Anna Katrina Elizabeth "Catherine" Franz

Anna Katrina Elizabeth "Catherine" Franz

Female 1828 - 1914  (86 years)
Person ID: I500184  "Baxter"  |  Last Modified: 10 Apr 2019


  • Name Anna Katrina Elizabeth "Catherine" Franz 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 1828 
    Died 1914 
    Notes 
    • John Aaron Williams immigrated from Denmark, and changed his name from Erasmusson to Williams because he had refused compulsory service, which he considered, slavery, in the Danish NavyHe did not want to be traced to the United StatesThe date of his entrance is unknown, but he was in MatagordaTexasby 1846that being the year that he married Catherine Franz (1828-l914), daughter of Johan Conrad and Elizabeth Franz, who arrived in Galveston from Nassau, Germany via the ship Deluis in 1845They lived in the German settlement on the Matagorda Peninsula.

      or: #181818;">In Texas Cowboy Charles Siringo described the "Dutch" settlement on the peninsula as having dozen houses. The John AWilliams family were kind neighbors to the widow Siringo and her two children; Charles being best friend to their son, Billyuntil Billmarried Charles' sweetheart, Martha Franz.

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      ze: medium; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">The 1850 census shows John Williams as a ships carpenter; he was also a stockman, raising cattle and sheep. During the Civil War he acted as a scout for the Confederate camp stationed at the mouth of Caney Creek, upon occasion stealing horses for the rebels from the Yankee contingent stationed at Decrow's Point on the peninsula. He was captured twice, sentenced to hang the second time, but released with a stringent warning, after the rope was placed around his neck. He was a Confederate sympathizer, but not with the slavery issue, and he helped several slaves escape. John Williams was killed shortly after the Civil War in an accident involving a cannon shell. He died in the Colorado House in Matagorda, and was buried on the peninsula. His grave site was lost.

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      tify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Catherine Franz Williams was left to rear a large family alone. She bought property at Big Hill for fifty cents per acre and moved her family from the peninsula after the terrible storm of 1875She was a good business woman and stockman, and was known in the

      ">community for good works and Christian charity. She lived in her old age with her daughter, Jennie, and son-in-law, B. A. Ryman, in MatagordaShe died in the B. A. Ryman home at the age of eighty-six.

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      yle="font-family: Arial;">John and Catherine Williams had eleven children, all born on the Matagorda Peninsula: Ann Elizabeth (1847-1949)
      James F. (1849-1938)
      John A
      (1851-1920)

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      le="font-family: Arial;">Lucy (1856-)

      normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Mary Ann "Mollie"( 1858-1911)

      ">Laura Mettie (1859-)

      0px 0.15in;">Sarah "Sallie" (1861-)

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      style="color: #2c2c2c;">Henry P. (1864-1905)

      15in;">William was buried in Palacios, Laura Mettie and Henry Pwere buried in Bay City, and the other children were buried in the Matagorda Cemetery.

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      class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Anne E. married William Baxter in 1868.

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      style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">James F. married Caroline Yeamans (1852-1919)and their children wereCharles P(1873-1950), a pharmacist, who married Daisy Phillips (1880-1941) and had Preston, James F. "Jimbo," and C. P.; William Elisa "Willie" (1875-1950), who married Margaret

      ustify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">"Baby" Baxter (1880-1927) and had Dinsmore (1899-1977) and Louise; JH. “Jimmy" (1877-1900)who wadrowned in a shipwreck in Matagorda Bay in the hurricane of 1900Laura, who married twice, her second husband, a Mr. Emill, adopted her daughter, DorothySadie, who married JP. Pariss, and had JP.Patand Irma; Annie (1886-1949) who married Gus Byers and had Margariteand married second Mr. Maynard and had Ted;John May (1891-1918), who died overseas in the influenza epidemic during World War I; and Darwin (1893-1945) who married Virginia Foster and had one daughter, Shirley, and married second Jo Reed. The deceased were buried in the Matagorda CemeteryJohn A. "Johnny" was a cowboy who rode the Chisholm

      Arial;">Trail. He married Rebecca Richmond and had Bryan and Henry.

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      Arial;">Wilhelmina married first a Dr. Allen and had one son, Willie, married second a Kilbride and had Harryand married third Henry Eidelbach, and had Eugene and Henry.

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      nt-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">William "Billy" married Martha FranzTheir children were: George, Alvin, "Pete," Mabel, Lyda GayLula, and MyrtleThey lived in Palacios.

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      : normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Family tradition claims that Lucy and her sister Sally were murdered by their brother-in-lawDr. Allen, who was in love with Lucy while married to her sister Wilhelmina. When Lucy became engaged to Henry Eidelbach, Dr. Allen poisoned her out of jealousy, and then poisoned Sally to divert suspicion. He fled the town with the Williams boys in hot pursuitbut he escaped. Later the family got a letter from him from Africa in which he told that the Williams boys had been all around himbut he had buried himself in the sand.

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      -family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Laura Mettie married Jim Gillett and had FredStanleyWalterCatherine, Eloise, and Ann, who married W. TCox.

       

      pan style="font-family: Arial;">Sarah "Sally" and Lucy were buried on the Matagorda Peninsula. Their graves are lost.

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      p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Nancy Jane "Jennie" married Boltes Albert Ryman.

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      ify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0.15in;">Henry Pmarried Lyda Franz and had one childWinniewho married Stanley Rugeley.

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      ize: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #2c2c2c;">The other descendants of John Aaron and Anna Katrina Elizabeth "Catherine" Franz Williams are too numerous to name. Those descendants living in Matagorda in 1984 were: Bess Moberley Brown, Vadyse Bedford Hood,James F "Jimbo" WilliamsBessie Mae Baxter OwenOscar Rucks Moberley, Geraldyne Ryman HavardWilma Ruth Nini MillerAddie Lee Nini Johnson, Violet Baxter Smith, Clancy Baxter and childrenClancy and Julie,Catherine Lawhon Anderson, Jaqueline Baxter Newton, Marianne Serrill Mathis, Richard R. Serrill and children, Richard R. III and Heather, Kenneth Baxter, Robert Baxter, and Barbara Baxter Stallings.

       

      n;" align="left">Historic Matagorda County, Volume II, pages 563 - 565
       

  • Parents

    Family ID: F500068 -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  
    Father Johan Conrad (ID:I500185)
              b. Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Franz (ID:I500186)
              b. Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown 
  • Family

    Family ID: F500029   -:|:-   Group Sheet   -:|:-   Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified : 10 Apr 2019   
    Husband Johan {John Aaron Williams} Rasmussen (ID:I500070)
              b. Yes, date unknown, Danmark Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    + 1. Ann Elizabeth Williams (ID:I500069)
              b. 17 Dec 1847  
              d. 19 Aug 1949, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 101 years)

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