Family Group Sheet

Subject:         Nicolaus FOHN

Birth:                             21 Dec 1802    Nidrum, Kreis Malmedy, Prussia, Germany.1

Marriage:           before __ ___ 1836    2

Immigratn:                     __ ___ 1856    Margaretha FOHN (9 Nov 1836-5 Feb 1920); Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 5 Apr 1856 on the "Diana."3

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Elizabeth FOHN (circa 1842-        ); Medina County, Texas; household #207 D'Hanis.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Pancratz ENDERLE (20 Jan 1835-16 Mar 1893); Medina County, Texas; household #311 D'Hanis.5

Death:                             30 Jul 1887    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Dominic Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.1

Father:            Johannes FOHN (1742-1826)

Mother:           Maria Catherina KOTTEN (1757-1832)

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Spouse:         Salome KUPPER

Death:                           __ Sep 1855    Nidrum, Kreis Malmedy, Prussia, Germany.2

Father:

Mother:

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Three Known Children

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F            Margaretha FOHN

Birth:                               9 Nov 1836    Prussia, Germany.2

Immigratn:                     __ ___ 1856    Nicolaus FOHN (21 Dec 1802-30 Jul 1887); Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 5 Apr 1856 on the "Diana."3

Marriage:                      11 Nov 1857    Stephen KOCH (20 Oct 1833-27 Apr 1902), son of Peter KOCH and Helena ENGEL; St Dominic Catholic Church, D'Hanis, Medina County.6

Son:                              16 Nov 1858    Nicholaus KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.2

Son:                              29 May 1860    Mathias S KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7

Son:                              30 Dec 1861    John Stephen KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7

Son:                              21 Nov 1863    Peter Joseph KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7

Daughter:                        7 Nov 1865    Helena KOCH; Medina County, Texas.1

Son:                               27 Oct 1871    Toby Stephan KOCH; D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.7

Daughter:                        2 Mar 1874    Regina KOCH; 2

Daughter:                      29 Mar 1876    Mary KOCH; 2

Death:                             5 Feb 1920    Medina County, Texas.2

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Holy Cross Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County.2

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M           John FOHN

Birth:                             20 May 1839    Prussia, Germany.2

Immigratn:                     __ ___ 1856    (w); Nicolaus FOHN and Margaretha FOHN; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 5 Apr 1856 on the "Diana."3

Marriage:                      28 Nov 1863    Trinje SAATHOFF (9 Nov 1841-17 Mar 1897), daughter of Ehme Focken SAATHOFF and Engel Tammen OESTERMANN; Medina County, Texas.8

Son:                                5 Nov 1865    John N FOHN; Medina County, Texas.9

Daughter:                      19 Dec 1872    Margaretha FOHN; Texas.1

Death:                            20 Oct 1891    Texas.2

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F            Elizabeth FOHN

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1842    Prussia, Germany.4

Immigratn:                     __ ___ 1856    (w); Nicolaus FOHN and Margaretha FOHN; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 5 Apr 1856 on the "Diana."3

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Nicolaus FOHN (21 Dec 1802-30 Jul 1887); Medina County, Texas; household #207 D'Hanis.4

Marriage:                         5 Feb 1866    Pancratz ENDERLE (20 Jan 1835-16 Mar 1893), son of Fidele ENDERLE and Coelestina KAISER; Medina County, Texas.8

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    (w); Nicolaus FOHN and Pancratz ENDERLE; Medina County, Texas; household #311 D'Hanis.5

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Endnotes 

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

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. Leroy Fohn, "Nicolas Fohn and Ida Wipff Families," e-mail message from d22cowboy@aol.com to Margaret Simpson, May 23, 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Fohn and Wipff." 

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. Helen B Bland, "Marriage Records St Dominic Catholic Church D'Hanis," Our Heritage volume IX. Hereinafter cited as "St Dominic Marriages." 

7. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. 

8. 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. 

9. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina.