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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticBode, Daniel R.
Title, AnalyticThe Family of Fritz and Karoline (Westerfeld) Lehde
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationSummer 2012
Volume ID34
Issue ID2
Location in Work124-139, ill.
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractKarl Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" Lehde was born in Westrup, Westphalia, in 1843. Fritz immigrated to Texas in 1860, settling in Washington County. He enrolled in the Texas Infantry of the Confederate States Army in 1862, was captured in Louisiana and held as a prisoner of war in New Orleans until 1864. Fritz Lehde married Karoline Westerfeld in 1869 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Church in Berlin, Washington County. Other family surnames mentioned in this history: Haferkamp, Hole, Lehrmann, Wolske, Kuretsch, Mascheg, Knuppel, Graeber, Imhoff, Balke, Gaskamp, Wendt, Fischer, Boortz, Lange, Spreen, Schwartz, and Slagle.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ Westphalia/ Lehde/ Westerfeld/ Genealogy/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans