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Subject:           Leonhard Esser

Birth:                         circa __ ___ 1806    Prussia, Germany.1

Marriage:                before __ ___ 1850    2

Immigratn:              before __ ___ 1850    3

Census:                             __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; household #21 D'Hanis.3

Deed:                                 4 Feb 1851    Medina County, Texas; File 924, Sections 154 (Abstract 357), 155 (Abstract 358), 156 (Abstract 359) and 157 (Abstract 360) 640 acres; Grantee - Leonhard Esser.  Patentee - Leonhard Esser.  CC Cert. #96.4

Natlzation:                         12 Mar 1858    Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 76 (grant).5

Census:                             __ ___ 1860    Medina County, Texas; household #205 D'Hanis.1

Voter Reg:                          9 Sep 1867    Medina County, Texas; Citizenship: District Court.6

Census:                             __ ___ 1870    Medina County, Texas; household #314 D'Hanis.7

Father:

Mother:

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Spouse:           Elizabetha Fohn

Birth:                                 __ ___ 1792    Nidrum, Kreis Malmedy, Prussia, Germany.8

Death:                              21 Sep 1882    Medina County, Texas.8

Burial:                               __ ___ ____    St Dominic Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.8

Father:             Johannes Fohn (b. 1742, d. 1826)

Mother:            Maria Catherina Kotten (b. 1757, d. 1832)

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No Known Children

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Endnotes 

1. Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census. 

2. Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co. 

3. Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census. 

4. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 

5. WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA: Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn. 

6. Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as "Voters-Medina County." 

7. Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census. 

8. Grave Visited and Marker Personally Recorded; Margaret Simpson.

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Leonhard Esser updated on 06/09/2009

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