Augusta was born in 1832 in Germany under the rule of Prussia. Her maiden name is not known. I do not know the date she married Otto Klehm. They had four children; George, Amelia, Gustav and Clara. Sometime after Clara was born in 1870 and before they migrated to the United States in 1872 her spouse Otto died and she remarried. She married Charles Koch and they migrated to the United States. The name Koch is pronunced Cook in English.
My mother often told us the story about how her father George Klehm migrated from Brandenburg Germany to America when he was 11-years old. She never said what the Port of Entry was nor did she tell us his stepfather migrated with them. Since Charles Koch's occupation was farming, and they settled in Brenham, Texas know for rich farmland. I feel reasonably sure the Port of entry was Galveston Texas. It was only when I started my genealogy research that I discovered the year was 1872. I also learned that he came with his Stepfather, Charles Koch, his Mother Augusta Koch, brother Gustav and two sisters Amelia and Clara. I found them on the 1880 United States Federal Census living in Washington County, Brenham, Texas. They can be found at Texas Washington Brenham District 144 12 at Ancestry.com. Amelia was enumerated right below them with her spouse Hugo Swogetinsky and son Otto.
After her son George Married Bertha Zoeble in 1884. I found that they belonged to the Methodist Church and I discovered their names as sponsors for George and Bertha's children. After that I never found Charles Koch or Augusta and Clara on the census again. It was only recently that I discovered there is a Mrs. Augusta Koch buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The cemetery now has a website and you can do a search by name and when I keyed in Koch, the name Augusta Koch came up. The Date of Death was 02-01-1899 on Lot S1/2 –2, Section 1 Range 4. I contacted the cemetery in Brenham, Texas to get directions to the lot. I was told to take a right after I passed the rest station at a very large oak tree and drive until I reached Section 1 and that there were three large cedars in a group and that Lot S ½ 2 was between the second and third cedar tree. I was told that there were no markers on this lot. I took a vase of flowers with me and placed the flowers on the lot and took a picture. If my mother knew this she never spoke of it. I am very pleased I discovered her burial plot. I will include her gravesite when I visit my parents and paternal grandparents and great uncles gravesites.
My mother often told us the story about how her father George Klehm migrated from Brandenburg Germany to America when he was 11-years old. She never said what the Port of Entry was nor did she tell us his stepfather migrated with them. Since Charles Koch's occupation was farming, and they settled in Brenham, Texas know for rich farmland. I feel reasonably sure the Port of entry was Galveston Texas. It was only when I started my genealogy research that I discovered the year was 1872. I also learned that he came with his Stepfather, Charles Koch, his Mother Augusta Koch, brother Gustav and two sisters Amelia and Clara. I found them on the 1880 United States Federal Census living in Washington County, Brenham, Texas. They can be found at Texas Washington Brenham District 144 12 at Ancestry.com. Amelia was enumerated right below them with her spouse Hugo Swogetinsky and son Otto.
After her son George Married Bertha Zoeble in 1884. I found that they belonged to the Methodist Church and I discovered their names as sponsors for George and Bertha's children. After that I never found Charles Koch or Augusta and Clara on the census again. It was only recently that I discovered there is a Mrs. Augusta Koch buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The cemetery now has a website and you can do a search by name and when I keyed in Koch, the name Augusta Koch came up. The Date of Death was 02-01-1899 on Lot S1/2 –2, Section 1 Range 4. I contacted the cemetery in Brenham, Texas to get directions to the lot. I was told to take a right after I passed the rest station at a very large oak tree and drive until I reached Section 1 and that there were three large cedars in a group and that Lot S ½ 2 was between the second and third cedar tree. I was told that there were no markers on this lot. I took a vase of flowers with me and placed the flowers on the lot and took a picture. If my mother knew this she never spoke of it. I am very pleased I discovered her burial plot. I will include her gravesite when I visit my parents and paternal grandparents and great uncles gravesites.
Augusta was born in 1832 in Germany under the rule of Prussia. Her maiden name is not known. I do not know the date she married Otto Klehm. They had four children; George, Amelia, Gustav and Clara. Sometime after Clara was born in 1870 and before they migrated to the United States in 1872 her spouse Otto died and she remarried. She married Charles Koch and they migrated to the United States. The name Koch is pronunced Cook in English.
My mother often told us the story about how her father George Klehm migrated from Brandenburg Germany to America when he was 11-years old. She never said what the Port of Entry was nor did she tell us his stepfather migrated with them. Since Charles Koch's occupation was farming, and they settled in Brenham, Texas know for rich farmland. I feel reasonably sure the Port of entry was Galveston Texas. It was only when I started my genealogy research that I discovered the year was 1872. I also learned that he came with his Stepfather, Charles Koch, his Mother Augusta Koch, brother Gustav and two sisters Amelia and Clara. I found them on the 1880 United States Federal Census living in Washington County, Brenham, Texas. They can be found at Texas Washington Brenham District 144 12 at Ancestry.com. Amelia was enumerated right below them with her spouse Hugo Swogetinsky and son Otto.
After her son George Married Bertha Zoeble in 1884. I found that they belonged to the Methodist Church and I discovered their names as sponsors for George and Bertha's children. After that I never found Charles Koch or Augusta and Clara on the census again. It was only recently that I discovered there is a Mrs. Augusta Koch buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The cemetery now has a website and you can do a search by name and when I keyed in Koch, the name Augusta Koch came up. The Date of Death was 02-01-1899 on Lot S1/2 –2, Section 1 Range 4. I contacted the cemetery in Brenham, Texas to get directions to the lot. I was told to take a right after I passed the rest station at a very large oak tree and drive until I reached Section 1 and that there were three large cedars in a group and that Lot S ½ 2 was between the second and third cedar tree. I was told that there were no markers on this lot. I took a vase of flowers with me and placed the flowers on the lot and took a picture. If my mother knew this she never spoke of it. I am very pleased I discovered her burial plot. I will include her gravesite when I visit my parents and paternal grandparents and great uncles gravesites.
My mother often told us the story about how her father George Klehm migrated from Brandenburg Germany to America when he was 11-years old. She never said what the Port of Entry was nor did she tell us his stepfather migrated with them. Since Charles Koch's occupation was farming, and they settled in Brenham, Texas know for rich farmland. I feel reasonably sure the Port of entry was Galveston Texas. It was only when I started my genealogy research that I discovered the year was 1872. I also learned that he came with his Stepfather, Charles Koch, his Mother Augusta Koch, brother Gustav and two sisters Amelia and Clara. I found them on the 1880 United States Federal Census living in Washington County, Brenham, Texas. They can be found at Texas Washington Brenham District 144 12 at Ancestry.com. Amelia was enumerated right below them with her spouse Hugo Swogetinsky and son Otto.
After her son George Married Bertha Zoeble in 1884. I found that they belonged to the Methodist Church and I discovered their names as sponsors for George and Bertha's children. After that I never found Charles Koch or Augusta and Clara on the census again. It was only recently that I discovered there is a Mrs. Augusta Koch buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The cemetery now has a website and you can do a search by name and when I keyed in Koch, the name Augusta Koch came up. The Date of Death was 02-01-1899 on Lot S1/2 –2, Section 1 Range 4. I contacted the cemetery in Brenham, Texas to get directions to the lot. I was told to take a right after I passed the rest station at a very large oak tree and drive until I reached Section 1 and that there were three large cedars in a group and that Lot S ½ 2 was between the second and third cedar tree. I was told that there were no markers on this lot. I took a vase of flowers with me and placed the flowers on the lot and took a picture. If my mother knew this she never spoke of it. I am very pleased I discovered her burial plot. I will include her gravesite when I visit my parents and paternal grandparents and great uncles gravesites.
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