Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Presbyterian
• Occupation: Dairy Farmer, Dairyman
• Cause of death: Uremia, Renal Failure
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 18 May 1910, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 30 Jan 1920, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 24 Apr 1930, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 11 Jun 1930, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 17 Mar 1943, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 5 Dec 1960, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

George was involved in a shooting with Adolph Becker, a distant cousin from his grandmother Weyand’s family. Although both men survived the shooting, the incident prompted the family to move from Round Top to La Grange.

Census:
Horton St.

Census:
Horton St.

Census:
Horton St.

Died:
at 10:40 a.m.

George married Paula Emma TRENCKMANN on 3 May 1905 in Shelby, Austin, Texas, USA. Paula (daughter of Paul TRENCKMANN and Emma SIEBEL) was born on 3 Mar 1886 in Shelby, Austin, Texas, USA; died on 21 May 1975 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 23 May 1975 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edgar Paul ROSENBERG was born on 3 Apr 1906 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 25 Jun 1970 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 27 Jun 1970 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.
2. George Alexander ROSENBERG, Jr. was born on 20 May 1908 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 10 Dec 1989 in Travis County, Texas, USA; was buried in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.
3. Leon Eugene ROSENBERG was born on 10 Apr 1910 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 6 Mar 1998 in Fayette County, Texas, USA; was buried in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.
4. Florence Emma ROSENBERG was born on 7 Jul 1912 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 24 Sep 1994 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.
5. Milton Max VON ROSENBERG was born on 15 Apr 1916 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 27 Jul 2003; was buried in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Alex
• Residence: Jun 1860: P.O. Round Top, Fayette, Texas Jun 1880: Justice Precinct 2 Round Top, Fayette, Texas
• Religion: Lutheran
• Occupation: Store Clerk, General Merchant, Cattle and Horse Trader, Real Estate, Farmer, Stockman
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 17 Mar 1871, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 21 Mar 1904, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 18 May 1910, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 15 Oct 1913, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Baptism: 1914, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Feb 1920, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 25 Apr 1930, Fayette County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Alexander’s first job was that of clerk at George Weyand’s general store at Nassau. There he met Emma Weyand, who would become his wife. After several years, he became employed by Knittle’s General Store in Burton. He then bought the Zapp store in Round Top, before selling the operation in 1900. At that time he moved his family to La Grange and bought the White Dairy. He ran this business as a dairy and meat market, then later as a general store. Later, he became successful at trading horses and cattle, and then real estate. It was from him that the land for the La Grange Fairgrounds was purchased.

Alexander enjoyed music, especially playing the piano. Although an active Democrat, he never sought public office. In 1914 he became a member of La Grange’s St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Late in high life it was necessary for him to undergo a delicate eye operation which likely hastened his death.

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Beat 3, P.O. Round Top

Census:
Justice Precinct 2 Round Top

Census:
Horton St.

Baptism:
at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church

Census:
Justice Precinct 1, Washington St.

Census:
Justice Precinct 1

Died:
early in the morning at his home in the old W. W. Ligon home north of the city

Alexander married Emma WEYAND on 8 Apr 1880 in Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA. Emma (daughter of Georg WEYAND and Justine BECKER) was born on 12 Jun 1858 in Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 17 Mar 1943 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Mar 1943 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 20 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 18 May 1910, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Baptism: 1914, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Feb 1920, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 25 Apr 1930, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 11 Jun 1930, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Emma enjoyed her early life on the plantation at Nassau, especially the animals. She was also quite popular with the young people. After marrying Alexander, she raised her six children, and remained a devoted companion to her husband, who was often ill. In 1914, she, along with the remainder of her family, received the rites of baptism and confirmation, becoming members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in La Grange.

In April, 1930, the family celebrated Emma’s and Alex’s golden wedding anniversary. A few days later they visited their daughter Louise and her husband in El Paso. During this visit they also traveled into Mexico. Before returning home, Alexander submitted to a delicate eye operation from which he never fully recovered. After Alex died, Emma lost interest in many things, living resignedly and quiet. In October, 1942, she had a severe fall, became an invalid, and died months later.

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Justice Precinct 2 Round Top

Census:
Horton St.

Baptism:
at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church

Census:
Justice Precinct 1, Washington St.

Census:
Justice Precinct 1

Residence:
in the old W. W. Ligon home north of the city

Died:
at the home of her son, Alex

Notes:

Married:
by Squire Henkel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Teamster
• Military: Eugen enlisted Waul’s Legion of the Confederate Army. He was at the siege of Vicksburg.
• Baptism: 28 Jan 1831, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia
• Immigration: 6 Dec 1849, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Naturalization: 26 Mar 1856, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 17 Mar 1871, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Residence: 15 Oct 1913, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Eugen arrived in Texas with his parents in 1849, settling on the Nassau Plantation. Soon he owned his own livestock. In adulthood he farmed and ran a freight express to the nearest railroad station. After serving in the Civil War, he made trips to Mexico to sell cotton. He enjoyed smoking a pipe, keeping a small patch of tobacco in his garden.

Immigration:
aboard the Bark “Franziska”

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Beat 3, P.O. Round Top

Carl married Theodora Anna Henriette SACK on 17 Dec 1853 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. Theodora (daughter of Eduard Wilhelm Hieronymous Maximilian SACK and Dorothea F. FLICKER) was born on 7 May 1829 in Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Prussia, Germany; died on 21 Mar 1904 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1904 in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Dorchen, Dora
• Occupation: Keeping House, Music Teacher
• Immigration: 1849
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 17 Mar 1871, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Theodora was educated in Dusseldorf, Germany, specializing in music. She arrived in Texas in 1849, settling near Round Top. She moved into town after marrying Wilhelm von Roeder. They had one child, a daughter named Marie, who married Tony van Hutton. After von Roeder’s death, she married Carl Eugen von Rosenberg.

Theodora taught piano and voice for more than forty years. She directed the Round Top Mixed Choir for many years, entertained at her home, painted, and engaged in filet. Many members of her family called her “Tante Dorchen.”

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Beat 3, P.O. Round Top

Died:
at 4 a.m.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant, Farmer, Butcher
• Naturalization: 27 Jul 1857, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 20 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Fayette County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Justice Precinct 2 Round Top

Georg married Justine BECKER on 10 Aug 1851 in Erndtebrück, Wittgenstein, Westphalen, Prussia, Germany. Justine was born on 13 Jun 1830 in Schameder, Wittgenstein, Westphalen, Prussia, Germany; died on 15 Oct 1906 in Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Weyand Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife, Farmer
• Cause of death: Anorexia Exhaustion
• Baptism: 20 Jun 1830, Erndtebrück, Wittgenstein, Westphalen, Prussia, Germany
• Immigration: 1851
• Census: 20 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA

Notes:

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Census:
Justice Precinct 2 Round Top

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Occupation: Farmer
• Baptism: 5 Oct 1794, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia
• Emigration: 1 Oct 1849, Bremen, Germany
• Immigration: 6 Dec 1849, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Naturalization: 26 Mar 1856, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg was the third son of Otto von Rosenberg and his second wife, Maria Wilhelmine von Stempel-von Rosenberg, of Raddeilen and Eckitten Estates. He was nine years old when his parents were divorced and we know nothing of his early life and education. He enlisted in the Prussian Army at an early age and at twenty-one he became a lieutenant in the cavalry. He was a member of the Uhlans and on the old scroll he is called a Jager, which was a title given to certain German cavalry regiments.

“He later told his grandson Arthur von Rosenberg that in the Battle of Leipzig his horse’s mouth was shot away, but he quickly mounted another horse whose rider had been killed.

“He fought with the Prussian guards under Bluecher with Wellington. When Napoleon faced the English on Belgian soil at Waterloo, with the remnant of the once-defeated Prussians and the fresh Prussian forces under Bluecher, the tide of battle turned on June 18, 1815. The histories tell us this Prussian Guard knew how to die but not how to surrender.

“The Uhlans fought with lances. They were chiefly employed for reconnoitering, skirmishing, and outpost duty. Originally they were light cavalry. Peter Carl was a Lieutenant in this company at Waterloo, we learn from the old scroll and from letters.

“In 1819 he inherited Eckitten Estate after the death of his widowed stepmother, and the same year he married Johanna Dorothea Froelich. They had four children before she died at the age of twenty-nine, six weeks after the birth of Johannes.

“Peter Carl was a “Frei Denker” and in the disturbing days of 1848 was severely criticized for his political views. The consequent humiliation of the family was the direct cause of the immigration to Texas.”

Baptism:
in Sankt Johannis Kirche

Immigration:
aboard the Bark “Franziska”

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Peter married Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER on 11 Feb 1830 in Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia. Amanda (daughter of Jean Pierre FALLIER and Anne Caroline MARQUARDT) was born on 6 Sep 1806 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died on 22 Apr 1864 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Richters Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1806, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia
• Immigration: 6 Dec 1849, Galveston County, Texas, USA
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, Fayette County, Texas, USA
• Census: 27 Jun 1860, Fayette County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Amanda was baptized Amande Henriette Louise. Her godparents at the French Reformed Church in Königsberg were Mr. Jean Frédéric Marquart, Mr. Guillaume Schubert, Mrs. Marie Hagen, councillor and secretary, and Mrs. Marie Anne Matz.

Baptism:
in the French Reformed church by Pastor Foussiqué LaCanal

Immigration:
aboard the Bark “Franziska”

Census:
P.O. Round Top

Eduard married Dorothea F. FLICKER. Dorothea was born on 14 Dec 1799; died on 22 Oct 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]