Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM

1827 - 1887  (59 years)

• Name	Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM
  Born	16 Apr 1827	Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Arthur MEERSCHEIDT
  Also Known As	Otto
  Immigration	2 Jan 1850	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	aboard the “Ohio”
  Census	2 Sep 1850	Fayette County, Texas, USA   [3]
  	in the Carl von Rosenberg household
  Census	27 Jun 1860	Fayette County, Texas, USA   [4]
  	P.O. Round Top
  Census	23 Jun 1870	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [5]
  Census	1 Jun 1880	La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [6]
  Religion	Lutheran
  Occupation	Laborer, Farmer, Postmaster
  Died	7 Apr 1887	Boerne, Kendall, Texas, USA   [1]
  Buried	9 Apr 1887	Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA   [1, 7]
  Person ID	I2813	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Carl Louis Gerhard VON MEERSCHEIDT-VON HUELLESSEM,   b. 12 Jun 1793, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia ,   d. 25 Apr 1829  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Louise VON GIRSEWALD
  Married	1825  [8]
  Family ID	F37046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Karoline VON ROSENBERG,   b. 15 Jun 1832, Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia ,   d. 29 Aug 1911, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1850	Fayette County, Texas, USA   [9]
  	by F. Ernst, J. P.
  Children	1. [Unnamed Girl] MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 27 Aug 1851, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1851, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years) + 2. Alexander MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 3 Jan 1853, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 May 1921, Seattle, King, Washington, USA  (Age 68 years) + 3. Louise MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 25 Jan 1855, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 26 Feb 1927, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years) + 4. Paul MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 10 Feb 1856, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 23 Oct 1933, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA  (Age 77 years)   5. Emma MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 19 Apr 1858, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1861, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 3 years) + 6. Max MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 10 Feb 1860, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1920, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA  (Age 60 years)   7. Arthur MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 9 Oct 1862, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1867  (Age 4 years)   8. Gerhard MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 2 Feb 1864, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. Jun 1864, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years) + 9. Anna MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 2 Aug 1865, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 29 Sep 1895, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 30 years)   10. Lina MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 8 Sep 1868, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 24 Aug 1869, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)   11. Walter MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 8 Sep 1868, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 24 Sep 1869, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  (Age 1 years)   12. Otto MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 21 Jan 1871, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 1939, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA  (Age 68 years)   13. Martha Caroline MEERSCHEIDT,   b. 24 Jan 1875, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Jun 1945, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Apr 1827 - Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Immigration - 2 Jan 1850 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Census - 2 Sep 1850 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Married - 9 Nov 1850 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Census - 27 Jun 1860 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Census - 23 Jun 1870 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Census - 1 Jun 1880 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Died - 7 Apr 1887 - Boerne, Kendall, Texas, USA Buried - 9 Apr 1887 - Old La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones		Meerscheidt v. Huellessem
  		Meerscheidt v. Huellessem, Arthur Inscription: In Memory of Arthur Meerscheidt v. Huellessem Born April 16, 1827 in Braunschweig, Germany Died April 7, 1887 in Boerne, Texas

  
  

• Notes

  Arthur Meerscheidt’s given name was Arthur Carl Wilhelm Gustav Anton Archibald von Meerscheidt-von Huellessem. He was educated in Braunschweig. At sixteen years of age he became a cadet in Prince Wasa’s Hungarian regiment and age nineteen became an officer in the Hungarian army. He was wounded while fighting as a revolutionary at Czegedin. After recovering from his wound, he traveled down the Danube en route to Constantinople when he was captured by Serbians. He was spared by a friendly Hungarian and was allowed to continue his journey. He then returned home to Germany where he attempted to join the army of Schleswig-Holstein, at his mother’s bidding. However, the war that army was in had ended. Shortly after he sailed for the United States. He arrived at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana aboard the “Ohio” on 2 Jan 1850. From there he met an acquaintance, a man named Jenski, who was from near Nassau in northern Fayette County, Texas. Arthur settled in that area and became a farmer and family man. He later became a merchant in nearby Round Top before moving to La Grange in 1874. There he was appointed Postmaster, in which office he remained until his death. He took a trip west because of ill health, but saw little improvement. He died in Boerne, Texas due to a heart ailment. [2, 10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Headstone survey, conducted by Robert C. Barritt. [S310] Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902, National Archives, Washington, D.C. [S8] Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, p. 193. [S9] Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, p. 283. [S10] Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, p. 508, line 2. [S11] Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, ED 55, p. 2. [S370] The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p 113. [S3605] Re: Meerscheidt Ancestry, Neale Rabensburg. [S248] Marriage Records, Fayette County, Texas, Vol. B, p. 17. [S370] The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 114.