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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticHielscher, Lori
Title, AnalyticPeter Schuch: Early Texas Pioneer
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationFall 2008
Volume ID30
Issue ID3
Location in Work272-274, ill.
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractEssay submitted by a student as part of the Austin Ethnic History Association's Contest, April 1980. Peter Schuch was born on March 1, 1845 at Ober Kostens, Coblenz, Germany. Peter's father took the family to Texas in 1852, settling in Fredericksburg. Peter grew up to become a blacksmith and served in the Confederate army, Company E, 1st Texas Calvary. He became a U.S. citizen in 1866, and married Dorothea Ahrens in 1868.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ Genealogy/ Schuch