Family Group Sheet Subject: Wilhelm Carl FOCKE Birth: 9 Aug 1824 Dusseldorf, Rhineland, Germany.1 Immigratn: 19 May 1852 New York, New York; departing Bremen 1852 on the "Bessel."2 Natlzation: 29 Jul 1858 Medina County, Texas; Com Ct Min No 2, p 142 (grant).3 Census: __ ___ 1860 Medina County, Texas; household #229 D'Hanis.4 Voter Reg: 24 Sep 1867 Medina County, Texas.5 Census: __ ___ 1870 Adam BLESS (circa 1832- ); Medina County, Texas; household #240 New Fountain.6 Death: 2 Aug 1899 Medina County, Texas.7 Burial: __ ___ ____ St John's Lutheran Cemetery, New Fountain, Medina County.7 Father: Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Gabriel FOCKE Mother: Marie Wilhelmine Caroline OVERWEG __________________________________________________________________________ No Known Children __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. International Genealogical Index Files, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as IGI. 2. Ira A Glazier and P William Filby Germans to America Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1850-1855 Volume 2 May 1851 - Jun 1852 (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc, 1988). Hereinafter cited as Germans to Amer 2. 3. WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939; (Medina County: WPA: Texas District & County Courts). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Natlztn. 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. Jim Menke, "List of Registered Voters, Medina County," Branches and Acorns, No 4, Volume VI (June, 1991). Hereinafter cited as "Voters-Medina County." 6. Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census. 7. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina. | 
