| 7. |  Maria Katharina Homrighausen was born on 4 Feb 1828 in Bad Laasphe-Rüppershausen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland (daughter of Johann Kraft Homrighausen and Anne Catharina Henrich); died on 13 Nov 1902 in Kilgore Community, Goliad, Texas, USA; was buried in Kilgore Community Cemetery - Goliad County, TX. Other Events and Attributes:
- Category: Texas Pioneers
- Comment: After her husban George Wilhelm Voelkel died, she married his cousin George Voelkel.
- Emigration: 24 Dec 1863, Came To Texas After The 2 Heinrich, Wilhelmine And Her 1St Husban Died To Join Her Sisters And Brother.
Notes:
Notes from Edith Jacobs:
Came to Texas after the 2 Heinrichs, Wilhelmine and her 1st husban died to join her sisters and brother.
They arrived in Texas on Dec. 24, 1863. The journey had been prolonged by very bad weather and the ship having been hung up in the Gulf of Mexico on sand bars and no wind. Her brother, Peter, was to have met her in Indianola, but, on the way he was killed by Indians. Katherine and her 2 daughters finally made their way to Meyersville to join her sister Luiese (Louise in Texas). Later she joined another sister, Maria, in Yorktown.
Ships Passenger Lists - Galveston, Tx 1846-1871
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Cathe Volkel 40 F
Justine 8 F
Sophie 2 F
Parents?
Johann Kraft Homrighausen
Anna Catharina Henrich
Notes from Web:
George Wilhelm died in Erndtebrueck at about the same time that Justine Strohmann died in Texas.
Catherine decided to come to America to join with family members who had arrived earlier.
Catherine and her daughters arrived in Texas on Dec. 24, 1868. Their ship got stuck on a sand bar off the Texas coast for a few weeks. They finally landed at Powderhorn, or Indianola as it was called.
Catherine was to meet her brother Peter in Indianola. But on his way there, he was ambushed by Indians and killed. He is buried somewhere between Yorktown and Indianola.
Catherine and her sisters eventually made their way to Meyersville to join with her sisters Maria and Luiese.
Catherine and Daniel George Voelkel were married Nov. 11, 1869 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Meyersville. They lived on the Schmidt's (now Smith) Creek near Yorktown.
Children:
- Heinrich Voelkel was born in Aug 1859 in Erndtebrueck,Westfalen,Germany; was christened on 21 Aug 1859; died on 16 May 1860 in Erndtebrueck,Westfalen,Germany.
- Justina Voelkel was born on 8 Oct 1860 in Erndtebruck, Wittenstein, Retiehungegirt, Arnsbert, Prussia; was christened on 16 Dec 1860; died on 12 Apr 1934 in San Antonio, Bexar, TX; was buried in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Ander, Goliad, TX.
- Wilhelmine Voelkel was born on 5 Oct 1862 in Erandtebuek, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 5 Oct 1862; died on 28 May 1868 in Erndtebrueck, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany.
- Henrich Voelkel was born in 1865 in Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 2 Apr 1865; died on 19 Jul 1865 in Emdtebrueck, Westphalen, Germany.
- 3. Sophie Bertha Voelkel* Dreier was born on 3 Jun 1867 in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 17 Jun 1866; died on 7 Sep 1942 in Kilgore, Goliad, Texas, United States; was buried in Kilgore Community Cemetery, Goliad Co., TX..
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1891 - 1965 (73 years)
