS Birth: 13 Dec 1829 Velde, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Death: 2 Jan 1830 Velde, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 __________________________________________________________________________ M Hinrich Balzen SCHWEERS Birth: 29 Apr 1832 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Immigratn: __ ___ 1856 New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Marriage: 8 May 1858 Johanna F MUENNINK (24 Jun 1842-1 Feb 1917), daughter of Friedrich MUENNINK and Antje Frieden SCHOON; Medina County, Texas.6 Daughter: 3 Apr 1860 Zeda SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Census: __ ___ 1860 Johanna F MUENNINK (24 Jun 1842-1 Feb 1917); Medina County, Texas; household #339 New Fountain.4 Son: 25 Nov 1863 Frederick SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.7 Son: 21 Feb 1864 John SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Daughter: 25 Nov 1866 Annie SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Daughter: 14 Oct 1868 Katherine SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Census: __ ___ 1870 Johanna F MUENNINK (24 Jun 1842-1 Feb 1917); Medina County, Texas; household #177 New Fountain.5 Daughter: 1 Oct 1870 Louisa SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Daughter: 29 Aug 1872 Jane SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Natlzation: 11 Oct 1873 Medina County, Texas; Dist Cg Min No 3, p 455.8 Daughter: 6 Jan 1874 Minnie SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Son: 12 Jun 1875 Henry SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Son: 16 Apr 1879 William Henry SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Daughter: 12 Feb 1881 Rica SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Daughter: 29 Jan 1884 Emma SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Daughter: 25 Oct 1886 Hulda SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.3 Daughter: 5 Mar 1890 Ida SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Death: 4 Apr 1923 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.7 Burial: __ ___ ____ New Fountain Methodist Cemetery, Medina County.1 __________________________________________________________________________ M Heyo Balzen SCHWEERS Birth: 31 Dec 1836 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.1 Immigratn: __ ___ 1856 New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN and Zeda HEYEN; Medina County, Texas; household #344 New Fountain.4 Marriage: 2 Sep 1865 Johanna Margaretha SCHLUENTZ (22 Dec 1848-4 May 1927), daughter of David Detlef SCHLUENTZ and Christina Elisabeth SCHUDE; Medina County, Texas.6 Son: 2 Sep 1866 John H SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.7 Daughter: 22 Sep 1868 Christina SCHWEERS; 3 Natlzation: 25 Nov 1869 Medina County, Texas; Com Ct Min No 3, p 16 (grant).8 Census: __ ___ 1870 Johanna Margaretha SCHLUENTZ (22 Dec 1848-4 May 1927); Medina County, Texas; household #179 New Fountain.5 Daughter: 31 Mar 1871 Zeda SCHWEERS; 3 Daughter: 9 Mar 1873 Julia SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.7 Daughter: 24 Jul 1877 Lena SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Son: 16 Aug 1879 Louis SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.7 Daughter: 3 Dec 1881 Annie SCHWEERS; 3 Son: 27 Feb 1884 Frank H SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.7 Daughter: 26 Jun 1886 Ida SCHWEERS; 1 Son: 12 Jan 1889 Otto SCHWEERS; 3 Burial: __ ___ ____ Oakwood Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County.1 Death: 29 Dec 1919 Hondo, Medina County, Texas.7 __________________________________________________________________________ F Trintje Katherina BALZEN Birth: 30 Aug 1839 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Immigratn: circa __ ___ 1856 (w); Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN and Zeda HEYEN; New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Marriage: 22 Aug 1856 Mimke Mimken SAATHOFF (10 Feb 1839-19 Nov 1902), son of Mimke Mimken SAATHOFF and Antje DIRKS; Medina County, Texas.6 Son: __ ___ 1857 Mimke SAATHOFF; Medina County, Texas.2 Daughter: 10 Nov 1858 Antje Mimken SAATHOFF; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1 Son: 14 Jun 1861 Johann SAATHOFF; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1 Daughter: 17 Dec 1863 Zeda SAATHOFF; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1 Son: 8 May 1868 Henrich George SAATHOFF; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1 Death: 19 Nov 1902 Medina County, Texas.2 __________________________________________________________________________ M Wilhelm Balzen SCHWEERS Birth: 11 Jan 1843 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Immigratn: circa __ ___ 1856 (w); Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN and Zeda HEYEN; New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Census: __ ___ 1860 (w); Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN and Zeda HEYEN; Medina County, Texas; household #344 New Fountain.4 Marriage: 2 Feb 1865 Elisebeth MUENNINK (15 Mar 1849-4 Jul 1910), daughter of Friedrich MUENNINK and Antje Frieden SCHOON; Medina County, Texas.6 Son: 7 Aug 1865 John W SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Daughter: 31 Jan 1867 Anna Maria SCHWEERS; Medina County, Texas.1 Death: 1 Jun 1913 Medina County, Texas.1 Burial: __ ___ ____ Scweers Family Cemetery, Quihi, Medina County.1 __________________________________________________________________________ M Harms SCHWEERS Birth: 12 Jan 1847 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Death: 19 Apr 1851 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 __________________________________________________________________________ F Antje SCHWEERS Birth: 25 Nov 1850 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Immigratn: circa __ ___ 1856 (w); Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN and Zeda HEYEN; New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Death: __ ___ 1856 as the ship docked in New Orleans.9 __________________________________________________________________________ M Harm Schweers BALZEN Birth: 11 Apr 1854 Akelsbarg, Ost Friesland, Niedersachen, Germany.2 Immigratn: circa __ ___ 1856 (w); Schweer Hinrichs BALZEN and Zeda HEYEN; New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Death: __ ___ 1856 as the ship docked in New Orleans.9 __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina. 2. Paul Adams Genealogy, online http://www.summitsoftware.com/pwa/Genealogy. Hereinafter cited as Paul Adams. 3. Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co. 4. Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census. 5. Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census. 6. 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. 7. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. 8. WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA: Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn. 9. W. N. Saathoff, "A Family Reunion," Branches and Acorns, No 1, Volume XXI (Sep 2005). Hereinafter cited as "Schweers Reunion." | 
