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Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Bluhm, Jr.

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Bluhm, Jr.

Male 1852 - 1932  (80 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 46 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Bluhm  [1] 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 2 Mar 1852  Hanover, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1871  Came To America-Age 19, Indianola, TX. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 23 Nov 1932  Austwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Bur. Rabke Cem. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Bluhm, Sr.,   b. 1815, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880  (Age > 66 years)  (Father) 
    Catherine Machost,   b. Yes, date unknown   d. Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • At age 19, he was faced with conscription in the German Army; so the family immigrated to America in 1871. They landed in Indianola, Texas where Wilhelm spent his early manhood. He was an accomplished tailor, but there were no demands for his skills in his new homeland. During his early years, he engaged in hauling freight overland by ox cart from Indianola to San Antonio and East Texas. On one of his trips, it is said, he found a shiny coin; checking further, he found a keg of gold coins. Being an honest man, he took them to the freight depot in San Antonio. We ofter wonder who claimed the coins. In the Rabke Community near Yorktown, Wilhelm's parents were neighbors of Adolph and Dorothea (Baker) Rabke. Among their eight children was a daughter, Dorothea. Wilhelm and Dorothea married and decided to remain in DeWitt County. Wilhelm started a business of making bricks; however, it was destroyed by a storm and never rebuilt. He also tinkered in buying and selling land while they lived in DeWitt County. In 1912, the family moved to Austwell, Texas. He worked at the Oil Mill until it burned, hauled water for residents until the city could provide a water works system. When the Railroad came in, he became the mail carrier. He met the train every afternoon in his wagon and hauled the mail to the U.S. Post Office on Main Street. Wilhelm and Dorothea remained in Austwell with their children until their deaths. They are both buried in the Rabke Cemetery in DeWitt County.

      (Further info. indicates that the family migrated to America, not all at the same time, and landed in 3 different ports--New Orleans, Galveston, and Indianola.)
    Person ID I45772  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Bluhm, Sr.,   b. 1815, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age > 66 years)
    Other Partners: Rosina Karoline Amalie Kroschel  m. Between 1835 and 1865  
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Catherine Machost,   b. Yes, date unknown   d. Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1831 
    Family ID F12819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothea (Etta) Rabke,   b. 19 Jan 1866, Five Mile, DeWitt Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1954, Austwell, Texas (Bur. Rabke Cem.) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Other Partners: Rev Vordenbaum 
    Marriage 15 May 1884  Dewitt County, Texas (Cuero Courthouse) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Unknown Bluhm,   b. 1885   d. Bur. Rabke Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Wilhelm "Willie" Rudolph Bluhm,   b. 25 Aug 1886, Yorktown, Dewitt County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1969, Austwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    ▻ Augusta M. Boldt  m. 1 Dec 1909
     3. Bruno Edward Bluhm,   b. 9 Sep 1891, Dewitt County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1975, Austwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    ▻ Mary Adair  m. 9 Aug 1925
     4. Leona Marie Bluhm,   b. 23 Mar 1893, Dewitt County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1978 (Age 85 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    ▻ George Edward Glover, Sr.  m. 1 May 1916
     5. Roland Hugo Bluhm,   b. 1 Feb 1899, Yorktown, Dewitt County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1981, Austwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F16365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] Ancestry.com Individual Family Tree - Bluhm.



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