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Theodore Spieker

Birth
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
21 Nov 1889 (aged 62)
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Burial
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Born in Erwitte, Westfalia, North Rhine, Germany. The family sailed from Bremmerhaven on the SS Koln on December 18, 1872. The shipped arrived in New Orleans on January 17, 1873. He arraived with his third wife Mary, their infant daughter Josephine and his children from two previous marriages. They were Sophia, Leopold, Gertrude Anna (Annie) and Elizabeth. Lena and Frederick were born in Galveston. Theodore was a shoemaker. The family lived on 31st St, 6th Ward according to the 1880 Census. There is no longer a marker at the grave.

Theodore was the son of Theodor Franz Heinrich Spicker and Bernadina (Dina) Bleike in Erwitte, Westfalen, Germany. He was christened in the Skant Lauretis Romanisch-Katholische church (St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Erwitte. His father was a Prussian soldier. He married all three wives in the above church. All children born in Germany were christened in this church.
Born in Erwitte, Westfalia, North Rhine, Germany. The family sailed from Bremmerhaven on the SS Koln on December 18, 1872. The shipped arrived in New Orleans on January 17, 1873. He arraived with his third wife Mary, their infant daughter Josephine and his children from two previous marriages. They were Sophia, Leopold, Gertrude Anna (Annie) and Elizabeth. Lena and Frederick were born in Galveston. Theodore was a shoemaker. The family lived on 31st St, 6th Ward according to the 1880 Census. There is no longer a marker at the grave.

Theodore was the son of Theodor Franz Heinrich Spicker and Bernadina (Dina) Bleike in Erwitte, Westfalen, Germany. He was christened in the Skant Lauretis Romanisch-Katholische church (St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Erwitte. His father was a Prussian soldier. He married all three wives in the above church. All children born in Germany were christened in this church.


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