Our Family Ties
Carl Christoph Findeisen, Sr.
Birth:12 Feb 1799 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
Death:1867 in Texas
Sex:M
Father:Christoph Findeisen b. 16 Mar 1765 in Wunshendorf, Germany
Mother:Johanna Sophien Schoenherrin b. 4 Sep 1770 in Lauterbach, Germany
  

Spouses & Children
Johanna Dorothea Hetzel (Wife) b. 20 Nov 1805 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
Marriage: 3 May 1827 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
Children: 
  1. DescendantsJohanna Christianna Findeisen b. 15 Mar 1828 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  2. DescendantsJohanna Concordia Findeisen b. 24 Sep 1829 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  3. DescendantsElisa Johanne Concordie Findeisen b. 17 Feb 1832 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  4. DescendantsCarl Christoph Findeisen, Jr. b. 25 Apr 1832 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  5. DescendantsCarl August Findeisen, Sr. b. 22 Aug 1836 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  6. DescendantsWilhelmine Findeisen b. 10 Jul 1839 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  7. DescendantsHenriette Findeisen b. 24 Oct 1840 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  8. Carl Friedrich Findeisen b. 3 Dec 1841
  9. Christianne Caroline Findeisen b. 5 Jan 1845
  10. Christine Findeisen b. 12 Mar 1846 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  11. Carl Gottlob Findeisen b. 10 May 1847 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  12. Amalie Findeisen b. 9 Dec 1849 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
  13. DescendantsCarl Gotthold Findeisen b. 28 Aug 1851 in Lengefeld, Erzebirge, Saxony, Germany
 

Notes
Individual:
7 Nov 1854 - arrived in Galveston on the ship Lucy
their home church was Ev. Lutheran Holy Cross, Lengefeld in Erzebirge Mountains

Carl Christoph Findeisen, Sr. was born Feb. 12, 1799 in Lengefeld in the Erzebirge Mountains in Saxony (then part of
Prussia), a poor region not far from the Czech border: a land of farms, the medieval Castle Rauenstein and the half-timbered
knight's manor in nearby Wunschendorf. He was christened and married at the Evangelical Lutheran Holy Cross Church there,
with its tall narrow steeple and stout walls, just as all his family had been since 1624. His father was a city councilman
(Buerger) as well as a "Gutsherr and a Huefner". The Findeisens were known as horse breeders, farmers, blacksmiths
and furniture makers. They married into the Goebel family, who made violins. In 1854 Carl Christoph, his wife Johanna
Dorothea Hetzel and their nine children left Bremerhaven, Germany on the ship "Lucy" and arrived at Galveston, TX on
Nov. 7, 1854. The family settled in Cat Spring, Austin County, TX. He died in the cholera epidemic of 1867. His grave and
that of two others was recently rediscovered on a private farm by leaders of the annual Findeisen reunion, who erected a stone
monument on the site.



7 Nov 1854 - arrived in Galveston on the ship Lucy
their home church was Ev. Lutheran Holy Cross, Lengefeld in Erzebirge
Mountains
!BIRTH: Findeisen Genealogy, Texas State Library, Austin TX, researched by
Jeannette Kriegel Schaeffer, Austin TX
!DEATH: cholera epidemic

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