Friedrich Ludwig and Maria Margaretha Held Schütz’s third child was named Christian Ludwig. He was born in Langenbach on 27 June 1843. At the end of October 1845, Ludwig, Maria Margaretha and two children set sail on the ship Harriet for Texas. They arrived in Galveston at the end of December. My great-Aunt Annie Schuetz Saunders said there was a boy who died during the voyage and was buried at sea. It was Christian Ludwig and he would have been almost 2 ½ years old. Christian Ludwig’s birth record is the second entry.
Schütz, Christian Ludwig Birth Record, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany. Evangelische Dirche Kirburg, Langenbach, Amt. Hachenburg (Oberwesterwaldkeis) Book III: 16, 1842-1851; microfilm reel 2003138
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