Husband of Betty Engelke Tristram
Father of Elsie Tristram Engelhardt, Joseph Tristram, Jr., and Josephine Tristram
He was the youngest of four children. His father died when he was quite young (about four) and his mother died when he was about 12. His inheritance was mismanaged and the majority of it was lost, but he was still able to receive good schooling.
He came to the US hoping to make a new fortune. He arrived in New York, and travelled through Illinois to St. Louis, where he stayed for awhile, then he went down to New Orleans. In New Orleans he met F. A. Engelke a German who had settled in Brenham, Texas. Engelke was in New Orleans buying lumber for the house he was building in Brenham, and convinced Tristram to come to Brenham.
Tristram ended up marrying Engelke's daughter. He lived in Brenham with her, they had three children, and he ran a pharmacy. He loved to garden, fine horses, hats, guns, and hunting dogs, and collected moths and butterflies. He traded the local moths and butterflies that he collected with other collectors from around the world so that he was able to create large displays of butterflies, each in a different color range. His collection was given to the Houston Museum when he died.
When Tristram's wife died, it was a terrible loss for him, that he had great trouble recovering from.
Father of Elsie Tristram Engelhardt, Joseph Tristram, Jr., and Josephine Tristram
He was the youngest of four children. His father died when he was quite young (about four) and his mother died when he was about 12. His inheritance was mismanaged and the majority of it was lost, but he was still able to receive good schooling.
He came to the US hoping to make a new fortune. He arrived in New York, and travelled through Illinois to St. Louis, where he stayed for awhile, then he went down to New Orleans. In New Orleans he met F. A. Engelke a German who had settled in Brenham, Texas. Engelke was in New Orleans buying lumber for the house he was building in Brenham, and convinced Tristram to come to Brenham.
Tristram ended up marrying Engelke's daughter. He lived in Brenham with her, they had three children, and he ran a pharmacy. He loved to garden, fine horses, hats, guns, and hunting dogs, and collected moths and butterflies. He traded the local moths and butterflies that he collected with other collectors from around the world so that he was able to create large displays of butterflies, each in a different color range. His collection was given to the Houston Museum when he died.
When Tristram's wife died, it was a terrible loss for him, that he had great trouble recovering from.
Husband of Betty Engelke Tristram
Father of Elsie Tristram Engelhardt, Joseph Tristram, Jr., and Josephine Tristram
He was the youngest of four children. His father died when he was quite young (about four) and his mother died when he was about 12. His inheritance was mismanaged and the majority of it was lost, but he was still able to receive good schooling.
He came to the US hoping to make a new fortune. He arrived in New York, and travelled through Illinois to St. Louis, where he stayed for awhile, then he went down to New Orleans. In New Orleans he met F. A. Engelke a German who had settled in Brenham, Texas. Engelke was in New Orleans buying lumber for the house he was building in Brenham, and convinced Tristram to come to Brenham.
Tristram ended up marrying Engelke's daughter. He lived in Brenham with her, they had three children, and he ran a pharmacy. He loved to garden, fine horses, hats, guns, and hunting dogs, and collected moths and butterflies. He traded the local moths and butterflies that he collected with other collectors from around the world so that he was able to create large displays of butterflies, each in a different color range. His collection was given to the Houston Museum when he died.
When Tristram's wife died, it was a terrible loss for him, that he had great trouble recovering from.
Father of Elsie Tristram Engelhardt, Joseph Tristram, Jr., and Josephine Tristram
He was the youngest of four children. His father died when he was quite young (about four) and his mother died when he was about 12. His inheritance was mismanaged and the majority of it was lost, but he was still able to receive good schooling.
He came to the US hoping to make a new fortune. He arrived in New York, and travelled through Illinois to St. Louis, where he stayed for awhile, then he went down to New Orleans. In New Orleans he met F. A. Engelke a German who had settled in Brenham, Texas. Engelke was in New Orleans buying lumber for the house he was building in Brenham, and convinced Tristram to come to Brenham.
Tristram ended up marrying Engelke's daughter. He lived in Brenham with her, they had three children, and he ran a pharmacy. He loved to garden, fine horses, hats, guns, and hunting dogs, and collected moths and butterflies. He traded the local moths and butterflies that he collected with other collectors from around the world so that he was able to create large displays of butterflies, each in a different color range. His collection was given to the Houston Museum when he died.
When Tristram's wife died, it was a terrible loss for him, that he had great trouble recovering from.
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