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Johann Friedrich August “August” Friebel Sr.

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Johann Friedrich August “August” Friebel Sr.

Birth
Saxony, Germany
Death
10 Oct 1894 (aged 72)
Cat Spring, Austin County, Texas, USA
Burial
Cat Spring, Austin County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Johann Friedrich "August" Friebel is the son of Johann Gottlieb and Johanne Christiane Baer Friebel. He was born in Pillnitz, Hosterwitz, Sachsen, Germany.

August immigrated from Germany to Texas in 1849, aboard the Galliotta Flora, landing at the port of Indianola, Calhoun, Texas. This was one of five voyages made to and from the Rhine River in Germany and France to settle Germans in Texas.

They left the ship and traveled 108 miles on foot and ox cart to the Victoria and Brazos Rivers and on to Cat Spring, Austin, Texas.

August became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 24 Nov 1869, in Bellville, Austin, Texas.

August married Christina Concordia Hein on 7 Feb 1854, in Indianola, Calhoun, Texas.

Children:

~Louise [August Friedrich Hartmann] 5 Aug 1858-4 Aug 1943
~August Friedrich [never married] 20 Sep 1860-18 Mar 1954
~Wilhelm August Karl, Sr. "Willie" [Lizzitte "Lizzie" Danner] 23 Aug 1865-10 Aug 1955
~Adelheidt [Otto Karl Uhlig] 30 Jan 1869-17 Mar 1967
~Hulda abt 1869
~Alvina A. [Edmund Peters] 6 Aug 1871-27 Mar 1957
~Armanda abt 1872



Johann Friedrich "August" Friebel is the son of Johann Gottlieb and Johanne Christiane Baer Friebel. He was born in Pillnitz, Hosterwitz, Sachsen, Germany.

August immigrated from Germany to Texas in 1849, aboard the Galliotta Flora, landing at the port of Indianola, Calhoun, Texas. This was one of five voyages made to and from the Rhine River in Germany and France to settle Germans in Texas.

They left the ship and traveled 108 miles on foot and ox cart to the Victoria and Brazos Rivers and on to Cat Spring, Austin, Texas.

August became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 24 Nov 1869, in Bellville, Austin, Texas.

August married Christina Concordia Hein on 7 Feb 1854, in Indianola, Calhoun, Texas.

Children:

~Louise [August Friedrich Hartmann] 5 Aug 1858-4 Aug 1943
~August Friedrich [never married] 20 Sep 1860-18 Mar 1954
~Wilhelm August Karl, Sr. "Willie" [Lizzitte "Lizzie" Danner] 23 Aug 1865-10 Aug 1955
~Adelheidt [Otto Karl Uhlig] 30 Jan 1869-17 Mar 1967
~Hulda abt 1869
~Alvina A. [Edmund Peters] 6 Aug 1871-27 Mar 1957
~Armanda abt 1872





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