Family Group Sheet

Subject:          Samuel ETTER Sr

Birth:                             29 Dec 1800    Freiburg, Switzerland.1

Marriage:              circa __ ___ 1826    2

Immigratn:                    22 Dec 1851    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen 1851 on the "Herschel" ?3

Natlzation:                     22 Sep 1858    Medina County, Texas; Dist Ct Min No 2, p 117 (grant).4

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

Death:                              4 Oct 1874    Medina County, Texas.1

Burial:                              5 Oct 1874    Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.1

Father:

Mother:

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Spouse:          Elizabeth ROEBET

Birth:                              __ Jan 1811    Freiburg, Switzerland.6

Death:                          __ May 1864    Medina County, Texas.6

Burial:                           15 May 1864    Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.6

Father:

Mother:

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Thirteen Known Children

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M           John ETTER

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F            Magdalina ETTER

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M           Gottlieb ETTER

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F            Anna ETTER

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F            Elizabeth ETTER

Birth:                               9 Mar 1834    Ulmitz, Freiburg, Switzerland.7

Marriage:                       17 Apr 1856    Mathias FUOS (2 May 1832-1 Jul 1913), son of Mathias FUOS and Anna RODACH; Zion Lutheran Church, Castroville, Medina County.8

Son:                                 6 Apr 1857    Louis FUOS; Medina County, Texas.9

Son:                               16 Apr 1859    Adolph FUOS; Medina County, Texas.9

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    Mathias FUOS (2 May 1832-1 Jul 1913); Medina County, Texas; household #38 Castroville.10

Son:                               13 Jan 1861    Carl FUOS; Medina County, Texas.9

Daughter:                      11 Sep 1862    Lina Theresia FUOS; Medina County, Texas.9

Son:                               16 Oct 1866    William Heinrich FUOS; Castroville, Medina County.11

Daughter:                      26 Sep 1868    Emma FUOS; Medina County, Texas.7

Census:                         __ ___ 1870    Mathias FUOS (2 May 1832-1 Jul 1913); Medina County, Texas; household #41 Castroville.12

Daughter:                      17 Aug 1871    Ida Marie FUOS; Medina County, Texas.9

Son:                                4 Sep 1873    Friedrich Wilhelm FUOS; Medina County, Texas.7

Death:                           10 Aug 1923    Castroville, Medina County, Texas.11

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.7

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M           Samuel ETTER Jr

Birth:                              __ ___ 1836    Freiburg, Switzerland.7

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Samuel ETTER Sr and Elizabeth ROEBET; Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

Marriage:                       20 Jan 1862    Anna FUOS (1836-13 Jul 1880), daughter of Mathias FUOS and Anna RODACH; Medina County, Texas.8

Daughter:                      13 Oct 1862    Anna Mina ETTER; Lacoste, Medina County, Texas.11

Marriage:              after __ ___ 1880    Augusta (nee Blume?) TSCHOEPE13

Death:                            __ ___ 1914    Medina County, Texas.7

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.7

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M           Peter ETTER

Birth:                              __ ___ 1840    6

Death:                           27 Feb 1859    Medina County, Texas.6

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F            Barbara ETTER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1842    Freiburg, Switzerland.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Samuel ETTER Sr and Elizabeth ROEBET; Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

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M           Jacob ETTER

Birth:                              28 Jan 1842    Freiburg, Switzerland.7

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Samuel ETTER Sr and Elizabeth ROEBET; Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

Marriage:                      16 Aug 1866    Catherine KELLER (14 Mar 1845-2 Aug 1911), daughter of Andre KELLER and Catherine DREYER; Medina County, Texas.8

Death:                           25 Nov 1929    Medina County, Texas.7

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.7

Daughter:                                              Therese ETTER

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F            Mary ETTER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1847    Freiburg, Switzerland.2

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Samuel ETTER Sr and Elizabeth ROEBET; Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

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F            Guadalupe ETTER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1848    Freiburg, Switzerland.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Samuel ETTER Sr and Elizabeth ROEBET; Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

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F            Rosina ETTER

Birth:                                6 Jun 1851    Freiburg, Switzerland.9

Census:                         __ ___ 1860    (w); Samuel ETTER Sr and Elizabeth ROEBET; Bexar County, Texas; household #2588 Castroville.5

Marriage:                      25 Mar 1871    Adolph David BIPPERT (2 Mar 1845-9 Apr 1890), son of Jacques BIPPERT Sr and Magdalene Marie LETT; Zion Lutheran Church, Castroville, Medina County.9

Death:                          10 May 1904    Medina County, Texas.9

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.9

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F            Maria Elizabeth ETTER

Birth:                              25 Oct 1867    13

Death:                            __ ___ 1930    13

Marriage:                       __ ___ ____    Jacob FRANGER (21 Mar 1859-        ), son of Michael FRANGER Sr and Elisabeth FEITIG13

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Endnotes 

1. Renee Smelley, "Descendants of Peter Eichhorn," e-mail message from irsmelley2@aol.com to Margaret Simspon, May 8, 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Peter Eichhorn." 

2. Family Search, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as Fam Search. 

3. Eva Lembcke, compiler, Volume 1 Passenger Lists for Galveston 1850-1855 (n.p.: Private, September, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Passenger Lists-Galv. 

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

5. Heritage Quest, 1860 Census of Bexar County, Texas., CD-ROM (Sierra OnLine: Generations Archives), Bexar County. Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census - Bexar. 

6. Carol Henley, compiler, Medina County, Texas Cemeteries Vol II (Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Cems II. 

7. LDS Microfilm, compiler, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as Zion Cem. 

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

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

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

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

13. Chuck Halty, "Halty, Haller, Mann, Monod and Loesberg families," e-mail message from chalty@kircherinc.com to Margaret Simpson, July 19, 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Halty-Haller."