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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Bode, Daniel R. |
| Title, Analytic | The Family of Fritz and Karoline (Westerfeld) Lehde |
| Journal Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Date of Publication | Summer 2012 |
| Volume ID | 34 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 124-139, ill. |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | Karl 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 Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Westphalia/ Lehde/ Westerfeld/ Genealogy/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans |