Joseph 'Joe" Edward Tschirhart 1846–1940

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Though we may never know the complete story of how they met, we do know that Nicholas and Catherine attained a marriage license on January 31, 1845.   They married on Feb. 7, 1846, ages 31 and 19

And so the story of the Texas Tschirharts began..... 

A brief snippet of ancestry:

Nicolas | Nicholas | Niclaus 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,

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

Scroll to bottom of page for the TSCHIRHART LINE back to 1554

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.