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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticDolce, Anne Johnston
Title, AnalyticJohann 'Jean' Schneider: A Fisher-Miller Colonist, 1813-1862
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationSummer 2007
Volume ID29
Issue ID2
Location in Work149-160, ill.
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractJohann 'Jean' Schneider was born on 26 Nov 1813 in Welgesheim, Hessen Darmstadt, southwest of Mainz, Germany. . . . At the age of 33 Jean, a brewer by trade, emigrated from Germany to New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas through the port of Galveston, Texas. . . . Between June 1849 and May 1850, Jean married Margaretha Groben. . . . According to recollections from his children and grandchildren, Jean was a member of the Confederate army. . . . Jean was killed in a wagon accident on 18 Jan 1862.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ Genealogy/ New Braunfels (Tex.)