K.A. Hilliard

K.A. married G.G. Gerdes [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. P.G. Gerdes
2. M.A. Gerdes
3. C.J. Gerdes

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• Occupation: Eng/Mgr, Core Lab Inc

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• Name: Dot
• Name: Dot
• Occupation: Teacher, Visd

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Here’s a brief biography of Dorothy Evelyn Franz Hilliard, born on May 23, 1933:

Dorothy was born in Yorktown, DeWitt County, Texas, USA to her mother, Edna Marie Weiss Franz, and her late father, Raymond Paul Franz. She attended Patti Welder High School and later pursued her education at Texas Women’s University. Dorothy Franz Hilliard worked as a dedicated teacher during her career. Sadly, she passed away in 1999, at the age of 66, in Victoria, Texas. She now rests at Evergreen Cemetery in Victoria, Texas.

Her life was marked by her commitment to education and her impact on the lives of students. Dorothy’s legacy lives on through her contributions to the field of education and her influence on those she taught.

May her memory continue to inspire others to pursue knowledge and make a positive difference in the world.

(Research):Dorothy Franz Hilliard Life Story

I was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Paul Franz on May 23, 1933 at Yorktown, Texas in Dewitt County. After Undisclosed there for one month after my birth, I moved to a farm owned by my father. (The farm is 25 miles from Victoria and 16 miles from Goliad. Going from Victoria it is 5 miles on the other side of Schroeder, Texas.)
When I was six I was unable to go to school because I lived 4 miles (one way) from the Kilgore School. Because of this handicap, I didn't go to school until I was seven. After going a half year of my first year, I was promoted to the second (because my grandmother, Mrs. Annie Franz, taught me what was necessary to know in the first grade before I went to school).
During the summer of 1940 my father was called into the regular Army from the National Guards, we (my mother, brother, and myself) followed him up and went to Brownwood, Texas to live while he was stationed at Camp Bowie near Brownwood. After Undisclosed there a short time, my father went on maneuvers in Louisiana and the Carolinas so we came back to our farm.
After my father completed his maneuvers, the Army let him out on reserves. I started to school in Kilgore in the third grade but then in January nineteen hundred and fourty-two Daddy was recalled into the Army. So then when he went back to Camp Bowie, we moved to Bangs (a small town about ten miles from Brownwood) since we were unable to find a place in Brownwood. After going to school for one week in Bangs we followed Daddy to Florida where he was stationed at Camp Blandings. We lived a few miles from Camp in the small town of Starke (near Jacksonville, Florida). While here I went to Penny Farms to go to school. While I was going to this school the twelveth grade system grade came in so I skipped from the third to the fourth. I completed the fourth grade in Fla.
Then during the summer of 1942 we moved to Mansfield, La. Then on September 1, 1942 I had my first train ride. It was a 2,100 mile trip to Onset, Massachusetts (near Boston) to live with my father while he was stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass. I went to school in Onset for seven months then on April 1, 1942, my Father went overseas to Europe. I probably would have completed my two months of school but not only was my Daddy going overseas but my Grandmother Weiss of Yorktown,Texas had died during the week. So we came back to Yorktown where I completed the 5th grade and the went through all of the sixth grade there.
While I was in Yorktown in Sept. of 1944, Daddy came home without letting anyone know except my Grandmother Franz. I was in the show one afternoon when a friend of ours came in the show and got me saying Mother wanted me. As I was walking down the street I saw my Grandmother's car but since there was a glare on the glass I couldn't see who was in the car. so then I ran to the car to see my Grandmother but when I got to the car door (which was open) I saw Daddy. I leaped across the seat and hugged him and cried for dear life. That was the happiest cry I've ever had in my life.
After that Daddy went to Camp Clairborne near Forrest Hill, La. Where I went to school for a week. Then Daddy got his discharge on Nov. 11, 1944. so we lived in Cuero with my Grandmother Franz where I went to school in grade seven and two weeks of grade eight. Then I came to Victoria where I have lived since.

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Ester Hilliard ? (china cab.)

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Elmer married Annie Isabelle "Belle" Lenz on 25 Jun 1924 in Levi-Sloan, Victoria Co. TX. Annie (daughter of John Alton Lenz and Mattie Adeline Sloan) was born on 10 Apr 1903 in Levi-Sloan, Victoria Co. TX; died on 5 Apr 1980 in Victoria, Victoria Co. TX.; was buried in Evergreen Cem., Victoria, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Belle

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• Address: Address:
  Raymond Paul Franz 1209 N Moody St Victoria, TX
• Occupation: Lumberman
• Residence: Goliad, Texas; Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 1944, Cuero, Dewitt, Texas, USA; Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Wife

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Worked on the Royal Gourge, the Bolder Dam and posed for the men on the statue in front of the Alamo in S.A.
Note from W.O. & Kathleen Wilks, 2504 Sanders Lane, Austin Tx., 78748
(Research):Social Security Number: 464-24-8639

Raymond married Edna Marie Weiss on 20 Nov 1931 in Yorktown, Dewitt Co, TX. Edna (daughter of Kasper Weiss and Fredericke "Frieda" (Schuenemann) Bluhm) was born on 20 Nov 1911; died on 16 Sep 2004 in Victoria, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1930, Yorktown, DeWitt, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
• Residence: 1943, Onset, Mass

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• Category: Texas Pioneers
• FSID: GQ3H-P6C
• Residence: 1880, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
• Residence: 1900, Shreveport Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Victoria, Texas, United States; Census
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Victoria, Texas, United States; Census
• USER_DEFINED: Between 1917 and 1918, Victoria, Texas, United States; Draft Registration
• Residence: 1930, Precinct 1, Victoria, Texas, United States
• Death: 1952, Victoria Co., Texas

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Dairy Farmer.

Elmer married Esther Robertson on 6 Dec 1899 in Caddo, Louisiana, USA. Esther (daughter of W Robertson) was born on 2 Sep 1882 in Spring Ridge, Louisiana; died on 1 Mar 1946 in Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Category: Texas Pioneers
• FSID: GQ3H-9SS
• Name: Essie
• Residence: 1900, Shreveport Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1902, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, Police Jury Ward 6, Iberville, Louisiana
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Victoria, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Police Jury Ward 6, Iberville, Louisiana
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Victoria, Texas, United States; Census
• Confirmation: 6 Dec 1914; 32 Age: 32
• Residence: 1930, Precinct 1, Victoria, Texas, USA

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(Research):Wedding Details:
Witnesses were William Lenz (J.A.Lenz 2nd brother) & Annie Beck (J.A.Lenz niece).
Pastor was J.A. Phillips.

John married Mattie Adeline Sloan on 18 Jan 1894. Mattie (daughter of Robert Benjamin Sloan and Isabelle H. Dupree) was born on 2 Jun 1876 in Pike City, Pike, Arkansas, United States; died on 27 Apr 1950 in Victoria, Victoria Co. TX.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Comment: Had at least 6 children

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(Research):Wedding Details:
Witnesses were William Lenz (J.A.Lenz 2nd brother) & Annie Beck (J.A.Lenz niece).
Pastor was J.A. Phillips.

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Was lining in (Germantown) Schroeder, Tx in 1917. Had blue eyes and brown hair. - WWI Draft Card.

Lived in Goliad, Tx in 1910.

Died:
Glendale cemetery

Paul married Annie Weber on 31 Dec 1899 in Victoria, Texas, USA. Annie (daughter of Leopold Weber and Helene Dina Bollmann) was born on 19 Jan 1875 in Cuero (DeWitt) Texas, USA; died on 20 Jul 1949 in Victoria, Texas, United States; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Goliad, Tx. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LYSV-SV6
• Name: Anna Weber
• Birth: 19 Jan 1875, Cuero, Texas
• Residence: 7 Jun 1880, Cuero (DeWiit) Texas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Goliad, Texas, United States
• Residence: 2 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 4 (Goliad) Texas
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4 (Goliad) Texas
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Goliad, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1920, Cuero (DeWitt) Texas
• Residence: 1930, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States
• Death: 20 Jul 1949, (Victoria) Texas

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Was lining in (Germantown) Schroeder, Tx in 1917.

Granny's Life Story

I kinda liked the cowboys - with their Stetsons, boots, red handkerchiefs tied around their necks, and six shooters on their hips was the statement Mrs. Annie (Paul Henry) Franz made when I, her oldest grandchild, asked what she thought of the young men of her courting days.
Her description when she met Paul Henry Franz was as follows - 23 years of age, black hair, brown eyes, dark olive complexion, over 5 ft and weighed 150 pounds. I remember when I was still at home the Mexican workhands always told Momma and Daddy that I was muy bonita.
When asked to tell about her romance with Grandpa, she said - At that time Lizzie, my oldest sister, was married to Otto Franz, and we (I and they) went to visit F(r)oederick Franz, Paul's father (who was ill with dropsy - Paul's mother was dead - his father died in October 1900). It was a hot summer evening when Paul came home from Dr. Kilgore in Germantown (now Schroeder, Texas) with medicine for his father.
I remember clearly that Paul's whole family was there. I was introduced to him. It was love at first sight.
Lizzie had two children, Manden and Gus, and I stayed with her weeks at a time to help wash and sew.
After our first meeting he came often to see me. He would always be mounted on his grey Spanish horse, Rover. We used to hire buggys at the livery stables to go to dances.
We courted for about 2 years, then were married December 31, 1899, in Victoria, Texas, at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. Weiss. It was a simple wedding with only Lena and Mr. Klein present. After the wedding ceremony we went to his sister, Mrs. Clara (& Willie) Miller, for dinner. We stayed there overnight, stayed up all night.
We went to the farm the next day - (Paul's father sold Ω of the farm, 165 acres, to us in 1899. - his father stayed with us - he died in 1900 in the little house). About all we had then was a team of horses, a wagon, and of course, Rover. We lived in the big house.‚Äù
We had two sons, both of which were born in the front bedroom of the big house - Lee Henry Franz - August 22, 1902
Raymond Paul Franz - November 17, 1910.
Paul died August 25, 1928, from hardening of the arteries and bad teeth. On Thursday, the 22nd, we went to Victoria to see Lee on his birthday (he was working at the creamery then). On the 23rd, he and Raymond went to Goliad to see dentist. While in Goliad he ate some chili and came home sick. Late that afternoon he passed out on the gallery. He died during the night.

Ancestory -
Mother - Dina Weber born November 16, 1841
Died January 16, 1919 78
Born on the Rhine River in Germany. Died during a flu epidemic in Cuero
Sewed everything by hand

Father - Leopold Weber born November, 10, 1833
Died January 19, 1919 86
Born in Alaisse Lorraine
Died during flu epidemic in Cuero
More French than German - could speak French and German fluently.
Occupations-Policeman (7 years) in New Orleans, La.
Grocery Store - New Orleans and Cuero
Saloon - Cuero (no killings)
Shoemaker - Goliad and Cuero - he was made to learn this trade when he was a boy
Had a brother, Rudaloph Weber, and a sister, Willamina Weber, that Granny knows of.

Family Journey to Texas -
A boy was born in New Orleans, but died. Lena was born November 14, 1865, (died November 23, 1942)
Leopold Weber came to Texas on a sailboat from New Orleans. When he had a place to live at Oakville, Texas (by Helena County) he built a house and shoeshop. He got restless and moved to Goliad. After he had been established here for about a year he had his wife, Dina, and Lena, who was very sick, come to Texas. Lena was not expected to live and had she died she would have been thrown overboard rather than bring her dead body to Texas.
They landed at Old Indianola and took a stagecoach to Goliad to join Leopold, who was a shoemaker - he had the reputation of being so honest that he wouldn't take the hide off a dead cow.
Here Lizzie was born on May 25, 1873. when she was 3 weeks old, they moved to Cuero and opened a grocery store. Later opened a saloon on Main Street. Had these businesses a short time, then went into shoemaking, trade learned as a boy.
On January 19, 1875, I, Annie, was born on Stockdale Ave (now S. Railroad and Stockdale)
Another boy Willie was born after me sometime, but died of diptheria at 2 Ω years.
As a young girl I did everything I shouldn't do.

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Married:
Trinity Luthern Church

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• Category: Texas Pioneers
• Name: Casper Weis
• Name: Casper Wise
• Arrival: 27 Oct 1901, New York City, New York, USA
• Military: 1917, DeWitt County, Texas, USA; Race: White, Height: med, Hair Color: Dark, Eye Color: Blue
• Residence: Between 1917 and 1918, DeWitt County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Yorktown, DeWitt, Texas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• NaturalizationPetition: 4 May 1955, Victoria, Texas, USA

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Use the name Weis on 1920 census.

Imigrated to the US in 1901 or 1903, Naturalized Citizen in 1914.

Carpenter, builder.

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Kasper married Fredericke "Frieda" (Schuenemann) Bluhm on 21 Jun 1910 in Yorktown, Dewitt Co., TX, USA. Fredericke (daughter of Karl Julius "Charlie" Bluhm and Friedericka Henze) was born in Aug 1882 in Yorktown, Dewitt Co, TX; died on 30 Mar 1943; was buried in Westside Cemetery, Yorktown, Dewitt, TX.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Frieda