Gustav Hermann Mehner, my g-grandfather, born 8 May 1860 in Richzenhain, Saxony, Germany; son of HEINRICH FERDINAND MEHNER and PAULINA EMILIE NEUMANN (taken from birth certificate in German with Naturalization papers in Fayette County, TX Courthouse);
Gustav came to the US from Germany through Galveston, TX in approximately 1879.
On February 2, 1885, he married Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl at the St. Martin Lutheran Church in Hortontown -- north of New Braunfels--Texas at the age of 24.
Gustav and Kate subsequently moved to Flatonia, Texas, where Gustav built a seltzer bottling plant; some of his descendants own some of the "G. H. Mehner/Flatonia, Texas" bottles from that bottling plant (and are on a continuous search for more).
On November 24, 1900, a cyclone hit Flatonia, Texas, extensively damaging Gustav's seltzer bottling plant, his stables and his home.
Less than 2 weeks later, on December 5, 1900 Gustav died in Flatonia, TX from "Bright's Disease" (kidney failure) at the age of 40 years leaving his wife, Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl Mehner (1866-1951) with 6 children - 5 sons and the last, a daughter -- my grandmother, Anna Frances Mehner, who was born the year Gustav died on 16 January 1900.
The 5 sons were:
(1) Carl Ferdinand Mehner (1889-1961);
(2) William Richard Mehner (1891-1972),
(3) Herbert Paul Mehner (1893-1949),
(4) Otto Edward Mehner (1896-1918)and
(5) George Herman Mehner (1898-1948).
The siblings of Gustav totally unknown -- possibly a RICHARD MEHNER is a brother pursuant to probate papers after his death.
I have been searching for Gustav's family for over 30 years. Would love to communicate with any of the descendants of Gustav's family.
Gustav came to the US from Germany through Galveston, TX in approximately 1879.
On February 2, 1885, he married Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl at the St. Martin Lutheran Church in Hortontown -- north of New Braunfels--Texas at the age of 24.
Gustav and Kate subsequently moved to Flatonia, Texas, where Gustav built a seltzer bottling plant; some of his descendants own some of the "G. H. Mehner/Flatonia, Texas" bottles from that bottling plant (and are on a continuous search for more).
On November 24, 1900, a cyclone hit Flatonia, Texas, extensively damaging Gustav's seltzer bottling plant, his stables and his home.
Less than 2 weeks later, on December 5, 1900 Gustav died in Flatonia, TX from "Bright's Disease" (kidney failure) at the age of 40 years leaving his wife, Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl Mehner (1866-1951) with 6 children - 5 sons and the last, a daughter -- my grandmother, Anna Frances Mehner, who was born the year Gustav died on 16 January 1900.
The 5 sons were:
(1) Carl Ferdinand Mehner (1889-1961);
(2) William Richard Mehner (1891-1972),
(3) Herbert Paul Mehner (1893-1949),
(4) Otto Edward Mehner (1896-1918)and
(5) George Herman Mehner (1898-1948).
The siblings of Gustav totally unknown -- possibly a RICHARD MEHNER is a brother pursuant to probate papers after his death.
I have been searching for Gustav's family for over 30 years. Would love to communicate with any of the descendants of Gustav's family.
Gustav Hermann Mehner, my g-grandfather, born 8 May 1860 in Richzenhain, Saxony, Germany; son of HEINRICH FERDINAND MEHNER and PAULINA EMILIE NEUMANN (taken from birth certificate in German with Naturalization papers in Fayette County, TX Courthouse);
Gustav came to the US from Germany through Galveston, TX in approximately 1879.
On February 2, 1885, he married Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl at the St. Martin Lutheran Church in Hortontown -- north of New Braunfels--Texas at the age of 24.
Gustav and Kate subsequently moved to Flatonia, Texas, where Gustav built a seltzer bottling plant; some of his descendants own some of the "G. H. Mehner/Flatonia, Texas" bottles from that bottling plant (and are on a continuous search for more).
On November 24, 1900, a cyclone hit Flatonia, Texas, extensively damaging Gustav's seltzer bottling plant, his stables and his home.
Less than 2 weeks later, on December 5, 1900 Gustav died in Flatonia, TX from "Bright's Disease" (kidney failure) at the age of 40 years leaving his wife, Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl Mehner (1866-1951) with 6 children - 5 sons and the last, a daughter -- my grandmother, Anna Frances Mehner, who was born the year Gustav died on 16 January 1900.
The 5 sons were:
(1) Carl Ferdinand Mehner (1889-1961);
(2) William Richard Mehner (1891-1972),
(3) Herbert Paul Mehner (1893-1949),
(4) Otto Edward Mehner (1896-1918)and
(5) George Herman Mehner (1898-1948).
The siblings of Gustav totally unknown -- possibly a RICHARD MEHNER is a brother pursuant to probate papers after his death.
I have been searching for Gustav's family for over 30 years. Would love to communicate with any of the descendants of Gustav's family.
Gustav came to the US from Germany through Galveston, TX in approximately 1879.
On February 2, 1885, he married Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl at the St. Martin Lutheran Church in Hortontown -- north of New Braunfels--Texas at the age of 24.
Gustav and Kate subsequently moved to Flatonia, Texas, where Gustav built a seltzer bottling plant; some of his descendants own some of the "G. H. Mehner/Flatonia, Texas" bottles from that bottling plant (and are on a continuous search for more).
On November 24, 1900, a cyclone hit Flatonia, Texas, extensively damaging Gustav's seltzer bottling plant, his stables and his home.
Less than 2 weeks later, on December 5, 1900 Gustav died in Flatonia, TX from "Bright's Disease" (kidney failure) at the age of 40 years leaving his wife, Katharine "Kate" Riefkohl Mehner (1866-1951) with 6 children - 5 sons and the last, a daughter -- my grandmother, Anna Frances Mehner, who was born the year Gustav died on 16 January 1900.
The 5 sons were:
(1) Carl Ferdinand Mehner (1889-1961);
(2) William Richard Mehner (1891-1972),
(3) Herbert Paul Mehner (1893-1949),
(4) Otto Edward Mehner (1896-1918)and
(5) George Herman Mehner (1898-1948).
The siblings of Gustav totally unknown -- possibly a RICHARD MEHNER is a brother pursuant to probate papers after his death.
I have been searching for Gustav's family for over 30 years. Would love to communicate with any of the descendants of Gustav's family.
Inscription
G. H. Mehner, BORN in Saxony, May 8, 1860, DIED in Flatonia, Tex. Dec. 5, 1900.
