Samuel Middlestadt and Ernestine Mary Richel

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Husband Samuel MIDDLESTADT ¹

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         Born: 1826 - Prussia 1
         Died: Bef 1900 - Galveston Co, Texas
       Buried: 

     Marriage: Abt 1856

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Wife Ernestine Mary RICHEL ^{1 2}

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         Born: Jan 1835 - Schleswig, Germany 1 2
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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Events in her life were:

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• Immigration, from Germany, 1870

• Census, with Henry, Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas, 1900

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Children

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1 F Wilhelmina MIDDLESTADT ¹

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         Born: 6 Mar 1857 - Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas 1 2 3
         Died: 31 Oct 1931 - John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas 3
       Buried: 2 Nov 1931 - Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas

       Spouse: Edward SCHMEISSER (1861-Bef 1920) 2 3

       Spouse: George HOLZWORTH (1840-Bef 1900) 1
         Marr: Abt 1872 - Probably Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas 2

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2 F Matilda MIDDLESTADT ¹

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         Born: Feb 1862 - Texas 1 2
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

       Spouse: Fred RODEFELD (Abt 1857-Bef 1900) 2 4
         Marr: Abt 1878 - Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas

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3 M Henry MIDDLESTADT ¹

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         Born: Feb 1872 - Texas 1 2
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

       Spouse: Emma ??? (1881-      ) 2
         Marr: 1896 - Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas 2

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General Notes (Husband)

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1880 Galveston Co, TX Census, Galveston, pg 111c
Saml. MIDDLESTADT Self M M W 54 PRUSSIA Laborer GER GER
Ernestine R. MIDDLESTADT Wife M F W 44 SCHLESWIG GER Keep'G. House GER GER
Matilda MIDDLESTADT Dau S F W 10 TX House Servant --- ---
Henry MIDDLESTADT Son S M W 8 TX At School --- ---
George HOLZWARTH SonL M M W 40 GER Blacksmith GER GER
Mena HOLZWARTH Dau M F W 23 TX Keep'G. House --- ---
John HOLZWARTH GSon S M W 1 TX At Home --- ---

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General Notes (Wife)

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Schleswig is about 60 miles north of Hamburg just east of the freeway.

If her immigration date from the 1900 Census is correct, Wilhelmina was born in Germany. It also says she only had three children.

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1 1880 Galveston Co, TX Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 111c.

2 1900 Galveston Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 126 Sh 15.

3 Death Certificate, 47019.

4 Terry, Donna.