She was BORN Emma Schulz in Germany on 4/05/1867. At age 5 she came to Texas and settled near Giddings. She was confirmed on 4/10/1881 by Pastor J. Kaspar in Eber Ezer Church at Manheim. She married in the same church to Ernst Felfe on 10/05/1887. To this union 14 children, 6 boys and 8 girls, were born. In 1896 she moved to Thorndale and lived on a farm north of town for over 50 years. She was a kind mother and an industrious housewife. Member of St.Paul's Lutheran Church for 52 years.
SURVIVORS: 4 sons, Willie, Oscar, Adolph and Arnold; 8 daughters, Mrs. Bertha Heintze, Mrs. Selma Bieberstein of Manheim, Mrs. Alma Roepke of Austin, Mrs. Clara Hoes of Austin, Eleonora Felfe, Mrs. Martha Hengst of Austin, Olga Felfe and Mrs. Hulda Roepke; 48 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, brother, P.F. Schulz of Thorndale and sister, Mrs. Carl Merkord of Robstown.
Wilhelm Schulz, Amalie Werner Schulz & 4 children Gustav, Emma, Marie, & Bertha departed Hamburg Germany 6 Apr 1872. A 5th child Wilhelmina Saxonia Schulz was born in route to America. They arrived in New Orleans 6 May 1872 on board the vessel "Saxonia" Manifest #00018728
She was BORN Emma Schulz in Germany on 4/05/1867. At age 5 she came to Texas and settled near Giddings. She was confirmed on 4/10/1881 by Pastor J. Kaspar in Eber Ezer Church at Manheim. She married in the same church to Ernst Felfe on 10/05/1887. To this union 14 children, 6 boys and 8 girls, were born. In 1896 she moved to Thorndale and lived on a farm north of town for over 50 years. She was a kind mother and an industrious housewife. Member of St.Paul's Lutheran Church for 52 years.
SURVIVORS: 4 sons, Willie, Oscar, Adolph and Arnold; 8 daughters, Mrs. Bertha Heintze, Mrs. Selma Bieberstein of Manheim, Mrs. Alma Roepke of Austin, Mrs. Clara Hoes of Austin, Eleonora Felfe, Mrs. Martha Hengst of Austin, Olga Felfe and Mrs. Hulda Roepke; 48 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, brother, P.F. Schulz of Thorndale and sister, Mrs. Carl Merkord of Robstown.
Wilhelm Schulz, Amalie Werner Schulz & 4 children Gustav, Emma, Marie, & Bertha departed Hamburg Germany 6 Apr 1872. A 5th child Wilhelmina Saxonia Schulz was born in route to America. They arrived in New Orleans 6 May 1872 on board the vessel "Saxonia" Manifest #00018728
Family Members
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Marie Schulz Richter
1869–1930
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Bertha Mathilde Schulz Markert
1870–1933
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Wilhelmine Saxonia Schulz Friedrich
1872–1940
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Paul Friedrich Schulz
1876–1960
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Christoph H Schulz
1878–1923
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Infant Son Schulz
1880–1880
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Ida Amalia Schulz Merkord
1881–1953
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Otto William Schulz
1884–1934
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Adolf Johann Schulz
1885–1885
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Bertha Ida Felfe Heintze
1888–1952
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William Oswald "Willie" Felfe Sr
1889–1951
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Emil Otto Felfe
1890–1915
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Adolph Ernst Felfe
1892–1973
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Selma Wilhelmine Felfe Bieberstein
1894–1970
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Alma Louise Felfe Roepke
1896–1988
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Alvin Herman Felfe
1897–1943
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Oscar Walter Felfe
1900–1961
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Arnold Richard "Butch" Felfe
1902–1979
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Clara Hulda Felfe Hoes
1903–1986
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Eleanora "Ella" Lena Felfe
1905–2000
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Martha Magdalene Felfe Hengst
1907–1997
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Olga Hedwig Felfe
1908–1999
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Hulda Adele Felfe Roepke
1911–1993
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