Rosa Bergmann is the daughter of Joseph and Theresia Ohnesorge Bergmann
Wife of Wilhelm Dietert
Rosa Bergmann is the daughter of Joseph and Theresia Ohnesorge Bergmann
Wife of Wilhelm Dietert
Daughter of Julius and Ida Haufler Adam
Wife of Lemuel T. Clines
(Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). Erna Adam Clines marker; personally read 2011.
The State of Texas
County of Kendall
I Adelbertha Adam,[sic] the widow of Conrad Adam deceased, residing in Kendall County, Texas,
being of sound mind and disposing memory, but well Knowing the uncertainty of this life,
do hereby make this my ”Last Will and Testament”, hereby revoking all wills and codicils heretofore by me made.
Article 1. I hereby direct that my homested,[sic] consisting of 156 acres of land and all the improvements thereon, situated about 3 ¾ miles in a South Easterly direction from Boerne, on the San Antonio-Fredericksburg road shall be disposed of in the following manner:
Article 2. I hereby give and bequeath to my son Julius Adam said homestead, described in article 1. of this will and consisting of 156 acres of land, under the following conditions:
Article 3. My son Julius Adam shall pay to each of his sisters to wit: 1. Kathinka Toepperwein, 2. Therese Voges , 3. Emilie Schoenert, 4. Bertha Froebel, 5. Emma Herms, the sum of Two hundred dollars, or in case of any of them should die, to their surviving children in the following manner:
Article 4. One year after my death my son Julius Adam shall pay to each one of his sisters or surviving children Twenty Dollars and every succeeding year he shall pay the same amount until each of his sisters, or surviving children, shall have received Two hundred Dollars, and all of his payments amount to One Thousand Dollars.
Article 5. If the aforesaid payments are punctually and promptly made by my son Julius Adam, then he shall pay no interest during the ten years upon any of this money.
Article 6. In case my son Julius Adam should die his wife Ida Adam, nee Hauffler, [sic] shall fill his place as far as this will is concerned as long as she remains unmarried, but should she marry again after the death of my son Julius Adam, then and in that case I hereby direct that said homestead, described in Article 1 of this will shall be owned by my son’s surviving children under the condition that each of my daughters receive their Two hundred dollars out of this my homestead in annual payments of Twenty Dollars each as heretofore directed.
Article 7. I appoint my son Julius Adam the Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
Article 8. I hereby direct that no other action shall be had in the Probate court in regard to the settlement of my Estate than the probating and registration of this will.
Article 9. I direct that my Executor shall not be required to give bond.
Signed at Boerne this 9th day of Aug. 1895
The said Adelbertha Adam on this 9th day of Aug. 1895 signed this instrument and published and declared the same as and for her “Last Will and Testament,” and We, at her request and in her presence and in presence of each other have hereunto set our names as subscribing witnesses.
Texas, this 9th day of Aug. 1895 Adalbertha Adam
Gus. Dietert A. Bergmann
(Witnesses are: Gus Dietert is the son of Heinrich and Amalia Bergmann Dietert and Adalbertha’s nephew; A.(Anton) Bergmann is Adalbertha’s brother)
Texas. Kendall County. Probate Minutes. Office of County Clerk. Boerne.
This is one of my all time favorite photographs. On the left side of the picture Adalbertha Bergmann Adam is gazing adoringly at her grandchildren, Willie, Eugene (standing on the chair), and Hildegarde. Eugene was born in June of 1898 so I’m estimating the picture was taken in 1900. They are the children of Julius and Ida Haufler Adam. We even get a peek into one of the rooms in the house that Adalbertha and Conrad built. It’s a fabulous picture for a sentimental Sunday!
Adam Kids. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
On 1 February 1864 John Haufler enlisted in the First Regiment of the Texas Cavalry. John lived in Kendall County and was a Union sympathizer in a Confederate state. His muster and descriptive roll dated 22 July 1864 in Brownsville states he was born in Wurttemberg, Germany and was 38 years old and a farmer. According to this muster roll, he enlisted in Kendall County for a 3 year period. How can you enlist in the Union Army if you are residing in a Confederate state? So perhaps “enlisted in Kendall County” means he was from Kendall County? The date of enlistment was 1 February 1864. John was described as blue-eyed with light hair and a fair complexion. He stood 5 feet 6 inches tall. John was a private and assigned to Company C. Adolph Zoeller, his neighbor, was the captain.
While in Brownsville, John wrote home to his wife, Louise, and 5 children. One letter dated 27 August 1864 survives and was translated from German script to English by Penelope Borchers, Helen Dietert, and Herbert Reitsamer. He writes from Camp at Brazos Santiago that on the 17th of August “we had a fairly heavy firefight for 4 to 5 hours. We were, with reinforcements, 50 men. I had the outpost that fine morning, with three men…A group of 6 men gave us fire, but we gave them a good answer with our bullets. A bullet of theirs, just missing by a hair, almost stretched my horse out on the sand. It was quiet for about 2 hours. Then they came back in columns, about 200 to 300 men… We were in the same old heavy firefight for four hours. Bullets were buzzing by my ears like bees.”
In the last paragraph he says, “Do not be afraid if you don’t hear from me, as the opportunity to write does not come often. Once again, greetings to you, my beloved Louise. Greetings to all friends. I believe we will meet again, all hale and hearty. Your loving husband John Haufler.”
John mustered out in San Antonio 31 October 1865 and returned to his home and family in Kendall County.
Because I am a descendant of John Haufler who is a Union veteran I was able to join the Daughters of Union Veterans. The Clara Barton Detached Tent #3 of DUV meets in San Antonio four times a year. If you are descendant of John Haufler, you can apply and join a DUV tent. There are always interesting speakers and a delicious lunch.
Haufler, John. Photograph of the original held by Harold Haufler family. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
“John Haufler Civil War Union Muster Rolls Texas” Fold 3. http://www.fold3.com : 2012.
Kiel, Frank Wilson. “Wir waren unser 20 Mann gegen 150” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, January, 2002, 464-470p.
On the 1860 census of Comal County, Texas, Louise Magers Haufler stated she was born in Hanover and was 24 years old. Living with her and her husband, Gottfried otherwise known as John, she has two children, one-year-old Emma and four-month-old Marie (Anna). Also residing with the Haufler family is Charlotte Magers age 8.
Louise is the daughter of Heinrich and Wilhelmina Luersen Magers and was born on 24 September 1835. In 1855, she immigrated to Texas with her parents and brothers and sisters and they settled in the New Braunfels area. On 8 November 1857, she married Joh. Gottfried Haufler. They were married by Pastor Moezle (?) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Smithson’s Valley, Comal County, Texas.
By the mid-1860s the Haufler family had relocated to Kendall County and by 1864 three more children had been added to the family, Gustav, Bertha, and Louise. Her husband, a man of strong conviction, enlisted in the First Regiment of the Texas Calvary which was part of Union forces. Many Germans from the Comfort area had been killed at the Nueces River while on their way to join Union forces in August 1862 so the times were very dangerous for a German with Union sympathies. The Civil War was difficult for everyone but once John left to join forces in Brownsville, Louise was at home with five small children ranging in ages of six to a few months old. John wrote home from Camp at Brazos Santiago and tells Louise “I hope you and the children are not suffering great misery. Sell as much as you have to, but keep the wagon as long as you can.” I can’t imagine how difficult this was for Louise.
Gottfried and Louise had a total of thirteen children: Emma born 1858, Anna born 1860, Gustav born 1861, Bertha born 1863, Louise born 1864, Albert born 1866, Ernst born 1868, Carl born 1870, Ida born 1871, Clara born 1873, Alvina born 1875, Lena born 1876, Alma born 1878.
In 1884 Gottfried and Louise built a large two-story rock house two miles east of Waring in Kendall County. The next year on 15 May Gottfried drowned while crossing the Guadalupe River. He was 54 years old and was buried near the house in Waring. Louise died 29 December 1899 at the age of 64 and is buried next to him.
Kiel, Frank Wilson. “Wir waren unser 20 Mann gegen 150” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, January, 2002, 464-470p.
Haufler, Louise. Photograph of the original held by Doris Koenig family. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
Texas. Comal County. Marriage Records, County Clerks Office, New Braunfels, Texas, V. B, p 95.
Texas. Comal County. 1860 U. S. Census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Chester and Jimmie Adam on the farm in 1929.
Adam, Chester and Jimmie. circa 1930. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
Johann Gottfried Haufler Louise Magers Haufler
5 September 1830 24 September 1835
15 May 1886 29 December 1899
Parents of Ida Haufler Adam
(Waring, Kendall County, Texas). Johann and Louise Haufler marker; personally read 1971.
Jimmie, one of Conrad Adam’s great grandsons, served in the US Army during World War II. He originally trained as a motorcylist and was ready to ship out to Europe when last minute orders sent his unit to Colorado to be trained as infantry soldiers. After training, the unit was sent to San Francisco where they boarded a ship to an unknown destination. It wasn’t until they were out at sea that they were told they were going to the Philippines. During the voyage they ran into a storm. The waves were so strong and violent that it would lift the ship so high out of the water that the propeller was exposed. Jimmie saw action in Leyte, Mindoro and Mindanao and later was part of the occupation army in Yokohama, Japan. One story he has often told is while in the Philippines he was very hungry and he wrote home and told his mother, Lillie, that he was hungry for her cooking especially sausage, cookies and a cake. She received the letter and started to prepare a care package for him. There was a cannery in Boerne during WWII and there she canned sausage she had made and other food items. She baked cookies and a cake and added them to the package. Then she shipped it to him and amazingly the package made it to Jimmie, a little squashed but the food was edible. He said nothing ever tasted as good as the food in that care package. He said he ate bite every down to the last crumb!
Adam, Jimmie. World War II, 1945. Photograph of the original held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
Erna Adam
Daughter of Julius and Ida Haufler Adam
Adam, Erna. Photograph of the original held by Doris Koenig family. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
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