Harry, Lillie, Alex Shuetz
Children of Henry and Emma Bauer Schuetz
Schuetz Siblings abt 1967. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
Harry, Lillie, Alex Shuetz
Children of Henry and Emma Bauer Schuetz
Schuetz Siblings abt 1967. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
This marker is located next to George Wilkins Kendall grave.
Kendall County
Created January 10, 1862
Organized February 16, 1862
Named in honor of
George Wilkins Kendall 1800-1867
Poet, Journalist, Author
and Farmer
One of the Founders of
The New Orleans Picayune
Member of the
Santa Fe Expedition
Most successful sheep raiser
in the Southwest
Boerne, county seat
George Wilkins Kendall started raising French Merino sheep in 1850 along the Nueces River. By 1855 he had moved his herd to a 4000 acres ranch at Post Springs near Boerne. He continued to improve and increase his herd and “in 1858 sheared nine thousand pounds of wool.” The breed name was later changed to Rambouillet because they were developed on an estate near the village of Rambouillet, France. This estate was owned by King Louis XVI. My family raised this breed until 2008. At that time, we switched from Rambouillet wool sheep to Dorper hair sheep. Dorpers originated in South Africa.
To read more about George Wilkins Kendall go to the Texas Handbook Online http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke19.
George Wilkins Kendall was one of thirty-three inhabitants who purchased burial plots in the Boerne Cemetery in 1867.
Gard, Wayne, Rawhide Texas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.
(Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). George Wilkins Kendall marker; personally read 2011.
Boerne
January 28, 1867
“The undersigned inhabitants of Boerne and neighbourhood oblige themselves to the payment of the following amounts set opposite to their resp. names on the purpose to survey, to fence in etc. a common burring ground, lieing on the San Antonio-Fredericksburg Road above Mr. Joe Saner’s place, which has been granted by Hon. Adam Vogt.
Everybody, who pays $2.00 in specie, will be entitled to a space of 9 feet long and 4 1/2 feet wide for reserved or families graves.
The payment must be made on or before the thirtieth day of April next to the Secretary of the Committee, H. G. Froebel.”
Joe Saner, Sr, $5.00
C. Hugo Claus, $6.00
A. Zoeller, $5.00
H. Wendler, $5.00
Jacob Theis, $2.00
J. F. Stendebach,$10.00
Chris. Humbolt, $5.00
Gottlieb Stephan, $6.00
H. Holekamp?, $3.00
Carl Adam , $2.00
Henry Dietert ,$2.00
Aug. Pfeiffer, Sr., $5.00
Ph. J. Theis, $4.00
W. Dietert , $10.00
I. Minnich, $5.00
Conrad Adam, $5.00
Ferdinand Harz, $2.00
W. Vogt, $4.00
K. Dienger, $4.00
August Staffel, $25.00
H.G. Froebel, $4.00
Mrs. Caroline Dienger, $5.00
Wm. Kuhfus, $2.00
P. Werner, $4.00
C. H. Woff Maeson?, $2.00
G. A. Toepperwein, $2.00
Ph. Zoeller, $5.00
C. Theis, $2.00
F. Schaeffer, $3.00
J. D. Johns, $2.00
C. I? Stewart, $2.00
C. Aman, $5.00
Geo. Wilkins Kendall, $25.00
A total of $178.00 was collected by H. G. Froebel.
(Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). Historic Texas Cemetery marker; personally read 2011.
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Two brothers working hard on the farm!
Adam, Chester and Jimmie 1929. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
OBITUARY
“Mrs. Rosa Dietert, died in San Antonio, Sunday evening at the age of 76 years, 10 months and 20 days. She was born on August 10th in the year 1841, in Reichenberg, Austria. She came to America in the year 1853, at the age of twelve years; her maiden name was Rosa Bergman, she spent most of her life in Boerne and got married in the year 1860 on April the 8th, to William Dietert. She was the mother of nine children, eight living and one dead. Those that survive her are four sons, Theo Emil and Ed. of Kerrville, Ernst of Boerne, and four daughters; Mrs. Ida Dienger, of Boerne, Mrs. Olga Seffel ad Mrs. Rosy Vernon, of San Antonio, and Miss Alma Dietert of San Antonio. She leaves seventeen grandchildren and one great. Services were read by Rev. Geo. Belsey, the Pall Bearers were Mesdames Joe Vogt, Paul Holekamp, Gus Bower, Charles Phillip, Chris. Schrader and August Dienger.”
Her funeral notice states she died June 30, 1918 and the funeral took place in the “family residence of her son, Ernest Dietert on July 2nd, at 5 p.m.”
The obituary in a San Antonio newspaper states she died at her home on “427 Montana Street, San Antonio where she had resided the past five years”
Rosa’s death certificate states she died of typhoid fever which she contracted in Boerne, Texas (yikes) and her father’s name was Bergman and mother maiden’s name was Ohnesorge. Riebe Undertakers prepared the body for burial and sent it to Boerne. Her name on the death certificate is Mrs. Rosie Dietert. Miss Alma Dietert of 427 Montana provided the information.
It is amazing how much information I gathered about Rosa ‘Rosie” Bergmann Dietert from four small pieces of paper! Now on to census records, San Antonio City Directories, and descendants. I wonder if there was a typhoid outbreak in Boerne in 1918.
Rosa is Adalbertha Bergmann Adam’s sister and the wife of Wilhelm Dietert.
Dietert, Rosa Bergmann Obituary. Boerne Star, 1918.
Dietert, Rosa Bergmann Funeral Notice, July 1918.
Dietert, Rosa Bergmann Obituary, “Mrs. Rosa Dietert Dead” San Antonio, 1918.
Texas. Texas State Board of Health, death certificate no. 23564, Mrs. Rosie Dietert (1918); Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin.
Henry and Emma Bauer Schuetz and son Alex
Henry is the son of Carl and Katharina Schuetz
Emma is the daughter of Philip and Marie Peters Bauer
Schuetz, Henry and Emma. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
Erline [Schwenke]
Apr. 27, 1907
May 22, 1966
Gene C. [Conrad]
June 1, 1898
July 2, 1966
Gene is the son of Julius and Ida Haufler Adam.
(Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). Erline and Gene C. marker; personally read 2011
AGED PIONEER DIES
Mrs. Johanna Toepperwein Had Resided in this City Forty Years
“Mrs. Johanna Toepperwein, 68 years of age, died at 6 o’clock yesterday morning at a local hospital following a two week illness. She was born in Reicbendard [sic], Boehmia, Austria, September 16, 1849. She landed in Indianola with her parents in 1853. She was married to E. F. Toepperwein in 1868. She came to San Antonio forty years ago from Leon Springs. She is survived by her two sons Adolph and Ferdinand Toepperwein and one daughter Clara Toepperwein, all of San Antonio. The funeral will be held at 10′ o’clock Monday morning from her residence at Chessnut and Houston streets. Interment will be made in City Cemetery No. 1.”
“Obituary of Johanna Toepperwein.” San Antonio Express Sunday Morning Edition, 29 July 1917.
Two boys and their dog, looks just about perfect. Except no one in the picture looks happy. Why? Chester’s and Jimmie’s dog was very friendly and enjoyed playing. Friends or strangers would come to the visit the Adam family and the dog would welcome them but IF the visitors tried to leave the dog would bark and growl and carry on. He wouldn’t let them out of the house. It was Chester’s and Jimmie’s job to hold the dog while the visitors would make a mad dash to their car. Once in their car the dog was perfectly ok. Jimmie said it was a pain to hold that struggling dog. The boys asked their parents if they could get a smaller dog because this big dog was too hard to hold. After Jimmie told me that story I looked at the picture again and noticed that the boys are hanging tightly to the dog and the dog is looking a little shifty eyed.
Chester and Jimmie Adam. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
“Mrs. Adallberthe Adam, 77 years old, died at 12:15 o’clock yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Froebel Haby, 126 Kansas Street. She was a native of Germany and lived in San Antonio for the last fourteen months, coming here from Boerne. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Paul Toepperwein, Mrs. Fritz Voges, and Mrs. Christian Herms, all of Boerne; Mrs. William Schoenert of Austin and Mrs. Bertha F. Haby of San Antonio, and one son Julius Adam of Boerne. The body was prepared by the Riebe Undertaking Company and sent to Boerne last night for interment.”
Adam,Adalbertha. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
“Mrs. A. Adam.” San Antonio Express, (San Antonio, Texas) 17 March 1914.
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