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Dorothy BENGENER
1836 - 1913 (77 years)-
Name Dorothy BENGENER [1] Birth 2 Apr 1836 Germany [2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Female Also Known As Dorothea Census 8 Aug 1860 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [4] Census Jun 1870 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [6] Census 5 Jun 1880 Travis County, Texas, USA [7] Census 7 Jun 1900 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [5] - 1203 Cotton
Census 16 Apr 1910 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [8] - 610 Guadalupe
Occupation Housewife Cause of death Senility Death 16 Aug 1913 Laredo, Webb, Texas, USA [2, 3] - at 8 p.m. at 1814 Victoria
Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [2] - Section 3 Lot 929
Person ID I12496 Dyal and Speckels Last Modified 11 Feb 2018
Family Jacob C. HORNBERGER, b. Abt 1829, Germany d. 28 Jan 1911, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age ~ 82 years) Marriage 6 Dec 1855 Travis County, Texas, USA [9] Divorce Yes, date unknown [5] Children + 1. William Christian HORNBERGER, b. 14 Sep 1856, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA d. 9 Oct 1917, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 61 years) Family ID F8797 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 May 2011
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Photos Dorothy Bengener Hornberger
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Notes - Dorothy and her family arrived from Peine, Hanover aboard the “Hercules” in November 1845. They landed in Galveston. She was the only daughter, having 4 brothers. In less than 6 months after arriving in Texas both her parents and two of her brothers died of either cholera or yellow fever. Their deaths are listed in the New Braunfels church records. Dorothy was 10 at the time. Her oldest brother Heinrich was 19 and the youngest, Wilhelm, was 5. Evidently Heinrich struck out on his own. Dorothy went to live with the Scholzburg family and Wilhelm with the Willcox family.
Her family was accompanied by four other families by the name of Pape, which is the surname of Dorothy's mother. In 1855 she married Jacob Hornberger. She was 20 years old. It is not known how they met or when she came to Travis County. Evidently according to court records they had some property in Austin. Dorothy inherited 640 acres, but it is not known from whom as yet.
In 1884 she filed for divorce from Jacob and requested that she be given their homestead. After the divorce was granted and after her daughter Lena was married she lived alone. She lived for many years at 1203 Cotton in Austin. [10]
- Dorothy and her family arrived from Peine, Hanover aboard the “Hercules” in November 1845. They landed in Galveston. She was the only daughter, having 4 brothers. In less than 6 months after arriving in Texas both her parents and two of her brothers died of either cholera or yellow fever. Their deaths are listed in the New Braunfels church records. Dorothy was 10 at the time. Her oldest brother Heinrich was 19 and the youngest, Wilhelm, was 5. Evidently Heinrich struck out on his own. Dorothy went to live with the Scholzburg family and Wilhelm with the Willcox family.
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Sources - [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 44.
- [S1382] Find A Grave, Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA, 9 May 2011.
- [S155] Death Records, File #18181.
- [S9] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Travis County, Texas, p. 282(b), line 24.
- [S12] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Travis County, Texas, ED 94, p. 13B, line 67.
- [S10] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Travis County, Texas, p. 269(b), line 27.
- [S11] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Travis County, Texas, ED 122, p. 9, line 34.
- [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Travis County, Texas, ED 69, p. 2A, line 49.
- [S1315] FamilySearch, Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973, Source film: 978164.
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- [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 44.