Nicolas and Catherine

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Nicolas | Nicholas | Nicolaus TSCHIRHART

Born  4 May 1814    Soppe-le-Haut, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Married:  7 Feb 1846, Bexar County (?), Texas

Died 1866 (age 51–52)  Castroville, Medina County, Texas

Burial:   Saint Louis Cemetery,  ,  Castroville, Medina County, Texas,

Nicolas died in the fall of 1866 during the cholera epidemic and there was no church record for him.  We suspect that because the cholera was so feared, that many were buried immediately without a service, which might account for no record in our church burial record .

Catherine aka Kathrina MEYER | MEIER

Born 2 Feb 1827, Wittelsheim, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Died 10 Oct 1890 (age 63), Castroville, Medina County, Texas, USA

Burial: Saint Louis Cemetery,  Castroville, Medina County, Texas, USA 

Parents of Nicolas   -  Pierre & Elizabeth

Nicolas was the only son of Perrie TSCHIRHART and Elizabeth LUGENBUHLER

Married 7 Feb 1812  Soppe-le-Haut, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France  

Father:  Jean Pierre TSCHIRHART      a School Teacher

Born 17 Sep 1780 Soppe-le-Haut; Died 19 Jan 1817 Soppe-le-Haut, Haut Rhin

Mother Marie Elizabeth LUGENBUHLER

Born 23 Nov 1780 Soppe Le Haut, Haut Rhin, Died 25 Jul 1846

 Parents of Catherine  MEYER Tschirhart

Joseph Stephen MEYER

Born  4 Jul 1801   Wittelsheim, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Married: 9 Nov 1824

Died  29 Mar 1883 (age 81)  Castroville, Medina County, Texas, USA

Buried   Saint Louis Cemetery,   Castroville, Medina County, Texas, USA 

Catherine | Katherine SCHOTT

Born  12 Feb 1804,  Wittelsheim, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Died  1879 (age 74–75)   Medina County, Texas, USA

Buried  Saint Louis Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County, Texas,

Both are buried in St. Louis Church Cemetery. No tombstones for this couple were found.

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